Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 695 - 335: [Draft for My Nephew’s Sacrifice: The Life of Yan Zhenqing] (4k)_2
Such sorrow.
If he could, he would even be willing to exchange a hundred deaths for their safety.
But in the end, there was no way....
The most bitter thing in this world is nothing more than this.
The Blue Star viewers in the livestream could feel the overwhelming pain and regret.
After a long while.
In the image, Yan Zhenqing wiped away his tears, a ray of sunlight shone through the cracks of the window. Yan Zhenqing slowly closed his eyes, and after a moment, opened them again.
He took a deep breath, got up, and stood straight from the chair.
His expression became resolute once again.
The sky, it brightened.
But the battle with the rebel army was not over yet.
He could not fall.
He could not let down those who were still fighting bravely.
Following was the battle with the rebels.
Yan Zhenqing always fought on the front line, as if only this way he could forget the sorrow.
Finally.
The rebels were killed and retreated.
The Anshi Rebellion ended, but his elder brother, his nephew, and over thirty members of the Yan family would never return.
In later years, Yan Zhenqing drifted through officialdom.
Still experiencing many hardships.
With a personality like Yan Zhenqing’s, perhaps during the Taizong era, he would be recognized and greatly utilized, but in the current corrupt court, his disciplined approach was unusual.
Repeatedly impeaching his colleagues.
Although he cleared the court, and the people applauded.
But he made countless enemies.
In later years, due to repeatedly impeaching powerful officials Li Fuguo and Yuan Zai, he was exiled, serving as the governor of Pu Prefecture and Rao Prefecture, among other positions.
During the reign of Emperor Daizong.
For impeaching Chancellor Yuan Zai’s abuses of power, Yan Zhenqing was demoted again to assistant administrator of Xia Prefecture, then changed to Sima of Ji Prefecture, and later governor of Fu Prefecture and Hu Prefecture.
During his years as a governor.
Yan Zhenqing often went among the people, emphasized agriculture, and devised plans like clearing waterways.
Not only that.
He also led the people to build a stone dam in the center of the Fu River.
Solving the flood issues in Fuzhou, enabling irrigation during droughts, which earned him temples built by the citizens of Fuzhou, offering sacrifices to express their gratitude.
Until the twelfth year of the Dali era (777 AD).
Chancellor Yuan Zai was killed, and through the recommendation of Chancellors Yang Wan and Chang Gun, Yan Zhenqing was summoned back to court.
Returning to the court.
Yan Zhenqing was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and Grand Mentor to the Crown Prince.
Emperor Dezong granted him the title of Duke of Lu Commandery.
But Yan Zhenqing’s personality meant he would not remain in Chang’an in peace.
In the fourth year of the Jianzhong era (783 AD).
Li Xilie, military governor of Huaiwest, rebelled and occupied Ruzhou.
Chancellor Lu Qi used the opportunity to get rid of him by suggesting to send the already 75-year-old Yan Zhenqing to negotiate surrender.
Yan Zhenqing, knowing he would die, still resolutely went, and was detained in the enemy camp by Li Xilie, facing Li Xilie’s threats and bribes. Yan Zhenqing wrote his own epitaph, angrily rebuking Li Xilie:
"Life and death are predestined, why say more!"
In the first year of the Xingyuan era (784 AD).
At the ancient age of 76.
Facing the threats of the rebels, and Li Xilie’s attempts to make him surrender, he remained unmoved.
Later, Li Xilie even piled a courtyard with dry firewood and threatened to burn Yan Zhenqing if he did not surrender, but Yan Zhenqing turned and rushed into the fire, frightening those around to quickly pull him back.
Afterwards, the rebels had no other way.
Until the repeated failures of the rebels led them to vent their anger on Yan Zhenqing, and on the third day of the eighth month of the Xingyuan era’s first year (August 23, 784 AD), he was strangled.
He died at the age of 76.
Later Emperor Dezong posthumously honored him as Minister over the Masses.
Bestowed the posthumous title "Wenzhong".
The image ends here.
The Blue Star viewers in the livestream finally came to their senses.
They had watched the complete life of Yan Zhenqing.
