First year of the Tianli era, Haozhou.
A soul from more than six hundred years in the future awakens in a dilapidated earthen house. He discovers that he has become a farmer at the end of the Yuan dynasty, living next door to Zhu Wusi and his family.
One night, Zhu Wusi’s wife gives birth to a baby boy named Zhu Chongba. He knows this infant will become the future Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang.
He also knows that this emperor will kill his meritorious servants, establish the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and have Lan Yu skinned and stuffed with straw, leaving the Ming dynasty with countless regrets.
Starting today, he decides, he will be a good neighbor.
From teaching Zhu Chongba to write his first character, “heaven,” to giving him The Art of War; from urging him not to seek the spotlight, take credit, or kill those who surrender, to helping him save Zhu Biao, clear Lan Yu’s name, and rein in the vassal princes, a neighbor who has transmigrated spends twenty years trying to change the fate of a dynasty.
