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Around 1840, the late Qing Dynasty was waning, and thousands of horses in China were silent. Looking up, there was a sign of the end of the world. From eight times of summons to bravely fighting foreign barbarians, from army preparations to war in Humen, from river control and corruption to border settlements and border guards... Lin Zexu could not prevent the decline of the late Qing Dynasty on his own, but his ups and downs of fate reflected China's stumbling towards modern times.

The unyielding hawk of the empire and the unbreakable backbone of the late Qing Dynasty. China cannot live without Hunan for a day, and Hunan cannot live without Zuo Zongtang for a day. Japan's first Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi praised, "The Qing Empire has people who are capable of competing with the world's great powers." Zuo Zongtang was an important minister of the late Qing Dynasty, a strategist, a politician, a famous general of the Hunan Army, and the leader of the Westernization Movement. He failed in many trials when he was young, so he turned his attention to farming, read many books, studied geography and military art, and later became a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty. Throughout his life, he experienced important historical events such as the pacification of the Taiping Rebellion, the Westernization Movement, the pacification of the Shaanxi-Gansu Revolution, and the recovery of Xinjiang, leaving a mark in modern Chinese history. He dealt with separatism resolutely and regained Xinjiang, which accounts for nearly 1/6 of China's territory. We will resolutely resist the outside world, resist Russia and attack France, and never compromise. In today's international situation where we are surrounded by ambushes from all sides, we need Zuo Zongtang's fearless spirit for the sake of the nation and national sovereignty. This novel, together with Er Yuehe's "Emperor Yongzheng", Xiong Zhaozheng's "Zhang Juzheng", Sun Haohui's "The Qin Empire", and Tang Haoming's "Zeng Guofan" are called "the five masterpieces of contemporary historical novels".

"Li Hongzhang" (three volumes): Introduction to the first volume: This volume mainly describes how Li Hongzhang transported thousands of troops to Shanghai in order to defend Shanghai; he fought three battles in Shanghai and became governor of Jiangsu; he founded a modern military industrial enterprise, equipped the Huai army with foreign guns and cannons, regained the lost territory of Jiangsu, and granted the title of Su Yibo and Prince Shaobao. Introduction to Volume 2: This volume mainly records the 25 years that Li Hongzhang has been the governor of Zhili, the first governor in the world, and has long-term influence on the military, diplomacy and foreign affairs of the Qing Dynasty. He felt painfully that the Qing Dynasty was weak and sluggish, and came to the understanding that "wealth and strength are related to each other" and "we must first get rich before we can become strong", and turned the focus of the Westernization Movement to "seeking wealth." Introduction to the content of Volume 3: After thirty years of the Westernization Movement, the Qing Dynasty's national power and military power have greatly increased, and it has the Northern Fleet known as East Asia. However, the Sino-Japanese War broke out and the Beiyang Fleet was completely wiped out. The Qing Dynasty signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki with Japan and ceded the Liaodong Peninsula and Taiwan. Later, Li Hongzhang went to Russia as an envoy, signed a Sino-Russian secret treaty to check and balance Japan, and broadened his horizons with Europe and the United States. This book is the best novel about Li Hongzhang so far. It is also known as "the five masterpieces of contemporary historical novels" together with "Emperor Yongzheng" by Yue Erhe, "Zhang Juzheng" by Xiong Zhaozheng, "The Qin Empire" by Sun Haohui, and "Zeng Guofan" by Tang Haoming. "Zongtang Zuo" (two volumes in total): This book is a long historical novel. Zuo Zongtang was an important minister of the late Qing Dynasty, a strategist, a politician, a famous general of the Hunan Army, and the leader of the Westernization Movement. He failed in many trials when he was young, so he turned his attention to farming, read many books, studied geography and military art, and later became a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty. Throughout his life, he experienced important historical events such as the pacification of the Taiping Rebellion, the Westernization Movement, the pacification of the Shaanxi-Gansu Revolution, and the recovery of Xinjiang, leaving a mark in modern Chinese history. "The Biography of Zeng Guofan": "The Biography of Zeng Guofan" is the original version of the biography of Zeng Guofan written by Western scholars. The author uses nearly 200 kinds of witness materials, focusing on the overall military and civil decadence of the late Qing Dynasty, and vividly tells how Zeng Guofan founded the Hunan Army, pacified the Taiping Rebellion, advocated the Westernization Movement, and saved the Qing court from collapse. This book also combines Zeng Guofan's letters to provide an in-depth analysis of his rare personality as a saint within and a king outside, and explores why he rose from a commoner to a famous official in the late Qing Dynasty, and became the "Washington of China" in the eyes of Westerners.

It uses epic artistic strokes to panoramically present the magnificent and difficult process of the Chinese nation overthrowing the monarchy and moving towards republic. It magnificently reproduces the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1898, the Reform Movement of 1898, military training at small stations, the Gengzi Incident, the political tide of Dingwei, the Revolution of 1911, Major historical events such as the Hongxian Monarchy comprehensively display the turmoil of the political turmoil in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China and Yuan Shikai's double life and ups and downs of destiny, and carefully depict his struggle, confusion, struggle and even death in the era of great changes.

Li Hongzhang must be a figure in Chinese history for thousands of years, there is no doubt about it. Li Hongzhang must be a figure in the world history of the 19th century, there is no doubt about it. I respect Li Hongzhang's talent, I cherish Li Hongzhang's knowledge, and I am saddened by Li Hongzhang's encounter - Liang Qichao's book is by far the best novel about Li Hongzhang. It is also called "the five masterpieces of contemporary historical novels" along with "Emperor Yongzheng" by Yue Erhe, "Zhang Juzheng" by Xiong Zhaozheng, "The Great Qin Empire" by Sun Haohui, and "Zeng Guofan" by Tang Haoming.

This book is a full-length historical novel. Zuo Zongtang was an important minister of the late Qing Dynasty, a strategist, a politician, a famous general of the Hunan Army, and the leader of the Westernization Movement. He failed in many trials when he was young, so he turned his attention to farming, read many books, studied geography and military art, and later became a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty.

I was busy at work when I received a call from the newspaper's office, UConn: There's a problem, come right away. I'm in Jincheng. In Longzhou, the so-called trouble means there is a wine shop. We can't go to a wine shop now. The secretary is reading the speech draft, and none of us can move until the speech is finalized. It has been almost a year since the new secretary arrived in Longzhou, and I still feel a bit lost in writing a speech for him. Every time he would talk about the issue of emancipating the mind, a group of young brothers in the secretarial department and I felt exhausted. When I was about to get off work, the secretary called me and asked me to come over. When I entered the secretary's office, he threw me a cigarette and said: Xiao Hu, smoke one. I took out my lighter and lit it for the secretary first, then for myself. He said: The manuscript is good, but I slightly changed a few sentences about emancipating the mind. I took the manuscript and changed a few sentences, almost setting it on fire.

This book is a long historical novel with the protagonist Sheng Xuanhuai, an important minister of the late Qing Dynasty and the leader of the Westernization Movement. It tells about his legendary and tortuous experience of setting a historical precedent, establishing a business, and carrying out Westernization. It not only describes the ups and downs of the officialdom and political changes in the late Qing Dynasty, but also demonstrates Sheng Xuanhuai's wisdom and strategies in the political and business circles, and reveals the difficult twists and turns of China's transformation into modern times.