At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and mountains and rivers changed hands. In this era of rapid changes, a strong general from Liaodong, Geng Zhongming, went from being a soldier in the border army of the Ming Dynasty to a fierce general under Mao Wenlong, and then to the mastermind of the Dengzhou mutiny, and finally became the King of Jingnan, one of the "three vassals" in the early Qing Dynasty. His life was full of betrayal, intrigues, battles and struggles. He was both a victim of the great era and a trend-setter in troubled times.
The novel begins with his defection to Mao Wenlong and his participation in the Dongjiang anti-golden movement in his early years, showing his grudges and entanglements with Kong Youde and Shang Kexi. After the Dengzhou mutiny, he was forced to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and became the "King Huaishun" under Huang Taiji, but he was always jealous of the Qing court. During the Shunzhi period, he went south with the Qing army to pacify the south of the Yangtze River and made great achievements. However, on the way to Guangdong, he was forced to hang himself due to an "escape incident", leaving behind unfulfilled ambitions and regrets.
Apart from the Qing Dynasty, there is another Spring and Autumn period. The work not only focuses on Geng Zhongming's personal destiny, but also panoramically displays the wars, intrigues and social changes in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. From the bloody battlefield in Liaodong to the treacherous conspiracy of the Denglai Mutiny; from Huang Taiji's tolerant policy to Dorgon's ruthless liquidation; from the flames of war in the Jiangnan battlefield to the undercurrent of the San Francisco Rebellion - the novel uses delicate writing to restore the era when heroes and tyrants coexisted.
"King of Jingnan: Geng's History Through the Ages": Geng Zhongming's family's fate also had ups and downs. His son Geng Jimao inherited the title of king, and his grandson Geng Jingzhong finally raised an army to rebel against the Qing Dynasty during the Kangxi period, but his success failed due to Zheng Jing's backstabbing. Through the rise and fall of three generations, the novel reveals the struggles and choices of the Han people who surrendered under the Manchu regime in the early Qing Dynasty.
