Some readers want to see this, want to see that, let me emphasize it again.
I wrote it as written, that is, deducing it step by step as time goes by.
An event in ancient times, assuming it follows the elements of a novel: goal, foreshadowing, climax, turning point, and ending, spans at least several months, or even as long as one or two years.
This is not modern, the process is very long.
Therefore, when writing about climactic events in ancient times, it is impossible to focus on one thing and write it down to the end, because the time span is too long.
For example, preparations for the beginning of Matter A were made in January 328, and then the specific implementation began in mid-July of the year. There were preliminary results in January 329, and they reached their climax in June of the middle of the year, and the dust settled at the end of the year.
The entire span spans two years.
You can't just write about this one thing for two years, and it's also impossible in reality. In ancient times, emperors, generals, and ministers all did multiple things at the same time. Several major things, A, B, C, and D, coexisted, and they were often very important. Wait for the results slowly.
For another example, someone talks about seizing the heir. If a prince does something and is reprimanded, or he feels it is inappropriate, he may postpone it for a few months or even a year. Will these months jump by all at once?
Another example is war. There are many cases where the conflict lasts for a year and a half, and then reaches the climax of victory.
But the question is, what should you do in the past year and a half? Should you just skip it? Directly write the results?
To be honest, I don't know how other historical authors handled it.
Or skip a year directly, wait for the next time and then jump another year, and then the next time jump another year or two? Forcibly skip the time BUG?
Maybe the is blurred so that readers can’t figure out which year, month, or day it is now? Is there a deliberate time bug?
Or is it possible to compress a plan that would take two or three years to produce results into one month?
I don't intend to write this.
My first book "South America", my second book "Floating Life in the Late Tang Dynasty", and the current one being serialized are all written according to the .
A battle or march may only take a few months. I really can't figure out how to jump to the conclusion so quickly. Do they have the ability to teleport through time and space?
The campaign to conquer Liangzhou that has just ended in this book has been planned since before the founding of the People's Republic of China in 327. I received the envoys from Liangzhou. Then I went to write other things and put this matter down because there will be no results within a few months.
Then at the end of the year, he made an interlude and appointed Liangzhou scholars as officials.
Then I put it down again and wrote about other things, because there would be no results in the next few months.
In March 328, troops began to be dispatched to the front line, and the battle was completed in more than a month. At this time, I continued to write continuously, from March to May.
Then there is the protagonist's western tour, post-war appeasement, and sharing of spoils. This cannot be completed in a few months. It will take two or three months just to walk back and forth. Then there will be interviews, promises, and official appointments. I will not go into detail about this part. I will just summarize it in one stroke.
, but replaced it with Zhang Shuo's defeat of Shouchun, because this was another major event that was happening at the same time.
If I had written it in another way, I would have made a decision and sent out troops, then arrived at the battlefield, had a big battle, and ended in victory. The time was compressed into a very short time. If I study the entire event in detail, there is not even enough time to march.
But some people think it's so smooth. What took one or two years to complete has been compressed into one or two months. Isn't it enjoyable to read?
If someone asks, two months of marching is not enough. It will take several more months to prepare and deliver supplies. Why is it so fast?
Don't ask, the question is that there is a time and space teleportation technique, which can transport materials as well as soldiers.
But I can't write like this.
When I was writing about an event, I was breaking it down in my mind: how long does this step take, and how long does that step take? In fact, the event process in this book has already been compressed in time, and it would be disrespectful to compress it any further.
So in the end, pressing write is inevitable.
But this also has disadvantages. The complete event process will be divided, that is, the goal, foreshadowing, climax, and ending cannot be written in one go, which greatly reduces the enjoyment.
Moreover, multiple events are interspersed with each other. According to the progress, it will be a little messy and appear to be relatively streamlined.
Just like the plot of the Huainan attack that I am currently writing, it has obviously come to an end. The next few months will be confrontations and even arguments between all parties. I will seize this time and try my best to string it together with other events, and then return to Huainan and even
Jianye.
Moreover, I also found every opportunity to write about the subtle changes in the grassland landscape over the years. This is the feedback of the decision made by the protagonist a few years ago. This is very important and must be written.
To formulate a policy, it is not possible for the time traveler to give an order and have immediate results. This is impossible.
The whole process lasts for a long time and may affect the next few decades. However, this impact is a subtle change. Not much change can be seen in a few months or a year. It has to be extended to two to three years, or three to five years before there is a certain change.
So every once in a while, I take advantage of every opportunity to give feedback so that readers can see the subsequent impact of the protagonist's policies.
I have seen some people writing this kind of reform plot, and in a few months, they have achieved results that others have taken decades to achieve in a few months. I would not write like this if I don't know how serious it is.
Some people also say that the protagonist’s purchase of slaves is too whimsical.
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang dynasties, slaves were traded on a large scale by grassland chiefs.
Even if slavery was later abolished in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, what actually happened?
In the Tang Dynasty, there was still large-scale slave trading. Policy was policy, and reality was reality.
So much so that the other side of the peninsula sent envoys to Chang'an to ask the Tang Dynasty to ban the sale of Silla maidservants. Without trading, there would be no harm, and there would be no consumption in the market, so slave traders would not arrest people.
In the Tang Dynasty, tens of thousands of Silla people lived along the coast of Shandong. Do you think they were all merchants or fishermen?
In the era of this book, it was completely normal for noble families to buy barbarians as slaves.
Who do you think caught him?
Who ordered Shi Le to capture slaves?
There is a whole black industrial chain. The top level is the governor of a state and the governor, the middle level is the officials and generals at all levels, the bottom level is the barbarian chiefs, and the consumer market is the manor owners and fort owners.
They bought people to farm, herd or serve as soldiers. This has happened since ancient times.
During the Wei, Jin and Northern Dynasties, there were several expeditions against the grasslands. How were the captured people dealt with?
Some were classified as military households, some worked as slaves and farmed, and some were given to officials and generals as welfare.
During the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo was conquered several times. Li Jing and everyone else said that the government soldiers went to the grasslands to snatch slaves and bring them back to the Central Plains for sale (and for their own use).
During the conquest of Goguryeo, the government soldiers robbed many slaves. Li Shimin paid for the redemption of some of them and settled them in Youzhou as a common people.
Do you think there is a big demand for slaves?
There is also the matter of the Protectorate, which I did not invent.
In fact, it is not uncommon for local chiefs to hold concurrent court positions.
The most typical example is the Khotan Kingdom in the Western Region during the Tang Dynasty. The troops were stationed in the Niya Oasis area, and there were a large number of Tang officials in the country. In the later period, even the judiciary and tax collection were all handled by the Tang people. This was like boiling a frog in warm water.
Unless there is external help, such as Tubo, this kind of rule will be difficult to overthrow internally, because new interest groups have been formed. The King of Khotan only sits on the inside, and external affairs are handled by Tang officials.
Those who cannot be dealt with by this method are actually the tribes with no fixed settlements. The Tang Dynasty failed with them, and the policy only worked for a period of time.
But as long as there is a settlement attribute, it is basically impossible to escape this routine, unless the Central Plains court itself collapses, then that is another matter.
Some people have never heard of it, so they find it shocking, and you think it's crazy.
Finally, I would like to emphasize again: I still write it as it is, because time is a clear main line that runs through the protagonist, his children,
Various policies, aristocratic families and even the entire world.
Chapter completed!