Once upon a time, when I read the history of the Five Dynasties, I saw the feud between kings and ministers, and the jade seals were covered with dust; when I looked at the events of the Song Dynasty, I lamented the accumulation of weakness and poverty, and the overthrow of the family and the country; and I deplored the thousands of years of conflict between farming and nomadic life, which resulted in the loss of countless lives. I often ask: Is it possible to break out of the cycle of history and create an order of universal unity?
Therefore, I personally entered the situation and conducted a sociological experiment that spanned a thousand years - on the day of the Chenqiao Mutiny, I traveled back to Zhao Kuangyin's perspective and rewrote this period of history.
The protagonist Zhao Kuangyin is none other than the author, me.
I understood geography, so he surveyed the dangerous passes of mountains and rivers; I looked up maps, and he sent scouts to explore the road; I thought about people's livelihood, so he did small corvees and investigated the people's sentiments; I felt homesick, so he returned to his hometown to visit relatives and comfort his hometown.
When the jade seal passed down from the country was missing, I dug it into pieces and recast it. When Zhao Guangyi heard the shadow of his candle and his axe, I returned it to him in his own way.
The whole book does not kill anyone in vain, this is my personality. This book is an entire epic that I relived in the Northern Song Dynasty as Zhao Kuangyin.
In order to restore the historical reality to the greatest extent, all ancient place names and ancient water systems (such as Juyeze, Guanglingchao, Jishui, Juyanze, Puchanghai, etc.) In the book have been restored strictly based on research; Hongze Lake and other later lakes formed by the diversion of the Yellow River are not mentioned because the Yellow River's capture of the Huaihe River has not yet occurred in the timeline of this book.
This book incorporates many of my thoughts and opinions on geopolitics, agriculture, military, people's livelihood, navigation, early industry, astronomy and geography, and political systems. The author has limited experience. If there are any omissions or errors, readers are kindly requested to correct them.
Finally, I sincerely thank every reader who is willing to open this book
