The Annals of Emperor Renzong of Song

My ongoing story next door, A Guide to Cultivating Immortality in Song Dynasty Steampunk, takes place two hundred years after this story. It's currently serializing, has 250,000 words, and is nice and long. Please add it to your favorites~ Blurb for the ongoing story next door: Wei Nanping transmigrated to the Song Dynasty in 1135. He thought he'd landed in a story about wandering through a chaotic age. The Jin Dynasty lay to the north, Western Xia to the west, and the Southern Song court was weak and incompetent, treating Hangzhou as if it were Bianzhou. Though he'd been raised by a Taoist temple since childhood, what good is an intact egg beneath a toppled nest? Once the Jin cavalry arrived, these Taoist priests would be swept up along with everyone else. As he worried, he suddenly realized something was off about this world. Why could all my senior brothers and sisters ride clouds, pass through walls, vanish into the earth, and turn beans into soldiers? Had he actually landed in a story about cultivating immortality to save the world? But after leaving Zhenyi Temple and entering Yangzhou, he came face-to-face with steam-belching iron trains, assembly-line factories crowned with rows of chimneys, airships circling overhead, and department stores brimming with all manner of goods... Wei Nanping, a country Taoist raised in a temple, fell into a deep silence in this world where industry and science were the mainstream. #Another year of gazing south, awaiting the royal army, now reinforced with a tank company# #There are no hard battles in the Northern Expedition, only brave artillerymen# #There is no truth in the world. Truth lies within the range of a machine gun# #Our Great Song Dynasty loves peace# A classical-style steampunk fantasy novel, updated daily with 6,000 words~ This story's blurb: I am Emperor Renzong of Song, the fourth emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and one of the male leads in The Cat That Swapped the Crown Prince. I should have lived a carefree life, quietly enjoying my forty years as emperor. And yet... “Hello, this is the System for Raising an Emperor for the Ages. Host, please build the country you live in into a prosperous, strong, civilized new society through relentless effort, with the System's help!” Zhao Shouyi hesitated for a moment between “an emperor for the ages who works himself to death” and “a benevolent ruler who eats, waits, and dies.” Then he turned and saw his mother ruling from behind the curtain, his Grand Tutor wielding power across the court, and neighboring nations watching hungrily... “From that moment on, I made up my mind.” “I will shoulder the fate of the countless common people and the future of our land and state.” “Never retreat, never regret.” “I am an emperor for the ages, a sage ruler for all time.” A nation-building story. The male lead is devoted to being emperor, usually wise and benevolent, occasionally ruthless. The empress is his ally, and there's no romance between them. A touch of wuxia and fantasy elements, but nothing that stops the protagonist from becoming a sage ruler remembered through the ages. A recommendation for a friend's upcoming historical BL story: The Emperor Knows the Chancellor Wants to Rebel by Yun Guixiu, featuring a beautiful, sadistic chancellor who is sweet on the outside and dark within, and an emperor who keeps dancing on the edge of death. It's absolutely delicious, you won't regret checking it out~ And if you're interested in historical BL, take a look at my upcoming story: I Hate That You Never Saw General Ji I am a great general who commands golden blades and iron steeds. In the sixth year of Pingchang, the emperor executed the corrupt eunuchs and changed the era name to Kangding. In the second year of Kangding, the realm rebelled against the Han, war fires blazed everywhere, and heroes contended for supremacy. To the north stood the Qin clan of Yanmen, commanding tens of thousands of soldiers and pointing their swords at the Central Plains. Ji Ruyi: “A defeated general should know better than to boast of valor.” To the east stood the Zheng clan of Mount Tai, sharpening their weapons and watching like tigers. Ji Ruyi: “They're not even as good as the Qin clan.” To the west stood the Feng clan of Tianshui, rich enough to rival the realm and fully equipped with soldiers and horses. Ji Ruyi: “They even surrender with such organization and discipline.” To the south stood the Xie clan of Kuaiji, generations of high officials with the people behind them. Ji Ruyi: “Are you going to fight or not?” There were also foreign states such as the Xianyun, Fuyu, and Wusun, still scheming to seize the throne. Ji Ruyi: “Why don't you form a united front and all come at me together?” Ji Ruyi: “I'm not singling anyone out. I'm saying every single person here is trash.” A story about a great general sweeping across the realm, undefeated in every battle, while falling in love along the way. There is a couple, and one half is an angel. Happy ending. Theme: The people come first, the state comes second, and the ruler comes last