On the summer night of 959 AD, a prophecy of "check to become emperor" stalked the Zhou court like a poisonous creeper. When Zhao Kuangyin, the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, took over the hot military talisman, heavy rain was washing over Kaifeng City. He didn't know that he was standing at the beginning of the three hundred years of the Song Dynasty.
From then on, conspiracy and loyalty are intertwined: in the mystery of the throne of Zhu Ying Xiang Xiang, is Zhao Guangyi the murderer? In the whirlpool of reform, how did Wang Anshi shake the entire empire with "fearless destiny"? On the road of blood and tears during the Jingkang Incident, did the artist-emperor Song Huizong ever regret it? Did the cold wind of Fengbo Pavilion blow away the mark of "Serve the country with all your loyalty" on Yue Fei's back?
This is a Song Dynasty epic written in spoken language. The official history is the bones, the unofficial history is the flesh, and the living historical scenes are restored - you will see Su Shi singing "The Great River Goes East" by the Huangzhou River, Xin Qiji's lonely bravery of riding fifty horses into the enemy camp, and Wen Tianxiang's pen tip trembling when he wrote "Song of Righteousness" in his cell.
From Chen Qiaoyi's yellow robe to the sea battle at Yashan, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians crossed the sea, three hundred years of rise and fall, and half a million words of waves. Opening this book, you will hear the sound of rain in Bianjing, and see how a peak era of civilization blooms brilliantly, and how it maintains its final dignity under the iron heel.
