Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Written on the day of national humiliation
Forgetting the past means betrayal, and the historical lessons of the Day of National Humiliation seem to be more profound.

The time traveler hopes to change the past for some kind of "prosperous feelings". In fact, this kind of thinking is human nature.For example, if a time traveler travels to 918, he hopes to change the humiliation of losing power and humiliating the country.

The idea is good, but basically impossible to implement.

The same is true when traveling to the Tang Dynasty.

Before I started the book, I thought twice about whether to take the "upper-level route."Later I discovered that unless we abandon the inherent logic of history, we will be dead end.

This is what many readers often tell me: History does not need to be logical, but historical writing must be logical.

For example.

Every day I go out, I can theoretically pick up 100 million.If there really is a so-called omnipotent God, and I am the "chosen son of God" with my own aura of luck.Through such coincidences, I can live a good life.

So why should I, as the protagonist of a novel, work hard?What's the point of my efforts?

For another example, I am a penniless Phoenix man who cheats on me like crazy even if I don’t know how to do anything just because I am handsome.Under the care of the omnipotent God, through a series of "coincidental arrangements", one can also marry a beautiful girl and reach the pinnacle of life.

In this case, what is the point of my efforts?Readers of the book, what do you think the meaning of "my" existence is?
This kind of logic is terrible when applied to historical texts.This is no longer a question of whether the book is good or not.

Many seemingly historical tragedies are actually just historical choices. If you miss A, there will still be B.If you don't stumble in the front, you will inevitably suffer big losses later.History is like a mighty river that cannot be stopped.

The key lies in how future generations view that period of history.

Because history is cruel, confusing, and ruthless.

Let’s not talk about China, let me talk about Poland.

This country has been destroyed several times in history and has been restored several times.

But have the "people" of this country learned any lessons from these tragic histories?

From what I can tell, the answer is that almost no lessons were learned at all.

Poland today is still the same as it was hundreds of years ago, with no progress.

The teacher who never forgets the past and the future is the teacher of history standing there.It tells the story that knowledge is available to all, regardless of nationality.Our own people can also learn lessons from the history of foreign countries.

But its students are also divided into those who are motivated and eager to learn, and those who are not motivated.

The past is past and cannot be changed. The key lies in how its descendants will view this period of history and what experiences and lessons they can draw from it.

If there is any difference between historical novels and novels that are generally read for fun, I'm afraid it lies here.

So, coming back to the topic, why doesn’t this book take the “upper-level route” now?

Because the ruling class of the Tang Dynasty was completely corrupt.At this time, it is time to completely transform and liquidate the shortcomings accumulated over the past hundreds of years.

The transformation of the imperial system, a unified unified regime of mixed grassland and farming, is gaining momentum.

Will it become the Han version of the "Great Yuan Dynasty", or will it continue to shrink, eliminate the grassland ancestry and concentrate on farming, and become an "enhanced version of the Great Song Dynasty"?
The transformation of governance in multi-ethnic countries is a global issue today.Even though we are as strong as the United States, we can only kneel on the ground and speak harshly. Black lives matter in waves.

The commodity economy is in the ascendant. How can we get rid of the original constraints and move to a higher level?

The model of centralizing power in the emperor himself has come to an end. Should we continue to move forward and become a "cabinet system" in which imperial power is reduced, or should we reverse the course of history and return to the "classical model" to become an "enhanced version of Qin Shihuang"?
Can a person who colludes with the top management of Datang and tries to take the upper-level route solve these problems?Or to put it more clearly, is he qualified to make a choice?Is he worthy?
At this point, I didn’t even mention the Anshi Rebellion, so I just pretended it didn’t exist.Not to mention the problem that if you take the upper-level route, you will definitely merge with the Guanlong forces.

Lao Fang's control group was deliberately arranged this way.Or you can put it this way: I would ask Lao Fang to simulate and walk through how to write those Tang Chuan novels that followed the trend in the past.

In the great logic of history, a person's power is very small, and he is often not qualified to make choices.A God of War as powerful as Lao Fang is limited in what he can do, and even "does bad things with good intentions."

On the one hand, I hope to follow normal historical logic; on the other hand, I hope that the protagonist Xiao Fang can make choices without violating historical logic.

This is the reason why Xiaofang has been hanging out at the grassroots level from the beginning to the present and has not touched the door of the upper level.Because if the old framework is not dismantled, time travelers may not be able to do better than the ancients.

Of course, if you take the high-level route, Xiao Fang's age will be adjusted, and his character will also be adjusted.

For the author, these are not problems.

I am proud of being an author.

In a book, the author's level is always higher than that of the reader, even the most experienced reader.Works are equivalent to the author's children. Parents don't understand their children, but outsiders understand them better. Is that true?

If a book has reached the point where readers seem to think, "I can do it myself," then the book can be cut and reopened.

Let me put it bluntly, that kind of work is hot chicken!There is no value in reading.

Writing a book is like painting. For the author, he can write whatever he wants.Writing a book itself does not have so many restrictions. The real restrictions come from outside scrutiny and judgment of the work itself.

If you feel that you cannot write the desired effect, it only means that the author himself is not good enough. The author himself should stand up straight and be beaten, without any excuses.

For example, a reader said: Your book is illogical, the supporting characters all look like fools, and every time it is a coincidence.

Idiot fans of the author (even in some bad cases, they directly ask the studio to justify the hype) can of course say:

It's because you don't know how to appreciate it. It's because the protagonist is too smart and the supporting characters look stupid.You only deserve to read white texts!get out!
However, if the logic of a book does not make sense, how can the author himself, as the person who writes the book and draws the picture, not know?

Or can I really be shameless and pat my chest and say that my writing is fine?

Anyway, if I encounter such a problem, I won't be able to see Mr. Jiangdong. I can just stand up straight and get beaten. How can I dare to talk back?

The food is the food as written, there are no excuses to make.To write well, you need to work hard, hone your writing skills, improve the depth of your thoughts, and enrich your thoughts and knowledge base.

If you use black technology to defend yourself from a dog trust, you are really inferior and look down upon.

The author can only reflect on himself. There is something wrong with his own plot design!What we really need to reflect on is the author himself, rather than blaming the readers for not knowing how to appreciate it!The problems pointed out by readers are probably problematic.

This is the self-cultivation of the online article author.

Otherwise, everyone can write historical articles.If you write a book for people to read, you are better than ordinary people, right?Do you have such low requirements for yourself?

The author is the author, so don't insult this title.Be self-disciplined and introspective!
Finally, on the day of national humiliation, resist historical nihilism. Forgetting the past means betrayal!

There will probably be one more chapter tonight, and this volume is almost finished.

(End of this chapter)