Romance of Ping, Song, Jin and Three Dynasties｜A collection of fictional historical essays (preface to the whole volume)
General Preface to the Collection
Heaven and earth go back and forth, and luck reincarnates.
The power of the world will inevitably divide if it is united for a long time, and it will unite if it is divided for a long time.
From the founding of the People's Republic of China in Peking (AD 10) to the Jin Dynasty's southern crossing (the third year of Zhengqi), six hundred years of great changes have taken place.
Three dynasties changed, several generations rose and fell, there were prosperous times shining brightly throughout the nine provinces, and there were troubled times tearing apart mountains and rivers with bloodshed.
Powerful ministers stole tripods, clans killed each other, vassal towns split the soil, sea frontiers were expanded, and Hu Chen moved southward.
These six hundred years are not recorded in official history, but they are like the human world through the ages.
It's called "The Romance of Ping, Song, Jin and Three Dynasties".
This collection collects the entire fictional official history epic, covering all historical events including the late years of Peking, the rise and fall of the Later Song Dynasty, the usurpation of the Wei dynasty, the separation of various countries, the unification of the Jin Dynasty, and the overthrow of Northern Xinjiang. Using the dynasty as the bones, the troubled times as the flesh, and the human heart as the soul, a fictional but real, fictional but hot ancient Chinese history is written.
1. General Outline of World View: Six Hundred Years and Three Dynasties Reincarnation
1. Peiping - four hundred years of solidification of land power, prosperity and decline
The dynasty of Peking was established for 443 years, and the seventeen emperors were peaceful and conservative.
It was the first complete unified dynasty in this world, focusing on farming, consolidating imperial power, suppressing the world, and locking the territory. Long-term stability did not bring permanent prosperity, but instead led to rigid government administration, exploitation by powerful clans, and people's livelihood difficulties.
If there is too much peace, there will be no vitality; if there is too much centralization, there will be no way to survive.
In the end, the peasants' righteous flag rose from the grass, and Zhao Kang raised the banner of the Song Dynasty, overthrowing Pingzuo for hundreds of years.
The Beiping clan fled south to the islands and established peace in Nanping, and the Central Plains officially entered the Song Dynasty.
The death of Peiping, the death of the deadlock
