The Rivers and Mountains of the Northern Commandery

This is outrageous! This is a historical figure named Liu Daogui, courtesy name Daoze. A bunch of people in the book reviews are going crazy saying his name and courtesy name aren't right, showing off their secondhand knowledge. You've changed someone's real name and courtesy name in history? How dare you?

Succession from elder brother to younger brother is a tradition of our Song Dynasty.

I've read (my father, Liu Jinu), but it's still a bit lacking. I hope my elder brother, Liu Jinu, can offer a fresh perspective; truly excellent books on Liu Yu are so rare.

This book has a problem. Since it's not about time travel, it only involves dreams of the modern world. Aside from some changes in language and the introduction of a few new words, there's no technological advancement; farming and warfare remain in their primitive stages. So, the question is, what's the point of this book?

This book genuinely portrays Liu Yu better. After all, Liu Yu's northern expedition demonstrated his ability to unify China, and he was the founding emperor of a legitimate Han Chinese state. The later Sui and Tang dynasties in the north may not have been entirely of pure Han blood.

With such a vast territory, why hasn't a government been established yet? Wouldn't all the other warlords look down on the protagonist? There's no writing on civil administration, economy, bureaucracy, taxation, or diplomacy. Although under the Jin dynasty's control, he's effectively a regional warlord, yet he doesn't independently establish his own system—a dangerous situation.

The protagonist isn't exactly a time traveler, is he? The writing is really strange. On one hand, it mentions a dream hinting at a semi-native, but when writing it, it sounds like a pure native. At other times, it suddenly throws in inexplicable reflections.

Or just write about Liu Yu, or his son; writing about his brother wouldn't be very interesting.

The author's book performed so poorly, except for encountering the biggest opening flaw in the historical fiction genre: the protagonist is a semi-native. The bigger reason is that the author's "artsy syndrome" has kicked in, and he stubbornly refuses to change the initial setting, even though it could be changed with just a few words.

To be honest, it's unrealistic to expect the Han to completely destroy the Hu people in this era. The best approach is to use the Hu people to control the Hu people, training a portion of the Hu people who are not very strong in combat, and another portion of elite Han troops. The Hu troops would scout ahead, and the Han troops would reap the rewards.