In the ninth year of Chongzhen, after the Jisi Rebellion, the peasants in the pass started an uprising and set fire to the prairie fire. Outside the pass, the golden tigers were eyeing them, and the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil. Shen Yan, the former editor of the Hanlin Academy, was demoted back to his ancestral home in Qingzhou, Shandong because of his outspoken advice. He unexpectedly obtained a manuscript of historical materials from later generations in the late Ming Dynasty, and understood the direction and key nodes of the dynasty in the next ten years. Let's look at the protagonist, who is a demoted official, gathering people's hearts and integrating resources in troubled times. He must not only fight against bandits and Hou Jin, but also deal with the decadent court forces, trying to reverse the fate of the Ming Dynasty's collapse and prevent the world from hanging upside down.