The Late Ming Embroidered Guard: From the Start, I Slay a Manchu Spy

Late Ming Liaodong, where spies lurk at every turn.

Li Ruolian transmigrates into the body of a hundred-household officer in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. He awakens just as enemy sleeper agents infiltrate Jizhen, intent on opening the gates to the country on the eve of the Ji-Si Incident. Drawing on his modern intelligence expertise, he creates ciphers, builds a clandestine network, and lays counterintelligence traps. Beginning with the pursuit of spies, he gradually tears open the dark sky screen hanging over the Great Ming.

Clad in his flying-fish uniform, he navigates the court and the battlefield with wit and courage. He sees through the ruinous schemes of the Donglin factional struggle, dismantles the Shanxi merchants' smuggling network that aids the enemy, and rebuilds an intelligence network in Liaodong, leaving the enemy's military plans nowhere to hide. He improves flintlock firearms, uses maritime trade to fund the war, and builds fortifications on Pi Island... With strategies far ahead of their time, he gives the Great Ming a new lease on life through blood and iron.

From the imperial prison in the capital to the forests and mountains of the northeast, from investigating cases alone to commanding an intelligence network, he is both the emperor's blade and the frontier soldiers' shield. By the time Huang Taiji's cavalry bears down on the border, Li Ruolian has already laid an inescapable net.

The flying-fish uniform shall not be stained with innocent blood, and the Embroidered Spring saber shall only strike down those who betray the country. In this life, wearing the uniform of the Embroidered Guard, I will defend the traditions and culture of our land.