Northern Song: I Really Just Want to Be Demoted!

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In fact, Wang Anshi's filter was too heavy. If you peel back the filter and look at Wang Anshi and the New Party, you will find that the people with the least political ethics in the Northern Song Dynasty were these people. It is impossible for Wang Anshi and others not to know the consequences of the entire new law. And when the old and new parties were debating, these issues were actually discussed openly. Wang Anshi's group of people are all familiar with the grassroots level in the local government. They have a good reputation in terms of the virtues of the officials below. It's just that Shenzong wanted to seize power at that time, and Wang Anshi also wanted to gain political capital, so the bastard fell in love with Mung Bean. And the reason why Wang Anshi and his family are said to be one of the original sins of Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty is because Wang Xianggong was so dirty that dogs would shake their heads after seeing it.

This reward is indeed unattractive. People reward you for going back to modern times. There are no various entertainment activities in ancient times. Even if you have a fortune, you don't have as many consumption methods as modern ones.

Was this introduction written by a normal person? You are a demotion system, not a death system. Did the author make a wrong setting?

In the Northern Song Dynasty, corrupt officials were not sentenced to death, and at most they were demoted. The system was to demote officials and get rich, so just be greedy and get rich no matter what.

This kind of uprightness doesn't suit me

It says that the system has run down? Kind of funny.

It completely changes the ultimate goal of the protagonist Zhao Ye from the "rising to the top" pursued by thousands of people to the unavoidable "retreat bravely". This ultimate "anti-routine" setting not only instantly establishes the comedy tone of the work, but also packages a profound political survival fable into an officialdom adventure full of absurdity and wisdom. The narrative power of this setting comes from the fact that it places personal wishes and the current of history in a very tense dislocation. In the Northern Song Dynasty, a specific stage where party disputes were fierce and the political situation was turbulent, being demoted from an official position was a setback in political life for ordinary people, but for the protagonist Zhao Ye, it might be a carefully calculated "safe exit" strategy, a kind of "great wisdom" away from the eye of the storm of power. However, the paradox of history is that the more people want to escape from the center of the whirlpool, the more they will be thrown to the core of the incident by greater forces. Every one of his "begging for relegation" - whether it is being straightforward, deliberately making mistakes, or showing inaction - may accidentally touch the pain points of the times. Instead, he will be interpreted by the emperor or the current situation as "loyal and commendable", "late bloomer" or "with profound meaning", thereby pushing him to a more prominent and dangerous position. This "backfire" comedy effect is the most powerful engine that drives the story. From a creative perspective, the title of this book provides us with a very ingenious template: how to deconstruct traditional narratives and open up new plot possibilities and ideological depth by setting a core action goal for time travellers that is completely contrary to historical common sense. It requires the author to have a deep understanding of the political ecology and officialdom rules of the Northern Song Dynasty in order to make the protagonist's "seeking derogation" method appear reasonable, diverse and interesting. At the same time, this also prompts the story to go beyond simple comedy to touch on serious propositions such as the nature of power, the ideals of literati, and the way to protect oneself in troubled times. We look forward to the protagonist Zhao Ye using his helpless wisdom on this rebellious road of "seeking benevolence but not benevolence" to reveal to us another real and absurd picture of the officialdom of the Northern Song Dynasty, and finally answer an ultimate question: In an era where one has no choice but to do one's own, can a person win real success that belongs to him through "active failure"? This is undoubtedly a wonderful start full of historical insight and narrative ambition.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, you had to be an official to live comfortably. Official salaries were the highest in the history. Without an official position, no matter how rich you were, you were just a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered. The old and new parties fought to the point of death. To the death, it was just exile or demotion. Moreover, there was no real evidence for major crimes, and exile was rare. There was a high probability of being exiled. Demoted, kept demoted, Su Dongpo is an example. He committed crimes again and again, and was demoted every time. Then every time his brother took advantage of him, the worst he could do was resign and go home to become a country squire, something like an official. Such unspoken rules cannot be touched. Unless there is revenge for killing his father or something, no one will commit this taboo.

I feel like the plot is too sloppily handled. Tomato's good writing is a bit uninteresting at the starting point.