In his previous life, he failed the postgraduate entrance examination and died suddenly in a rented house.
Gu Tingzhi opened his eyes and became a poor boy in the Dajing Dynasty who lived in poverty, suffered from cold and hunger.
Both parents died, leaving only a dilapidated house and unfulfilled achievements.
At a time of desperation, he awakened to his modern mechanical knowledge and changed his destiny with a recipe of briquettes. He made a living first and then studied. From a rural boy with no food to eat, he overcame obstacles all the way, became rich in business, became famous in the imperial examinations, and established himself in the court.
In the end, he gained all the power and became the legendary chief minister of his generation.
