The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were the most chaotic seventy-two years in Chinese history - eight surnames took turns to take the throne, more than a dozen emperors appeared on the stage like a revolving lantern, some recognized Khitan as their father, some were killed by their sons, and some were singing operas when they ascended the throne.
This is an era where lunatics are born: Zhu Wen climbed from a salt dealer to the emperor's throne, but was hacked to death in the palace by his own son in his later years; Li Cunxu, an invincible genius on the battlefield, fell off the stage but became obsessed with singing, and finally betrayed his relatives and died in the army; Shi Jingtang, who knelt down to the Khitan in order to become the emperor, ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun, and was nicknamed the "son emperor" from then on, which opened the door to the Central Plains for four hundred years.
This is also an era of heroes: Chai Rong, the young man who said, "Give me thirty years, I will open up the world, support the people, and bring peace." However, he suddenly fell ill during the Northern Expedition, still holding the unfinished map in his hand; Zhao Kuangyin, from a wandering young man to a yellow robe in the Chenqiao Army, used a banquet to take back the military power of his old brother, ending more than half a century of troubled times.
This book uses the writing style of modern people to restore the names of those who have been written as "rebellious" and "foolish kings" in history books into ordinary people of flesh and blood. See how they struggle with desire, wander before the bottom line, and see the light in despair. You will find: It turns out that history can be so interesting. It turns out that those ancient people were human beings just like us.
At the end of troubled times is prosperity - this is not only history, but also the truth about life written by a group of people over seventy-two years.
