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This book is a long historical novel in Zhang Hui style, focusing on the experience of legendary general Yin Changheng going north to Beijing from 1914 to 1916 to safeguard the republic, oppose dictatorship, and defend the achievements of the Revolution of 1911. During this period, the political situation of the Beiyang government was turbulent, with various factions fighting openly and secretly. Yuan Shikai called Yin Changheng to Beijing to report on his duties, but in fact he placed this brave general under house arrest in an attempt to induce him to support his claim to emperor. Yin Changheng firmly opposed dictatorship and struggled to deal with Yuan Shikai's power tactics. During this period, Yin Changheng met Liang Yulou, a brothel girl, and formed a soul-stirring life-and-death relationship, comparable to the love legend between Cai E and Xiao Fengxian at the same time.

Over the years, the old shopkeeper Luo Guangren generally ignored all the major and minor matters inside and outside the Guangyun Salt Company, leaving his son Luo Yunhong to handle them. Don't worry! Having said that, if there is an important matter that affects the life and death of a person, the old man will come out and give some advice, and nothing will go wrong. Shopkeeper Luo is a well-known weirdo and weirdo in Changjiang County and even Suining Prefecture! This happened some years ago. That year, Luo Yunhong encountered a troublesome thing as soon as he took over the salt account and became the boss.

This book is based on two real historical events that occurred in Beijing in January 1912. The novel tells the complicated and confusing historical story of the life-and-death struggle between the Xinhai Revolutionary Party Assassination Group and the Zongshe Party and Yuan Shikai camp headed by Liangbi for their respective political interests. It creates an image of a dead soldier of the Revolutionary Party who overthrew the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty and pursued democracy and republic. The novel won the first prize for the National Outstanding Novel Award in the "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times" in 2018.

On the day when the monument to the martyrs of the Western Route Army was inaugurated, the appearance of a strange woman attracted the attention of Weng Zhennan, the father and daughter of the Qibei County Party History Office, who then started a trip to Banan, Sichuan for "I" (Weng Zhennan's daughter) to solve the mystery of the "resurrection" of Du Juan, the martyr of the Western Route Army and the heroine of the Red Army. The novel tells the story of Du Juan, a child bride from Daba Mountain, who joined the Red Army. From a soldier to a regiment leader, she experienced hundreds of battles and made extraordinary achievements. She was "sacrifice" at the gunpoint of horse bandits during the bloody battle in the Hexi Corridor, and was unexpectedly "resurrected" more than forty years later. The plot of the story is full of twists and turns, the fate of the characters is shocking, and it is full of strong legendary color. The novel won the first prize in the "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times" National Outstanding Long Book Award in 2023.