In the winter of the second year of Jianlong's reign, a secret conversation on a snowy night, a counselor from a poor family, and a volume of "The Analects of Confucius" read half of the world. This started the foundation of the century-old cultural governance of the Song Dynasty, and also kicked off a thrilling game about the boundaries of ideals, power, and human nature. This book takes Zhao Pu, the legendary prime minister who "ruled the world with half of the Analects of Confucius" as the protagonist. It focuses in depth on the three major historical nodes of the Chenqiao mutiny, the release of military power over a glass of wine, and the decision-making on a snowy night. It tells how he went from being a down-and-out staff member to becoming the first adviser in the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty. On the tightrope of power, morality and the friendship between monarch and minister, he built the foundation of a new dynasty.
