Beiding

The novel takes the historical turning point of Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition to destroy the Yuan Dynasty as the core, adopts the narrative structure of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Northern Expedition, and Yuan Shun Emperor, and supplements it with the bottom-level perspective of the fictional soldier Chen Fusheng. The book begins with the Northern Expedition in the 27th year of Zhizheng's reign, to the initial determination of the empire in the 3rd year of Hongwu, and completely outlines this grand event that changed the course of Chinese history. It's not a simple "good guys defeat bad guys" story. It's about how one era ends and another begins. About the destiny of the emperor and the land of the people. About those who died in the torrent of history, and those who survived.