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Tsinghua PhD Chen Hao had just landed an offer from a top tech company. Overcome with excitement, he went to sleep and woke up as a poor scholar in the Ming dynasty.
With the provincial exams fast approaching, he studied the Four Books and Five Classics until the pages nearly fell apart, only to discover in despair that eight-legged essays were harder than doctoral dissertations!
With no other choice, he took a different tack, using modern science to interpret the classics. To his surprise, his ideas caused a sensation at court.
Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang summoned him in person, only to find Chen Hao refusing to bow before the Son of Heaven. Instead, he raised his head and declared, “If Your Majesty grants me three conditions, I can help the Ming dynasty, ”
Before he could finish, Old Zhu laughed in a fit of fury. “And what are these conditions?”
Chen Hao's eyes burned with determination. “First, wipe out the Japanese pirates. Second, pacify the northern deserts. Third, explore the South Pole...”
But just as the Ming army finally broke through the Antarctic ice wall, an overwhelming tide of spiritual energy and enormous ships of another race arrived at the same time
