Fireworks of the Song Dynasty

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were in chaos. In fifty-three years, the Central Plains changed dynasties five times. Half of the fourteen emperors died unexpectedly. Wars broke out everywhere, and human lives were as cheap as grass. On this scorched earth, Zhao Kuangyin started out as a homeless man who almost froze to death in a ruined temple by the Yellow River. With his martial arts skills and lonesome courage, he traveled across the world. From an unknown soldier under Guo Wei, he gradually climbed up to the position of the supreme commander of the imperial army of the Later Zhou Dynasty. Finally, he took on the yellow robe at Chenqiaoyi and completed the change of dynasty without bloodshed, ending half a century of chaos and creating the Song Dynasty that lasted for 319 years. "The Storm of the Song Dynasty" uses a vivid and popular narrative to tear apart the historical veil of the two Song Dynasties and three hundred years. Here are not only the top-level tactics of releasing military power over a glass of wine, the eternal mystery of the sound of candles and axes, and the journey of reunification from the south to the north, but also the century-old peace of the Chanyuan Alliance, the ideals and struggles of the Xining Reform, and the unparalleled humiliation of the Jingkang scandal; The whole book breaks the stereotype of the "weak Song Dynasty". It uses the life of the emperor as its bones and the affairs of the government and the public as its flesh. It fully describes the glory and regret, character and weakness of the Song Dynasty. It also writes about the game of human nature in troubled times and the ups and downs of people's hearts in the prosperous times. A magnificent picture of the Song Dynasty slowly unfolds.