Chivalrous Biography of the Qianlong Dynasty

"The Chivalry of the Qianlong Dynasty" takes the social situation of the Qianlong period as the background and outlines a long scroll of the confrontation between good and evil. At that time, there were undercurrents surging under the prosperous times. Corrupt officialdom, bullies running rampant in the countryside, and bandits gathering in the mountains and forests were intertwined with the secret forces of the "anti-Qing Dynasty and restoration of the Ming Dynasty." The people were in trouble, and the world called for justice. The chivalrous man in this work breaks the single image of the traditional Jianghu. There are knights riding horses in the arena, such as the "quick sword" Li Mubai who went to the meeting alone to kill the evil gentry; there are also upright and upright officials in the court, such as the censor Qian Feng who risked his life to impeach and slander party members, using pen and ink as the blade to protect the people. There was no shortage of weak scholars who came forward, such as Yuan Mei, a talented scholar from Jiangnan. He seemed to have no power to restrain a chicken, but he used poetry as a clarion call to expose the shady story of salt merchants colluding with officials and awaken the conscience of the people. Their chivalry is not just talk, but action: they may rob a prisoner late at night to save Zhongliang, they may disguise themselves as undercover agents to break into a den of thieves, or they may risk their lives to touch a dragon's scales. The righteousness of family and country is hidden in the light and shadow of the sword, and the innocent heart is written in the pen and ink. When the corrupt official's sedan chair is stopped midway by Jianghu people, when the bully's manor is ignited by the scholar's essay, public indignation is ignited, when selfish desires and justice are mixed under the banner of "anti-Qing and restoration of Ming" - these righteous people from different walks of life tear apart the disguise of the prosperous age in their own way, lighting up the glimmer of light in the darkness. "The Chivalrous Biography of the Qianlong Dynasty" is not only about chivalry, but also about the contradictions and struggles of an era: under the high pressure of imperial power and in the whirlpool of interests, how those souls who refused to bow used courage and wisdom to write their own "righteousness".