My old bacon is back!

Chapter 304 Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
the next day.

Shares of Star City Press opened five points lower.

This time, it really broke the sentiment of the shareholders.

Star City Press.

Everyone's faces were ugly.

Star City Publishing House has been an A-share for three years, and it is the first stock that broke on the first day of listing.

It would be a shame to open lower again today.

The employees who came to work early were already in the office, chatting quietly.

"The company's stock yesterday was really like riding a roller coaster! It's scary!"

"Anyway, I don't understand why I didn't cooperate with Qi Yuan anymore? It's been so pleasant all along! It's just like being out of my mind!"

"The main reason is the value of Qi Yuan. For our publishing house, it is not that high, right? We are now the largest publishing house in the country. Basically, all authors, whether they are from our own country or abroad, are the first choice for publishing books. , it’s our Star City Publishing House, our reputation is already here.”

"You don't understand at all! Our publishing house is actually a shell, and the Star City Group behind it is the key! Our parent company has always wanted to seek listing, but over the years, due to many policy restrictions, It's never been successful. So ah..."

"So, you seem to be listed by our publishing house, but in fact it is the parent company behind us that is going public through a back door. Keep your heart in your stomach, the company's market value in the future will definitely exceed [-] billion!"

Morning meeting.

Liao Yuan looked at everyone and clapped his hands, saying: "Actually, the company's stock price has nothing to do with us. Don't forget our duty. We are just a publishing house. Hurry up and count the sales of our new books."

Liao Yuan's light words comforted everyone.

In fact, he had heard a lot of employees talking about why they didn't cooperate with Qi Yuan in private.

As the future successor of Huaguo's largest unicorn Star City Group, his vision is not limited to this small Star City Publishing House.

Until noon.

The first-day sales of the works of more than 100 foreign writers from Star City Press came out.

Cumulatively exceeded 1500 million copies.

Just looking at this number, it seems to be very good.

but.

This is the cumulative sales volume of the works of more than 100 famous foreign writers on the first day.

On average, each book is actually a sales volume of one hundred thousand.

This number is very impressive!
Seeing this number for the first time, Liao Yuan frowned tightly.

He couldn't believe it.

Even after asking his secretary three times in a row, all he got was this answer.

He just looked at the data in his hand and said word by word: "It doesn't make sense, we have a market share of 70%, and we cooperate with more than 5000 bookstores on the market. So many books have sold so many books." a little?"

No one in the conference room dared to speak.

The next day.

The cumulative sales volume of new books of Star City Publishing House exceeded 2000 million.

In other words, yesterday's single-day increase was only 500 million copies.

This can no longer be described as lack of stamina.

This is simply a failure!
night.

Star City Group headquarters.

Liao Yuan stood in front of the shareholders, his face livid.

"Liao Yuan, you are Mr. Liao's son, you should have won the true biography of Mr. Liao! But look at the homework you handed in? The stock price broke on the first day, and you spent a lot of money to buy so many book copyrights. Is this the final sale?"

"I didn't say that. Nephew Xiaoyuan is still a little young. Our matter should not have developed like this."

"Actually, we don't care about the value of Star City Publishing House, but in the future, our group will need to use our listed subsidiary to do a lot of things. Therefore, its stock price, as well as investors' confidence in its growth and confidence in it are all important factors. very important."

What the shareholders of Star City Group said did not give Liao Yuan any face.

But what can he do.

Or just suffer in silence.

on Weibo.

Below the official Weibo of Star City Publishing House.

After the high-profile announcement of the listing, it has not released any news.

Every time a new book is released before, it will update the sales in real time.

But this time, the official Weibo was dead.

Netizens, especially Qi Yuan's fans, went to the official Weibo to get angry.

"What's the situation? It's been a few days? Why hasn't the sales volume of the new book been announced? Could it be that none of them have been sold?"

"Haha! I said you are trying to die, right? Qi Yuan is comparable to that group of foreign writers? What about brains? Foreign writers, you can say that they are very popular in their own country, but in our country of Hua How can the acceptance rate be so high?"

"I heard that Boss Liao sent his son to Star City Publishing House for gilding in order to go public this time? Now I want to ask, what do you think of Boss Liao's son who has seen the current sales and stock price? "

"How do you feel? What else can you think? Of course, I hope that Qi Yuan's new book will hit the market! Otherwise, where will I put my face?"

