A graduate student in the Department of Modern History accidentally passed through his soul and became Heshen in the 41st year of Qianlong's reign. At that time, he had just been appointed as the Right Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He had not yet fallen into the quagmire of corruption, but he had already glimpsed his future ending in being ordered to death by Jiaqing and having his family confiscated and exterminated. With an accurate prediction of Qing history, this "New Heshen" is determined to rewrite his destiny: he must survive step by step under the suspicious eyes of Qianlong in his later years. He must not only retain the shrewdness and financial management talent of the original owner, but also wash away the original sin of "corruption" and transform wealth accumulation into solid political capital; he must break historical grudges, break the ice with wisdom, and form a legal alliance with Ji Xiaolan. The Mexican Alliance helped Liu Yong to clean up the officialdom, managed the border defense for Agui, and turned his former rivals into comrades in the same boat; he even had to bet on the seemingly hopeless Eleventh Brother Yongxuan in the turbulent battle for the reserve, and used the foresight of the "Emperor's Master" to help him avoid Yongyan's edge, win over the clan, win Qianlong's favor, and finally turn from a secret chess piece to a fixed star.
From the attack and defense of memorials in the court, to the silent wrestling in the harem, from the handling of local disasters, to the game of transporting military supplies, He Shen, who knew the outcome, used modern thinking to deconstruct feudal power and plot, and in the sunset of the Qianlong Dynasty, he weaved a network of relationships covering both the government and the public. In the end, he not only made himself and his family rich and prosperous, but also assisted the new emperor to create a different era after Qianlong. This is a chess game about survival, betrayal and redemption, and he is both a chess player and a chess piece.
