The Bozhou massacre

After Li Chong’s death, Qiu Shenji arrived to Bozhou. According to the chronicles, the citizens came out in submission, wearing white mourning clothes, but Qiu Shenji still killed them, destroying a thousand households, and claimed the achievements for himself, getting awarded the title of General-in-Chief of the Left of the Imperial Insignia Guard.

After Li Chong’s rebellion was suppressed and his father also defeated, Empress Wu ordered one of the secret police officers (those who’ve seen the 2nd season of the donghua will be familiar with Zhou Xing) to investigate further. As a result, several other members of the Li family were forced to commit suicide and those who remained alive were stripped of their surname and titles.

If you have some ideas on the next historical background installments, please tell me (maybe you’d like to hear more about some of the stuff from the donghua, for example - I don’t think manhua has stuff on general Qiu’s father, for example, so I can put that wherever). For now I think I’ll keep the next long explanation to about chapter 95-96 when it will be time to talk about the Secret Police and Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen’s roles in it.