When the King of Qin swept across the Six States, how fearsome his gaze!
He raised his sword to part the clouds, and the feudal lords came west.
His judgment was divinely inspired, his grand designs surpassed the talents of **.
He collected weapons and cast them into bronze statues, while Hangu Pass opened eastward.
He engraved his achievements on Mount Kuaiji and gazed far from the Terrace of Langya.”
The Qin Emperor Ying Shi, Zhao Zheng, conquered the Six States and unified the realm. The Qin dynasty endured for a thousand years, passing through sixty-four generations. A hundred years ago, the sixty-fourth Qin emperor inflicted tyranny upon the realm. The people had suffered for too long. The feudal lords rose up everywhere, fighting for control of the realm.
The Murong clan claimed Yuzhou and Yangzhou, proclaiming themselves emperors. They named their state Yan, but the Zhao clan's Kuang Ying later overthrew them, then took Liangzhou and Jingzhou. He proclaimed himself emperor and named his state Song. His posthumous title was Emperor Taizu of Song.
Zhu Chongba rose from humble beginnings, then took Yizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou. Of the nine provinces, he held four. He proclaimed himself emperor and named his state Ming. His posthumous title was Emperor Taizu of Ming. However, Emperor Taizu of Ming's eldest son died young, so his grandson, the Crown Prince Zhu Yunwen, became emperor. A prince tried to seize the throne but failed. He occupied all of Yizhou, claimed three provinces, and proclaimed himself emperor.
Seeing the realm in chaos, the barbarians invaded and occupied Yongzhou and Liangzhou..
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
