A modern tycoon transmigrates into the second year of Chongzhen and uses the ruthless methods of a capitalist to rebuild the Ming: reforming officialdom, establishing a new army, advancing technology, and expanding maritime power. He crushes the rebels at home and the Later Jin abroad, vying for supremacy across the world. In the end, the sun-and-moon dragon banner flies over every sea, and he forges an Eastern empire on which the sun never sets.