As the son of the richest man in South China in 1890, Lin Ran had it all - a wealth of wealth, powerful in-laws, and the enviable glory of "the Kingdom of Heaven". But he knew that all this was just the last dream before the thunder of Sino-Japanese War four years later.
The prison sentence made him completely sober: This decadent dynasty is not worth saving and can only be buried.
He traveled to Japan in the name of studying medicine. He was submissive on the surface but hiding his sharp edge. In the lecture hall of Tokyo Imperial University, he befriended the children of powerful people and secretly learned the secret to victory; in the dark night of Yokohama, he secretly purchased arms and accumulated revolutionary power. When his classmates were still imagining that "constitutional monarchy" could save the Qing Dynasty, Lin Ran had already seen it clearly - a sick dragon was not worthy of kneeling down.
What he wants to do is to dig the grave of this dying empire with his own hands, and then build a new China on the ruins.
Dig the emperor's tomb, enlighten the people's wisdom, empower human rights, build a republic, defeat Japan, fight against the great powers, and save China.
A soul returning from the future, a gamble spanning thirty years. This time, he is not a spectator, but a gravedigger.
