Dushanhe

Everyone in the world thought he was a deposed and abandoned son. Only he himself knew that the step he took to step into the Prime Minister's Mansion was his plan. The son of a powerful minister who was ordered to monitor him was the only variable in this situation. Twenty years of injustice, a war over land and food, a game of revenge with the world as a chess piece—— What he wants to overthrow is never a certain emperor, but the rule itself that treats people as pawns. And the person who promised him a lifetime of employment with thousands of miles of mountains and rivers was the person who was supposed to kill him. "The person who wants to kill you the most is the one closest to you." Intention: 1. Surface intention: crossing mountains and rivers = revenge and overturning the case, using the world as a chess piece "What he wants to overthrow is never a certain emperor, but the rule itself that treats people as pawns." This is the core of Outline Plan F. Xiao Yu reversed the case for the Liu family. On the surface it was "revenge of the deposed prince", but at the bottom it was a war over land and food (Plan D) - who would repair the Yellow River's bursting embankments? Who cares about the food hoarding in Jiangnan? Whose cheese did Qingtian order touch? Every line points to the same question: Whose world is this? The Liu family was wronged = loyal ministers were swallowed up by the system Qing Tian Ling = Take back the land from the lords and give it back to the people Abolish the proton system = no longer use living people as collateral The purpose of this level is: Revenge is not the end, rebuilding order is. In the end, Xiao Yu did not "replace him as the new emperor", but returned the power to the rules and the land to the people - this gave HE's retirement a real moral weight. It was not "call it a day and fall in love", but "I have completed what I should do, and now I can leave." 2. Middle-level intention: crossing people = two-way salvation, the proposition of belief and disbelief "Everyone in the world told him not to trust anyone. He just trusted the person who should kill him the most." His mother's letter read "Live and don't trust anyone" - but Xiao Yu's final choice was to trust Shen Yun. This was not naive, it was because he still chose to hand over his life after seeing all the truth clearly. Shen Yun's line is the same: he grew up in the hands of his father, a powerful official, and was used to seeing "everyone is a pawn" until Xiao Yu handed him his back - "I know you can kill me at any time, but I still put my life in your hands." Xiao Yudu and Shen Yun: From a person who is "decisive in killing but only believes in himself", he learned to trust and to be soft. Shen Yundu Xiao Yu: From a sick and weak prince who "can be bullied in everything", he learned to take initiative, learn to play chess, and learn not to accept fate. The purpose of this level is: the real redemption is not "you saved me", but "you made me believe that this world is worth a gamble." The reason why the two-way handle is moving is not because of the secret itself, but because - "I hold your death penalty, but I choose to hide it for you. This is not a transaction, but a choice." 3. Deeper intention: Crossing the Heart = Transcendence from "playing chess" to "laying down chess" "Mountains and rivers are difficult to cross, but fortunately you and I are traveling together - but what is more difficult than crossing mountains and rivers is to prevent mountains and rivers from crossing people." This sentence is the most cruel sentence in the whole book. The first half of the sentence is romantic, and the second half is critical. "Crossing mountains and rivers" is an action - two people work together to conquer the world, overturn wrongful convictions, and establish order "Mountains and rivers no longer need to cross people" is the ultimate question - when will the world no longer need people to 'cross' it? When will ordinary people no longer have to be involved in chess games as victims? The full version of Xiao Yu's Arc: Abandonment (passive acceptance) → Play chess (take the initiative to turn the tables) → Overturning the chessboard (overthrowing the system) → Put down chess (go into seclusion, no longer obsessed with control) The purpose of this level: What is truly powerful is not "I can control everything", but "After I have experienced everything, I choose not to let anyone else experience it." The land clearing order, the abolition of the proton system, and the return of power to the people - these new policies are not "rewards after winning", but Xiao Yu spends his life answering a question: "If the rules themselves are wrong, do you want to break the rules as well?"