After accidentally touching an ancient map, Li Mingyuan, a graduate student of history, transmigrates into the turbulent Jiajing era.
Along the coast of eastern Zhejiang, Japanese pirates run rampant and the people are driven from their homes. At court, Yan Song's faction wreaks havoc, and law and order collapse.
Disguising himself as a down-on-his-luck scholar, he establishes a foothold with the help of local gentry. He improves gunpowder to end the pirate menace, designs warships to strengthen coastal defenses, and introduces a policy of “limited maritime trade” to break the shackles of the sea ban and bring countless ships to trade.
When he meets Qi Jiguang, he teaches him standardized discipline, forging the iron-willed spirit of the Qi family army. He establishes the Academy of Practical Studies, spreads the sciences of mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and nurtures talent to reform the Ming dynasty.
From the Ningbo prefectural offices to the heart of the capital, he maneuvers between Yan Song and Xu Jie, wielding technology as a blade and institutions as a shield. Amid the storm and turmoil, he carves a new path to greatness for the fading Ming dynasty!
When the light of science collides with millennia-old feudal barriers, and the flames of reform meet the stone wall of vested interests, see how Li Mingyuan, by his own efforts, shifts the course of history and writes the legend of “Reforming the Ming Dynasty”!
