In 574 AD, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong, executed the powerful minister Yuwen Hu and took over the political affairs himself. A storm of "extermination of Buddhism" swept the north. In this storm, a modern soul awakens. He found that he had become the sole heir of a mid-level family in the Guanlong Group. His grandfather had been one of the twelve generals of the Western Wei Dynasty - and what his grandfather had left to him was an empty general's mansion and a shaky surname.
Yu Wenyong destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty and unified the north. He achieved great achievements, but he died young on the way to conquer the Turks. When the dim-witted Emperor Xuan of Zhou succeeded to the throne, the government was in chaos, and Yang Jian gradually approached the peak of power as a foreign relative. He was in the midst of this undercurrent of power change, and witnessed with his own eyes - and participated in - how the Guanlong Group pushed Yang Jian to the throne and created the Great Sui Dynasty.
After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he became one of the heroes of the Kaihuang rule. He assisted in the implementation of the three provinces and six ministries system, promulgated the "Kaihuang Code", established the imperial examination, promoted the land equalization system, and pacified Nanchen and unified the world.
When Yang Jian grew old, the battle for the crown prince broke out. He witnessed the glory and madness of Yang Guang in digging the Grand Canal, building the eastern capital of Luoyang, and conquering Goguryeo three times. He also saw the growing rift between the Guanlong Group and the imperial power behind every decision that wasted money and people.
Finally, the world was in chaos. Wagangzhai, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong... All the heroes came together. As a member of the Guanlong Group, he must make the final choice between the Sui family, old friends, family and the world.
When everything came to an end, Li Yuan led his army into Chang'an, and the flag of the Tang Dynasty was raised. He looked at the rising sun of the new dynasty and knew that the era he belonged to was over.
Substantial and beautiful