A frail young man followed his parents, who were officials, to the war-torn Ming Dynasty's frontier. How did he survive in the difficult environment of the frontier, and step by step, through his own efforts and various adventures, he finally became a powerful minister of the Ming Dynasty who was both civil and military and wealthy. One is a lady who has been betrothed to him since he was a child... The other is a charming princess who grew up with him in the frontier... And so on... They have a heart-wrenching emotional entanglement with a weak young man.