The story takes place in the fictional Chinese kingdom of Caiyun. According to legend, a young man, aided by the power of the Eight Immortals, founded Caiyun. Consequently, Caiyun's territory was divided into eight provinces: Hongzhou, Huangzhou, Bizhou, Lanzhou, Zizhou, Heizhou, Baizhou, and Chazhou. Approximately 600 years ago, the king of the time ordered the nobles of each province to adopt one of these eight colors as their surnames (for example, the Marquis of Lanzhou became Lan, the Marquis of Hongzhou became Hong, and so on). Commoners were prohibited from sharing surnames with these eight marquises. Consequently, those bearing these eight colors were considered the most aristocratic of the nobles. Furthermore, because the Marquis of Zizhou, where the capital was located, also served as king, the Zi family became the royal family's surname. Despite being born into the prestigious Hong family, Hong Xiuli lived in poverty. She had to work extensively to support her family. Having experienced the turmoil of the throne struggle as a child, she deeply understood the suffering of the people. From a young age, she diligently studied, hoping to pass the imperial examination, become an official, assist the king, and build a prosperous and peaceful nation. However, as a woman, she cannot take the imperial examination. One day, Xiu Li accepts a high-paying commission from Grand Tutor Xiao and enters the harem as a noble concubine to teach and assist the incompetent emperor. This opportunity leads Xiu Li to a career as an official, and she encounters a variety of people.

Yang Tian: "Amo, remember this: what belongs to your brother is your brother's. I won't give it to you, and you can't take it from me."

Yang Guang: "But what if I like it?"

Yang Tian: "That won't work either, otherwise the world will be in chaos, you will be condemned for all eternity, people will curse you for being disloyal and unfilial, for being inhuman, for... In short, you will die without a burial place in the end."

Yang Guang: "..."

After a long pause, Yang Guang asked timidly, "Brother, would it be that serious if I ate an apple?"

I recommend Lao Mao's completed book, *The New Biography of Li Zicheng, the Rebel King*, ISBN 93534.

Previous works "Tang Zhuan", "The Wisdom of the Great Song Dynasty", "Silver Fox", "Hanxiang", "Tomorrow" and "I'm Not a Savage" are classics, welcome to read.

The people in the world and the affairs of the world are just dishes on the table of my Tang people.

Although the original ingredients have the original style of food, Yunchu still believes that the most delicious food still needs to be divided, cooked, processed, and the food that is finally served on the table is the food that is most suitable for the stomachs of Datang people.

Steaming, stewing, stir-frying, stewing... There are as many cooking methods as there are things in the world.

Whether it is Goguryeo, Turkic, Tubo, Tuyuhun, Xue Yantuo, Tiele...or long whales, tigers, giant sharks, hungry wolves, all of them can cook peerless delicacies in the melting pot of Datang...

Coupled with Li Zhi, Wu Yan, Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin and other peerless seasonings, there will always be one thing that will make you unforgettable regardless of the color and fragrance.

Yunchu hopes that at such a luxurious banquet, he should definitely have a seat for himself!

Now, the delicacy has been cooked——Yunchu laid out the napkin, picked up the deer knife, and closed his eyes slightly, ready to enjoy an unprecedented meal to satisfy his hungry stomach.

In the late Northern Song Dynasty, on the eve of the Jingkang Incident, Chen Shao, a time traveler, had a clear goal.

To prevent the Great Song from being destroyed by the Jin,

he decided to take over first!

Without the Great Song, how could you destroy it?

As the Jurchens marched south, a hundred thousand Western troops lined up in the courtyard, their swords drawn, declaring:

"These armies are leaderless. We wish to establish Chen Shao as the Emperor."

Dreaming of returning to Chang'an, the Xuanwu Gate was stained with blood, and the depths of the Taiji Palace were filled with endless sorrow. The resounding words "The people are the water, the ruler is the boat" still echoed across the land of Chang'an, but the iron hooves of foreign tribes once again trampled through the Jade Gate Pass. How can this hatred be satisfied?

