Why forget? And why should we remember it?
Which is more cruel, reality or lies?
Don't ask about the future, look back and ask about the past!
Ps: I've been feeling a bit delusional lately, and I'm always afraid that I'll be criticized by the Censorship Party if I write incorrectly.
Look, this is all imaginary. Writing official history or drama involving history is really scary for people like Ben Gong who have little education, and it is too easy for them to lose their hair due to anxiety. Personally, I absolutely respect history.
There may be some references in the text, such as the political system, place names, and titles. The Ming Dynasty also has some Tang systems, but overall it is European and does not conform to any dynasty, that's it.
And tobacco, this is purely personal preference. In official history, tobacco was only available in China during the Wanli period. It was introduced from Luzon, that is, Vietnam, and first spread to Fujian and Guangdong. Oh, that one is really addictive, just like smoking a big cigarette. So it was forbidden in the upper class. Chongzhen was even more strict and ordered that no smoking be allowed. So the initial setting of the character Fu Yansheng was that he smoked dry cigarettes, which in itself was, uh, obscure, a lonely guy who was spending time away from his sorrows! Spying is really not a healthy profession, and he is not a mentally healthy person. Later I smoked less. Uh-huh!
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