"Hahaha, oops, I laughed so hard! I just like watching netizens flog corpses!"

……

Galaxy Press.

Because of Qi Yuan's release of "Journey to the West" before, this publishing house actually competed secretly with Star City Publishing House on the Internet.

That's when they came to a conclusion.

It's not that they are inferior to Star City Press itself.

Even, the Milky Way is much stronger than the Star City.

But why in recent years, the gap between Galaxy Publishing House and Star City Publishing House has widened.

It is because of the man named Qi Yuan in Star City Publishing House.

When the news of the termination of the contract between Qi Yuan and Xingcheng Publishing House reached Yinhe Publishing House, the first reaction of the entire senior management of the publishing house was that they couldn't believe it.

After repeatedly confirming the truth of the matter, their reaction was ecstasy.

Then, they contacted Good Weekend as quickly as possible.

With the best sincerity - 30% royalties, signed a publishing agreement with Qi Yuan for the 5000-year series "Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms and Two Songs".

Right now, with the release of Star City Publishing House, the sales of new books are not good.

The entire Yinhe Publishing House seemed a little anxious and nervous.

"Tomorrow is the first day that Qi Yuan's new book will be released. Let's confirm again. Have you made all the preparations?" Zhang Hao from the editorial department, Yinhe Publishing House looked at everyone and said.

"Editor-in-Chief, don't worry, the major bookstores that we cooperate with now have enough of Qi Yuan's new books."

"We don't need to worry about sales at all. All major bookstores, even many bookstores that have not cooperated with us before, have come to order Qi Yuan's new book!"

"Qi Yuan is really awesome!"

"At present, our order volume has exceeded 5000 million copies!"

"I don't know how many copies can be sold on the first day tomorrow!"

"At Star City Publishing House, the works of more than 100 foreign authors sold 1500 million copies on the first day. This number is very powerful!"

"Don't compare Qi Yuan alone with so many writers!" Liao Yuan said happily, "Tomorrow there will be a sales volume of 500 million, which will be very good!"

The mood of the entire Yinhe Publishing House is joyful.

For the first time, they felt the happiness that Star City Press could only feel before.

Although the new book is not yet on the market.

However, judging from the orders of major bookstores, it seems that it is only a matter of time before the sales volume of this book breaks through 5000 million.

the next day.

Qi Yuan's new book was released as scheduled.

……

The long-awaited Qi Yuan's new book is finally on the market!
Shi Shi sat at home and immediately got the physical book.

Stone doesn't care about the so-called grievances between Qi Yuan and Xingcheng Publishing House.

Because she knew that for such a fairy-like character as Qi Yuan, it was not a matter of the publishing house choosing him, but a matter of him choosing the publishing house.

After getting the physical book, Shi Shi obediently sat in his study room, opened a chat group while reading it.

The members of this group are all Qi Yuan's readers, and every time a new book is released, this group is the most active.

Everyone will watch and discuss the plot here.

……

……

After the Anshi Rebellion, although the Tang Empire occasionally had a situation of wise emperors and ministers, it gradually collapsed after all.

The separatist forces in the feudal lords were domineering, and eunuch dictatorship and party struggle became chronic problems.

The general trend of the world, the long-term must be united, the long-term must be divided.

The Tang Empire, which was once magnificent in the universe, still followed the laws of history, and embarked on a wild and irreversible downhill road.

Since the Anshi Rebellion seriously destroyed the economic foundation of northern China, the Tang Empire after the war was very dependent on the tax revenue from the south.

But unfortunately, the Huangchao Rebellion at the end of Tang Dynasty destroyed the economic lifeline of the South.

The north and the south were hit hard one after another, and the Tang Empire was getting closer and closer to its end.

In 888 A.D., Tang Zhaozong succeeded to the throne, and the Tang Empire before him had long since become a mess.

Tang Zhaozong realized that the decline of royal power had a lot to do with the weakness of the Central Army.

So in the early days of his accession to the throne, he formed a central army with a strength of 10.

In December of the same year, Tang Zhaozong went south to crusade against a vassal town in Xichuan.

At the same time, he sent Zhu Wen to form a coalition to attack Li Keyong who was entrenched in Hedong.

The war on the western front was relatively smooth, but the commander-in-chief was incompetent. During the battle, the high-ranking general Wang Jian took over the military power and secretly expanded his power.

