Back to the Song Dynasty: The Rise of an Empire

If the Tang Empire won, it would say to its opponents: "You damn well behave yourself in the future, or be careful that I wipe out your entire clan. Pay tribute obediently every year!"

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Chapter 202 Author's Note

It's finally going to be available for purchase! Many readers have been asking me why this book, which is already over 400,000 words long, hasn't been released yet.

All I can say is that it's been on the featured list the whole time! We need to utilize all the featured spots we're supposed to, right?

I have to thank my editor, Xu, for all of this; she's consistently given me various recommendations, almost without fail. Thank you!

Of course, I also want to thank my readers who have always supported me!

Your support is what motivates me to keep creating.

I remember many of your IDs. Hey you, "Give me some nonsense" kept cursing me for being out of line, and "I know what name to give"—damn it, my pen name is Tang Xiaofei, how did you turn it into "Fatty Tang"!

There are also many donations from readers. The book's first fan, "Dongfeng Mengshi Yueye," and many other readers have donated. There are too many names to list them all, and I'm too lazy to do so. Please forgive me.

It's the last day of 2018.

I vividly remember that in 2008, when I entered university, I started reading online novels.

But looking back at it piecemeal over time, I've also written some myself.

This is indeed the first time the author has signed a contract to write a book on Qidian, and it is also the first time writing a history book.

There may be some details that I haven't taken into account, but if you really want to debate history and power with me, I won't be modest.

The author started reading history books when he was very young, covering both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign history.

After graduation, my career progressed a little more smoothly than others, achieving in two years what others took six, seven, or even eight years to reach.

Therefore, they deeply empathize with power and struggle.

The idea for "Return to Song" came to me in the first half of this year in a reader group. This reader group was the book club of Lao Zhu, the author of the online classic "Zi Chuan". Everyone in the group had followed "Zi Chuan" and "Dou Kai" back then, and they were all relatively older. Only I was eighteen years old.

"Return to the Song Dynasty" was not written on a whim. When the author was a child, he read about the history of Yue Fei and always felt that Yue Fei was not treated well and was angry about the weakness of the Song Dynasty.

The author has been pondering how to begin writing, whether to create a wise king or a tyrant.

Later, a friend in this book club recommended the book "Back to the Ming Dynasty as a Tyrant" to the author. The author started reading it and felt that if one were to travel back to the Song Dynasty, a tyrant would probably be more efficient at doing many things than a wise monarch.

Many readers have left messages for the author discussing political wisdom, and as someone who has worked in the corporate world for many years, I certainly understand what you are trying to say.

Actually, you only realize how useless certain methods are and how endless the consequences can be after you've truly experienced them. Well, I won't go into that.

The story of "Return to Song" has just begun. Let's witness together how Zhao Huan transformed the "weak Song" into a true empire.

By the way, the author also makes some common-sense mistakes, so please feel free to point them out.

Thank you~

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year 2019 in advance, and a Happy New Year 2020 365 days in advance!

If you'd like to discuss the plot, you can join our QQ group:

Many book lovers had a great time discussing it in the group!

By the way, I will update after 24:00. It should be at least 10,000 words by January 1st. I don't set an upper limit. I will update as much as I can write.

In short, I'd like to ask for subscriptions and monthly tickets first.