History books branded him a “useless general.” His 600,000-strong army was defeated by the Prince of Yan, and he opened Jinchuan Gate, sealing the fate of the Jianwen court.
When Li Jinglong opens his eyes again, he has returned to the thirty-first year of the Hongwu reign.
Having witnessed the entire Jingnan Campaign and the flames that engulfed Jinling, he has just one conviction in this life: this civil war must not be fought, and this civilization must not be destroyed!
Bound to the [Guardian of Civilization System] and armed with five centuries of knowledge, he is the Duke of Cao and a trusted confidant of the Jianwen Emperor. He sets out on a completely different path.
At court, he turns the tide, replacing the suppression of vassal princes with the distribution of their lands among their heirs, and extending the Ming Dynasty’s life.
On the battlefield, he trains a new army and builds firearms. Cannons roar along the Baigou River, and the Prince of Yan’s cavalry suffers its first defeat.
At the negotiating table, he single-handedly brings about the Treaty of Jinling, turning civil war into shared rule and preserving the strength of the realm.
Then he lifts the maritime bans, establishes an academy of sciences, builds steam engines, sails west, and expands overseas...
When the first ironclad cuts through the waves, when the first railway links north and south, and when the first consultative assembly convenes,
the court and the people alike finally realize that this first duke, once dismissed as a spoiled noble, has opened a door for the ancient empire, one that leads to the stars and the sea.
Travel through the belt system and have a great time. Connecting the events of the Ming Dynasty to create a brand new empire