In comparison, the war on the Eastern Front was more difficult.

In order to ensure the victory of the Eastern Front, Tang Zhaozong ordered the cessation of the Western Front in 890 and dispatched the Western Expeditionary Army to rescue the Eastern Front.

But at this time, Wang Jian, who was already full-fledged, refused to obey his orders. The commander of the Western Expeditionary Army was afraid that he would be killed by Wang Jian, so he returned to the central government to report.

Wang Jian then sent troops to garrison the border, cutting off the connection between Xichuan and the Tang Empire.

Since then, Xichuan has been under the control of Wang Jian. In 891, this regime was called Shu—the first of the Ten Kingdoms.

The central army on the western front could not come back, so Emperor Zhaozong had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue the battle on the eastern front.

The winner of this round of battle was Li Keyong, but his strength was still weakened after the war.

The worst was Emperor Zhaozong, because the Central Army he had painstakingly managed was severely damaged by Li Keyong, and most of it was lost.

then.

Zhu Wen fisherman benefited.

Zhu Wen was Li Keyong's deadly enemy. In fact, he was the one who instigated Tang Zhaozong's conquest of Li Keyong.

In this battle, his direct lineage did not suffer too much damage, and Tang Zhaozong's central army basically acted as cannon fodder.

After the war, taking advantage of Li Keyong's weakening, Zhu Wen, who saw every bit of stitches, rose rapidly, gradually surpassing Li Keyong in strength.

892, the year after Wang Jian took control of Xichuan.

Yang Xingmi, who ruled Jianghuai separately, was appointed by Emperor Zhaozong of Tang Dynasty as the governor of Huainan, and this regime was Wu - the second of the Ten Kingdoms.

Huainan Jiedushi used to have someone else, and Yang Xingmi was just this person's general.

After Huang Chao's defeat, the rest of the troops moved to northern China under the leadership of Qin Zongquan, causing serious disasters. The original Huainan Jiedu envoy was killed by his subordinates.

Yang Xingmi rose to prominence under the banner of avenging his old master and became the de facto leader of the Huainan area.

In the second year after Yang Xingmi took control of Huainan, Wang Chao, who ruled Fujian separately, was appointed by Tang Zhaozong as the observer envoy of Fujian—this was the third of the Ten Kingdoms.

Wang Chao was born as a bandit, and he moved to Fujian in his early years to respond to Huang Chao.

Later, he gradually became the leader of the local bandits, and gradually controlled the entire territory of Fujian.

The imperial court was beyond their reach, so they had no choice but to call for peace, and formally appointed him as the governor of Fujian.

Also in the year when Wang Chao took control of Fujian, Qian Liu, who ruled western Zhejiang separately, was appointed by Tang Zhaozong as the governor of Zhenhai.

Qian Liu was later named the king of Wuyue, and this regime was called Wuyue. — This is the fourth of the ten kingdoms.

Three years later, in 3, Ma Yin, who ruled Hunan separately, was appointed by the court as the governor of Tanzhou.

Ma Yin was later named King of Chu, so this regime was called Chu State. — This is the fifth country of the Ten Kingdoms.

Nine years later, in 9 A.D., Liu Yin, who ruled south of the Five Ridges, was appointed by the imperial court as the envoy of the Qinghai Festival.

The person in power of this regime later proclaimed himself emperor, changed the name of the country to Han, and was called Southern Han in history—this is the sixth country in the Ten Kingdoms.

When the non-mainstream in the south are separatist and self-reliant, the mainstream in the north is busy grabbing the Tang Dynasty's mantle.

During this period, there were four most powerful warlords in northern China, namely Li Keyong, King of Jin, Zhu Wen, King of Liang, Li Maozhen, King of Qi, and Liu Rengong, King of Yan.

In 907, Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty, forced the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty to abdicate, changed the name of the country to Liang, and was called Houliang in history—this is the first generation of the Five Dynasties.

This plot is quite complicated and treacherous. Shitou read it carefully, and then he roughly understood it.

She quickly opened the group chat to see everyone's opinions.

"Hahaha! The Zhu Wen written by Qi Yuan, I feel, is an enhanced version of Dong Zhuo!!"

"Zhu Wen turned his back on the water several times, betrayed his lord, killed courtiers, and eliminated dissidents. Such a person, hehe!"

"Zhu Wen Baimayi killed too many people! Disgusting!"

