The tenth year of the Zhengtong era, under the Great Ming.
The Three Yangs are gone, Wang Zhen is wreaking havoc in government, the military garrisons have fallen into ruin, and trouble is flaring up along the borders.
Only four years remain before the Tumubao disaster, which will cost the Ming 200,000 elite troops and dozens of pillars of both the civil and military administration, and turn the dynasty from prosperity to decline.
Su Jing opens his eyes to find himself a failed scholar in Suzhou Prefecture, with nothing but bare walls to his name. From the start, his landlord is hounding him for rent. As he teeters on the brink of death, the [Historical Turning Point Emergency Response System] activates.
While other transmigrators start by vying for the throne, he starts by saving the people!
A flash flood warning? He builds embankments and digs canals in advance, saving hundreds of people and becoming a living bodhisattva to the villages for miles around!
Locusts on the way? He promotes high-yield potatoes and sweet potatoes and develops an effective remedy for locusts, saving hundreds of thousands of disaster victims and making his name across South Zhili!
Wang Zhen is ruining the country? Su Jing heads to the capital with astonishing talent, stands up to the powerful eunuch, befriends Yu Qian, strengthens the border defenses, and gradually takes hold of the Ming's lifeline!
While the civil and military officials are still arguing over Emperor Yingzong's decision to personally lead a campaign, Su Jing has already laid a vast net at Tumubao.
Wang Zhen? Behead him on the battlefield!
Esen? Kill him on the battlefield!
The Oirats dare to surround my 200,000 troops? Then I'll make sure your 100,000 cavalry never make it home!
The Tumubao script that spells the dynasty's doom? I'll tear it up today!
From that moment on, the Ming's destiny is rewritten completely.
Abolish the military garrisons, train a new army, build cannons, sweep across the southern Mongolian steppe, and reclaim the Hetao region!
Survey the farmland, reform the tax system, lift the maritime ban, sail to the Western Ocean, rule the seas, and expand the territory by thousands of miles!
While Western colonists' fleets are still drifting around the Atlantic, the Ming dragon flag has already been planted across the globe!
