[Traditional alternate history] + [slow-paced] + [an underdog's rise] + [no System] + [decisive and ruthless]
After his soul transmigrates into the Great Xia dynasty, Tang Yichen becomes a down-and-out scholar.
Once a prodigy who made a name for himself at a young age, he now finds himself trapped in a gambling den, with nothing to his name.
Even his one and only beloved young wife is about to leave him...
But though the talented scholar has fallen on hard times, his ambition remains: one day, the imperial robes will be mine.
This corrupt, decrepit dynasty must be overthrown!
