Reborn at the End of the Song: The Fate of the Land Hangs in the Balance
重生宋末之山河动
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- Historical
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- Song-Yuan-Ming Dynasties
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The author seems to have neglected to properly study Song Dynasty history. Generally speaking, Song Dynasty literati possessed considerable integrity, unlike those of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Even after the loss of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun, the literati's desire to recover them remained undiminished, and the emperor even proclaimed, "Whoever recovers Yan and Yun will be king."
To share some thoughts, the author attempts to make historical web novels more realistic and the protagonist more relatable. However, this is precisely where the unrealism comes from. The protagonist is now so realistic that he doesn't seem like a real person. Instead, he's the author's imagined virtual character in a virtual environment, suggesting how real things should be done.
[Comment] Do you think you can stop the wheels of history from turning without some kind of cheat code?
No way!!! I don't believe it. Bye-bye...
He was not firm when he should have been. He had an army that obeyed only him, yet he still clung to the name of righteousness. Even though he had become emperor legitimately, he still tried to issue orders through the court through the legal system. Even though the high-ranking officials in the court were not of one mind with him, he still tried to "win people over with virtue".
Seriously, this is ridiculous. All you do is talk about history. History doesn't need explaining. Take Kublai Khan, the Yuan Dynasty emperor, for example. Stop going on and on about America and the Ming Dynasty, just filling the pages with nonsense. A whole chapter is just history; it doesn't feel like reading a novel at all. We don't need to know why the Mongols were the way they were. All that explanation is just padding. It hurts my eyes.
I couldn't continue reading after chapter 400. No matter how flowery the beginning was, it couldn't change the fact that the author relentlessly synchronized the protagonist's thinking with that of the ancients, trapping him in a quagmire of power struggles. At first, I felt this could have been avoided; why did he have to enter the court?
The biggest flaw in this book is that an emperor who started turning the tide at the age of five was so severely suppressed in terms of his subjective initiative. Despite such a miserable predicament, he was basically the founding emperor, yet he was still seen as an object to be manipulated at will by his court officials. All his abilities were ignored. Was this a collective loss of intelligence?
[Comment] The Storm Bottle isn't accurate, is it?
Isn't a storm bottle only affected by temperature? Its weather predictions must be inaccurate.
It's exhausting to watch. The main character seems to enjoy abandoning his strengths and feigning compliance with everyone.
The protagonist transmigrated to the Song Dynasty at the age of five, just as it was about to fall, and was only a prince. He even managed to recruit soldiers and had people surrender to him; it's hilarious, truly bizarre.