The realm was divided into three, with Shu Han clinging to its corner. The chancellor died at Wuzhang Plains, and the great northern expedition was abandoned halfway through.
When Shen Ke opened his eyes, he found himself in the twentieth year of the Yanxi era.
The court was busy copying a grand treatise advocating surrender, On the Enemy State.
Everyone praised it, everyone marveled at it, and they studied the art of surrender with great care.
Huang Hao performed his shamanistic rituals in the palace, while the Later Lord applauded in the throne hall.
Jiang Wei was leading his ninth expedition against the Central Plains, losing more troops with every battle and straying further and further off course.
Shen Ke flipped the table on the spot.
“Minister Qiao, I respect you as a man of letters, but what kind of trash is this On the Enemy State? We might as well surrender right now!”
“General Boyue, forgive my bluntness, but you're fighting like an amateur!”
Jiang Wei angrily drew his sword. “If you can do better, then you do it!”
Shen Ke: “You really want me to take over? You said it yourself!”
From then on, Shen Ke took on the surrender faction with his left hand and the pro-war faction with his right.
Neither side liked him, yet neither could do without him.
Qiao Zhou: “This kid is always cursing my surrenderism, but his tax reform plan... is indeed better than mine!”
Jiang Wei: “I've studied Shen Ke's map of the northern expedition for three days and nights, and I still can't make sense of it. Could it be... that I'm really an amateur?”
Liu Shan clapped his hands. “Everything will be done as Minister Shen sees fit. Now that the Chancellor is gone, at last someone else is willing to worry about things for me!”
When Deng Ai secretly crossed Yinping, he gazed at the endless fortifications on the mountainside and fell silent for a long time. “Can anyone tell me when this defensive line was built?”
Zhong Hui stared up at Jiange Pass for three days before leaving with one remark: “Let's go home. We'll never break through in this lifetime.”
Sima Zhao sighed at the sky. “Who says Shu has no great generals? Shen Ke seems excellent to me. It'd be even better if he belonged to Great Wei.”
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Emperor of Longevity: Emperor Xian of Han
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Three Kingdoms: Even Zhuge Zhan Can Lead Troops?
Three Kingdoms: The Hidden Chancellor of Ji Han, Conquering the Central Plains
A Dungeon Just Appeared in My Living Room
Siheyuan: Starting by Picking Up Attributes
Oh No, I've Become Emperor Ling of Han
My Father Is Liu Bei, Strive to Become a Dragon Like Your Father
Have I Revived the Han Dynasty Today?
In order to deceive Liu Chan into surrendering, the "preservation" promises Qiao Zhou made with great confidence turned out to be empty promises in hindsight. Judging from the historical facts, these promises of his were not only unfulfilled, but even full of hypocrisy and deception: 1. Promise to "preserve the clan", but the Shu Han royal family was brutally humiliated
I've read many novels about the Shu Han state in its later stages.
Some begin with Liu Bei's heroic efforts to turn the tide after the Battle of Yiling; some with preventing Ma Su's defeat at Jieting; some with the suppression of Wei Yan and Yang Yi's rebellion immediately after Zhuge Liang's death; some begin shortly after Shu Han surrendered to Deng Ai; and some even begin after the complete fall of Shu Han, starting from the Western Jin Dynasty.
The core of Shu Han was romance, but to succeed, it had to consider economic and political factors. How many acres of arable land did Shu Han have? How many shi of grain can be produced in a year? How much grain can ordinary people eat? How many acres of land should the powerful families occupy in total? These all need to be calculated; otherwise, you can't possibly seize 9.6 Million square kilometers of land from the powerful clans of Sichuan by fighting them, can you? 😒
The theory of Qiu Guo is right. He failed to seize the opportunity in the two battles of Huainan. Even with a better record than Zhuge Liang, he failed to seize the opportunity to win Longyou. Instead, Deng Ai kept suppressing Jiang Wei, and Shu Han was waiting for the country to perish. And Zhuge Zhan will join forces with Huang Hao to seize Jiang Wei's military power in a few years.
The words may be unpleasant to hear, but they are the truth.
So far, the author has already started to fantasize about this book. Aside from his various watery daily routines, the rest of his logical chain is completely untenable. Qiao Zhou represented the local gentry of Yizhou, whose core demand was to end the war and preserve the local interests of Yizhou.
Did Ji Han refer to himself as Ji Han?
True development requires attention to various details: first, technological innovation; second, the division of interests among factions; and third, the rectification of official corruption.
Sun Hao was indeed cruel and tyrannical, but when he faced Sima Yan in Luoyang, he dared to say, "I have also prepared a seat for you in the south," and even publicly mocked Jia Chong for murdering the emperor. Even if he was just being stubborn, he still retained some backbone as a ruler of a fallen kingdom. And what about Liu Shan?
You, a native of Yizhou, have nothing better to do than oppose anti-China rhetoric.
When did the theory of hatred towards the country become a powerful expression of surrender?
He was clearly advising General Jiang against reckless military campaigns, urging him to focus on development and wait for internal strife within Cao Wei before emulating the Shang dynasty's overthrow of Jie and King Wu's conquest of Zhou, rather than blindly following Emperor Gaozu's example of destroying Chu. And now he's considered a surrenderist?