He, Pei Jingming, was abandoned by his family since he was a child and lived in a poor family, but he harbored the lofty ambition of "cultivating himself, harmonizing his family, governing the country and bringing peace to the world". The family members regard him as an ant, but they don't know that he has already understood the chess game in troubled times.
He refused the hypocritical attempts to win over the nobles and chose to assist a vassal king who was exiled to the frontier and resented all the poor families because of his betrayal by the counselors of the poor families. It is necessary to not only fight against the overt and covert attacks of the clan, but also to resolve the feudal king's deep-rooted suspicion and hatred. The road ahead is full of thorns.
The deeper struggle is that he will face countless choices between "realizing his ideals" and "using good and evil means" - should he take advantage of the weaknesses of human nature? Are innocent people to be sacrificed? Can he protect his pure ideals in the quagmire of machinations?
Pei Jingming has no system or adventure. He only relies on his deep understanding of "governing by inaction" in the Tao Te Ching, combined with the strange tactics of "Sun Bin's Art of War", using softness to overcome hardness, using stillness to stop, and manipulate the powerful people in the palm of his hand. From an abandoned son, he used "no fighting" fighting and "doing nothing" to help the vassal king to the throne step by step, subverting the old order and creating a new era in which "the world is a great prince and everyone can be a sage".
This is not only a peak duel of resourcefulness, but also a practice of "Tao". A poor scholar uses his wisdom to prove to the entire era that a true "saint" can rise from the humblest starting point!
