History would not stop moving forward because of the death of a few people.
It didn't matter if he was an emperor, a treacherous minister, a hero, or a peerless beauty. It was the same.
Time would always pass.
As always.
Fangzheng stood in front of the hillside and looked at the tombstone in front of him in silence.
Just like in history, Qin Shi Huang died suddenly on a sand dune during his tour.
In fact, the people Fangzheng had met were the same. Xiang Shaolong and the others had died long ago, and Qin Shi Huang was no exception. No one could escape the shackles of time. Except for the Time Dragon, everyone would move forward under the torrent of time and reach their destination.
It was almost time.
Fangzheng stretched out his hand, placed a flower in front of the tombstone, and looked at the name on it. Strictly speaking, this was the first time Fangzheng had truly felt the difference between a god and a mortal. The Time Dragon would not die, but a mortal would only slowly grow old. Although Fangzheng was mentally prepared for this, he did not expect that his first experience would be here ….
Perhaps this was one of the reasons why the Goddess of Order gave him a trial.
As a long-lived species, as an immortal Time Dragon that transcended time, Fangzheng would one day have to face such a reality. Perhaps only a few people could be with him forever, such as Tiria, Hecate, Nimf, and Yui. They were all considered half-immortals. The Red World King was not affected by his lifespan, and the same was obviously true for the Artificial Angels and the Electronic Elves. But it was hard to say for others, especially Black Cat, Asuna, and Ying Lili …. Perhaps one day, Fangzheng would also stand in front of their tombstones like this, sending his condolences and blessings to them.
Hmm … .but considering Black Cat's temper, she might even transform herself into a Lich or a Vampire …. After all, there was no cure for her deep-rooted chuunibyou syndrome.
He had to keep an eye on her. Forget about her becoming a Vampire, if Black Cat wanted to transform herself into a Lich, Fangzheng would definitely stop her.
With this in mind, Fangzheng shook his head and chuckled.
Originally, Fangzheng thought that the death of a loved one would cause him to be extremely heartbroken. It was just like in many Xianxia novels. Due to the difference in lifespan, many immortals became indifferent to the mortal world in order to escape the pain of watching the people around them pass away. In fact, Fangzheng didn't feel the same way. Although he was sad about the death of his beloved, he didn't feel disheartened.
After all, those were also written by mortals, and their lifespans were also limited. However, from the point of view of a race with a longer lifespan, it was a completely different picture. In fact, in everyone's life journey, there would always be some parting of life and death, such as grandparents and parents. In terms of age, it was natural for the black-haired person to send off the white-haired person. But this didn't mean that they had to be sad and miserable forever.
Moreover, it wasn't like there weren't old people who had lost their partners and found a new partner to spend the rest of their lives with.
For Fangzheng, life was like a train. Some people would get on the train and move forward with him, then get off at the station and bid farewell to him. This, of course, made people reluctant and even sad. But the train would continue to move forward, and sooner or later, new companions would get on the train again. Just like that, the end of a journey was connected to the beginning of another journey.
After thinking about this, Fangzheng felt much better.
"Sir!"
At this moment, a voice sounded. Fangzheng turned his head and looked behind him. He saw one of his students standing there.
"It's time for the lecture."
"Hmm … I'll go over now."
Fangzheng smiled and nodded.
Although the time of Qin Shi Huang's sudden death was a few years earlier than the history in Fangzheng's memory, there wasn't much difference in the specifics. In the first year of Qin II, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang opened the prelude to the peasant uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty with the Daze Village Uprising. After that, the heroes of the world rose up together, and all sorts of monsters and monsters appeared one after another.
But among them, the rebel army led by Fangzheng was the weirdest.
Unlike Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's "kings, marquises, and generals would rather have guts", or the armies that carried out the Six Kingdoms Restoration Movement in an attempt to return to the Warring States Period, Fangzheng had a deep understanding of what kind of army was a fighting army. Therefore, the first thing that his rebel army paid attention to was ideological education.
Unlike this era's "Qin Wang was tyrannical, so we overthrew him and became the emperor" and the like, Fangzheng analyzed the current situation of his rebel army from an ideological level, and identified the rebel army's goal.
First of all, the rebel army's goal was to overthrow the Qin Dynasty's tyranny. But why did the Qin Dynasty's tyranny exist? Fangzheng explained this problem to his students and subordinates in great detail. The source of the Qin Dynasty's tyranny, and why did the current situation occur? Why could Qin Shi Huang let the people of the world suffer without batting an eyelid and without batting an eyelid?
Secondly, what was the nature of the rebel army?
The current rebel army at the end of the Qin Dynasty had a very simple, crude, and direct goal. To put it bluntly, it was to conquer their own territory, occupy their own fields, proclaim themselves kings, and enjoy the good things for themselves.
