I will first report the results to you as usual.

I just checked the backend. The average subscription before releasing a new chapter was less than 10,000 when it was first released. It took a week or two to catch up. In other words, the average subscription increased by 2,000 in two months? Rounding off is a bit exaggerated because there was a dull period in the middle. I am very excited about this result.

The 24-hour subscription is very exaggerated. Although the last chapter took a leave and there is no latest and accurate data, in fact, according to my observation, even during the dull period, there were more than 7,000. Then, the climax of the second half of this volume increased very quickly. By the previous chapter, the 24-hour subscription had reached 8,500 to 9,000, which is an exaggerated data. However, the subscription within a week was still less than 10,000.

What does this mean?

This means that this book is the same as the previous one. Its overall performance may not be particularly explosive, but once people start reading it, they will be able to get into it. The so-called reader stickiness is quite high.

Then after talking about the results, I naturally had to use this opportunity to apologize.

With this result and this many subscriptions, any rubbish writer should, logically, write 10,000 words a day and die in front of the computer to repay the emperor... But in reality, I am still the same as when I wrote the last book. I am always on the go and write in a hurry at night. Occasionally, when my work and rest schedule breaks down, bad things happen.

During the current epidemic, the capital is still responding to the first level. IQIYI, which is a 996 working schedule, has been fined for wanting to work, and Didi has also rotated to work from home, not to mention others, so I can continue to work from home all day in my crappy job. But I don’t know about other things about working from home, but this work and rest schedule is a daily mess, because I often stay up late with a compensatory psychological obsession.

For example, the time I asked for leave just now... I have nothing to say about my responsibility, it’s just that I’m too casual and can’t control myself.

My schedule was reversed, so I wanted to adjust, so I updated one chapter in advance, and then everything should be fine, so I should go to bed early, relax for a day, and get in a good state to finish this volume. But in fact, that night I browsed Zhihu and caught up on the new anime. The worst thing was that I bought "Mount and Blade 2" in the early morning on the recommendation of a big guy in the group, and then played it until dawn.

After I woke up from sleep, which was the night I asked for leave, I felt dazed. The back of my head hurt after sitting for a while... It was obvious that my body and mind were not right. I couldn't think of anything. I wrote more than a thousand words and stopped there. When I opened my eyes, it was two o'clock in the morning. Then I sent a note asking for leave.

To be honest, it's very bad and not good for your health. You might actually die suddenly, and it will really hurt the feelings of the book friends who follow you.

But I just can't control my casual personality.

Before I made the appointment with the great guy, I had already started to take advantage of the epidemic to negotiate with the company for layoffs, but to be honest, regardless of the final result, if I really became a full-time employee, I would probably be even more casual.

In short, let me first admit my mistakes to everyone. This update, these leaves of absence, and my laxity are not worthy of your following and the grades you have given me.

Then, back to the content.

What is this volume about?

It's very simple. If the first volume is the foundation of the protagonist as a person, this volume is the foundation of the protagonist as an "official"... There is a difference between the two.

The former is a person, the latter is an identity.

Therefore, despite the unpleasant time-travel identity, the first volume still has a lot of immersion and excitement, while the second volume focuses more on the current situation, which makes the first half of the volume a bit dull as it describes the interaction between the protagonist and the Nanyang bureaucracy.

But this is necessary and natural, because as an official, the bureaucratic system naturally operates around the protagonist, and can best highlight the identity of the emperor... Especially when the people in it are taken out individually, each of them is talented and speaks well... It will bring the protagonist an extreme sense of security and accomplishment.

Therefore, at the beginning, Zhao Jiu naturally chose to rely on the bureaucracy that was closest to him and seemed to be very powerful, and placed his hopes on the reform and good operation of the bureaucratic system.

Even until now, we cannot deny the rationality and existence of the bureaucratic system... Because compared with Han Shizhong's large-scale drinking of soldiers' blood and lust, Zhang Jun's insatiable greed for money, and even Fan Qiong's skinning of people, the personal moral standards of civil officials are still relatively high... In fact, the Song Dynasty was so bad that it was impossible for a civil servant to ruin the country. If we really talk about average quality, the military generals who abused force without restraint in the great rout performed even worse, and were more thoroughly rotten, unlike the civil officials who look pretty good when they are singled out.

It can only be said that people like Han Shizhong, who have a slightly bad character but are still capable and willing to serve the country, are indeed rare animals. Even Zhang Jun, who is greedy for money but willing to obey, is considered a remarkable general.

As for the anti-Jin heroes of the Tokyo Liaison Office, they are also a very complex group.

In the conventional historical view, because of Zong Ze's protection of them and Du Chong's suppression of them, as well as the added halo of being Yue Fei's comrades, they entered a positive narrative state... Of course, this is indeed the case. At that time, when the war was the primary contradiction for the Song army, those who could resist the Jin were of course heroes.

Then what?

A little understanding will reveal how extreme these people's lack of restraint is... When Zhang Yu drove the common people to serve as soldiers, he forced them to fight each other. This is a typical character of the Tokyo Liaison Office.

If you only look at one side, they are heroes. If you look at the other side, they deserve to be cut into pieces.

There is another one who is not affiliated with the Tokyo Garrison, but is a more typical rebel...Shao Qing.

If you read only one piece of historical data about this person, you will be moved to tears... In history, when the Jin army crossed the river, Shao Qing, as the commander of the navy who was responsible for surrendering, had only one boat, and it was a small boat with only eighteen boatmen. Then, facing the massive Jin army, he went out to fight the enemy with only one boat, and returned only when all the arrows were used up... Compared with Du Chong, Wang Xie and other spineless civil and military officials of the same period, he was truly a great hero!

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