Longqing died in 1572, only 72 years before the fall of the Ming Dynasty. There are land annexations and refugees inside, while Japanese pirates are rampant outside, Tatars are knocking on the pass, and there is an undercurrent in the court. Li Qiang, a graduate of the Department of History, travels back in time to the ten-year-old Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun. He is responsible for reversing the fate of the dynasty. He takes charge of the imperial power in the midst of turmoil, deals with Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and other powerful ministers, and vows to rewrite the crisis of the Ming Dynasty.