
White Gate Willow (part 1): Sunset Grass
by Liu Sifen
About This Novel
"Sunset Grass" is the first part of the long historical novel "White Gate Willow". This book describes how the Qing army and the peasant uprising army were eyeing each other, internal party disputes continued, and the moment before the building was about to collapse, the scholars and celebrities in Jiangnan were still struggling for their ideals and desires. The author uses realism to depict the appearance of the literati and bureaucratic class and paints a colorful historical panorama. In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, peasant uprisings broke out, and the Qing army threatened Shanhaiguan. In the rear area of Nanjing, the struggle between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party continued. Qian Qianyi, the former right minister of the Ministry of Rites and former leader of the Donglin Party, who lost the party struggle, discussed with his favorite concubine Liu Rushi. In order to be reinstated, he planned an exchange of interests with Zhou Yanru, the chief minister of the cabinet, and agreed to use his influence to persuade the majority of the members of the restoration society to make a public decision at the Tiger Hill Conference to support Ruan Dacheng, the remnant of the Eunuch Party, to come out. At the same time, Maoxiang, one of the four sons of Fushe, also secretly accepted Zhou Yanru's favor in order to transfer his father away from the front line.
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