What kind of fury must Li Shimin, lying in his tomb, have uttered upon witnessing the suffering of his people? He pounded on the railings, only to see the land sinking into ruin!

My heart was filled with frustration, and I wished I could cross the river of history, pluck stars from the sky, grasp the sun and moon, and turn the world upside down.

So be it. I hear ghostly cries and the autumn rain pattering outside the window. I'll cut a worn-out pen and continue the story of the glorious Tang Dynasty, removing the dark parts. My Tang Dynasty has no sorrow, only the heroic spirit of war, emperors with the ambition to swallow the sun and moon, fierce generals who have fought countless battles, scholars in high hats and wide belts, gentle and virtuous empresses, loving fathers and filial sons, and a prosperous era that continues. This is my Tang Dynasty, my "Tang Brick".

...

In 1994, the domestic machine tool industry fell into a comprehensive loss. Superiors dispatched veteran director Zhou Heng and young college student Tang Zifeng to the Linhe No. 1 Machine Tool Factory, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, to help the company turn around losses. After hard work, Linyi Machinery was reborn and continued to grow bigger and stronger. The "Changying Brand" series of machine tools it produced entered the international stage, outperforming the crowd and becoming a shining business card of China.

Today I have a long tassel in my hand, when will I be able to bind the blue dragon?

The pig's feet is the sixth son of Ming Guangzong, Tianqi Zhu Youjiao, the sixth brother of Xinwang Zhu Youjian. One day, he felt that he could not let the future Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian be the emperor, so he shouted in the Forbidden City: I want to be the emperor!

This path has many ups and downs. People come, people go.

Jiang Ling did not have the makings of a martial artist. She once felt inferior, but with a heart full of optimism, she sought another path.

In the world on top of the mountain, all she had were her shifu, shijie, and shixiong. When she entered Jianghu, she had to start over from the beginning, and He Xi bursted into her life. This was the first time she had met a foreign woman, and sure enough, she’s as different as the books say. In her ignorance, Jiang Ling did everything with her until she finally started to panic.

⸺ What in the world is wrong with me?

“Don’t avoid me, I grew up on the mountain, and I haven’t seen much of the world.”

From opposing each other across a sea of blood to finally joining hands to walk the same path, Jiang Ling has hated and she has loved.

In the fifth year of the Tianyou era of the Han Dynasty, a renowned surgeon unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of Jia Yun, a nobody in the Dream of the Red Chamber. Originally, Jia Yun only wanted to be a wealthy man through his own abilities. Given the chance, he also hoped to flirt with Qingwen and Ping'er, and perhaps even encounter Daiyu and Baochai. But this wasn't the prosperous and romantic Grand View Garden of the Han Dynasty; instead, the world was in turmoil! The Jurchens in Liaodong were eyeing the land covetously, bandits in the northwest were rising up in the chaos, and the White Lotus sect in the southeast was spreading deceitful rumors—the Han empire was already teetering on the brink of collapse. Having been reborn, Jia Yun knew the principle that no egg remains intact when the nest is overturned. But with neither a system nor a powerful backer, only his knowledge and experience, hundreds of years ahead of his time, he had no choice but to pick up his pen and, in a desperate gamble, carve out a bloody path through the imperial examinations! From a child scholar to a licentiate, from a provincial graduate to a tribute student, from a metropolitan graduate to a metropolitan graduate… Jia Yun raced through the ranks, from the periphery of the Grand View Garden straight to the heart of the empire's power. Destroy the Jurchens…

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the north was engulfed in war and littered with corpses; while the south, with its tranquil bridges and flowing water, was a picture of peace and prosperity. Amidst the internal and external troubles of this dynastic decline, a cunning office manager rises to power, sounding the final clarion call for China. True heroes change destiny. The brutal and tragic ancient wars, the realistic portrayal of Ming Dynasty life, and the history created by ordinary people unfold a magnificent yet tender and poignant panorama of the late Ming Dynasty. Book club QQ group: 145034435