Raising an Army in the Late Qing: Reshaping Heaven and Earth

In the late Qing Dynasty, China is battered by turmoil. Foreign powers close in, and the government signs a series of humiliating treaties that strip the country of its rights. Corruption runs rampant at home, people struggle to survive, and peasant uprisings break out one after another. The old social order is crumbling, and the people live in misery.