An original historical novel. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the guard posts in the northern frontier of the empire had long been rusty. Lu Zhaoming, a military householder, has gone from a passionate young man to a cold-blooded bureaucrat, adept at surviving under corrupt rules. He falsified accounts, occupied military villages, responded to inspections, and used the "art of being ruled" to seek a future, but he watched his ideals annihilated, his best friends die tragically, and his family broken up. When the noose of the system finally tightens around everything he holds most dear, he is forced to make the ultimate choice between conscience and survival.
This is a deeply sad epic that depicts how an ordinary person is gradually alienated and swallowed up by a huge system, and reveals how small and tragic an individual's struggle and perseverance are under the torrent of the times. Wearing the mask for a long time will rust into your bones until everything turns to dust.
Reader comments
I don't know why this is the case
The road slowly attracts people as if it were a scene, it is carefully polished but the sound is loud. Worth reading patiently. The beginning of the story is like a slow flow on a plain, and I hope that it will turn into rapid rapids after a thousand turns.
I don't know why this is the case
The road slowly attracts people as if it were a scene, it is carefully polished but the sound is loud. Worth reading patiently. The beginning of the story is like a slow flow on a plain, and I hope that it will turn into rapid rapids after a thousand turns.