This was the origin of "kings, marquises, and generals would rather have guts".
And the army of this era was a collection of such interests. The people gathered under those generals just to live a better life — but this goal was very general. For example, what was a better life? Was it like those landlords and officials?
An army without the people would not have anything for the people.
This was also the guiding principle and ideological goal that Fangzheng taught.
Fangzheng was not worried that these ideas were too advanced — in fact, these ideas were universal in any era. After all, during the China's revolution, the social atmosphere at the end of the Qing Dynasty was not much different from the end of the Qin Dynasty, and was even more feudal and conservative.
However, there was one thing that gave Fangzheng a headache, and that was the need to have a clear goal. The revolution at the end of the Qing Dynasty was because of the strong ships and cannons of foreign countries. The people were not willing to be oppressed and humiliated by the foreign powers for a hundred years, so they united together to seek change. However, in this era, let alone the Eight-Nation Alliance, it was doubtful whether there was a civilization on the island of Japan. Where could one find a clear goal and gather the strength of the people as one?
Fortunately, as the saying goes, a god's opponent is inferior to a pig's teammate. The Six Nations Restoration Movement that appeared along with the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang gave Fangzheng a very good goal. Based on this, he explained to his students — only a prosperous, rich, and prosperous country could maintain the peace of the world. Qin Shi Huang had great merits, but also made great mistakes. However, only by unifying the world could he completely eliminate the situation of the continuous war between the Six Nations and the destitution of the people.
At that time, Fangzheng really thanked the heavens and the earth for the existence of this group of idiots …
Apart from that, there was another thing that Fangzheng's rebel army could not compare to. That was, a large number of students from Xiao Yao Palace were officials in the Qin Dynasty. Although most of these people were young and did not have many connections, so they only did basic local work, it was also because of this that once Fangzheng rose up, these students would almost immediately follow him. There was even a case where, apart from the highest official appointed by the higher-ups, all the other officials in a city came from Xiao Yao Palace … Basically, as long as the government was just a figurehead, it would be over.
Because of this, the scale of Fangzheng's rebel army was much slower than that of other rebel armies. After all, everywhere he went, he had to first occupy a territory, then send someone to explain to the local people, including the purpose of the rebel army, why they were fighting, and so on. All this took a lot of time, and he also needed to use some practical examples to boost the confidence of the other soldiers. Because of this, when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's rebel army reached Hangu Pass in high spirits, Fangzheng was still in a corner. He did not look as powerful as the other rebel armies that were flourishing in all directions.
In fact, Chen Sheng had also sent someone to invite Fangzheng to join him, but people of different ideals could not make plans together. Seeing how Chen Sheng was assigning power to all directions, Fangzheng could guess what he was thinking, so he naturally rejected him on the grounds that he was not strong enough. He knew very well that although Chen Sheng's rebel army seemed to be in full swing now, as if it could completely conquer Xianyang in one fell swoop, the main reason for Chen Sheng's defeat was the uncontrolled expansion of his army in the early stage.
The reason why so many people responded to Chen Sheng was because "the world has suffered from the Qin for a long time". However, everyone had different goals and ideas. Some wanted to overthrow the Qin dynasty and become the boss, some wanted to restore their country, and some just wanted to fish in troubled waters to gain some benefits.
It was no wonder Chen Sheng was destroyed six months after he declared himself king. Instead, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang took advantage of the situation.
Oh, as for Liu Bang … he no longer existed.
So, Fangzheng slowly expanded his forces while climbing the technology tree and productivity tree. After all, technology was the primary productivity, and productivity and production relations were the decisive factors in determining the form of war.
As the saying goes, civilization is indeed a time-consuming artifact.
Just as Fangzheng was immersed in climbing the technology tree, a piece of news broke Fangzheng's peaceful days of climbing the technology tree.
In the twelfth month of the third year of Qin II, Xiang Yu led the Chu army to Julu and defeated the Qin army in nine battles.
After receiving this news, Fangzheng knew that it was time for him to make a move.
After all, Liu Bang was no longer in this world.
In that case, he could only rely on himself to be Xiang Yu's opponent.
It was not that Fangzheng wanted to "follow the trend of history", but that the conflict between him and Xiang Yu was almost impossible to resolve. Chu, where Xiang Yu came from, was the most respected nobility. In fact, after the defeat of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, the exiled nobles of the six states were the main force of the rebellion against Qin. However, Fangzheng's rebel army wanted to uproot the entire noble class.
The old nobles of the six states had always hoped to restore the feudal system, but this was something Fangzheng would never allow.
This showed that the confrontation between the two sides was inevitable.
So, as soon as he received the news, Fangzheng immediately issued an order for the rebel army to march straight into Xianyang while the Qin army was occupied by Xiang Yu!
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