Chapter 15 postscript

Fiction I have loved classical poetry since I was a child. When I was in elementary school, I got a small book-style desk calendar. Information such as the calendar was printed on the top of each page, and a poem was on the bottom.There are a total of 365 pages, and each page has been carefully flipped through. What impressed me the most was not the masterpieces of those masters, but a pair of couplets: This long couplet has one hundred and eight characters, the first couplet describes the scenery of Dianchi Lake, and the second couplet covers the history of Yunnan. The artistic conception is profound, majestic and shocking.Since then, I have a dream in my heart - I hope to see Dianchi Lake five hundred miles away and read thousands of years of history.On the occasion of the publication of this book, I want to pay tribute to this "No. 1 couplet in the world" again. It is it that aroused my interest in history.

The previous "Yu Xuanji" had a very short time from the beginning to the end of the story. This time I wanted to write a story with a time span, so I chose the theme of peacock gall.Due to the unique background of the novel, it is impossible for professional judicial personnel to use detailed evidence collection to solve the case, so the structure of this novel is different from the previous two. main line. It is a historical novel, not a martial arts novel. The main story and character relationships are all taken from official history.The reason why many martial arts are involved in the novel is actually because of the historical facts—leaders such as Polo, the king of Liang, and Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, are all highly skilled in martial arts. The sword rooster crows", "At the age of ten, he hunted with his father in Shimen, and shot the evil bear alone to get it".The Duan family is respected by the royal family, regardless of gender, regardless of age, all of them are good at riding and archery, and dance swords like the wind, which shows how martial arts were popular at that time.

Reading novels requires some basic historical knowledge.The novel takes place at the time of chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty when all the lords were fighting for hegemony. In addition to being located in the southwestern hub, Yunnan is also rich in resources. The output of copper and silver mines accounts for more than half of China, and it is also rich in salt wells. A region with huge interests will inevitably attract competition from multiple forces, so the story has an extremely complicated historical background.In addition to showing the original appearance of the turbulent era, the novel also involves a lot of historical anecdotes, laws and regulations, exotic customs, ethnic customs, etc. In order to keep the story smooth and better restore the historical environment, they are no longer described in the main text, and separate notes are adopted The way.

During the great social turmoil at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, people of all colors were involved in the torrent of history, unable to control their own drifting direction.No matter whether it is the authoritative Duan Gong or the noble Agai, they are all facing the fate of subjugation. It is not because of repeating the dream of prosperity and death, where will the love of children disappear, so even if there is "holding the hand of the son, we will grow old together" When the world is changing and the world is sinking, it is bound to bear the deepest burden and derive the most complicated content.Life and love, the individual and the country, have become the distant climax of idealism.Different from Mr. Guo Moruo's drama of the same name, the storyline does not focus on praising the unswerving love between the prince of Dali and the princess of Mongolia. Instead, it uses all pen and ink to record the fate of a group of people in an era. The sense of rise and fall.As the saying goes, "there are mountains and rivers, but the vegetation is deep. The flowers splash tears, and the birds startle"——the country is broken, but the mountains and rivers remain the same; Heart.There is not only a personal mood, but also an atmosphere connected with the times.

Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote "Spring Hope" during the Anshi Rebellion: "The country is broken and the mountains and rivers are there, and the city is full of spring vegetation. I feel the flowers splashing tears, and the birds are frightened. It is short, and the desires are overwhelming." Among them, "a letter from a family is worth ten thousand gold" has become a famous sentence passed down through the ages, which shows that it is the common wish of people for thousands of years to hope for the safety of their loved ones in the midst of war and turmoil.There are also many key plots in the novel related to family letters. Whether it is Ming Yuzhen who dominates one side, or Duan Gong who is powerful in the southwest, the most direct cause of "defeat" is a family letter.What I want to highlight so deliberately is that people are not grass and trees, even if they are heroes who swear at Fangqiu, when they are fighting among gold and iron horses, the deepest nostalgia in their hearts is nothing more than longing for their relatives.War, turmoil, and division have always been double-edged swords, and they are poisons thousands of times more powerful than peacock gall. They hurt not only the enemy, but also yourself and your family.

Read history to be wise, learn from the past to learn from the present, please let us cherish the peace in front of us.May the world be peaceful, may the nation be harmonious, may people be friendly, and may lovers stay together.May you, and your family, be healthy and safe. Together with the previously published "Yu Xuan Ji", and the upcoming "Da Tang Ranger", "Xuan Ji Tu" and other books, I am conceiving and creating the "Ancient Chinese Cases Exploring and Curious Records" series.Here, I would like to thank Ms. Yang Ruixue, the president of China Democracy and Legal Publishing House, for her great encouragement, Liu Haitao and Lu Weiguang for their professional and meticulous work, and the designer of this book, Mr. Meng Jiyuan, for their enthusiastic help and support. Unremitting efforts have made this book successfully published.

Finally, it should be noted that many details in the novel are taken from three ancient local chronicles: "Ye Yu Barnyard History", "Three Yi Essays", and "Huaicheng Night Talk". Zhang Jibai, the author of "The History of Ye Yu Barnyard", and Duan Gong's daughter, Duan Sengnu, have been close friends for many years. Li Hao, the author of "Sanyi Essays", and Zhang Jibai are related by marriage, and they took over the entire Dali collection after entering the Ming Dynasty. Li Yiheng, the author of "Evening Talks in Huaicheng" It is the fifth grandson of Li Hao. The notes written by these three can be said to be the first-hand materials that record the history and culture of Dali, which is very precious.Here I would like to express my deep respect to Mr. Li Chun (a descendant of Li Hao) who donated the manuscripts of these three ancient books—if it were not for his generosity, these three books are still unknown to the world——Si Although a person dies, the name of a hero remains forever.