During the Zhenghe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianjing was prosperous, with singing and dancing flourishing. However, Hua Shigang's public resentment boiled in the dark, and the blade of the Sea Alliance shone coldly in the distance. The prosperous age is just the last carnival before destruction.
Lin Mo, a commoner scholar from a humble background, broke into Imperial College with a policy essay, and entered the officialdom with passion. He thought he could save the country with his intelligence, but he was repeatedly plotted on the chessboard of power; he thought he could help the building collapse with his loyalty, but he watched helplessly as the cowardly king and treacherous ministers gave away the country to others.
From the Hanlin Academy to the border battlefields, from the flames of the Bianjing Defense War to the blood and tears of the Jingkang Revolution, he met iron-blooded brothers like Han Shizhong and Yue Fei, and also encountered conspirators like Qin Hui and Zhang Bangchang. He and Li Qingzhao, the great poet of the generation, were close friends of each other, but they were separated in troubled times after all.
When the two saints hunted in the north, the mountains and rivers were shattered, when the court was in peace and loyalists shed blood - Lin Mo discovered that his biggest enemy had never been the golden soldiers, but the human heart.
This is not only a story of intrigue and war, but also a true portrayal of a generation's struggle, perseverance and disillusionment in the torrent of history.
Three hundred thousand words, three volumes of wind and clouds. Open it and you will see how a dynasty went into the abyss, how those who tried to hold it back were crushed by the times, and how they left an immortal fire in the ruins.
