Late Qing: Grasping the Tide of Power

In the third year of Xianfeng, Zeng Guofan was racing for his life with the Taiping Army in hot pursuit.

Zuo Zongtang was serving as chief strategist under the Governor-General of Huguang.

Li Hongzhang was stuck warming a cold bench at the Hanlin Academy.

Zhang Zhidong was basking in the glory of being the top scholar of Shuntian Prefecture, singing to his heart's content.

Meanwhile, Feng Rubin, the precious son of Feng Hezhang, a low-ranking sixth-grade official in the capital, was rubbing his hands together, ready to make his move.

"Even if I die, I, Feng Rubin, will never take the imperial examinations to enter officialdom!"

"Oh my, this is delicious!"

Put down the Small Sword Society uprising and crush the long-haired Hong rebels; repel the foreign powers' covetous advances and steer the political tides!

See how an obscure young man from the twenty-first century transmigrates back to the late Qing, a time of "unprecedented upheaval in three thousand years," and makes grand plans to rule the nine provinces!

PS: This is a serious anti-Qing novel. It's just that for an ordinary man to overthrow the Qing, he has to resort to the methods of Goujian! In the third year of Xianfeng, Zeng Guofan was racing for his life with the Taiping Army in hot pursuit.

Zuo Zongtang was serving as chief strategist under the Governor-General of Huguang.

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This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.