He transmigrates to the Qin Empire, where the six states have already been united. A golden age seems close, yet turmoil is brewing beneath the surface.
Harsh laws oppress the people, old nobles refuse to submit, the commanderies remain unstable, grain routes are strained across the land, and officialdom is corrupt...
Everyone believes the empire will remain powerful for another hundred years. Only he can see it:
How a single decree could spark an uprising involving millions.
Su Xun becomes a low-ranking pavilion chief in the Qin dynasty and awakens the ability to "see through laws and decrees."
He can tell how much resentment a particular law will cause, how much it will weaken the military, and which nobles it will provoke into striking back...
He can see clearly what the future holds.
So he starts in a small county, using the "blade of reform" to cut into the empire's hidden weaknesses;
He builds his influence through military merit and reshapes the commanderies with strategy;
He uses an iron fist to cow the remnants of the six states and benevolent governance to win over the people.
The First Emperor of Qin asks him, "What is the key to governing the realm?"
Su Xun writes in reply, "It lies in the law, in the people, and above all, in defying fate."
The realm was united by Qin, and I can rebuild it too.
This is the rousing legend of an ordinary Qin official who defies fate and shares the rise and fall of an empire.
