- Genre Tags: #Transmigration #History #Farming #Imperial Exams #Power Struggles
- Key Appeal Tags: #Rising from Humble Beginnings #Feel-Good Fiction #Courtroom Intrigue #Infrastructure Building #Ensemble Cast
- Style Tags: #Smart Protagonist #Love of Country and Family #Warm and HealingA modern soul transmigrates into a peasant family in another world. From the start, Lu Zheng is trapped in a house with bare walls, surrounded by spiteful relatives and burdened with family members who urgently need food and clothing. Fortunately, armed with modern knowledge and a deep understanding of history, he first establishes himself in the countryside by improving farm tools and farming methods. Then, with his solid education, he rises through the imperial examinations, advancing from a licentiate to the top scholar and using his mastery of the eight-legged essay to open the gates of the imperial court.
At court, he outwits treacherous officials and exposes the entrenched abuses of exam fraud. On the battlefield, he improves military equipment and leads the army in putting down rebellions. Rising from civil official to military commander, he protects the country with both strategy and iron will. Along the way, he shares a tender, steadfast bond with Su Qingyuan, a friendship forged in life-and-death struggles with Shen Yan and Lin Mo, and a deep commitment to improving people's lives as he leads his neighbors and brings the frontier together. In the end, he grows from a poor young man into the Duke Who Pacifies the Nation, enjoying the happiness of four generations under one roof and securing a peaceful, prosperous age.
