Mask off, baby. It's time for colonialism. You might be thinking, "Six, it's BEEN time for colonialism." I mean yes, but not like THIS dawg. Kongming kicks a strawman around for three chapters, the book makes no end of excuses about why the empire has so much trouble with a rebellion, there's tons of magic... these chapters rule, because it's such straightforward propaganda.

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