Lychees of Chang'an (original Novel of the Film and Television Series Starring Lei Jiayin and Yue Yunpeng)

Nowadays, many men do not bargain when buying things, but Li Shande is different. After all, life is the most important thing. Since you don't have much money, you can bargain a little bit.

The story of social animals told by Prince Ma is too true, don't tell it again hahaha Li, a 42-year-old social worker in the agricultural system, was forced to take a seemingly glamorous but fatal job because of a few words from his bosses and the blame-shifting efforts of his superiors and colleagues. For the little future he had just bought in Beijing with a loan, and for the precarious fortune and life of his family, Lao Li put his product manager skills to the best use. From clarifying goals to making plans and research, then reporting to senior management for resources through multiple rounds of experiments, and finally going down to the ground to solve various unexpected problems, large and small. Lao Li fought with all his might and finally turned the impossible into possible. In the hot summer of the Tang Dynasty, when there was no cold chain technology or developed logistics, Lao Li took eleven days to transport Guangzhou's fresh lychees, which normally would spoil in three days, to the proprietress Yang Guifei in Xi'an. This errand made the leaders very happy, especially Vice President Yang Guozhong, who gained the trust and favor of the big boss. Lao Li has a bright future. But in the process of working on this project, Lao Li saw too much ugliness in the court and the unhappiness of the people. He resolutely abandoned the glory and wealth he wanted to get, and did not forget his original intention. He gave Vice President Yang a hard blow, and Lao Li almost died as a result. Fortunately, due to the subtle power struggle between Vice President Gao Lishi and Yang Guozhong, Lao Li survived the danger and was finally allowed to take his family to Guangzhou to grow lychees with one leg. After that, Lao Li lived a down-to-earth life as a farmer, and thus escaped the An Lushan Group's ravages on the capital.

"The concubine riding in the world of mortals laughs, but no one knows it's the lychee coming." People were moved by the story of Concubine Yang Guifei and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty who wished to be winged birds in heaven and to be connected with branches on earth. Little did he know that while this little lychee was composing a sentimental love story, there was also a treacherous situation in the officialdom hidden behind it. The history of the Tang Dynasty will only remember a high-ranking order and the deep love between the emperor and his concubine. No one cares about the sadness and helplessness of the executor after the order is issued, what is lost, and what is gained. But Ma Boyong, from the perspective of a ninth-grade official, wrote a novel with a prototype history. The story tells the story of this acclaimed love myth, the story of litchi. This is really an interesting book. The author completed it in ten days, and the readers enjoyed it thoroughly. The story is short, but the truth is endless. Books and people are just like people. They know each other well, and it is not due to fate. The protagonist of the story is called Li Shande. On this day, he received a task: to transport fresh lychees from Lingnan before the birthday of the imperial concubine. "The color of lychees changes in one day, the fragrance changes in two days, and the taste changes in three days." However, Lingnan is more than five thousand miles away from Chang'an and the mountains and rivers are so vast that this is an impossible task. But for the sake of his family, Li Shande decided to give it a try. With the help of Hu Shang and others, Li Shande relied on precise calculations and repeated trials to determine the preservation method and transportation route, controlling the time to eleven days, and finally implemented the transportation of fresh lychees. Everything was ready, but Li Shande didn't expect that the mountain standing in front of him was officialdom. For fresh lychees, he lost friends and almost lost his life, but he never lost his original intention to be an official. The officialdom was treacherous, but his original intention remained unchanged, which allowed him to survive in troubled times. This character has a historical prototype. When Ma Boyong was checking historical materials, he accidentally saw a chamber commander named Zhou Dewen, who was responsible for urging money and food, and purchasing various building materials across the country to support the construction of the new capital. During the period of Wu Zetian, Li Shande, the forestry officer of Sinong Temple, was discovered, and then the story of Zhou was transferred to Li, and its background was set in the fourteenth year of Tianbao. The cleverness of the story lies in examining the history of the prosperous Tang Dynasty from the perspective of a small official, and seeing the big from the small. Some people say: "Ma Boyong is a historical genius." I wholeheartedly agree. This story about litchi is very touching and should be remade into a TV series. The image of Li Shande, an official, is vividly portrayed. He is optimistic about fate and has a deep-seated timidity towards those in power. But he is as tenacious as grass when it comes to "life". It is impossible for us to be the "immortals of poetry" like Li Bai who wrote about the prosperous Tang Dynasty in his pen, nor can we all be like Du Fu who engraved the concern for the country and the people in our hearts. But we can be like Li Shande, who is sophisticated but not worldly, and has smooth experience but is naive.

