In the final years of the Guangxu Emperor's reign, seventeen-year-old Han Fuju hid beneath the counter of a general store in Bazhou, Zhili, secretly reading the Three Character Classic. Though he could read and write, he had no intention of spending his life as an apprentice, nor would he let anyone push him around. After publicly exposing his employer's crooked business practices, he was thrown out and forced to make his way in a chaotic world.
Heading north through barren lands, with hunger and snow driving him onward, he once fought for half a moldy bun. In Liaoyang, he nearly froze and starved to death beneath the city walls. Then a military recruitment notice promising “priority for literate applicants” gave him a way to survive. He joined the New Army and met Feng Yuxiang. With his fine handwriting and quick mind, he went from refugee scribe to a man who steadily made a place for himself.
He was a ruthless force in troubled times, but also a scholar with a calculating mind. He understood accounts and knew how to scheme, able to learn all about the soldiers from a single roster. He was a master planner who dared to take risks, using the authorities' name and bringing a coffin into an inn to stage a “burial of a wanted criminal,” quietly eliminating his assassination target. He understood people's hearts and knew how to strike the right balance, winning over desperadoes with both kindness and force as he carefully navigated one deadly situation after another.
From apprentice at a general store in Bazhou to Feng Yuxiang's trusted subordinate, and finally a rising warlord in a turbulent age, Han Fuju's life was a tale of a poor boy's rise against the odds, a legend where the written word and weapons went hand in hand. He wielded his pen like a blade and his wits like a weapon. In an era of warlord clashes and national upheaval, he rose from a penniless refugee to stand at the center of the storm, writing a story of ambition and power worthy of a warlord born into poverty.
It's a very good book, it's very intertwined and refreshing to read. The male protagonist is thoughtful and handles things in an orderly and neat manner. The people of the country are rising.
The plot is gripping and fascinating, and the characters are flesh-and-blood. Although Han fled without a fight in the later period and abandoned Jicheng, it does not affect our portrait of him in the early stage...
The plot of the story is detailed, compact, reasonable, and worth watching. I like it.
Brave and wise, ruthless!
Using modern people's way of thinking to fabricate Han Fuqu, he did not just avoid war with Japan. It was the warlord mentality that harmed him. He wanted to preserve his own troops and did some things that contributed to the construction of Shandong.
By describing the legendary story of Han Fuqu's illiteracy, ruthlessness, determination, and unexpected victory, this book can subvert the long-standing stereotype of Han Fuqu as a simple idiot general who abandoned Jinan as soon as he encountered the Japanese army and was shot by Chiang Kai-shek on the grounds of fear of the enemy and cowardice. It can be classified as a fascinating book.
This novel is very interesting and well written in detail. Enthusiastic
. A novel based on historical figures is quite interesting!
Objective, wonderful and fascinating, rare historical material is worth learning.
This book is very good