Wu Yue Returns to Song Dynasty

Book title: "Wu Yue Returns to Song Dynasty" Genre: Long historical novel Word count: about 300,000 words Time span: 852 AD to 988 AD (late Tang Dynasty to early Northern Song Dynasty) Core characters: Qian Liu, Qian Hongchu, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Guangyi, Li Yu Keywords: Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Wuyue Kingdom, returning to Song Dynasty, Qian family, peaceful reunification This is a story about "letting go". On the first day of May in 978 AD, in Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Qian Hongchu, the king of Wuyue, made a decision that was extremely rare in Chinese history: he dedicated his land and the whole country surrendered. Thirteen states, one army, eighty-six counties, 550,000 households, 110,000 soldiers—the kingdom that had been run by three generations for eighty-six years was gently placed in front of the emperor. There is no war, no bloodshed, no tragedy like "when the city is broken, the jade and the stone are all destroyed". There was only one king who exchanged the freedom for the rest of his life for the peace of the people of Zhejiang and Zhejiang. After returning to the Song Dynasty, Qian Hongchu was named the King of Huaihai and held a very respected position. However, he was not allowed to return to his hometown for the rest of his life. He spent the rest of his life in Bianliang for ten years, which was like house arrest. On the night of his sixtieth birthday, he "died violently" after giving him a banquet, and the cause of his death has become an eternal mystery. He spent the rest of his life under house arrest in exchange for two hundred years of peace in Zhejiang. Therefore, in "Hundred Family Surnames", the surname "Qian" ranks second, second only to the imperial surname "Zhao"; that's why Su Shi wrote "The Monument of Loyalty" for him, lamenting that "their people are old and dead without knowing the war"; so Hangzhou people always have respect in their eyes when they mention King Qian. This is not cowardice, this is responsibility. This is not a shame, this is a merit.