"Chang'an's Lychee" can actually also be called "The Adventures of Lychee" and "Lychee Storm", all of which are "caused by the trouble" of Lychee! Hey-hey. (I wrote a review for this book in 2023, but I don't know if there was a bug or something. The long review I wrote during that time could not be posted, only the one within 100 words could be posted. Then I deleted and deleted it again and posted a book review. Now I have no problem posting a long review and I am going to post it again.) This novel shows the official system of the Tang Dynasty and the local customs and customs of the Tang Dynasty through the ups and downs of the little character Li Shande, and also presents the rise and fall of dynasties and the changes in history. The story is relatively short and very interesting, and the more you read it, the more you get hooked. But if you think about it carefully, you will feel sad for the reality behind it. ---------------------------------- On the day when the protagonist of the story, Li Shande, took out a loan to buy a house, he received a task - to transport fresh lychees from Lingnan before the birthday of the imperial concubine. But the color of lychees changes in one day, the fragrance changes in two days, and the taste changes in three days. However, Lingnan is more than five thousand miles away from Chang'an and the mountains and rivers are so vast, this is an impossible task. But for the sake of his family, Li Shande decided to give it a try. With the help of Hu Shang and others, Li Shande relied on precise calculations and repeated trials to determine the preservation method and transportation route, and controlled the duration to eleven days. However, the villains in the DPRK loved to cause mischief, and accidents occurred along the way. Can the transportation of fresh lychees be implemented? But in fact, the success or failure of things is not that important. As the article says, "This incident began with an unintentional sigh from the imperial concubine, and ended with a chuckle from the imperial concubine. From the beginning to the end, everyone was circling around the imperial concubine, and their eyes were not as good as the others. As for the imperial law, it was like a crappy Qiuci band, separated by a layer of gauze from a distance, providing accompaniment for this grand Hu Xuan dance." Why did the prosperous Tang Dynasty decline? The cause and effect has long been laid. In a rotten system, the upper levels can issue impossible tasks at will, regardless of the life and death of the lower levels; agencies at the lower levels push each other, and tasks are transferred to an ignorant person in a deceptive manner; ordinary people can run into obstacles everywhere if they follow the rules, but a sign of the superiors that is not in any official document can go unimpeded. Each point may not seem big, but when combined, it is full of loopholes. It turned out to be a sentence: "See him building a tall building, watching him entertain guests, watching his building collapse."

A good book 📖 means that people can see themselves and society in the book, which reflects the environment we live in, to understand, comprehend, and feel what the protagonist in the book encounters, wants, and hates. Although we are in the new century of the 21st century, the essence of society has not changed. Lu Xun once said: This is a society where people cannibalize people. I didn't know this meaning when I read it and couldn't understand it. Now I feel it deeply. We are squeezed by capital; bound by political power; confused by money; pulled by loans; unable to be ourselves, there is no freedom at all. Ordinary people have no choice but to follow social rules. Yang Guozhong said: The process is set for the weak, that's absolutely right! It doesn't matter if you see a doctor in the hospital, just follow the procedures to register; it doesn't matter if your child goes to school, just wait for community assignment; if the department is downsized, just wait to be fired; there is nothing we can do! Now that the number of teachers has been reduced, I originally wanted to take the public examination and find a stable job, but who knows what will happen in the end?

May you live like Li Shande. Even if you are stuck in the mud, you will have the courage to fight hard. Even if you fail, you will see how far you fall from the end. May you be less like Li Shande, born in peaceful China and less worried throughout your life. "Seeing him building a tall building, watching him entertaining guests, watching his building collapse" The rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty lasted only a moment.

"Since we are in a desperate situation and there is no way to retreat, why not go forward and fight to the death? Maybe we can still get a little hope." "Even if I fail, I still want to know how far away from the finish line I fell. "The way to be an official can actually be summed up in three sentences: be harmonious with light and dust, be exposed to rain and dew, and be carried in a sedan chair with flowers and flowers. A person who eats alone cannot last long. " "He must work hard to prove that he has irreplaceable value so that he will not be squeezed out of this market. " "Things like process are rules that only the weak must follow. " "Li Shande suddenly felt that it was ridiculous. He followed the rules but encountered obstacles everywhere; yet there was such a sign that was not included in any official documents, but he was able to proceed without any hindrance. " "Chang'an merchants have a kind of accounting called "No way to save a sinking boat" - the boat is sinking and there is no way to save it. It is better to stop as soon as possible to stop the loss. "

The more prosperous the city is, the more expenses are spent in it, but if you give up, you will get something. Now that Li Shande has come to Chang'an City, he can't always think about not spending money.

It's beautiful. Everything was written in one go. When I read it, I also read it in one go. I enjoyed reading it, and I can infer that the author had fun writing it. After reading this, I have a deeper understanding of the irony in the famous sentence "The concubine laughs in the world, and no one knows that the lychees are coming." The glory and ugliness of human nature are also vividly displayed. The most important thing to me is that the moment when the little person no longer tolerates it and follows his own heart, he truly lives. I can't help but think of: Strickland, the classic character in "The Moon and Sixpence", great works always have something in common.

When the world is full of people, the concubine laughs, but no one knows that it is the lychee coming. Behind this basket of lychees are hundreds of lychee trees with sawed branches. It's a hot summer day in June, so I wash the jars with salt, chill the lychees, and change the water every day. It is five thousand four hundred and seventy-four miles, thirty miles and one post. The boats and horses are tired, galloping and blocking the danger, and the dead follow the way. It is the trivial and complicated transfer of more than 20 officials from the Jingbu Department, the Dianli Department, the Taifu Temple, the Shepherd Supervisor, and the Shanglin Department to the general affairs. Thirty-one thousand and twenty guan of money was distributed to the farmers around the post station. In addition to the regular rent, each household was equivalent to one month's extra salary for a ninth-grade official! The water that capsizes the boat is the tears of the common people, but you don't know it until it flows horizontally.