On the eve of the fall of Jinling City, Zeng Guofan held 300,000 Hunan troops and occupied half of the southeast wall. However, because of his lifelong obsession with seeking sainthood, he would rather disarm and hand over power and bear eternal infamy than raise an army to usurp the throne. His son Zeng Jize came from a later life and knew that his father's decision would destroy China's last hope. He endured and lay dormant, vowing to pry a way out of the shackles of the saint to change his destiny.