"Zhu Wen, who put down the Huangchao Rebellion and ended the 300-year Tang Dynasty, is still very powerful!"

"Among the northern regimes, the most promising one to go south is the most powerful Zhu Wen. There are three regimes standing in front of him, namely Yang Xingmi's Wu State, Ma Yin's Chu State, and Wang Jian's Qianshu.

Yang Xingmi's attitude towards Zhu Wen was resolutely opposed.

Zhu Wen didn't want to go south, but Yang Xingmi refused to give way. He beat Zhu Wen several times, and Zhu Wen had nothing to do with him.

From this perspective, Wang Chao (Min), Qian Liu (Wuyue), Ma Yin (Chu), and Liu Yin (Southern Han) were able to successfully establish political power after Yang Xingmi. It is said that the state of Wu is the barrier of the southern states. "

"Wang Jian's (former Shu) foreign policy is to protect the territory and fight cattle across the mountains. He uses both soft and hard tactics against Li Maozhen, who is relatively weak, and uses Li Maozhen to defend Qianshu. The exchanges formed a geostrategic pincer attack on Zhu and Wen, so that Zhu and Wen did not dare to act rashly."

"The main reason why Zhu and Wen dare not go south is that Li Keyong's threat is too great."

The story continues.

In the second stage of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the struggle for hegemony between Liang and Jin became the focus of the situation.

In this year, Zhu Wen appointed General Gao Jixing as Jingnan Jiedu envoy, and later this regime became the seventh of the Ten Kingdoms.

At this time, most of Jingnan has been carved up by neighboring countries, and only Jiangling City is still under Zhu Wen's control. Zhu Wen appointed Gao Jixing as Jingnan Jiedushi, which is very dark and humorous.

But what Zhu Wen didn't expect was that the lifespan of this small country was as long as 57 years, which was much longer than his back Liang Ke who only had a lifespan of 16 years.

In 908, Li Keyong died, and his son Li Cunxu inherited his father's title.

Throughout the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Li Cunxu was one of the brightest generals.

Zhu Wen may not be too afraid of Li Keyong, but he respects and is afraid of Li Cunxu. He once said that having a son should be like Li Cunxu, and his son is just a pig and dog compared to Li Cunxu.

In the fifth year of Kaiping, Li Cunxu defeated the 50 army commanded by Zhu Wen himself in Gaoyi.

Break through Yandi and capture Liu Rengong back to Taiyuan alive.

In 914, Li Cunxu eliminated Liu Shouguang, and then surrendered to Li Maozhen. In 923, he eliminated Hou Liang, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and established Later Tang. ——This is the second generation of the five generations.

But later Li Cunxu indulged in sensuality, because he favored actors, the Later Tang Empire rebelled in 926, and Li Cunxu died in the rebellion.

Taking advantage of the chaotic situation, Meng Zhixiang separatized Shuzhong, broke away from the control of the Later Tang Dynasty, and turned Shu into a private territory.

Meng Zhixiang later proclaimed himself emperor, the country was named Shu, and the history was called Hou Shu. — This is the eighth country of the ten countries.

"Hahaha! Li Cunxu's life is simply the history of the middle-aged degeneration of five good youths!"

"Before he became famous, he gave people the impression that he was very positive, but after ascending to the throne, he became proud, selfish, self-willed, and very happy!"

"If Zhu Wen died a few years later, would Houliang be fine?"

"Haha, but Zhu Wen, who was so lustful and confused, was killed by his own son!"

"Qi Yuan portrayed the character of Li Cunxu very plumply! It's flesh and blood! I like it!"

"·Li Cunxu was originally a heroic emperor who could end the troubled times, but was killed by a group of actors. This plot is really...too dramatic, ahaha!"

After Li Cunxu's death, the Later Tang Empire survived for another 10 years after several twists and turns.

In 936, Shi Jingtang united with the Khitans to eliminate Later Tang, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, changed the name of the country to Jin, and was known as Later Jin in history. ——This is the third generation of the five generations.

"Shi Jingtang, this rubbish!! He actually ceded the Sixteen States of Yanyun??"

"This idiot!"

In 937, a coup d'état occurred in the state of Wu. The power minister Li Min forced the Lord Wu to abdicate, and changed the name of the state to Qi, and later changed it to Tang, which was called Southern Tang in history. ——This is the ninth country of the ten countries.

