Chen Yi, a graduate student in the Department of Modern History, accidentally touched an ancient jade from the Warring States Period during an archaeological excavation. His soul traveled to the Liang Dynasty and became Chen Yichen, a concubine abandoned by his family in a small border county.
At that time, the Liang Dynasty had been in existence for 160 years. The emperor was fatuous, his relatives were in power, and the vassal towns were divided. There were barbarian cavalry in the north who raided the south every year, and the Tubo Kingdom in the west was eyeing the country. Pirates were rampant along the southeast coast. Party disputes in the court were constant, and the people were in dire straits.
With his advanced historical knowledge, strategic vision and modern management concepts, Chen Yichen started as a scholar, reformed farm tools, promoted new farming methods, and established a foundation in small border counties. He then organized local warriors to resist barbarian invasions, defeating more with less, and became famous in one battle. After becoming an official in the dynasty, he implemented the New Deal, rectified the administration, reformed the tax system, and launched a desperate battle with corrupt officials and powerful relatives.
However, there is a turbulent undercurrent in the court, and behind it there is the mysterious "Tianji Pavilion" that controls the general trend of the world. Their tentacles are all over the government and the public, and they want to get rid of this uncontrollable variable even more than the emperor...
Can Chen Yichen find his own path in this turbulent world of great strife? Can it change the fate of this dynasty's decline?
From the county magistrate to the powerful minister, from the powerful minister to the reformer, a magnificent legend begins here.
