The Tianqi era ends, and Chongzhen takes the throne.
The Little Ice Age brings devastating disasters, official corruption runs rampant, refugees rise in revolt, and the Later Jin are poised to breach the frontier.
Chen Yue transmigrates to the eve of this chaotic age, becoming a failed scholar in Beizhili with nothing but bare walls at home.
No System, no cheats, no heaven-sent opportunities.
His only advantages are four hundred years of modern knowledge and eyes that can foresee the general course of the coming chaos.
He starts by managing his household and staying alive, stockpiling grain and avoiding disaster, putting down roots one step at a time in the mud at the bottom of society.
He fights crushing taxes, prevents epidemics, gathers refugees, trains local militia, and protects the peace of his corner of the land.
His father is bedridden, the family has no food reserves, taxes are as fierce as a tiger, and chaos is on the way.
I, Chen Yue, have only one path now: survive the coming chaos first!
