[Not a cool article + not brainless + no golden fingers + imaginary Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms]
Fifty-three years. Five dynasties. Fourteen emperors. There is no good ending.
It's not surrender, it's not death from illness - it's all swordsmanship. Zhu Wen killed the emperor and usurped the throne, Li Cunxu destroyed Liang Liang and became the emperor, Li Congke burned his whole family to death rather than surrender, and Shi Jingtang cut away the sixteen states of Youyun in exchange for a rotten crown.
Lu Wenyuan opened his eyes, but faced an even more cruel situation.
This is the most chaotic game of chess in history——
Zhu Wen was there, Li Cunxu was there, Guo Wei was there, and Zhao Kuangyin was there. Those heroes who were not supposed to exist at the same time were forced to be placed on the same chessboard by fate.
He knew what was going to happen here. Know who will die, know who will win, know how this mess will end.
I also know that the ending is far from good enough.
He was helpless and looked around at a loss. No one knew him.
But he has something that all the heroes of this era never have -
He has seen civilization.
He knew what this land could have become.
So he stood up, dusted himself off, and took the first step towards the beacon smoke.
Cleaning up the troubled world is just because we have seen civilization.
A very good book, highly recommended