Regarding the matter of issuing knives, I would like to apologize to everyone.
Yesterday I originally wanted to post three chapters at once, but I didn’t finish them before 12 o’clock, so I posted two chapters first. After finishing Chapter 3, I was so sleepy that I went to sleep. When I woke up, I found that everyone had a very violent reaction. I would like to express my gratitude here.
sorry.
Regarding Zan Wanshou, from the beginning of writing this character, I had already planned this ending. It was not out of any ill will towards him. What I thought about was: What would happen if he chose to die for his country?
It is inevitable to talk about Zhang Jue here.
Because Zan Wanshou was as famous as Zhang Jue as an anti-Mongolian general at the time, the two ended up with different endings.
First, let’s post a piece of history about Zhang Jue’s death:
When Chongqing ran out of food, Zhao An persuaded Zhang Jue to surrender with a letter, but Zhang Jue refused to listen. Zhao An and his subordinate Han Zhongxian opened the town's west gate at night to surrender. Zhang Jue led his troops to fight in the streets, but failed. He returned home and asked for poisonous wine to kill himself, but Zhang Jue refused to give it.
So he took his wife out of the east gate in a small boat.
Halfway through, Zhang Jue felt so regretful that he chopped the boat with an ax and sank it. The boatman grabbed the ax and threw it into the river. Zhang Jue eagerly wanted to go into the water, but his family members held him back. Tomorrow, Tiemu'er caught up with him and sent him to the capital.
Zhang Jue was taken to Anxi, and his friends said to him: "You have been loyal to me for the rest of your life, in return for what you have done. So far, even if you don't die, what's the point?"
Zhang Jue untied his bowstring and committed suicide in the toilet. His followers burned his bones and buried him in a jar...
When I read this paragraph, I was very touched.
When writing a story about the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, I really wanted to have Zhang Jue be granted the title of ruthless king Xu in the story.
I imagine that if there is another time and space, Zhang Jue can realize his ambition, because I was touched by his tragedy.
Back to Zan Wanshou, according to historical records, he surrendered (there is also a theory that he fled back to his hometown).
In short, history has criticized him for being unsafe in his later years.
I don't mean to blame Zan Wanshou.
It was remarkable that he resisted in such an environment.
I was just thinking, in history, when Zan Wanshou was defeated, he was very confused about what to choose, right? Since I have written a story, can I give him a choice in this story that he did not have originally?
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Zhang Jue got heroism but not ambition. We gave him an ambition in the fantasy story;
Zan Wanshou was preserved and did not receive his integrity or posthumous name. Then we will give another choice in the story of imagination and see what will happen.
This is what I thought when I read the information, so I set up this plot from the beginning.
Because I have to write him to death, I haven't given him too much ink.
But of course there will be regrets if you sacrifice... Well, I'm sorry.
Then, today, I saw everyone was praising Zan Wanshou, and suddenly I had an idea:
In the Southern Song Dynasty, if Zan Wanshou could die for his country like Zhang Jue, wouldn't people at that time deplore it as much as they do today?
How to say……
I do not ask Zan Wanshou to die for his country in history, but in this story, if he dies for his country, then there will be people who will feel sorry for him.
So, maybe this is another possibility in another time and space?
This is exactly the original intention of me writing this way. Although many people criticized me more fiercely than I expected. But we also imagined another possibility of a character together and presented this result, right?
Of course, the ancients have passed away. This is just a story after all, the writer’s imagination of history.
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Finally, I would like to apologize again for making everyone feel bad.