It has been more than four months since the book was opened, and I have been focusing on updating and thinking about the plot. Regarding the deeper logic under the plot of this book, this has caused many unnecessary troubles, as well as many book friends' confusion and questions. For the writing so far, I will take some time to explain my ideas about this book. Of course, it is not ruled out that the writing ideas will change in the future, but so far, there is a potential line connected.

Until now, there are many flaws in writing. Some are limited by their own writing skills, and some are biased in their thinking. I won’t list them one by one. Today I will mainly talk about the protagonist’s own behavioral logic issues, and I will take time to talk about other things in the future.

There are many enthusiastic book friends who give their opinions, you should explode troops, you should farm, you should engage in institutional construction, etc., and the more intense one is that if you don’t do it, you will definitely not succeed. But until the plot is going on, the protagonist seems to have been immersed in political struggles and making money and profits, as if he deviates from the theme of the Northern Expedition, and it also goes against the expectations of many book friends for the development of the plot. But under this series of actions, there is actually a core goal, that is, to control the economy.

The economy I understand is not just financial behavior and market transactions, but the current situation of the production, flow and distribution model of the entire social wealth. Under such a definition, the concept of economy can cover a wide range of contents, which can directly affect changes in the political landscape, indirectly stimulate cultural prosperity, and is also the most firm foundation for military construction.

Through economic efforts, the protagonist can penetrate influence to all levels of the current situation, and the purpose is never simply to make money. If such a pattern is still small, I really don’t know what kind of pattern is considered a big pattern.

The Northern Expedition is a grand proposition, because the Five Barbarians' Rebellion itself is not a simple defeat of the Han people in the war, it has extremely complex and profound social reasons, and it is not a simple event or a certain aspect that can be clearly discussed. Generally speaking, the authors who do not understand this point can easily become the anti-Japanese war drama style of the Japanese, and exaggerate the misery of the Han people in the north, and incite national sentiment at the bottom.

I personally think that it is nothing wrong to emphasize nationalism, but if you are too obsessed with it, it will be difficult to describe this era more comprehensively. As an author, I don’t want to only stimulate the anger in people’s hearts to earn income. Although it is very effective, it is not my ideal writing state. Life will never force people to have no way out. Most people’s despair is just to be afraid to bear the consequences that need to face after making a choice. Each of us can actually choose a lifestyle that is more suitable for us, which is a long way off...

The Northern Expedition is a grand proposition, and military victory is only one aspect. When talking about this topic in the group last night, I made a point of view that the reason why the success of the Eastern Jin Dynasty's Northern Expeditions was difficult to preserve and consolidate the fruits of victory was because they could not come up with a benefit distribution plan that satisfies the owners of the Northern Docks. In other words, the social reasons for the Yongjia Rebellion have not been resolved. If this series of problems is not solved, no matter how great the military victory is achieved, it is just a repetition of Huan Wen's Northern Expedition or Liu Yu's Northern Expedition.

Therefore, my own view is that both political struggle and economic construction are indispensable prerequisites for the Northern Expedition. It is not to form a completely unified situation and be determined to be a Northern Expedition, but to increase the ability to bear variables in this situation. What is the ability to bear variables? The Former Qin is a typical state of lack of ability to bear, and it will collapse immediately after failure. Without the ability to bear variables, even if it is strong for a while, it is just an illusion. Even if the Former Qin Dynasty suppresses the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the tragedy of death in the second lifetime will definitely not be avoided. Because its power structure is not stable and cannot withstand rapid expansion or failure.

The characteristic of unstable power structure is that the uneven distribution of interests is that it cannot meet the psychological expectations of most people. Uneven distribution of interests does not mean that it requires absolute equality. Everyone knows how dark the broken ship of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is, with frequent internal and external troubles. Why can it last for a hundred years? Because it completely satisfies the interests of the noble ranks of the gentry. The reason for its destruction is that the group it has won no longer have the power to protect the regime.

The protagonist's profit-making process is actually to provide people with a new way to gain benefits, an emerging group that is different from the gentry or poor families. If this group can be embedded in the original social structure and grow and grow, then what you need to do in the future will be almost natural because their interests are the same.

I always feel that the most important thing for a person to succeed in a historical environment is not who he defeated, but how many people he has won. Military victory is only the most intuitive manifestation, and the deeper victory behind this is to expand his camp to which step. Is the king's minister the subtext that if I suffer, there will be one in the world, and no good ending will be!

A more rough historical view is the tyranny of violent soldiers, and all opponents will be killed. But even so rough, you need to have your own supporters who can build a framework of interests around yourself as the core. Force cannot completely convince people, but interests can be made. If you beat someone to the point of bruising, kneel down and call grandpa, and turn your head and he will give you a knife behind him. If you give someone a million, let him call grandpa, he can make you bankrupt.
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