The late Ming Dynasty was a time of chaos, with treacherous officials wielding power, endless party feuds, and powerful families annexing land. Years of natural disasters have been compounded, with frequent locust droughts and no harvests. Thousands of people have been displaced and suffer from hunger and cold. Internally, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong reigned supreme, setting off a massive peasant uprising; externally, the Qing army watched covetously and repeatedly invaded the capital, leaving the Ming Dynasty in a desperate situation of internal and external troubles and a declining state.
Ma Huaze, a modern college student, was accidentally involved in a car accident while delivering meals part-time during the winter vacation. He traveled through time and landed in Baoning Mansion, Sichuan during the Chongzhen period. He became the 20-year-old, mediocre and despised grandson of the Ma family, Ma Renzhi.
Living in the troubled times when the mountains and rivers are shattered, the former useless boy suddenly wakes up and relies on the historical vision and overall strategy that surpasses the times to establish a foothold on the clan, integrate the township party, and accumulate strength. He, Qin Liangyu, and Ma Xianglin led their troops northward and rushed to the capital to defend the country, guarding the mountains and rivers in the southwest and resisting the invasion of foreign invaders.
After the collapse of the political situation, Ma Huaze, based on the overall situation of southern Xinjiang, united with Li Dingguo, Zhu Chenggong, Ma Jinzhong and other loyal and brave soldiers of the Southern Ming Dynasty to clean up the military and political affairs, regain lost territory, quell civil strife, and stabilize people's livelihood. He suppressed wars in all directions, appeased the displaced people, reformed local bad governance, and stabilized half of the Ming Dynasty. He finally turned the tide, ended the troubled times, and promoted the revival of the Ming Dynasty.