Among the southern countries, the Southern Tang was relatively powerful, especially after the elimination of Fujian in 945, its national power reached its peak and became the most powerful country in the south.

During Shi Jingtang's reign, he was servile to the Khitan people and encountered strong internal opposition.

After his death, the new emperor intended to reverse the situation, get rid of the control of the Khitan people, and turn against the Khitan.

In 947, the new emperor became a captive, and the Later Jin Dynasty was wiped out by the Khitans.

The Khitans originally planned to take over the Central Plains, but because of their wanton burning, killing, and looting, the people of the Central Plains continued to resist.

Seeing that the situation was out of control, he had to evacuate. Liu Zhiyuan, who was entrenched in Taiyuan, took the opportunity to proclaim himself emperor, changed the name of the country to Han, and was known as the Later Han in history. ——This is the fourth generation of the five generations.

In 951, Guo Wei launched a coup, overthrew the Later Han Dynasty, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, changed the name of the country to Zhou, and was called Hou Zhou in history—this is the fifth generation of the Five Dynasties.

Soon, the remnants of the Later Han Dynasty established a new regime in Taiyuan, still using the name of the Later Han Dynasty, and it was called the Northern Han Dynasty in history—this is the tenth country of the Ten Kingdoms.

In the autumn of the same year, the Southern Tang Dynasty wiped out the Chu State, and was expelled from the country by the remnants of the Chu State before its foothold was firmly established.The leader of this remnant force did not restore the country, but chose to seek refuge in Hou Zhou, and was named Wuping Jiedushi by Northern Zhou.

In the first few years after the establishment of the Later Zhou Empire, it focused on stabilizing the interior and accumulating strength, and took the Northern Han and Khitan as the main targets of defense. They did not cause trouble and were not afraid of trouble.

After the domestic situation stabilized, the Later Zhou Dynasty began to invade the south. With the assistance of Wu Yue and Jing Nan, they stormed the Southern Tang Dynasty, forcing the ruler of the Southern Tang Dynasty to remove the title of emperor and dare not call himself emperor.

Immediately afterwards, Chai Rong went on the Northern Expedition to attack the Khitan, and the Khitan was defeated and retreated in succession.

However, at this time, 39-year-old Chai Rong suddenly fell ill and died young.

In the second year, that is, in 960, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao rebelled, forcing Chai Rong's youngest son to abdicate, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and changed the country's name to Song.

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, decades of chaos, finally came to an end.

Readers, it is embarrassing to see.

"In just 53 years, the world has become easier for five generations, nine surnames and fourteen emperors!"

"'Son of Heaven, for those who are strong in soldiers and horses', the power of this sentence is not inferior to Chen She's "Princes and generals are better than each other". , can’t stop the knife in Qiu Ba’s hand. ——For those traditional scholars, this is a great fear like the sky falling.”

"Qi Yuan, once again demonstrated his incomparably powerful writing skills!"

"Haha, I like Li Yu so much!"

"Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, it's too chaotic!"

"The story of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms should be written by Qi Yuan. So far, the people have lived the most miserable period of time! It's too dark!"

"Shi Jingtang, what a fucking idiot!"

"Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the social order and morality have completely collapsed! This period of time is an era when people's hearts are clear! This is what Qi Yuan wants to write, the ugliness of human nature!"

"Is it the end of the Han Dynasty, the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, or the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms?"

"In the era of the Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, at least we knew that the orthodoxy of the world was in the south, but what about the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms? Where is the orthodoxy?"

"When can we take back Yanyun Sixteen States? This episode makes me really uncomfortable!"

"The Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are in chaos!"

"Haha, I've found Qi Yuan's way of writing! After a period of darkness and turmoil, there must be a glorious period of long-term peace and stability. I look forward to the Song Dynasty!"

"I think the Tang Dynasty may be the most powerful period in 5000 years, right?"

"Non-my family, its heart must be different!"

"It's also a troubled time. In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, there was perseverance and kingship. The Three Kingdoms had dominance and brotherhood. But what did the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms have?"

"This plot is dark and brutal, too much!"

"I thought it was enough to have two Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties once! Unexpectedly, Qi Yuan is still here to make a knife! Don't destroy this nation anymore! Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, my heart is bleeding!"

"The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are far worse than the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms!"

"Why does this plot look like a running account!"

(End of this chapter)