The Rise of the Three Ministers of Jin

Set in the 44 years from the late Spring and Autumn period to the early Warring States period, this story follows Jin as it goes from the Six Ministers vying for power to the partition of Jin by three families. Centered on Xinjing, the capital of Jin, the story reaches the Zhi family's fiefdom in present-day Yongji, the Zhao family's Jinyang in present-day Taiyuan, the Wei family's Anyi in present-day Yuncheng, and the Han family's Pingyang in present-day Linfen. Amid the shifting powers under the Six Ministers system, the Zhi family gradually rises by taking control of strategic resources such as salt lakes and iron mines...