A modern soul transmigrates to the final years of the Hongwu era and becomes Lin Chen, a penniless scholar with nothing to his name.
Zhu Yuanzhang is nearing the end of his life, the imperial grandson is frail, the regional princes are watching hungrily, and the Ming dynasty stands on the brink of upheaval.
Though he is a nobody, he enters the Forbidden City and serves at the emperor’s side.
With his knowledge of history from his previous life, he seizes power at court, keeps the officials in line, subdues the regional princes, and helps the imperial grandson ascend the throne.
The late emperor dies, but his death is kept secret as an iron-fisted hand restores order to the court.
The new ruler takes the throne, and a powerful minister makes an example of his authority by executing a minister of state with a single sword stroke.
The Prince of Yan feigns madness as undercurrents swirl. The protagonist coolly dismantles the plot and closes in step by step.
He abolishes the regional princes’ power, fortifies the state, strengthens the army, and brings peace to the realm.
From a humble scholar-official to the most powerful minister in the Ming dynasty,
he uses an iron fist to support the empire and his wits to determine the fate of the realm.
Zhu Yunwen relies on him as a pillar; Zhu Di hates him to the bone; the officials fear him like a tiger.
The flames of the Jingnan Campaign rise, and cavalry from the northern frontier arrives.
See how a humble commoner defies fate
and upholds the Ming dynasty’s three-hundred-year reign!
