第1章 征辟

Conquest

Just as the Tang Dynasty poet Xu Yin wrote in his poem "The Two Jin Dynasties":

“For three generations they schemed to found an empire,
Yet left behind widows and orphans in pity.
The crime lies with Cheng Ji—Heaven holds the grudge,
The blade raised against a wise ruler brings eternal sorrow.”

The Western Jin was not rightfully founded—it made too many mistakes and inherited numerous problems from the Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms era.

By the end of the Jin Dynasty, the issues had become deeply entrenched and irreversible. The empire desperately needed a new value system and governance structure.

But, “Who would have thought that high-nosed barbarians could grasp fate,
Waving war banners across the Central Plains?”
History never gave them that chance.

Those who bring disaster upon themselves cannot escape ruin.

A time traveler arrives at the crumbling end of the Western Jin.
What he must do first—is simply survive.