"Does Qin Huizhi have no choice?
"Of course not, he has plenty of choices.
"Compared to those impoverished citizens of the Qi Dynasty, compared to those soldiers who can only obey orders in battle and cannot have any thoughts of their own, compared to the green forest heroes who still resist the Jin soldiers despite being treated like grass, his choices are simply too many.
"He could choose not to be an official and still lead a life free of worry about food and clothing; he could be a low-ranking official without power in the court and still play a role to some extent. Even if he spoke a word in favor of General Han Fuyue, he wouldn't be left with eternal infamy in the history books.
"But he didn't.
"The higher the position one holds, the more one's humanity diminishes. When he really faced a choice to betray his country, he realized that betraying one's country was so simple and came with such great benefits.