At the same time, they understood why Federation Headline’s first place was Yan Zhenqing, and the second was Ji Zhiwen Draft.
Such a heartbreaking experience.
Could evoke great emotional reactions from Blue Star viewers, while they had seen countless grand achievements of emperors and generals, so the appeal and impact couldn’t surpass that of Yan Zhenqing, and Li He.
Compared to Li He’s ambition at 18, and lament in life at 27.
Yan Zhenqing’s life was that of a loyal minister and martyr, a moral gentleman, just like his calligraphy which exhibited strength and vigor.
Political setbacks did not make him yield, but rather he entrusted his upright spirit into his calligraphy.
Even at the very end of life, he never compromised an inch.
And the death of Yan Zhenqing.
Let Blue Star viewers vividly feel what "dying to achieve righteousness" the highest Confucian ideal truly meant.
Yan Zhenqing used a lifetime to show the world what ’integrity’ means.
In the livestream.
Fang Ming took a moment to breathe a long sigh:
"Polestar’s [Viewing Edition] is really good."
"The impact is greatly felt afterwards."
"Why didn’t I realize before that there are so many stories within these plot characters?"
"But also."
"Before, it was all about going through the plot, viewing as an outsider, certainly not as impactful as viewing from the first-person perspective."
"This also fully shows that our research on [Earth] is less than one percent, brothers."
Fang Ming marveled.
The Blue Star viewers in the livestream agreed.
Originally thinking that over the past year, they understood almost all the plot characters from ’Earth’, only to turn around and find that they only glanced over it.
Many minute details, densely packed, were waiting for them to uncover.
Like Li He, like Yan Zhenqing.
In previous plot walkthroughs, the name [Li He] wasn’t even heard, and searching on Polestar’s official forum yielded no plot story about [Li He].
But as soon as Polestar’s [Viewing Edition] launched.
[Li He] made a huge impact on Blue Star viewers.
And [Yan Zhenqing] even more so.
In past plots, only in the [Song Dynasty] version, were many literary figures promoting Yan Zhenqing’s calligraphy. Blue Star viewers never expected that [Yan Zhenqing]’s life experience would be so shocking.
Especially with the emergence of Ji Zhiwen Draft.
The desolate tragedy seemed to leap through the text.
Shaking the heart.
It’s hard to imagine.
Just how many more surprises are waiting in Polestar’s [Viewing Editions].
To know. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
They’ve only watched two [Viewing Editions] thus far.
But the impact was unprecedented.
And this time Polestar.
Released 960 [Viewing Editions].
Unlike the first batch of familiar [World War II Personalities] [Huaxia Emperors and Generals], many in this batch were unrecognized by Blue Star viewers.
But from the experiences of Li He and Yan Zhenqing, one can see.
They all carry great impact.
And that’s not all.
Fang Ming stretched after the recent shock, then looked at the previous headline ranking screenshot, glanced at the current Federation Headline.
Completely different already.
The first and second rankings of [Yan Zhenqing] and [Ji Zhiwen Draft] had also slipped down, replaced by new historical series figures from [Huaxia].
Evidently.
As time goes by, more and more renowned figures from [Huaxia] are watched by viewers, continuously updating the hot searches on headlines.
The main reason being 960 [Viewing Editions] is too much.
And they are all interconnected.
Every [Viewing Edition] is worth watching.
Fang Ming glanced at the Polestar forum, where discussions about [Viewing Editions] had already exploded, every thread discussing the characters in [Viewing Editions].
On the forum’s first page, a refresh would show everything changed.
With countless posts updating per second in discussion.
Even entering a thread, then exiting, one might not find it again without checking several pages, because it had already been pushed down by other updates.
Even being a little slow, it might have already refreshed away.
Fang Ming randomly read some posts, then returned to the livestream, looked at Polestar’s official site and said:
"The headlines refresh too fast, luckily we took screenshots beforehand."
"Let’s watch the previous ones first."
"Let me see....next is Prime Minister Zhuge."
"Everyone knows a lot about him, so let’s watch it later."
"Let me see below....hmm....Jiang Wei? Wu Zixu?"
