Wei and Jin: A Thief of the State Becomes a Marquis

Name: Wei and Jin: A Thief of the State Becomes a Marquis
Author: origi

魏晋：窃国者侯

by origi

Status: Completed
Length: 376k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 8mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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The Jin court fled south to Yongjia, and the Central Plains sank into chaos. This was perhaps the darkest and most absurd era in Chinese history. Behind vermilion gates, scholars lounged in flowing robes, chatting as they picked lice from their hair. Even as they fled for their lives, they still powdered their faces, applied perfume, and carefully groomed themselves. Outside those gates, there was not a rooster to be heard for a thousand miles. White bones lay exposed in the wilderness, and human flesh was sold by the pound.

My name is Wei Jing, a refugee who crawled out of a heap of corpses. To survive, I stripped a fine robe from a dead man, washed the blood from my hands, and lifted a cup of stale wine, imitating the nobles. From that moment on, I was the last surviving member of the Hedong Wei clan. I was a refined and magnanimous scholar, a master strategist who left nothing to chance, the last pillar of the Great Jin.

This was a gamble that could not be called off. The stakes were our lives, and the winner took all. I had never studied the classics, but I understood people’s hearts. I had no System, but I knew about survivorship bias. I spent my entire life sustaining a colossal lie. Then one day, everyone who knew the truth was dead, and I sat upon the lofty imperial throne. I said I was the real thing. Who would dare call me a fake?

Repeat a lie a thousand times, and it becomes the truth.

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