North and South Songs

The billowing beacon smoke invades Jiuzhou, and the mountains and rivers are broken and the dream lingers. The sons and daughters of heroes asked Huangquan, when will the blood-stained robes be taken off? This is the most exciting turmoil in history; this is the most intense cultural collision in history; this is the greatest showdown between two heroes in history. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties (AD 420-589), the world was divided into two, and the north and south were governed by a river. The north was a regime established by the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei people. The country was named Wei, and it was known as the Northern Wei in history. The south was more turbulent, and the regime changed like a revolving door. After the Song (historically known as Liu Song) and Qi (historically known as Southern Qi) dynasties, the Southern Qi general Xiao Yan took their place. The country was renamed Liang, and historically it was called Nanliang. After Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong moved the capital to Luoyang, the political and economic center of the Northern Wei Dynasty shifted. The conflict between the conservative Xianbei elders in Pingcheng and the reformist upstarts in Luoyang gradually intensified, and the army also became divided. Those who moved to Henan were Yu Lin and Hu Ben, who had a respected status and were the same as the gentry. On the contrary, the status of the officers and soldiers of the six towns who had been guarding the border for a long time was increasingly lowered. Not only were the children of the old Xianbei aristocrats discriminated against, and it was difficult to enter the officialdom, even those who were later sent to the North Town for defense were mostly prisoners or death row prisoners, and were called "fuhu" and "binghu". Together with the soldiers of the six towns, they were collectively called "zhenhu". At the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the official system was corrupted and the economy was in recession. The six towns became the focus of various social problems. At this time, the uprising in the six towns spread rapidly like a prairie fire. Powerful powers from all walks of life took the opportunity to attack the city and seize territory, claiming that they were alone and few, so the decline of the Yangyang Empire was inevitable. It is against this historical background that the protagonist of this book started from the lowest level of society, made friends with famous people, and gradually climbed to the highest stage of Chinese history. He can not only be far-sighted and judge the general trend of the world early; he can also make clever calculations and strategize to win thousands of miles away; he can also defeat the enemy's troops without fighting, and he can subdue the barbarians while talking and laughing; he can also break the distinction between Hua and Yi, and Xianbei and his chariots gather together under his tent, while the Huns and Turks gather together. When he returns home from far and near, he always wants to serve; he is surrounded by beauties and beauties, but they all have a beginning and an end, and never leave; he comes from a lower class, but when he is rich, he never forgets his original intention and attaches great importance to love and righteousness; he spends his whole life in the army and fights in the world, but he can be a man of talent and correct the shortcomings of the times...