In a seemingly peaceful yet chaotic age, famine spread and war engulfed the land.
Everyone thought that this young man, who had come from the Ministry of Revenue and been harshly denounced by the entire court as an opportunistic schemer, would only meet ruin in Jinzhou.
But no one expected Wang Xianglian to raise an unremarkable local militia on the spot.
They were short on food, weapons, and support from the court. Above him was an emperor full of suspicion, beside him were powerful families holding him back, and before him stood the 100,000-strong army of the Taiping Alliance.
With no System and no transmigration golden finger, he relied on careful judgment, courage, and meticulous planning to build his power from a besieged city.
He gave relief to refugees, brought prefectures and counties under control, trained elite troops, and restored order to a land in chaos.
Rumors gradually spread through the court and the countryside: whoever could completely crush the Taiping Alliance would earn the extraordinary opportunity to be crowned a prince.
The court wanted to tie his hands, powerful families wanted to drain his coffers, and rebels wanted to crush his army.
But they all forgot one thing: in this chaotic age, they were not the only ones who could make a move on the board.
After achieving success, would he lay down his arms and return his power, or command a mighty army and rise to the pinnacle of this chaotic age?
A long road to supremacy, lined with traps and bloodshed, began here.
[No System | Hard-Core Political Intrigue | Alternate History | Step by Step to the Throne]
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