In 21st-century Huaguo, I, Qin Feng, was a special forces instructor who had achieved outstanding success in the military. But my fate changed completely after a car accident on the way home to visit my family. When I woke again, I discovered that my soul had transmigrated into the body of the Qin family's youngest son in the middle of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty, in a parallel world. On the surface, this Ming dynasty still maintained the majesty of the Celestial Empire, but in reality it was beset by troubles at home and abroad. Emperor Wanli had not attended court for years, factional struggles raged within the government, and the Donglin faction and other forces battled in the open and in secret, seriously undermining the making and execution of state policy. Land was being consolidated on a massive scale, peasants lived in poverty, and local uprisings broke out from time to time. Beyond the borders, the Jurchen tribes were gradually rising and casting covetous eyes on Ming territory.
My family, the Qin clan, was a military household with a long tradition of serving at court, and had always been loyal in defending the Ming realm. My fiancée, Su Qin, came from the scholarly Su family, a clan that valued cultural heritage and the continuation of its bloodline.
