1. Protagonist: Lin Shuo, a modern military history enthusiast and retired soldier, accidentally traveled to the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), and his soul was transformed into the son of the Ming army commander-in-chief who died in the Liaodong battlefield. Because of his ancestral merits and his own military talents, he was promoted by Emperor Chongzhen to the rank of Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Supervisor of the World's Military Marshal.
2. Core goals: to conquer the outside world and pacify the inside, save the Ming Dynasty and avoid the sinking of China; reform military and political malpractice, implement the New Deal, prolong the life of the Ming Dynasty and create a prosperous age.