Sky Curtain: The opening scene explains the four major cases of the Ming Dynasty plus the early Ming

"Khazar?"

In the live stream room, countless comments instantly flooded the screen.

"What is this? Is it an organization from some game?"

"That sounds so cringeworthy, Jun-ge, are you sure you're not making up a novel?"

"Khazars? I think I've seen them mentioned in Western history books. A steppe khanate that existed in the Middle Ages, but it was destroyed long ago?"

As Zhu Dijun looked at the puzzled comments, a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"That's right, in official history it was a khanate that has already disappeared."

"But beneath the water, it never disappeared!"

"It is a ghost, a vengeful alliance formed by hatred and resentment from all the losers defeated, driven out, and crushed by Chinese civilization!"

Zhu Dijun's voice seemed to possess a magical power, silencing the entire live stream.

Above the sky, the golden light shifted once more!

A huge ancient Eurasian map is presented before the eyes of all ancient times.

"Family members, look!"

Zhu Dijun's voice echoed between heaven and earth.

"In the pre-Christian era, the Qin Dynasty swept across the land, defeating the Xiongnu in the north! The remnants of the Xiongnu fled west, their whereabouts unknown."

In the sky, a red arrow starts from the Great Wall, heads westward, and eventually disappears into the vast grasslands of Central Asia.

The Xianyang Palace during the Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng stared at the arrow, his eyes narrowing:

"The Xiongnu... how could their resentment have lasted for a thousand years?"

"In the 2nd century BC, the Han Dynasty rose to power! Emperor Wu of Han launched the Battle of Mobei, and Wei Qing and Huo Qubing sealed the Wolf-Dwelling Mountain, completely decimating the main force of the Xiongnu! Another remnant continued their westward migration!"

On the sky, an even thicker red arrow, originating from a more northern region, once again converges westward.

Weiyang Palace, Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, suddenly stood up, his face filled with the pride and anger of an emperor!

"The Xiongnu, whom I spent half my life crippling, have turned into such a lingering ghost? Wei Qing! Huo Qubing! Their achievements, in the end, could not be accomplished once and for all!"

His pride lies in his victory.

His anger stemmed from the fact that the enemy had not been completely eliminated, but had instead taken on a different form and continued to wreak havoc on future generations!

"During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dou Xian erected a stone tablet at Yanran Mountain, and the Xianbei rose to power, once again driving the remnants of the Northern Xiongnu westward!"

"During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Rouran, the Turks... time and again, the struggle for supremacy on the steppes, and time and again, the losers migrated westward!"

Finally, it reached the Sui and Tang Dynasties!

In the sky, countless thin red streams finally converged into a huge red lake on the vast land between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea!

Above the lake, two large characters slowly emerged—【Khazar】!

"These defeated people, repeatedly driven out of the Central Plains and the northern deserts by our Chinese civilization, carried with them a deep-seated hatred for China. They merged with the local Slavic, Turkic, and Squid peoples, establishing a powerful khanate—the Khazars!"

"It controlled the northern route of the Silk Road, becoming the center of trade between East and West. They learned our writing system and imitated our institutions, but deep down, they harbored endless resentment towards China!"

"They are a pack of hyenas driven away by the CD player of civilization, gathering in the darkness, always ready to launch the most vicious revenge against the land that drove them away!"

Taiji Palace, Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin looked at the map on the sky, his face terribly gloomy.

Fang Xuanling, who was standing next to him, gasped:

"Your Majesty, the Book of Sui records that the Khazars were a branch of the Western Turks. I always thought they were just an ordinary branch of the Western Turks, but I never imagined that their origins were so complex and their intentions so sinister!"

Li Shimin nodded slowly and said, word by word:

"This is not a war between nations, but a clash of civilizations! It's a fight to the death!"

Modern live streaming room.

The entire audience was chilled to the bone!

A revenge story spanning a thousand years!

A "Revenge" team composed of all the nomadic peoples defeated by successive Chinese dynasties!

This idea, this vision, is simply mind-blowing!

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! This...this is more exciting than any Hollywood blockbuster!"

"No wonder Brother Jun said it was a buried truth; who would dare to write something like this into official history?"

"So, there's a dark storyline hidden behind the scenes of our history?"

Seeing the boiling barrage of comments, Zhu Dijun knew that the atmosphere had been perfectly set.

He then shifted the focus of the grand historical narrative back to the Ming Dynasty.

"The Khazar Khanate was destroyed by Kievan Rus' in the 10th century AD. But their organization and their hatred did not disappear."

"They broke up into smaller groups and went underground, infiltrating various countries and civilizations like a virus. Persia, Central Asia, and even Europe became breeding grounds for them."

"They are waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the moment when Chinese civilization is at its weakest."

"This moment arrived at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty."

"The Mongol westward expansion opened up the barriers between Eurasia. Countless Semu people and Persians followed the Mongols into the Central Plains, joining the southward campaign to conquer the Song Dynasty. The shadow of the Khazars lingered among them, like a persistent festering sore, creeping back into this land they had always dreamed of destroying!"

"Here I agree with the views of many Qingbenzhengyuan content creators. The Jingkang Incident of the Northern Song Dynasty should be attributed to the Jingkang Incident, in which internal and external forces colluded to kill Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, erasing all his achievements and leaving behind the false history we know."

"By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and they thought they could continue to rule the Central Plains. But unexpectedly, a commoner from Huaiyou emerged—Zhu Yuanzhang!"

"A more ruthless and powerful ruler than any emperor of the Central Plains they could have imagined!"

"Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, reshaped the traditional Chinese attire, and shattered their hopes for revenge once again!"

Therefore, they hated the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Yuanzhang to the core!

Unable to defeat Emperor Hongwu's battle-hardened army on the front lines, they resorted to the most insidious and vicious methods—infiltration and assassination!

Zhu Dijun's voice turned icy cold.

"Hu Weiyong was the first and most important pawn they chose! Or rather, both sides got what they wanted, colluding with each other, imitating the actions of the Northern Song Dynasty."

The scene above the sky changes again!

This time, the target is the imperial court in the eleventh year of the Hongwu reign!