The True History of China 中国真实的历史

1. 251 秦 Qin Li: Expanding the Realm Across Four Generations 秦立：四世开疆 Xiaoyao Shisanlang逍遥十三郎Historical261k WordsCompleted Early Qin Epic: Part Two [Great Qin, Qin Zhong, Duke Zhuang of Qin, Duke Xiang of Qin, Duke Wen of Qin] In the late Western Zhou, the royal house was in decline and the Western Rong tribes ran rampant. On the war-torn frontier of Longxi, Feizi, a young man from the Ying clan, drew the attention of the Zhou court with his innate talent for taming horses. From breaking the wild horse Chasing Wind and using fire horses to smash through enemy lines and relieve the siege of Quanqiu, to presenting hor 22Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 252 三 The Three Kingdoms, Unromanced 三国不演义 Wang Jueren王觉仁Historical215k WordsCompleted A historically accurate Romance of the Three Kingdoms! Did Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei never swear brotherhood in the Peach Garden? Did Zhuge Liang never borrow arrows with straw boats? Open this book and discover the real Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and others from history. This is all you need to read to learn about the Three Kingdoms. The Three Kingdoms era was a time of upheaval and change, and heroes emerged in droves. Official histories, unofficial legends, and fictionalized account 3.4kReads9.6Score493Shelves

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   Reading them together, you'll find all the classic novels and great works.

3. 253 我 My Ninety-Eight Transmigrations 我的九十八次穿越 Jun Mou Zeze君眸泽泽Ancient Romance736k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + history + wild imagination + ensemble cast + fantasy] One moment of carelessness led her to recite a spell from a book, reconstructed from the Xia dynasty. Then she transmigrated. Not once. Ninety-eight times. Every time, she thought she was going to die. The air in the Xia dynasty was so pure it felt like a vacuum, and she nearly suffocated. In a Shang dynasty market, she was mistaken for a monster and nearly seized for a sacrifice. In a palace of the late Tang, she watched S 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Interesting historical novels

4. 254 纸 A Hometown on Paper 纸上故乡 Iron Backbone脊梁铁Urban192k WordsCompleted In an old house on the verge of collapse in the ancient city of Tongguan, young historian Shen Yiwen discovers a bundle of letters home written by Ming dynasty soldiers stationed on the frontier. The yellowed pages record not only individual lives, but also their longing for their families and their country, as if someone were annotating this land and its rivers in another way. Following the letters’ clues, Shen Yiwen embarks on a spiritual journey across time. From Ziwu Valley to the banks of t 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Following the lingering warmth of ink, a spiritual journey spanning ancient and modern times begins. Traversing the Ziwu Valley, traversing the Yangguan Road, rushing to the banks of the Grand Canal, and pausing in the Western Regions City, throughout the long years, generations of Chinese people have used their passion as ink and their original aspirations as pens to write poems for the mountains and rivers of China.

5. 255 北 Beijing Drifter Xiuxiu 北漂修修 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰Urban589k WordsCompleted I’m Wu Qi, an utterly ordinary poor kid. After graduating from high school, I ended up in Yanbei at a third-rate diploma mill where you could earn a degree through self-study exams. Then, in one night, I unexpectedly inherited a legacy, completed the Foundation Establishment stage, and reached the Golden Core stage in a month... From then on, I cultivated my mind, character, and practice in the mortal world... I started working part-time in Yanbei, selling things at street stalls, looking for jo 114Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Realistic cultivation novels about people who drift to Beijing to cultivate

6. 256 袁 Yuan Tiangang Reads Huang Chao's Fate 袁天罡算黄巢 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰7k WordsCompleted Yuan Tiangang Predicts Huang Chao’s Rise 36Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 257 梅 Mei Feixin Takes the Case to Court 梅费心打官司 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰8k WordsCompleted Mei Goes to Great Lengths to Sue 23Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 258 魂 Awakening of the Soul: The Song of the Rift War 魂觉醒之裂合战歌 Treading on Flowers踏花郞Historical163k WordsCompleted On the eighth day of the ninth month, in the autumn of the late Tang, chrysanthemums bloom and all other flowers wither. The setting sun drips blood, smoke from the beacon fires blots out the sky, and horses trample the cracked earth amid utter chaos. Everywhere, blades flash and refugees roam... A down-and-out young man with nowhere else to turn seeks refuge with a fellow townsman, hoping to make something of himself. Instead, he stumbles straight into his enemies' den and nearly loses his life 212Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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   A true historical figure, he crawled out of a pile of corpses, every step fraught with danger... Super good! [Thumbs up]

