Langtaosha·Can Zuo weeps in the west wind
The Chu River swallows cold crickets, and the homeland is in smoke. The dragon flag is hidden in the dust. Thousands of miles of land fell into the enemy's hands, and tears flowed down the tent.
The lonely ambition entrusts Zhenghong, and the blood splashes on the red maple. The ruined lamps and the rain at night will invigorate the army. Even if I go through many hardships, I will never regret it. I will protect my Mingzong.
At the end of the Apocalypse, the eunuch party took full power, and the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil. In the palace of Prince Gui, under the forbearance of his father and the steady protection of his brother, the five-year-old Zhu Youlang was ignorant of the gloom of troubled times. After Chongzhen ascended the throne, Prince Gui's palace was established in Hengzhou. He grew up under the influence of benevolent government. At the canonization ceremony, he established his original intention of caring for the people, but he did not expect that this original intention would eventually be tempered in blood and fire. During the Yao Bandit Rebellion, he witnessed his father spending all his family property to protect the city; the bloody news in Jinan made him truly understand the desolation and helplessness of the people in troubled times. Chongzhen hanged himself and the mountains and rivers were shattered. He was forced to take up the banner of Nanming and became the Yongli Emperor. However, the factional strife in the court, the domineering officials, and the pressure of the Qing army turned the throne into a heavy yoke. He relied heavily on loyal ministers such as Qu Shishu and Zhang Tongchang to defend the southwest, and hoped that Li Dingguo's Northern Expedition would turn the tide, but in the end he could not withstand the erosion of internal friction and the cruelty of fate. From the haste of moving from Zhaoqing to the grief of martyrdom in Guilin; from the struggle in Yunnan and Guizhou to the humiliation of relying on others in Burma; the loss of the clan in the disaster of Curse Water, and finally the death of his soul in the middle of Yunnan. His life is a tragic epic of the last emperor. The novel takes Zhu Youlang's life trajectory as the context, connecting the ups and downs of the Nanming regime, depicting the loyalty of monarchs and ministers, and the bond of life and death between husband and wife in troubled times. In the dust of history, it reproduces the vicissitudes of the broken mountains and rivers and the unyielding national integrity.
