Northern Song: I Really Just Want to Be Demoted!

Before the Ming Dynasty, the emperor was not addressed as "Huangshang" (). During the Song Dynasty, he was often called "Guanjia" (), and in other dynasties, he was usually addressed as "Bixia" (). Starting in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor was occasionally addressed as "Huangshang," but most of the time he was addressed as "Bixia."

In reality, Wang Anshi is viewed through too much lens. If you peel back the lens and look at Wang Anshi and the New Party, you will find that these people were the least politically ethical in the Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Anshi and others could not possibly have been unaware of the consequences of the new laws.

This reward is really unappealing. Other rewards involve returning to modern times, while this one is in ancient times. Without various entertainment options, even if you're incredibly wealthy, you don't have the same consumption methods as in modern times—what's the point? It's better to be a good official. In ancient times, power was far more important than money.

Is this introduction even written by a normal person? You're a demotion system, not a suicide system. Did the author get the premise wrong?

In the Northern Song Dynasty, corrupt officials were not sentenced to death; at most, they were demoted. The system allowed them to become wealthy through demotion, so they embezzled as much as they could, and somehow they became rich.

This kind of hypocrisy doesn't suit me.

The system crashed while I was writing? That's kind of funny.

It completely reverses the protagonist Zhao Ye's ultimate goal from the "soaring to the top" that everyone pursues to the "retirement at the peak" that he avoids at all costs. This extreme "anti-routine" setting not only instantly establishes the comedic tone of the work, but also packages a profound political survival allegory into an absurd and wise adventure in the officialdom.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, to live comfortably, one had to be an official. Official salaries were the highest in history. Without an official position, no matter how wealthy you were, you were just a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered. The struggle between the old and new factions reached a point of no return; the worst that could happen was exile or demotion.

The plot felt rushed; it's a good story by Tomato, but it falls a little short on Qidian.com.