In the fifth year of Qingli, Fan Zhongyan's new policy failed and he quietly left Beijing.
A soul from a thousand years later wakes up in front of a sour plum soup stall in Bianjing.
He knew that in twenty years, a bigger storm would sweep across the world.
He also knew that the storm would begin with ideals and end with tragedy.
So he chose a road no one had traveled——
Not radical, not conservative, walking a tightrope between the old party and the new party,
Use the word "slow progress" to leave another possibility for this era.
This is a novel about reform,
It is also a story about a time traveler looking for answers in the torrent of history.
When ideals meet reality, when rapid progress collides and slows down,
Can a person stick to his own path in an era of great change?
