In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, there were natural and man-made disasters, starvation and death everywhere, the courts were decaying, and the Empire State Building was about to collapse.
In this desperate world, an ordinary peasant boy named Chen Jingan has no prophet of a time traveler, no golden fingers born with him, only a pair of cold eyes that understand the world and a perseverance heart.
From a refugee with a broken family to a leader who gathered together to form a tower, he abandoned the burning, killing and looting of the bandits, raised the banner of the "Farming War Army", and won people's hearts with "Land to the tiller". Between the official army and the group of bandits, he established an unbeatable and undefeated base deep in the Funiu Mountains.
His rise led to a frenzied campaign by the government, and he also encountered suspicion and conflict from powerful figures such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. He takes the people as his foundation and wisdom as his blade. In the tests of blood and fire, he moves from survival to development, from separatism to fighting for the Central Plains.
When the Ming Dynasty falls, Qing captives enter the country, and the world falls into unprecedented chaos, how will he choose? Will he become another king who changes his dynasty, or will he find a new way out for this fallen world?
Let's see how a boy from a peasant family grew from a refugee at the bottom to an "emperor" who influenced the world.
