Modern Lin Yanzhi is a graduate student in the history department of a university in the 21st century. He is checking historical materials about the Dajing Dynasty in the library and preparing to write his graduation thesis. But just as he lowered his head to copy the historical materials, a sudden A sudden dizziness struck, and when he woke up, he found that he had traveled through time and became Lin Yanzhi, a down-and-out scholar in Dajing. He happened to be oppressed by the servants of the powerful landowner Liu family (a relative of Prime Minister Liu Chengye) and demanded land rent. He died of anger. After Lin Yanzhi woke up, he faced the dilapidated old house, his frail mother, the empty grain tanks, and the clamor of the Liu family's servants outside the door. He knew that he was in a desperate situation. Behind this seemingly peaceful village, there was the shadow of oppression and official corruption. In the distance in the capital, party struggles were fierce, and the war on the border was faintly heard. He truly realized that he had traveled to the eve of an "illusion of prosperity."
