In novels, when a male lead transmigrates to ancient times, he either invents soap, glass, gunpowder, and the like, showing off the ingenuity of a modern person, or presents groundbreaking ideas such as the theory of dynastic cycles and wins everyone's admiration. The transmigrated hero has women on both arms and rises to the top of life.
A Li's transmigration to ancient times:
First, what are you all babbling about? These wooden clogs... Did I get the wrong nationality? The tiny baby made himself miserable first thing.
After that little misunderstanding, A Li, as a transmigrator, wanted to put his modern intelligence to use, too.
Then, what was the recipe for soap again? Animal fat and soda ash, and how did you purify soda ash in ancient times? Water from plant ashes? Not sure, let me think... What was the chemical equation for glass again? Was it silica, sodium carbonate, and calcium carbonate fired at high temperatures? Were the ancient ingredients sand, soda ash, and limestone? Years after graduation, this computer science student had long since tossed all that knowledge out of his head. As for gunpowder, one part saltpeter, two parts sulfur, and three parts charcoal. As the eldest legitimate grandson of a Duke, he had no need to advance the course of history for now!
In fact, an ordinary person wouldn't suddenly become extraordinary just because they transmigrated. Anyway, he was born into wealth this time around, so A Li decided to take it easy and be a happy, spoiled young master.
Until
What? You're saying my father is the hidden Crown Prince? And I'm one of the hidden Crown Prince's sons, doomed to be executed in the Wumen Gate Incident? A Li turned deathly pale as he looked at his second uncle, who had always treated him so well, and his cousin, his little sidekick.
A Li: Urgent question, waiting for an answer. Our opposing positions are set in stone, and my future rival is destined to become a wise ruler of a prosperous age. What should I do?
Transmigration can't change everything. At least, it couldn't for Ming Chengjun.
At first, like the transmigrators in so many novels, Ming Chengjun thought he would make a great impact. But life wears away a person's sharp edges. The ancients might have lacked modern knowledge, but that didn't mean they were fools. In the midst of a chaotic era, Ming Chengjun was fortunate to be born the eldest legitimate grandson of a ducal family, with no worries about food or clothing. Unfortunately, his grandfather founded the new dynasty, but the heir to the throne was not his father, the Crown Prince. During the Wumen Gate Incident, the hidden Crown Prince died pierced by countless arrows. As the Crown Prince's eldest legitimate son, Ming Chengjun's fate was obvious.
Knowing the future doesn't guarantee you can outmaneuver the ancients. Against a rival destined to become a wise ruler of a prosperous age, knowing history was more of a burden than an advantage, whether the schemes were subtle or overt. After struggles beyond count, it was all in vain. Despite spending thirteen years in this world, Ming Chengjun exhausted every possible means and still couldn't prevent the Wumen Gate Incident. So how could the eldest son of the hidden Crown Prince escape the encirclement of Emperor Huazong? As a prince's son marked for execution, Ming Chengjun had to seek a way to survive against the backdrop of a prosperous age, but was there any hope of avoiding annihilation?
In hell mode, how can the hidden Crown Prince's son survive?
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In the early days, the ancient society shaped Ming Chengjun's way of dealing with people and situations. Through one trial after another, he was assimilated by this society despite himself, no matter how desperately he struggled. In the end, after the tragedy of his family being destroyed, he stood on the shoulders of history's giant and finally wrote an entirely new chapter in the history books.
Theme: Transmigration isn't all-powerful, and the ancients aren't fools. Only those who save themselves can be saved by heaven!
