At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in chaos and wars broke out everywhere. Chen Shanhe, a boy from a peasant family, grew up step by step from a hungry boy in a ruined temple in Haozhou City to the Hongwu Emperor who overthrew the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and established a powerful empire. But this is not only Zhu Yuanzhang's personal legend, but also an epic of blood and tears created by countless heroes and ordinary people. The novel uses real history as its bones and human stories as its flesh, showing the great changes in nearly half a century from the 12th year of Zhizheng (1352) to the 31st year of Hongwu (1398). Here are the warriors on the battlefield, the undercurrent of power and intrigue in the temple, and the joys and sorrows of ordinary people in troubled times. This is a story about power, ideals, betrayal and redemption, a magnificent picture depicting heroes and mortals working together to forge a new dynasty.
