This is an age of war between the kingdoms of the Central Plains. In the waning years of the Great Liang dynasty, its strength has faded until it exists in name alone. The Great Qin, Great Ming, Great Tang, Great Song, Great Han, and other kingdoms have seized the opportunity to rise, competing for supremacy and hoping to sweep away their rivals, replace the dynasty, and take the Great Liang’s place.
The Xiongnu, Quanrong, Qiang, Baiyue, barbarians, Jianzhou Jurchens, and other foreign peoples have long coveted the fertile lands, wealth, and women of the Central Plains.
The Great Ming, with more than three hundred years of history, is already in its twilight. By the reign of the Chongzhen Emperor, land consolidation has grown severe, and with natural disasters and man-made calamities piling up, the dynasty’s end is near.
Zhang Rui, a mediocre university student, transmigrates by accident into this parallel world and becomes the second son of the Duke of Ying in the Great Ming.
As a young duke’s heir facing the imminent collapse of his country, how will he turn the tide, rise to the pinnacle amid this game of war, subdue the rival kingdoms at home, and destroy the foreign tribes abroad?!
(The outcome is yet to be decided. You and I could both be dark horses.)
