Sky Screen: A History Recap That Left the Ancients Fuming

Fang Yuan was browsing short videos about history when, to his utter shock, the images on the screen transformed into a vast sky screen hanging across the ages, broadcasting to people in every dynasty, past and present.

From the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of antiquity, to the rites and music of the Shang and Zhou dynasties and their feudal lords, then to the powerful rulers of the Qin and Han, the famed scholars of the Wei and Jin, the emperors of the Sui and Tang, the rulers and ministers of the Song, and the imperial families of the Ming and Qing, no one was spared. Noble or common, emperor or general, poor scholar or city-dweller, everyone could look up and see the sky screen airing the hidden scandals of every dynasty right on schedule each day.

The videos had seemed like nothing more than a way to pass the time, but they stirred the course of countless dynasties, causing endless uproar and upheaval:

Liu Bang watched the sky screen show Empress Lu abusing Qi Furen, and a chill ran down his back. He revised his plans for balancing the power of the imperial clan that very night;

Yang Guang saw how posterity had judged him a tyrant. He gazed at the Grand Canal in silence for a long time, then urgently summoned his officials, determined to change how history would remember him;

Zhao Kuangyin witnessed the humiliating scenes of his descendants suffering the Jingkang Disaster. He smashed his imperial desk with a slap and immediately overhauled the system governing border defenses and military command;

Qianlong stared at the various indemnity payments, stunned.

“What?! How much?!”