Transmigrated into Ximen Qing, who has just poisoned Wu Dalang and will have Wu Song at his door with a blade any second? Anyone else would have wet themselves with fear. Instead, he whips out a “Western Regions martial arts manual” (actually a guide to modern combat), bets on Wu Song, and hires him as a personal bodyguard. Then he wipes out Qinghe County's underworld in one fell swoop. Even the county magistrate has to send him a calling card!
Not satisfied with being the local tyrant? Using nothing but middle-school knowledge, he builds a water-powered loom, distills fiery liquor, and makes glass mirrors. Within six months, he has monopolized the Song Dynasty's luxury market, and even Cai Jing has to accept him as a godson. He secretly builds an underground arms factory, with guards better equipped than the Imperial Guard!
He hears the Liangshan heroes want to surrender to the government? He takes five hundred men, blows up the gates of their stronghold, tears down their “Justice for Heaven” banner, and offers land for all and a monthly salary. Li Kui starts calling him “Big Brother Ximen.” Tong Guan brings one hundred thousand imperial troops to crush him? He captures Tong Guan in a lightning strike and forces the court to cede three prefectures to him!
At last, he allies with Fang La and attacks from north and south, blasting through the gates of Dongjing. Right in front of Emperor Huizong, he tears up the decree naming the next ruler and ascends the throne, founding the Qing dynasty! He establishes schools for science and mathematics, builds railways, appoints Pan Jinlian as Minister of Charity, and even takes his officials to apologize at Wu Dalang's grave...
From a doomed tyrant to a founding sage-emperor.
