In the last years of Dayin, the world fell apart, the princes were divided, wars continued, and the people were displaced. Deng Zexiong came from a humble background in a nearby county, but he had great ambitions and was a man of extraordinary talent. He rose from the wilderness, integrated the tribes with iron-blooded skills, gathered talents with benevolence and kindness, and carved a path to unification in the sea of blood and corpses. Internally, he abolished bad government, ignored corvee and underpaid taxes, built water conservancy projects, and respected enlightenment, ending the dilapidated situation after a hundred years of war. Externally, he attacked the barbarians in the north, expanded the territory in the west, conquered Baiyue in the south, and opened overseas in the east, laying the foundation of China's territory for hundreds of years. He was a conqueror in troubled times, the founder of a prosperous age, and the emperor who broke the old order and reshaped the pattern of China. This book will give a panoramic view of Deng Zexiong's legendary life from a boy in a border county to a powerful ruler, depict his choices and perseverance between power, friendship, family and country, and restore a portrait of an emperor with flesh and blood whose merits and demerits are left for future generations to comment on.
