Ruling the Song Dynasty

The author deliberately placed the protagonist in the Jin Dynasty, caught in the turmoil of the Song, Jin, and Mongol empires. Yet, this time-traveler, knowing full well the city's fall and the nation's collapse, still led his family to stay in a small village over a hundred miles from the heart of the war.

The author's knowledge level is decent, and the gradual unfolding of the plot is reasonable. If this book were a farming/officialdom novel, this slow-burn start wouldn't be a problem; in fact, it's better than many terrible works where the protagonist starts chatting and laughing with the emperor and prime minister within just three or five chapters.

It's hard to keep watching. Can someone like the protagonist really change history? I don't believe it.

I don't read novels that claim to slowly refine the protagonist's character. Most characters have inherent flaws and can't be changed by gradual refinement. Old habits die hard.

A brief review of this book 1. You can skip the first 150 chapters. They're all just a chronological account: time travel, meeting people, and joining the Mongol army to attack the Southern Song Dynasty. There's very little about the protagonist's growth and development. The setup is too long and tedious.

Why do I get this feeling after reading over 300 chapters that it's using the name of the Han people to promote the restoration of the Jurchen kingdom? 🤫

A few words for the comments section: First, nowadays we emphasize that the 56 ethnic groups are one family, yet everyone is so hot-tempered. Have you considered that the author might be from an ethnic minority, that the readers might be from an ethnic minority, and that the officials in the censorship department might be from an ethnic minority?

The author's writing style and descriptions of the battlefield are quite good, but unfortunately the plot is terrible. First of all, how could a time traveler not avoid the risks of war? Secondly, is it wrong for a Han Chinese to be biased?

Only after reading it in depth did I realize that the author's research into history was not something that happened overnight. From grand descriptions of a brutal war scene to the size and structure of each weapon, the clothing of each character, and the style and shape of each building, there are meticulous and realistic descriptions.

I've seen modern people with ambition, but I've never seen a modern person without any drive. A lazy, unambitious time traveler like that is impossible.