Qin Hui, a history professor, accidentally transmigrated to the early Shaoxing era and woke up as the man who would bear a notorious reputation for millennia. The court was rife with suspicion, Zhao Gou trusted no one, the Jin kingdom was watching hungrily, and Yue Fei had yet to reach the turning point of his fate.
He could not openly stand beside Yue Fei. Instead, cloaked in the guise of an old minister who favored peace, he had to make his moves carefully amid military registers, provisions and pay, court intrigues, and Jin spies.
Every memorial that seemed to concede ground was a hidden move made to secure an opportunity for a northern campaign; every calculation that no one could understand was meant to keep Yue Fei alive and give the Song army one more chance to march north and reclaim the Central Plains.
The degree of historical restoration is very high and the writing is wonderful.