9. 259 变 I Became Liu Ruyan's Mom, and You Want the Male Lead to Become a Dad? 变身柳如烟妈，你让男主喜当爹？ Li Xiaoli李笑力Urban119k WordsOngoing [Transformation + gender-bending romance + ultra-satisfying power fantasy + FBI warning + no frustrating setbacks] Who would have thought? When other people transmigrated, they became second-generation rich heirs, tycoons, or at the very least, the fathers or grandfathers of rich heirs! But Song Hongyan transmigrated into the mother of Liu Ruyan, the woman who would chase her husband all the way to the crematorium! And from the start, Liu Ruyan was about to break off her engagement to the male l 355Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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   The story of Shi Da Meng Zhonghua is boring; the second part below is better.

10. 260 变 Transformed into Liu Ruyan’s Mom: Are You Letting the Male Lead Become a Dad? Sequel 变身柳如烟妈你让男主喜当爹？续 Fashion shang时尚shangTwo Female Leads94k WordsOngoing An old virgin transmigrates into a wealthy beauty named Song Hongyan on Earth, a woman who never has to lift a finger. She starts off lying flat and cultivating immortality. Huh? This isn't the kind of lying-flat life in all the novels he read as a man. It's way too proper. In the end, he has to give it up. He thinks that if he takes care of his family and marries his daughter off to Ye Fan, the protagonist with a cheat, tying the two of them together, he can lie flat, take a wife, and become an 25Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 261 黎 Li Dongfang Tells History, Continued: A Detailed History of the Song Dynasty 黎东方讲史之续·细说宋朝 Yu Yunguo虞云国Historical397k WordsCompleted Li Dongfang's sequel, A Detailed History of the Song Dynasty, recounts the history from the unification of the country by Emperor Taizu of Song to the Yuan conquest of the Southern Song. It covers important events and figures from the Northern and Southern Song, Western Xia, Liao, Jin, and other regimes. In his storytelling style, Mr. Li Dongfang recounts major events such as the Chenqiao Mutiny, the disarmament of the generals over a cup of wine, the Treaty of Chanyuan, and the Jingkang Inciden 409Reads9.4Score160Shelves
12. 262 刘 Liu Yu’s Northern Expedition: From Selling Straw Sandals to Conquering Langjuxu! 刘裕北伐：从卖草鞋到封狼居胥！ Alone and Unsupported孤援Historical122k WordsCompleted Why transmigrate? Why be reborn? A poor-born hero with a cheat built in! Liu Yu woke up to find himself a dirt-poor nobody selling straw sandals at the end of the Eastern Jin dynasty. The aristocratic clans monopolize all the high offices? The Five Barbarians and their warlords carve up the north? No problem! I have the [Hidden Dragon Mandate] System! Predict the battlefield, see through people's hearts, slay enemies for loot, and defy fate! From cutting down bandits with a single slash on the s —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 263 管 Guan Xiuying 管琇莹 Li Junde李骏德Historical468k WordsCompleted Hello! This story is based on the Zuo Zhuan. It tells of how, during the Spring and Autumn period, Sheng Bo, a nobleman of the State of Lu, married off his younger sister to Shi Xiaoshu, then forced her to remarry Xi Chou, a nobleman of the State of Jin. Classical Chinese history books rarely record women's feelings in this way, so the story left a deep impression on me. I wanted to use a novel to imagine what things might have been like back then. In the Zuo Zhuan, Sheng Bo's maternal half-sist 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is more realistic; at least the characters' behavior is believable.

