The Simulation Starts with Marrying into the Female General's Mansion

Let's talk about the most common plot flaw in simulation flow. The essence of this type of writing is to quickly create internal conflicts, forcefully reduce the overall game thinking, and completely abandon the most basic calculation of interests of ancient monarchs. First, we will dismantle two fatal logical loopholes: 1. An emperor will never choose to assassinate a general with military power in his residence There are actually many methods available to monarchs who are afraid of generals: transfers on the surface, false promotions to reduce military power, splitting subordinates, using civil servants to check and balance, and slowly weaving evidence to prove the truth, are all mature methods that have appeared in ancient times. Assassination is the last resort. Once it happens, it will directly shake the credibility of the monarch-minister system. Everyone in the civil and military circles of the government and the public is in danger. Everyone in the local generals who hold military power will feel that "they will be secretly assassinated even if they perform meritorious service." This can easily lead to mutiny and separatist feudal lordships. Assassinations are generally only used to deal with exiled rebels and peripheral enemies who cannot be convicted by law, and will never be used to deal with high-ranking generals within the court system. 2. Taking the initiative to leak intelligence and sacrificing tens of thousands of frontline soldiers to get rid of one's own generals is a typical loss that outweighs the gain The emperor wants to kill the rabbit and kill the dog, and the optimal solution is to liquidate the heroes after the foreign invasion is suppressed. This is also the common logic of Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. The monarch's operation in the book is tantamount to actively amplifying external threats, using the lives of tens of thousands of elite soldiers as bargaining chips, betting that the enemy will give up after this battle. However, the laws of war are never subject to subjective control. Once the enemy army tastes the sweetness of defeating the main force, it will inevitably expand its results and march forward. Even if the general is eliminated in the end, the country will still have to pay huge military expenditures, lost city land, and subsequent conscription. The subsequent cost of maintaining stability is far higher than the threat posed by this general. It is simply a loss that outweighs the gain. Combined with the common problems in the creation of simulation flow, the reasons are discussed 1. Plot needs are greater than worldview logic Simulation flow needs to create strong dramatic conflicts in a short time, and the protagonist needs to gain an opportunity to rise through the plot of the general being wronged. The author is too lazy to design a long-term political game. The simplest and crudest way is to have the king do something extremely stupid at once, quickly disrupting the situation and making it easier for the protagonist to enter the game. That's what you said, making a whole pot of dumplings just for a little vinegar. 2. Most authors lack an overall understanding of military and political logistics Many authors of simulation streams are good at writing about personal maneuvering and interpersonal calculations, but they do not understand the war game at the national level and cannot see the chain reactions behind the annihilation of the entire army: hidden consequences such as soldier attrition, military morale collapse, border people's instability, and subsequent financial collapse are basically ignored. In their eyes, the dead soldiers are just a series of numbers, and only the power struggle in the court is the main line. 3. The characters are labeled, and the monarch is forcibly shaped into a purely jealous tyrant In order to rationalize the subsequent protagonist's rebellion or change of fate, the author deliberately made the emperor short-sighted and suspicious, erasing the necessary forbearance and balance ability of the superior, and the character suddenly became unsteady.