The End of the Tang Dynasty Chasing the Deer: Commoner Emperors in Troubled Times

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, in the third year of Tianyou, General Zuo of the Tang Dynasty fell, the feudal towns were torn apart, wars broke out in the Central Plains, the Five Dynasties changed, the ten kingdoms were divided, rituals collapsed, music and music were ruined, and human lives were like grass. Zhang Xiaotian, an ordinary countryman with no family background or military power, was born in the troubled times when the Later Liang Dynasty was first established. He witnessed with his own eyes Zhu Wen's usurpation of the Tang Dynasty, the chaos among the princes, the displacement of the people, and the people's livelihood. He possesses the forbearance and pride of the people at the bottom of the troubled times. He started out as a refugee handyman and a brave soldier in the countryside. With his bravery, clear mind, and wisdom to survive in troubled times, he does not go against heaven and correct history, but only goes against the fate of mortals. The decline of the Later Liang Dynasty, Li Cunxu's struggle for hegemony in the Later Tang Dynasty, Shi Jingtang's cession of territory in the Later Jin Dynasty, the hasty founding of the Later Han Dynasty, the rise of Emperor Shizong in the Later Zhou Dynasty, the separatist game of the ten kingdoms of Wuyue, Southern Tang, Former and Later Shu, Southern Han, Min, Jingnan, and Northern Han, Khitan cavalry going south to invade, all major historical events, emperor changes, and war strategies Zhang Xiaotian does not seize the orthodox imperial power or tamper with the ending of history, but as a commoner, he deals with the emperors of the Five Dynasties, the princes of ten countries, the heroes of troubled times, and the treacherous ministers and generals. He protects the people in the flames of war, upholds his integrity amidst political intrigues, and rises step by step in the ups and downs of troubled times. He grows from an ant refugee to an important minister in troubled times. He witnesses the rise and fall of the five dynasties in the troubled times for fifty-three years, witnesses the laying of the foundation for the Later Zhou Dynasty, and waits for the dawn of the unification of the Song Dynasty.