14. 264 上 Ancient Legends 上古传说 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭13k WordsCompleted Ancient Legends 418Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 265 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: A Bestiary of Strange Beasts 山海经.异兽录 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Record of Strange Beasts 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
16. 266 大 Bone Maiden of the Great Wilderness: I, a Mortal, Subdue Gods and Demons 大荒骨女：我以凡躯镇神魔 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭17k WordsCompleted Daughter of the Great Wilderness: I Hold the Gods and Demons at Bay with a Mortal Body 258Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 267 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: With a Mortal Heart, I Subdue Ten Thousand Demons 山海经：我以凡心镇万妖 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭16k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: I Hold Back Ten Thousand Demons with a Mortal Heart 80Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 268 自 Since Ancient Times, Forbidden Affairs Have Ended in Death: A Fateful Bond 自古奸情出人命之孽缘锁 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭8k WordsCompleted A Fateful Bond: Where Forbidden Affairs Have Always Led to Bloodshed 8.7kReads—Score137Shelves
19. 269 永 Half-Blood of the Eternal Night 永夜混血 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted Eternal Night Half-Blood 38Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 270 虎 The Tiger Carries His Beloved Home! 虎驮良人归！ Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭6k WordsCompleted A Tiger Carries the Good Man Home! 66Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 271 黄 The Huang Family Manor 黄家大院 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Historical330k WordsCompleted My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 15Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 272 青 The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 青乌秘录之风水师 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 84Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 烬 Crimson Finery Amid the Ashes: The Pursuit of His Wife 烬余红妆之追妻 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭14k WordsCompleted Crimson Finery Amid the Ashes: The Pursuit of His Wife 38Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 274 我 My Silly Girlfriend, Little Rabbit 我的傻子女友小兔 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Modern Romance175k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Is a Sweet, Naive Fool… 287Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 275 旧 Lanterns of the Old Alley 《旧巷灯笼》 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted Lanterns in the Old Alley 36Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 被 After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Expose a Shocking Scam by a Top Tycoon Family 被全网唾骂后，我曝光了顶级豪门的惊天骗局 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Exposed a Shocking Scam by a Top-Ranking Family 246Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 277 巷 The Old Key at the End of the Alley 巷尾的旧钥匙 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted The Old Key at the End of the Alley 30Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 278 大 The Great Sage Returns: I Just Sealed the Demon Ancestor, and the Jade Emperor Made Me Emperor 大圣归：我刚镇魔祖，玉帝就封禅 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Eastern Fantasy127k WordsCompleted Sun Wukong shattered his own divine bones to forge a lock, sealing the Demon Ancestor Rahu as he tried to break through the Chaos. The Jade Emperor descended with the gods and Buddhas of the heavens. Facing Pangu’s remnant soul, returned from the void, and Nuwa’s sacred statue, he claimed to have slain the Demon Ancestor with the Haotian Mirror. In his previous life, Wukong exposed the truth in anger, only for Heaven to accuse him of “slandering the Supreme One.” They locked him in the Golden He 142Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 279 辞 After Quitting, I Crush Workplace PUA and Make a Million 辞职后，我踹烂职场PUA狂赚百万 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭9k WordsCompleted After Quitting, I Crushed Workplace PUA and Raked in Millions 61Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 280 闪 A Whirlwind Wedding: Mo Spoils His Wife Beyond Measure 闪婚厚爱：墨少宠妻超标了 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭12k WordsCompleted A Whirlwind Wedding: The Mo Family's Young Master Spoils His Wife to No End —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 281 午 The Dressing Room Mirror at Midnight: There's a Ghost! 午夜更衣镜，鬼啊 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted Midnight Dressing Mirror, Ghost! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 282 太 The Divine Art of Taiyi: Secrets of the Heavenly Origin 太乙神数-天元秘箓 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今14k WordsCompleted Taiyi Divine Numerology: The Secret Register of the Heavenly Origin 25Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 283 大 Zhang Jiuling, Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty 大唐宰相张九龄 King Fuchai of Wu from Linzhou林州的吴王夫差Historical216k WordsOngoing I was born in Lingnan. My mother said that on the night I was born, the moon rolled right into her belly. As a boy, I stole lychees and disturbed hornets' nests with my two childhood friends. We fought for our friends, and by the Qujiang River I met a girl gathering herbs, whose eyes shone brighter than the moon. Later, I traveled north to Chang’an. From being a “southern barbarian” at the Imperial Academy, I rose to become a chancellor at the height of the Kaiyuan era. I saw the dagger hidden i —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The introduction is very realistic, a personal biography.

