Great Zhou: From Imperial Guardsman to Founding Duke

Actor: Li Xuan, the son of the Li family in Guangling. He had few ambitions and loved reading. He once sold fish in the grass market, and was often given one or two fish, so he was known as Li Yiliang. Later, he joined the imperial army and made many meritorious deeds, winning victory in every direction. Wherever the unified army went, he killed less and punished more carefully, and the soldiers and the people praised him. Moreover, in the troubled times of the Five Seasons, there were many cannibals and few survivors. It was easy to kill but difficult to survive. Li Xuan upheld his family background and upheld his integrity. He suffered several dangers, sheltered one party, settled lawsuits and suspended punishments. He was lenient in government, produced currency, and the people relied on him. He was nothing more than a famous official in ancient times. His posthumous title is Wu Mu. —— "History of Zhou Dynasty. Biography of Li Xuan, Marquis of Guangling County" The heroine: Feng Niao Niao, the daughter of Feng's family in Guangling. The county looks to the Bohai Sea. She is familiar with classics and history, is good at managing the family, and is practical in the world. She has few oddities. I met Xuan when I was young, and they were separated for several years, but I still favored him when we met again. Shi Xuan was selling fish in the Cao market, and Niao Niao Yin asked people to buy his fish, so that he would not be distracted by his secular affairs, so Xuan had time to teach the music. Feng's parents were worried about Xuan Hanwei. Niao Niao tried her best to ward off her parents' worries and said, "Brother Xuan has lofty aspirations and must be a hero." So she became the wife of the Li family. Mrs. Feng manages the family well and is charitable. He raised Jiangdu Marquis Li Ji like his own son. He made all the clothes, shoes and stockings by himself. He kept his pen, ink, paper and inkstone in perfect condition. When he got married and bought property, he was like his own brother. Jiangdu Marquis cried and felt this. People at the time regarded him as a role model. Xuan Zouyan saw the dilapidated villages along the coast and adopted more than 20 adopted children. Mrs. Feng taught and nurtured her personally, so both the Guangling and Jiangdu mansions respected Mrs. Feng, which was a sign of her high virtue and high respect. ——"History of Zhou Dynasty, Biography of Mrs. Feng of Yang State"

Was there a state of Yu in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms? It looks like a real drama

In fact, the author wrote this book early. If you read Taiping Year, you will know that the conception can still be improved. It only writes the stories of princes and generals, but does not describe the horror and tragedy of that era. If these are properly described, the protagonist's conception can be much higher, and then the concessions and other things can be written in a meaningful way.

The author is really talented. A good book is not popular.

The author is great, hurry up and edit it 😁

Come on, author, you write well

It looks good, I love watching it, and I have already voted for my monthly vote. I will support you with my monthly vote 🤓

