[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse":3,"chapter-from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-156":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","From Special Forces to the Multiverse",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2315206,4527,"Chapter 156","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-156",156,"\u003Cp>Are you even still capable of proposing more outrageous conditions? Every single one of your demands is impossible to accept—forcing our Song state to renounce its imperial title and downgrade all imperial temples to princely ones? You’re literally trampling our dignity underfoot like a shoe sole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t you know that Empress Yang and Shi Miyuan hold absolute power in our Song state? You demand the extermination of their nine clans, force the emperor to issue a self-censure edict, and bury Han Tuozhou with the rites due a father—what do you consider our sovereign and father to be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Zhao Gou, no matter how flawed, is still our sovereign—how can a ruler kneel to his minister? If you issue these demands, the Confucian scholars in court will erupt in fury; you’re throwing the Confucian Three Bonds and Five Constants straight into the latrine. Do you even have the slightest sincerity for peace talks?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If your state has no sincerity for peace talks, simply refuse us—why humiliate our Song sovereign and ministers? Formerly, Secretary Guo was also a Song man; why humiliate his own motherland so cruelly?” Wang Dan sobbed uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? Does the Song state still have a face? I thought you’d lost it long ago—I was just joking.” Zhang Chu’an feigned surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Song’s first emperor, Zhao Kuangyin, was a man without shame—he seized power through military mutiny, never even unified the realm, yet still claimed the military achievements of generals in the Martial Temple were flawed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He kicked out Wu Qi of Wei, Sun Bin of Qi, Lian Po of Zhao, Han Xin and Peng Yue of Han, Zhou Yafu of Han, Duan Jiming of Later Han, Deng Ai of Wei, Tao Kan of Jin, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei of Shu, Du Yu of Jin, Murong Shaozong of Northern Qi, Wang Sengbian of Liang, Wu Mingche of Chen, Yang Su and He Ruobi of Sui, Shi Your Majesty, Li Guangbi and Wang Young Lady of Tang, Zhang Qiqiu and Guo Yuanzhen—what right did Zhao Kuangyin, an emperor who never unified the realm, have to be among them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His successor, Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi, actually dared compare himself to Tang Taizong—on what grounds? Because he drove a donkey cart better?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And then there’s Emperor Zhenzong of Song—I recall the term ‘fengshan’ is explained in the Book of Rites as:”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“On Mount Tai, earth is piled into an altar to sacrifice to Heaven, repaying Heaven’s grace—thus ‘feng.’ On a smaller hill at the base of Mount Tai, the ground is cleared to sacrifice to Earth, repaying Earth’s grace—thus ‘shan.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fengshan means receiving Heaven’s mandate at the place closest to Heaven itself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The First Emperor unified the Six States in ten years, ending two centuries of chaos under warring feudal lords.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He established the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers system, enacted sweeping reforms in politics, economy, and culture, and unified currency and weights and measures.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He ordered the construction of major projects like the Lingqu Canal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Emperor Wu of Han expelled the Xiongnu, conquered the Baiyue in the south, opened the Silk Road, and abolished all schools of thought except Confucianism.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Emperor Guangwu of Han, a commoner, restored the Han dynasty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, brought the Tang empire to its greatest territorial extent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Empress Wu Zetian, a woman, ascended the throne, continuing the Zhenguan era and initiating the Kaiyuan golden age.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When Emperor Xuanzong of Tang performed fengshan, the Kaiyuan golden age was in full bloom, with ten thousand nations paying tribute—so tell me, what achievements did Emperor Zhenzong of Song have to justify fengshan? His annual tribute of 300,000 strings of cash to the Liao, calling them elder brother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dan stammered, “Comrade Zhang, sometimes fengshan doesn’t require achievements—only heavenly omens.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You think that’s forgotten? Emperor Zhenzong, fearing Chancellor Wang Dan would oppose it, actually bribed him. He invited Wang Dan to drink, then gave him a jar of wine to take home. When Wang Dan opened it, it was filled entirely with treasures.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The emperor bribed his own chancellor to perform fengshan—what a monstrous absurdity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wasn’t the omen that Emperor Zhenzong, just as he was about to sleep, saw a divine figure appear, declaring he would soon deliver a heavenly book? So Zhenzong fasted and bathed for a full month before finally receiving it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To stage this fengshan, he spent over eight million strings of cash; the western sacrifice to Fen Yin cost another 200,000 strings. The cost of constructing over 2,600 buildings alone was incalculable, not to mention the countless statues erected. The wealth accumulated by Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong over decades was entirely exhausted under Emperor Zhenzong. Conservatively, he spent fifty million strings—how insane is that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dan broke into cold sweat. There’s a saying: it’s not the vulgar insults that hurt, but the truthful ones—and clearly, every word Zhang Chu’an spoke was meticulously researched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, those were minor matters—compared to Emperors Huizong and Qinzong, they’re nothing. Do I really need to list every one of their disgraceful deeds? The empresses and princesses auctioned off, the manner of Princess Zhao Fujin’s death—I have Jin records here. Let me read them to you.” Zhang Chu’an motioned for someone to retrieve the documents, but Wang Dan stopped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Comrade, no need—these matters have nothing to do with today’s negotiations. Why bring them up?” Wang Dan’s heart was filled with bitter anguish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it—no one in Song would dare speak such words; anyone who did would be thrown into prison. But this man? He didn’t care—he said whatever he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And finally, your southern invincible, sea-flying man, loyal minister of Jin, anti-Song heroic knight—Wanyan Gou.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these titles, Wang Dan nearly fainted. None were vulgar words—but they were the most vicious insults imaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I recall during the Jingkang Incident, the Jin captured your emperor’s brother and father. Emperor Huizong was even rendered into corpse oil. Your mother, Empress Wei, was forced to serve two hundred men daily in Jin—I have Jin records here. You can read them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His first wife, unable to bear the humiliation, committed suicide—there’s a record of that too. Yet he still gritted his teeth and submitted to Jin as a vassal. How did he manage it? It’s incredible—comparable to Goujian of Yue. The only difference: Goujian destroyed Wu, while Wanyan Gou died still a vassal of Jin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, envoy—we thought you’d done so many shameful things you’d long lost your shame.” Zhang Chu’an’s tone was apologetic, yet his words carried no apology whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You were all once subjects of Song, once subjects of our great state—how can you treat your sovereign and father with such mockery?” Wang Dan’s voice trembled, choked with tears, as if bound by invisible chains, each word dragged painfully from his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes burned red, tears swirling in their depths, finally falling like glistening pearls onto his sorrowful face. He bit his lower lip hard, trying to control his emotions, but his inner agony surged like a tidal wave, unstoppable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Repeat what you just said,” Guo Jing said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You were once subjects of Song—how dare you mock your sovereign—” Before the final word “father” left his lips, Guo Jing instantly drew his sharp sword and slashed without hesitation at Wang Dan’s arm. A horrific scream rang out as Wang Dan’s arm severed like a cut kite, blood spraying across the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intense agony engulfed Wang Dan’s entire body; he could barely breathe, let alone speak. He writhed wildly on the ground, thrashing in futile attempts to relieve the unbearable pain.\u003C\u002Fp>",1257,"2026-06-20T13:48:22.834Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a2d37a6713158d01c5b2f91748a80571bee8f02e7302c6212d47087fb409d31e","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-157","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-155",205,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-cover.jpg"]