34. 284 洛 The Goddess of the Luo River: Spirit of the Vast Deep 洛神赋·沧溟灵兮 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今12k WordsCompleted Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River: Spirit of the Azure Deep 2Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 285 寒 The Poor-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Won’t Marry 寒门女相：陛下，臣不嫁人 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今29k WordsCompleted The Common-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Will Not Marry —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 286 长 The Rhapsody of Changmen: Ashes of the Golden Moon 长门赋·金月烬 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Ancient Romance18k WordsCompleted Ode to the Gate of Longmen: The Golden Moon Burns to Ashes —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 287 庆 The Invisible Grain of Qingli 庆历无影粮 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今9k WordsCompleted The Shadowless Grain of Qingli —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 288 残 The Tang Dynasty in Turmoil: Reforged in the Year of the Fire Horse 残唐鼎沸：丙午再造 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今26k WordsCompleted The Tumultuous Late Tang: Rebuilding in the Year of the Fire Horse —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 289 误 Lost in the Prosperous Tang Dynasty, Drunk on a Floating Life 误入盛唐醉浮生 Looking at the Missing Moon望缺Historical1.2M WordsCompleted One day, I accidentally stumbled into the prosperous Great Tang and became a nobody in Chang’an. The brightly lit, bustling streets of Suzaku Avenue, the poets and scholars who drank and caroused, the borderlands filled with the clamor of warhorses and weapons This was the best of times, and the most treacherous of worlds. Carrying memories that didn’t belong to this era, I hid my talents amid the lively bustle of the taverns. But when locusts swept across Guanzhong, Turkic cavalry came knockin 68Reads5.7Score138Shelves

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    As the Tang Dynasty unfolded in the Western Regions, a small figure made a name for himself through his intelligence, becoming increasingly addictive to follow.

40. 290 浩 Venerable Lord of the Vastness Sword: Mencius Descends to Earth, His Aura Reaches the Ninth Heaven 浩然剑尊：孟子临凡，气贯九天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今28k WordsCompleted Sage of the Righteous Sword: Mencius Descends to the Mortal Realm, His Spirit Piercing the Nine Heavens —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 291 剑 Zhuangzi, the Sword Immortal: Roaming the Ninth Heaven 剑仙庄子：逍遥九天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今15k WordsCompleted Sword Immortal Zhuangzi: Carefree Across the Nine Heavens —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 292 大 Winter Solstice Sacrifice at the Suburban Altar, Year Eighteen of Jinghe, Great Yong 大雍景和十八年·冬至郊天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今8k WordsCompleted Winter Solstice Sacrifice to Heaven in the Suburbs, Year Eighteen of Jinghe in the Great Yong Dynasty —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 293 玄 The Heart of the Han: The Legend of Lu Jia 玄汉文心.陆贾传奇 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今26k WordsCompleted The Literary Soul of the Mystic Han: The Legend of Lu Jia —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 294 玄 The Heart of the Han, Book Two: The Bronze Cauldron Emerges, War Engulfs the Three Kingdoms 玄汉文心·第二部 文鼎现世·三国烽烟 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Male-Channel Fanfiction13k WordsCompleted The Literary Soul of the Mystic Han, Part Two: The Bronze Ding Emerges, Flames of War Engulf the Three Kingdoms —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 295 九 The Power of the Chancellor: The Great Qin Dragon Cauldron 九天相权·大秦龙鼎 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今20k WordsCompleted The Nine Heavens' Chancellor's Power: The Dragon Ding of Great Qin —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 296 班 Ban Chao: Star Lord of the Western Frontier 班超：镇西星主 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今21k WordsCompleted Ban Chao: Star Lord Who Pacified the West —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 297 真 The Real Three Kingdoms Is Even More Exciting 真实的三国更精彩 Great Utopia大乌托邦Historical579k WordsCompleted [Authentic Three Kingdoms history | No transmigration, no System, no golden finger] Stop letting Romance of the Three Kingdoms mislead you! Based on Records of the Three Kingdoms, this novel reconstructs the late Han truths that have long been obscured. He Jin’s foolishness brings Dong Zhuo’s chaos upon the land, while Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan struggle to establish themselves. Zhuge Liang excels at governing, but his northern campaigns conceal a weakness. Sima Yi patiently plots, outlastin 1.6kReads7.1Score102Shelves

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    He did indeed join Zhong Hui in impeaching Deng Ai. However, impeachment and arrest are two different things, especially such a difficult arrest mission. Logically and morally, it should have been Zhong Hui who carried it out. Deng Ai commanded a large army; if he rashly went to arrest someone, he would likely risk his own life first!

