Ascending the Throne Hall

Xiao Jingyan, a modern civil-service elite, transmigrates one day into the ninth prince of the Great Yong dynasty, the least favored son in the imperial family, sent off as a hostage to an enemy state. The day he returns home will be the day his imperial brothers fight for power and use him as cannon fodder. Trapped between corrupt ministers and feuding brothers at home, and powerful enemies and an empty treasury abroad, Xiao Jingyan rises from the dust with modern knowledge, extraordinary courage, and a little help from the System. He opens maritime trade, builds a new army, advances technology, recruits talented commoners, and takes on the powerful. Step by step, he restores the broken realm and tramples underfoot everyone who looked down on him or oppressed him. He will bring the empire's vast lands within his grasp, and the throne belongs to him alone!