Returning to the Republic of China Era to Teach

Next up: "Slaying the Powerful Minister and Becoming Empress"

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About This Book:

That year, she was a student, and she witnessed far too much injustice.

That year, she was a teacher. She wielded her pen like a blade, using it to speak out against injustice.

That year, she started a school and a newspaper. Perhaps, she thought, she should try to change the world around her.

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Transmigrating into the Republic of China era and facing a land in ruins, Xu Yao couldn't help wondering: What could she do?

Adrift through life, buffeted by fate, she was both a legacy to preserve and a hope for the future.

Before you dive in:

1. The heroine is constrained by the times, so many things are beyond her control.

2. The heroine will have a golden finger, but this is not a wish-fulfillment story.

3. This is a tragedy. If you can't handle that, please click away.

4. No historical research, no historical research, no historical research.

5. Alternate history. Don't read it as real history, don't read it as real history. The author is timid.

Coming soon: "Slaying the Powerful Minister and Becoming Empress"

Huan Quan, courtesy name Shiheng, is a woman who transmigrated.

As the Han court fled south and the dynasty teetered on the brink, the great clans lived in luxury and debauchery while ordinary people endured lives of misery.

In the fifth year of Taihe, in Jiankang, the capital, a handsome young man walked out of the main gate of the Imperial College beneath an umbrella. He looked up at the spring willows by the pond and laughed.

"Are the willows north of the river fit to be plucked?"

Later, this young man refused the court's summons and journeyed with a friend to the north, where the northern tribes were ravaging the land, all for the sake of that jest about plucking a willow.

Huan Quan, the Second Young Master of the Huan family, was a prodigy in the eyes of the world. Born into a prestigious clan, he had earned a reputation for talent at a young age. He excelled in the Six Arts and the classics, and was equally versed in military strategy. Even in the refined conversations of Laozi and Zhuangzi, he was the equal of the era's most celebrated figures.

Yet no one knew that this heaven-blessed prodigy was a woman.

Huan Quan was once a celebrated and charismatic scholar, and she had repeatedly refused offers of official posts. But in time, she became an ambitious woman consumed by the desire for power...

She once joked, "If I can't leave a shining name for posterity, then being infamous for all time will do just as well." She loved fame, wealth, and power, and gave up much to pursue them. When at last she sat upon the throne, she summed up her life this way:

Trembling with fear, as if standing at the edge of an abyss.

Liang Chen had a dear friend, a remarkable talent who could bring order to the realm with words and conquer the world with arms. At some point, an indefinable tenderness took root in Liang Chen's heart for this friend.

Only later did he learn that his dear friend was a woman. It was both a blessing and a misfortune.

A blessing, because his deep affection had not been misplaced, and his longing finally had somewhere to go.

He was willing to offer her the title of princess consort and share all his wealth and glory with her.

But she did not seem to want that...

A misfortune, because the woman he loved was an ambitious player in this era, and power was an uncrossable chasm between them.

Only later did he realize that his dear friend did not want to be a princess consort. What she sought was the realm itself.

From illegitimate daughter of the Huan family, to Count of Dongting, to Duke of Liang, to Prince of Liang, to emperor: step by step, Huan Quan ascended the supreme throne. She led her armies north to reclaim the Central Plains. She wanted more than a corner of the realm to call her own. She wanted it all.

P.S. The heroine is not kindhearted. She is a pure political animal.

Theme: How can a people preserve their culture in times of chaos?