He is the least favored legitimate son of the Marquis of Jing'an’s household. Framed, beaten with a staff, and cast out, he ends up begging on the streets of the capital by selling calligraphy and paintings.
At a debate in the Imperial College, he takes the stage at a critical moment and bests every scholar in the room. His words, “Without profit, what becomes of righteousness?” reach the emperor and princess listening behind the curtain.
From deputy commissioner of the Imperial Merchant Bureau to Minister of Revenue, from lifting the ban on maritime trade to implementing the equalized land tax, he uses modern economic knowledge to transform an entire dynasty. The conservatives see him as a thorn in their side, smuggling syndicates want him dead, and even his own father seeks to kill him.
But the most honored princess in the land, Princess Changle, stands at his side.
She takes arrows for him, defies imperial edicts for him, and weeps until she has no tears left.
He says, “In this life, I’ve relied not on my family’s legacy, but on my tongue and my heart.”
She says, “All I ask is that you come back alive and marry me.”
He offers the realm as her betrothal gift and earns his title through a hundred battles. See how a liberal arts graduate stirs up the Great Liang dynasty and wins the heart of the woman he loves.
Recommend a good book "Liberal Arts Students Were Killed Crazy in Ancient Times"
Not bad. Keep up the good work.
Not exaggerated, plain and objective