This introduction actually reveals a lot of information. It does not mainly introduce "who loves whom and who fights for hegemony", but rather proposes a set of historical explanations about the troubled times of the Five Dynasties, martial politics and dynasty reconstruction. 1. Basic types of novels This is an fictional historical novel based on the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. "Another historical trend after the late Tang Dynasty" explains: It is not a strict retelling of the real history; It will still retain the historical structures of the vassal towns in the late Tang Dynasty, the change of regimes in the Five Dynasties, and the rise of warriors to power; Characters such as Guo Rong and Zhao Da are likely to be based on Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin respectively, but their identities, experiences and historical endings may have been reconstructed; The real concern of the novel is not "what happened in history", but "why it happened". Therefore, it should be an imaginary historical novel with strong thoughts on political history and institutional history, rather than just a novel about escalation of war or an imperial struggle for hegemony. 2. The core point of the novel: The martial artist cannot be solely blamed for troubled times The opening paragraph is the clearest ideological outline of the entire novel: "The first person to cause chaos in the world is the emperor or the minister. , Order collapsed, and all the people were in chaos, why should the warriors be blamed alone? " It is actually refuting a common historical narrative of the Five Dynasties: The reason why the Five Dynasties were chaotic was that the warriors were domineering, the warlords were murderous, and the soldiers were arrogant. The novel believes that although samurai have caused a lot of conspicuous violence, they are not necessarily the original creators of chaos. The real starting point is: The emperor loses his ability to rule or abuses his power; The ministers and bureaucrats cannot serve their duties; The national system fails; The upper-level politics loses its rules; Social members turn to self-preservation and profit-seeking. "The chaos of warriors is looked upon by the world, but only warriors have swords" means: the destruction of warriors is most easily visible because they have weapons in their hands, and killings, mutinies, and plunders are all directly visible; but the financial collapse, political disorder, and institutional corruption caused by the emperor and ministers may not necessarily lead to bloodshed immediately, but they may be the source of troubled times. This is an obvious "structural explanation" rather than a simple moral imputation. 3. "Warriors become good citizens" is the key proposition in the introduction The introduction does not describe warriors as a naturally bloodthirsty group, but believes that the behavior of warriors depends on order: "To stop troops and control chaos, the first thing is to restore order, and the top and bottom are united, and the monarch and his ministers serve the public, and warriors will become good citizens." Here is revealed a little bit. Let's talk about the basic views on soldiers: Martial men are not born rebellious; Soldiers and generals also have the needs of family, livelihood and stable life; When the court does not abide by the rules, it is unrealistic to require unilateral loyalty of soldiers; When the monarch and his ministers are loyal to the public, rewards and punishments are credible, and the life of soldiers is guaranteed, there is no need for military men to rely on mutiny and robbery to survive. Therefore, "controlling chaos" in the novel is likely not just to rely on a certain hero to kill the warlord, but to involve the reconstruction of a whole set of order: How does the emperor restrain himself; Whether civil servants and ministers are truly loyal to their duties; Can the army receive stable treatment; How to establish mutual trust between the generals and the central government; How do ordinary soldiers become normal households and people after retirement; How does the new dynasty avoid returning to the vicious cycle of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. The novel is likely to describe in detail the military and political system, the relationship between monarch and ministers, local governance, military placement and social recovery. 4. Li Xuan asked Zhao Da and revealed how the novel understands "emperor" "Why should I choose you to be the emperor? Li Chongjin is also very good at fighting and very loyal." This sentence is very important. It shows that the novel will not simply treat Zhao Da's ascension to the throne as "a destiny" or "the protagonist is better than others". What Li Xuan raised was a question of political legitimacy: Why did Zhao D become the emperor when many generals were capable of fighting and were loyal? Li Chongjin is a contrasting figure. His "ability to fight" and "loyalty" represent the traditional qualities that enable a military leader to gain support from his tribe in troubled times. But the novel obviously wants to further ask: Is being able to fight enough to become an emperor? Does being loyal to your subordinates mean you can govern the world? Can private kindness within a military group be transformed into public order? Is the emperor just the strongest military leader, or must he bear responsibilities beyond the interests of his group? Therefore, the reason why Zhao Dada became the emperor is not expected to be just the strongest in force, but that he may have some ability to "transform from a private leader to a public leader". He must prove that he can not only unite his brothers, but also: discipline himself and his cronies; accept certain political rules; protect ordinary people; balance military, civilian, and local forces; transform the military's private loyalties into national order; so that the warriors who follow him do not have to continue to make a living by force. This also means that the throne in the novel may have a certain color of "recommendation" or political choice, rather than pure blood inheritance.

I really hate this kind of introduction. I can't understand what the author wants to express at all, including dynasty, time, characters, plot, nothing is written, and dozens of words are all nonsense.

I have read Chapter 14 and haven't read it yet: Is the protagonist an indigenous person or a time traveler? Even if the second-generation time-travel protagonist still has limitations in thinking and cognition, there are not many that can be written, and the worst is the Li Er template. Not much to see