"Zi Zhi Tong Jian" reads in black and white: A domestic slave became a king in twenty years.
In the troubled times of the late Tang Dynasty, Gao Jixing was sold into a wealthy family as a slave. Everyone told him: You are a lowly person, and you will never be able to raise your head in this life.
He didn't believe it.
At the foot of Fengxiang City, he planned to break the city. Zhu Wen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good boy." In the Luoyang Palace, he was detained by the emperor and escaped by bribing an actor. In the land of three states, there are strong enemies on all sides. He does not rely on force, but only relies on his extreme grasp of human weaknesses to survive in the cracks and become the final winner.
Cutting corners to blackmail, repeatedly claiming vassal status, and playing both sides - official history called him a "rascal", but he relied on this "rascal philosophy" to prop up the smallest political power in five generations and became the most unusual king in troubled times.
This is not a novel. This is a real counterattack that is not fully written in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian".
Open the first chapter and see how a domestic slave climbed from the bottom to the top of power in twenty years.