Lu Yuan, a modern office drone, woke up transmigrated into the chaos of the late Ming dynasty, as a young novice monk in a temple about to be massacred by the Qing army. At this critical moment, he awakened the [Cause-and-Effect Event Choice System], which let him see the results of different options in advance and steer events toward the best outcome.
From the start, he followed the System’s guidance and rescued Zhu Ningyue, the princess of a fallen dynasty, who had fled in disguise during the temple massacre. Thus began the path to rising above the chaos for a fake monk and a real princess.
From gathering refugees and establishing a mountain stronghold to developing military industries and agriculture with modern knowledge and the System’s guidance, Lu Yuan’s power grew like a snowball. He made countless “correct choices”: repeatedly switching sides among the peasant rebels, the Southern Ming court, and the Manchu Qing, while grabbing the greatest possible gains; ambushing Qing generals with precision and winning again and again against overwhelming odds, earning a fearsome reputation; and always planning ahead amid natural disasters and human calamities, opening granaries and distributing food to win the people’s hearts.
In the end, Lu Yuan was no longer content to be a warlord ruling a single corner of the land. He pointed his sword at the whole realm, contended with the Qing for control of the Central Plains, overthrew the rotten old order, and personally established a brand-new dynasty of his own, allowing Chinese civilization to stand once more at the pinnacle of the world.
