The Ashes of Chongzhen: a Record of Begging in Troubled Times

In the last years of Chongzhen, the mountains and rivers were broken and people died of hunger everywhere. When the court is unable to protect the people, when bandits are plundering everywhere, when the government and the army are more ruthless than the bandits, an ordinary peasant boy clenches his fists in a desperate situation: not only does he have to survive on his own, but he also needs to take his family and these poor people in troubled times to find a way out and maintain stability in this desperate situation. From taking refuge in a cave to establishing Ancun Village, from a small settlement of a hundred people to an alliance of a thousand people, Liu Feng explored the way to survive in the war. Potato seeds can relieve famine, but they cannot relieve the heavy "suppression of pay" tax; they defeated Liu Zongmin's three thousand elite soldiers, but they could not stop the traitor's cold arrows. When the government and bandits join forces to suppress, when former companions are forced to betray by relatives, when trust becomes the most luxurious luxury, can he build the last barrier of survival for the people in the ashes of Chongzhen? This is an epic about survival and dignity, a book about humanity looking for hope in despair. There are no born heroes, only mortals who don't want to die on their knees.