A Historical Wish Wall: Starting by Sacrificing a Foolish Emperor

The Historical Wish Wall is open! Audiences from every dynasty can post wishes, and anyone suitable can claim one and make it come true.

Wish No. 1: Xin Qiji was such a remarkable man, yet he died with his ambitions unfulfilled. Shouldn't we kill the incompetent emperor and replace him with a peerless wise ruler, so he can pursue his life's ambitions with confidence and vigor?

Liu Yu claims the wish and kills Zhao Gou as an offering to Heaven: A northern campaign is in our blood! You must join Us, You'an, and help Us conquer this little Nordic country!

Xin Qiji thinks His Majesty is wonderful in every way, except that sometimes he charges ahead too recklessly, which is a headache: Your Majesty, please stop. We really can't keep heading north. The Arctic Circle is up there!

Once the wish is fulfilled, it receives a ten-star rating:

You promised to cross a river. After crossing the Yellow River, why not cross the Belaya, the Rhine, and the Mississippi too? They all count as crossing rivers, don't they?

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Audiences from every dynasty: We want to make wishes too!

Please change the fates of Di Qing, Yu Qian, Qin Liangyu, Zhang Huangyan, Jiang Wei, Cui Hao, Xie Xuan, Yang Kan, Wang Jian, Xiao Mohe, and all those other heroes who were either let down by foolish rulers or met tragic ends!

Chai Rong takes over the world Di Qing lives in: Forget Zhao Zhen. I will lead you to conquer Xia and pacify Liao, then unite the realm!

Fu Jian: Minister Cui, thank you for helping Jinglue shoulder the civil and military affairs ^v^

A Dou: We capybaras have to get our act together too. Let's start by making a wellness plan for Father Prime Minister. He absolutely has to live to a hundred!

Empress Dowager Chu Suanzi: To protect my cousin Xie Daoyun and cousin Xie Xuan, I have decided to seize the throne and become an empress!

Zhu Qiyu: The Coup at the Gate? Ha! Today, I'll send my imperial brother on his way!

Tips:

Parallel timelines.

I will write about everyone mentioned in the blurb, but the order is undecided.

I might also write about people not mentioned here, such as Zhang Xun and Chen Qian, as well as ensemble stories about members of the Chen Commandery Xie clan and the Langya Wang clan. There just wasn't enough room to fit them all here, hahaha.

This is mainly an ensemble story with quite a few obscure historical figures. I'll try to give every character their moment in the spotlight and avoid one-dimensional portrayals. The pacing may be slow.

Check out my upcoming works:

"Conquering Jin, Starting with the Mongols": The god of war Meng Gong, the model for [redacted], is reborn and gets a different [redacted] setup. He starts out as a Mongolian son-in-law wielding a golden saber, then conquers Jin and Song, campaigns west across Eurasia, and establishes a world empire.

"[Crossover] Becoming an Emperor for the Ages in a Martial Arts World"

Ying Zheng, Li Shimin, Fu Jian, Chai Rong, Liu Che, Zhu Di, and Chen Qian are reborn as background emperors in a martial arts world, playing themselves as emperors for the ages.

"The Rebel Alliance [Historical Crossover]"

Young Li Shimin, Liu Yu, Zhu Di, Liu E, Fu Jian, Chen Qian, Gao Changgong, Li Zicheng, and Yang Miaozhen: We're rebelling! We're going to become the new rulers!

"Historical Figures Switch Bodies and Reach the Pinnacle of Life": Several pairs of historical figures switch bodies: Yue Fei and Huan Wen, Zhang Juzheng and Sima Zhao, Wu Zetian and Qin Liangyu, Fu Jian and Zhu Yuanzhang, Gao Yang and Zhao Xu, and many others.

Theme: The mountains are vast and green, the rivers flow far and wide. The spirit of heroes endures as long as the mountains and rivers.