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Chapter 1880 Reader's Emotions
Feeling these strange emotions, Liu Xu finally understood why such an ending could cause such a huge emotional outburst. Ultimately, it was a question of the protagonist and the supporting characters.

Although the plot of the second half of "Stealing Song" obviously focuses more on Zhao Guangyi, the protagonist of the entire novel is undoubtedly Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor. Moreover, half of the plot of the second half tells the story of Zhao Kuangyin's literary and military strategies, unifying the south of the Yangtze River while keeping a covetous eye on the Northern Han and Khitan. It is guaranteed that if Zhao Kuangyin is given another 10 to 20 years, he will be able to unify the country.

Moreover, Zhao Kuangyin was only 49 years old when he died, so it would not be difficult for him to live another 10 to 20 years.

The most important thing is that among the many protagonists of novels written by Liu Xu before, no matter whether they were as strong as the Han Dynasty, as weak as the Jin Dynasty, or as short as the Sui Dynasty, they were all veritable unified dynasties. Youzhou, Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Jiaozhou and other inherent territories of China were all unified, and even the territory of each successive dynasty was expanded.

Therefore, any reader who has been following the novel all the way through would have guessed and understood the plot that Zhao Kuangyin, as the protagonist, would defeat the Northern Han that occupied Bingzhou, and the Khitan that occupied Youzhou, Liangzhou, and half of Jizhou, just like the previous dynasties, and then unify these inherent territories of China.

Although the second half mainly talks about Zhao Guangyi's rebellion, Zhao Guangyi is undoubtedly the villain, and Zhao Kuangyin is undoubtedly the standard decent person, so almost all readers speculate that Zhao Guangyi's template is bound to fail, and Zhao Kuangyin will definitely completely suppress Zhao Guangyi's reactionary group.

Although Zhao Guangyi had gathered all the top masters in the world except Zhao Kuangyin and had a huge advantage, and Zhao Kuangyin was kept in the dark and unaware of it, but as a person with the protagonist template and natural luck, Zhao Kuangyin would definitely be able to make a complete reversal after experiencing numerous hardships and reversals, and kill Zhao Guangyi and so many opponents.

After all, in 99% of novels, the plot is arranged like this.

Have you ever seen a cool novel where the protagonist dies tragically at the hands of the villain, and the villain directly inherits all of the protagonist's inheritance and becomes the final winner?

Which novel dares to write like this? This novel will never have any readers.

Even in the rare few novels where the protagonist dies in the end, in the end the protagonist and the villain die together, using their lives to win justice for the world.

As a result, the villain Zhao Guangyi actually killed his heroic brother Zhao Kuangyin. How can you expect readers to accept this?

So although Liu Xu thinks that there is no twist in the ending, in fact, in the eyes of most readers, it is a novel that cannot be more beyond belief. No reader can guess the ending in advance. How can the protagonist of a novel die before unifying the world?
How is this possible!
As for why Liu Xu made such a mistake, it was of course because he already knew the ending of the story. He assumed in his heart that Zhao Guangyi would succeed, and he did not think that the success of Zhao Guangyi's conspiracy was so abrupt.

Secondly, because Liu Xu cannot access the Internet and read readers' comments, there is a disconnect between his cognition and that of his readers, and he has no idea what the readers think.

As a result, Liu Xu welcomed this wave of dramatic climax fluctuations, which made Liu Xu, who thought he had lost the opportunity, actually earn another wave of world power according to the original plan.

What's even better is that, unlike the previous plots and plots that were criticized, this time, after the storm, the readers' praise was quite high. Because many professional critics pointed out that the rubbish author had laid the foreshadowing long ago and wrote it this way to echo Guo Rong's plot.

First, Guo Rong did not conquer his kingdom by himself, but snatched it from the Later Han Dynasty. Similarly, Zhao Kuangyin did not conquer his kingdom by himself, but snatched it from the Later Zhou Dynasty. Secondly, Guo Rong also worked hard to build the Later Zhou Dynasty into a very solid kingdom, which already had the momentum to unify the world. If Guo Rong was given another 10 to 20 years, he would definitely be able to rebuild China. But then Guo Rong died suddenly.

Zhao Kuangyin died suddenly in the same situation.

Previously, Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyin had agreed to be brothers, and Guo Rong was equivalent to Zhao Kuangyin's elder brother. As a result, Zhao Kuangyin rebelled against his elder brother. Then Zhao Kuangyin was rebelled against by his younger brother and the country was taken away.

To sum up, Guo Rong's fate is actually extremely similar to that of Zhao Kuangyin. They almost follow the same story template. As a result, Zhao Kuangyin, who tried to seize the throne from Guo Rong, eventually had his throne taken away by his own brother. Even the ending is exactly the same.

This is an extremely standard echo. When Zhao Kuangyin was fighting for Guo Rong's kingdom, he had actually determined his own ending. It was not a deliberate attempt to disgust the players, but everything has a cause and an effect, and this is karma.

Let's take a closer look at the background story of the entire novel, especially the period in the north after the fall of the Tang Dynasty. There were six dynasties in succession, namely Later Liang established by Zhu Wen, Later Tang established by Li Cunxu, Later Jin established by Shi Jingtang, Later Han established by Liu Zhiyuan, Later Zhou established by Guo Wei, and finally the Song Dynasty established by Zhao Kuangyin.

So, let's guess, how long did it take from the establishment of the Later Liang Dynasty to the establishment of the Song Dynasty, as the names of these six dynasties changed one after another?
72 years. Just 72 years.

In other words, as long as a person can live beyond 72 years old, he can achieve the achievement of being born in the Tang Dynasty and dying in the Song Dynasty.

Of course, there is an even more impressive achievement, which is to be born in the Song Dynasty and die in the Ming Dynasty. However, the age requirement is higher, and you need to live to 98 years old, but it does not exceed the human lifespan limit.

Putting aside the legendary figure Zhang Sanfeng, there is a person explicitly recorded in this book named Zhou Shouyi, who was born during the reign of Emperor Lizong of Song. He was the unlucky emperor whose tomb was excavated and whose skull was made into a skull bowl.

108 years later, in the sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been on the throne for six years, heard that there was a 6-year-old man under his rule. He immediately thought it was a good omen, so he sent someone to invite him to ask for the secret of longevity. He also personally offered him a cup of tea and listened to him talk about the many living habits and clothing of the Han people in the Song Dynasty.

As a result, after this person returned, he still lived for another 6 years and died at the age of 114. There are also many centenarians among his descendants, which shows the power of genes.

Getting back to the point, this review believes that the reason why the great Lord Tianzun wrote such a story is to use the six changes of dynasties in 72 years, and each time it was relatives and friends who fought for the throne of the previous dynasty, to tell readers that one must be moral, act upright, only take what belongs to you, and never snatch what does not belong to you, otherwise they will be like Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyin, and in the end the things they had worked so hard to snatch were still snatched away by others, and they ended up getting nothing.

If you don’t believe it, just look at the ending of Zhao Guangyi. His throne would definitely be taken away by someone else. The entire Song Dynasty would be like the Tang Dynasty, in endless internal strife among the royal family!
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