Gu Changchuan, PhD in history from East China Normal University, specializes in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
When he woke up, he found that his soul had transmigrated into a dying county lieutenant in Anyang County, Xiangzhou Prefecture in the Later Zhou Dynasty - he was twenty-four years old and was behind bars. Someone was sharpening a knife outside the window.
He knew what kind of troubled times he was in: the change of the Five Dynasties, the separatist rule of vassal towns, and the Khitan's eyes. He also knew the ending of this period of history: Chai Rong died young at the age of thirty-nine, Zhao Kuangyin wore a yellow robe, and the Song Dynasty was established.
He could have just stood by and been a petty official waiting to die.
But he chose another path——
