No System + Political Schemes and Wits + Military Conquest + Rise from Humble Beginnings + The Road to Empire
In the late Ming dynasty, the court is corrupt and disasters plague the land. Peasant uprisings rage within, while the Qing court eyes the realm from without. The country is shattered, and the Ming dynasty's downfall seems inevitable.
A commoner from a mountain village rises to command the realm, topples the Ming, sweeps away the Qing, restores the land, and takes control of its fate. Thus, the land of autumn begonias is united under one rule.