At the end of the Jiajing period, in Tieling, Liaodong, an unexpected grant completely changed the fate of the impoverished scholar Li Chengliang. As a result, the Li family became one of the most prominent families in the early Wanli period. This article takes the Li family as the starting point, with Li's eldest son Li Rusong and eldest daughter Li Rufeng as the protagonists, and gradually unfolds the political situation and three major wars in the early Wanli period.
The ups and downs of the family, personal legends, the struggle for power, the entanglements of grudges, the silhouette of a feudal dynasty, and a war that must be punished even though it is far away, form a story of the Ming Dynasty!