Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 458 - 257: What Is There to Fear? (10,000-Word Update Asking for Monthly Votes)_3

Chapter 458: Chapter 257: What Is There to Fear? (10,000-Word Update Asking for Monthly Votes)_3

Emperor Xiaozong of Qi had the ambition to launch a northern expedition, but in the end, he could only sigh with regret.

In this slice of history, Chu Ge made a series of arrangements in response to this situation.

The first was to hasten the arrival of the great war, ensuring that the veteran soldiers of that time were still in their prime.

Next, he systematically preserved General Han Fuyue’s troops. After General Han Fuyue’s resurgence, he could directly use this as a framework for expanding the army, without the need to start from scratch, saving a great deal of time.

Of course, the most crucial point was the preservation of General Han Fuyue’s life.

The year he was framed, General Han Fuyue was only thirty-nine years old. Even ten years later, he was only forty-nine and still in his prime.

As long as General Han Fuyue was there, battles that could not be won would be won.

When the Jin soldiers amassed their forces to attack the Qi Army, what was meant to be a major victory and force the Qi Dynasty into negotiations turned into a crushing defeat upon encountering General Han Fuyue.

As for the recovery of Yan and the uprisings within Jin Country...

These were actually outcomes that could have been achieved ten years earlier.

In fact, at that time, Jin Country was already beset with internal and external troubles, which is why the Jin were forced to sign a treaty, resolve their internal conflicts, and not dare to advance south until ten years later.

But ten years later, Wanyan Hailing still had not completely eliminated these problems.

As long as they kept winning, it was fine, but once they were defeated, all these issues would be exposed.

Thus, with General Han Fuyue rising again and the Qi Dynasty invigorated nationwide, achieving such results under unified resolve was no surprise.

...

In Chu Ge’s vision, the mist gradually thickened.

Then, a system prompt appeared.

[Trial Illusion: Eight Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moon]

[Clear!]

The original clearance evaluation was not a few simple comments, nor a poem, but a summary of a character’s life.

[Li Hao, minister of the Qi Dynasty, native of Jiangning.]

[In the fifth year of Zhenghe, Li Hao passed the imperial examination, appointed as the Master of Imperial College. During Emperor Yingzong of Qi’s reign, he held positions such as Left Censor and Imperial Censor. In the second year of Jingping, he was captured by Jin and employed by Wanyan Chang.]

[In the fourth year of Jianyan of Emperor Gaozong of Qi, Li Hao returned to Qi Dynasty, strongly advocating for peace negotiations with Jin. Later, he was promoted to participate in political affairs, subsequently appointed as prime minister, serving to improve governance and diligently striving for reform. The following year, he was impeached and removed from his position.]

[Three years later, he was appointed prime minister again, serving alone in the role for more than ten years, advising Emperor Gaozong of Qi to continue to resist Jin, but Emperor Gaozong did not heed the advice, insisting on wrongfully killing General Han Fuyue and negotiating peace with Jin.]

[Caught between the emperor and a group of surrendering ministers, Li Hao secretly swapped the prison guard to save General Han Fuyue and made many arrangements, ensuring that there were troops ready to fight when General Han rose again ten years later.]

[In the first year of Longxing, Jin ruler Wanyan Hailing invaded with the nation’s troops. Li Hao firmly advised Emperor Gaozong of Qi to abdicate and flee to the sea. Later, a ship explosion and fire occurred, and Emperor Gaozong perished at sea.]

[Emperor Xiaozong of Qi stripped Li Hao of his honors, posthumously defaming him. Later, as General Han Fuyue campaigned in the north and advocated for his rehabilitation, Emperor Xiaozong posthumously bestowed on Li Hao the title of Prince Shen, with the posthumous honor of Loyalty and Devotion.]

[Li Hao, a controversial figure in later generations, was considered by some to be the chief culprit behind the Qi-Jin peace negotiations and General Han Fuyue’s wasted ten years, a villain in court, a representative of the faction advocating surrender, a culprit in the Jin peace treaty in which "the prime minister could not be left unpunished"; others believed he was merely following Emperor Gaozong of Qi’s orders, secretly saving General Han Fuyue, and the primary meritorious official in the Longxing Revival ten years later.]

[Evaluation: To know my crimes, it is only Spring and Autumn!]

This summary almost completely outlined the twists and turns of Li Hao’s life as played by Chu Ge.

Chu Ge looked at the summary and couldn’t help but reflect.

This Li Hao was a fictional character in "Dark Sand."

His life’s first half mirrored that of Qin Huizhi exactly.

It was only during his second rise to power as a prominent court official and during the negotiations with Jin that things changed.

Historically, Qin Huizhi utterly succumbed to desire for power, becoming a man without decency or patriotic integrity, turned into a troublemaker in the already murky political environment of Qi, causing both Qi and the broader Huaxia to further plunge into the abyss.

But Li Hao, as played by Chu Ge, although at the same crossroads, still bore hardships with patient endurance, refusing to give in to despair over his identity, and continued to do everything possible to save this teetering nation.

Afterwards, the Longxing northern expedition and the revival in its golden age followed.

And history eventually gave both men objective and fair evaluations.

The original Qin Huizhi wielded overwhelming power, knowing that he would be infamous after his death, so he tried every means to tamper with historical records, erase General Han Fuyue’s great achievements, and defame the general as a coward who fled the battle and hardly achieved any military success; he also extensively tampered with historical records, attempting to steal fame and deceive the world.

But while historical records can be tampered with, the will of the people cannot be altered by anyone.

Thus, Qin Huizhi was first posthumously bestowed the title of Prince Shen with the posthumous honor of Loyalty and Devotion, only to have his royal title taken away later and changed to a posthumous defamation. And he himself was cast into a kneeling statue, infamous for eternity.

But Li Hao, as played by Chu Ge, although also burdened with the infamy of being a power-hungry villain during his lifetime, was ultimately posthumously honored with Loyalty and Devotion under the strong advocacy of General Han Fuyue.

And later generations were also able to gradually piece together from hints in historical records the efforts he made to protect General Han Fuyue and preserve the direct troops of General Han.

Chu Ge stretched leisurely, satisfied, "No regrets!"

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