On a cold night in Yong'an City, Yang Xiuqing woke up from a pool of blood - he was actually reborn after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was established in Yong'an, three full years before he died in the Tianjing Incident and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was finally destroyed. In his previous life, he was the "spokesperson of the Heavenly Father" who held great power but died in internal strife. He witnessed with his own eyes the fanaticism of God-worshipping devouring people's livelihood, Hong Xiuquan's ignorance ruining his foundation, and the iron hoofs of the Qing army crushing the dream of heaven.
With the memories of two lives and the blood feud, Yang Xiuqing completely gave up the obsession of "assisting the Kingdom of Heaven". While he continued to use "Heavenly Father to Come Down to Earth" to stabilize his position, he secretly weaved the intelligence network "Tianersi", cultivated new generals such as Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng, and quietly improved the formation and logistics of the Taiping Army; while he watched Hong Xiuquan's hypocrisy and Wei Changhui's ruthlessness with a cold eye, and used tricks to intensify the conflicts among the kings.
On the night of the Tianjing Incident, the East Palace was in flames. Yang Xiuqing escaped from Tianjing by pretending to be dead. He evacuated Tianjing with his elite navy and close ministers. He raised the banner of "Great Flame" in Anqing and issued the "Revelation to the Qing Dynasty": Abolish the holy treasury, equalize taxes, unite the gentry, and train a new army. From then on, he was both a "traitor" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and a "giant bandit" in the eyes of the Qing court, creating a new three-legged pattern in the fertile soil of Jiangnan.
From the fierce battle with Shi Dakai, the capture of Tianjing to destroy the Kingdom of Heaven, to the duel with Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army and Li Hongzhang's Huai Army, to the three-way northern expedition to defeat Beijing and capture the Qing Emperor, Yang Xiuqing used the strategic vision of a time traveler to combine modern military and governance concepts to rebuild order in the flames of war. Finally, he ascended the throne in Nanjing and changed his name to "Yongchang". While pacifying the border areas and resisting foreign powers, he implemented new policies, established industries, and let the broken people
