Between the gilded palaces of Shangyong and the misty and rain-painted boats of Runzhou, the rise and fall of three hundred years are deduced.
The founding emperor Shizong once rode alone into enemy camps, but in his later years he used a golden ax to smash the treasures of the Western Regions; Princess Zhaohua went to Tubo to marry her at the age of fifteen. When she returned, the Gesang flowers on her temples had withered, but she supported the declining court as a regent. Su Jingyan, a scholar from a poor family, went from the ideal of "the people are like water" to the compromise of "hiding wealth in the officials"; Xiao Che, the god of war in Yanmen, killed himself with a broken arrow, and his blood spattered the miasma of the southern Xinjiang tower. There is also Liu Qiniang in Runzhou, who uses the tea shop as a hub to watch Hu merchants exchange brocades and refugees knock on the door, and finally hides the "Hu Xuanpu" and the fire of civilization in the firelight.
"Shangyong Prosperity Record" describes the Hu merchants' camel caravan on Zhuque Street and the withered bones after the imperial examination case; "Zhongdu Wind and Rain Record" unfolds the chain of collapses of the murder of the heirs, the bursting of the Yellow River's banks and the barbarians knocking off the gate; "Nandu Can Meng Lu" finally ends at Runzhou Wharf, allowing the sound of barbarian children's Chinese characters to interweave with the lingering sounds of the Silk Road.
This is not a single dynasty epic, but the struggle between poor families and nobles, the collision of Hu and Han civilizations, and the fragmentation and rebirth of ideals in power. When the last page is turned, the fragrance of Gesang flowers is still floating in the shadow of the sword, and the fragments of "Yongshi" can still be seen in the cold tea.
Purpose: The rise and fall of dynasties, taking history as a guide