48. 298 1 Another Spring of the 1977 College Entrance Exam 1977年高考又一春 Young Master Xiaoxiao孝孝公子Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [A story-driven take on history. Note: There is no single fixed protagonist. Multiple leads reflect the changes of the era and offer a full picture of the 1977 restoration of the college entrance exam.] [The story focuses on several main characters: Hu Wei and Wang Ting, Pan Xia, and Lu Xiaoyun. Their stories weave in and out according to the timeline. If you prefer to follow one character at a time, you can read their chapters in sequence for a complete biography. The other characters may only 5.6kReads8.0Score409Shelves

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    In 1977, the harsh winter ended, and spring thunder rumbled. The college entrance examination, suspended for ten years, resumed. A single exam paper pierced the light of destiny for millions of ordinary people. Here we see educated youth rooted in the countryside, students from impoverished families who had endured hardship, young people burdened with family responsibilities, parents burdened with guilt, and neighbors upholding their conscience. Some studied diligently by lamplight in mud-brick houses, some persevered in their ideals amidst gossip, some fought for quotas and future prospects, and some maintained their integrity amidst the coldness and warmth of human relationships. There were no unrealistic comebacks, only the struggles and passions of ordinary people; no one-dimensional characters, only the stubbornness and pursuit of every ordinary person under the torrent of the times. This was the college entrance examination of a generation, and even more so, the rebirth of a nation. Recreating the passionate years with the realism of the era, and writing an epic of struggle with vivid portraits, "The 1977 College Entrance Examination: Another Spring" shows every glimmer of light in that era. [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

49. 299 我 Those Years I Spent in Dongguan 我在东莞那些年 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭6k WordsCompleted My Years in Dongguan 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves

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    New!!!!!!!

50. 300 后 The Chronicles of Later Zhao, Volume One: The Biography of Shi Le 后赵演义第一卷石勒传 Chrysanthemum on the Stone Palace Bank石宫岸菊Historical396k WordsCompleted Shi Le (274–333) was the only person in Chinese history to rise from slavery to the throne. Born into the lower ranks of the Jie people, he was once sold into slavery. He later rose to prominence with a band of “eighteen horsemen,” unified much of northern China, and founded the Later Zhao regime. During his rule, he introduced a number of reforms: he established the Imperial Academy, reduced taxes and corvée labor, and appointed the Han official Zhang Bin to high office. He also created a “thre 377Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Chapter Sixteen: Three Arrows Fired Simultaneously to Settle the Wind and Clouds; Tiger Returns to its Cage to Subdue the Fierce and Unruly. In the General's Mansion of Xiangguo, the air seemed to freeze, the heavy pressure making even the candlelight flicker. The aftershocks of Liu Yao's ascension to the throne had not yet subsided when the devastating news of Shi Hu's massacre of surrendered generals, his instigation of the rebellion in Changshan, and the subsequent invasion of Liu Kun's army was like a bucket of ice water poured over him. All the civil and military officials in the hall held their breath, their gazes fixed on Zhang Bin, the Right Chief Secretary. Zhang Bin's face was ashen, his gaze quickly sweeping across the three key locations of Chang'an, Pingyang, and Changshan on the map. A moment later, his eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he stepped forward, his voice clear and firm, instantly breaking the deathly silence: "General! Although this situation is perilous, the opportunity to break it lies within! I have three strategies that can determine the fate of the nation!" Shi Le's clenched fist loosened slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Sir, speak quickly!" "First, delay declaring yourself emperor, and raise the banner of righteousness!" Zhang Bin pointed towards Chang'an, "Although Liu Yao has preemptively declared himself emperor, his power base is in Guanzhong, isolated from Hebei and the Central Plains. His newly established 'Zhao' state has not yet won the hearts of the people. If you, General, are too hasty in declaring yourself emperor, you will become the target of everyone's anger, which will only unite Liu Kun, Wang Jun, and even the Jin dynasty in Jiangdong in their hatred of the enemy! You should temporarily conceal your ambitions and continue to uphold the righteous banner of 'punishing the traitor Jin Zhun and restoring the Han dynasty (or, as some say, avenging the Liu family)'! Liu Yao is also using this banner. I will contend with him for 'who is the legitimate heir' and 'who is the true avenger of the Liu family'! This is a struggle for legitimacy, but also a struggle for the hearts of the people!"

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