Passive mind reading + Ming Dynasty business revolution + HE
- Heroine: Shen Weiyue, a modern financial analyst who traveled through time and became the concubine of a merchant family in the south of the Yangtze River during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. Because her family was involved in the national policy conspiracy of "converting rice to mulberry", and her whole family was killed, she unexpectedly awakened the ability of "passive mind reading" after being seriously injured - she could uncontrollably hear the voices of others, but she was unable to distinguish the truth from the heart sounds, so she needed to rely on her micro-expression analysis ability to assist in judgment.
- Male protagonist: Lu Jin, the commander of the Jinyi Guards (the prototype is a fusion of the historical figure Lu Bing). On the surface, he is cold-blooded and sinister, but in fact he is the "white glove" of the imperial court secretly investigating the smuggling of salt and iron. Because he has closed his heart by cultivating the ruthless path, he is the only person whose mind is not read by the heroine, but he is mistaken by her as having a "pure mind".
- Highlights:
-: The modern economic knowledge (such as futures and supply chains) passively leaked by the female protagonist was regarded as "apocalypse" by the male protagonist and Emperor Jiajing, which promoted the business reform of the Ming Dynasty and coincided with the historical node of "Longqing Switch".
- Strong female career line: The heroine rebuilds trade routes from the bottom, creates a "four-sea bank account" to realize money exchange, and breaks the strict party monopoly; in the later stage, she joins forces with maritime merchants to introduce sweet potatoes and corn to alleviate famine.
- Emotional tension: The male protagonist ignored the female protagonist in the early stage because he was practicing the ruthless path. Later, he discovered that she was the key to solving his inner demons, so he started a "self-destructive pursuit of his wife" and was willing to slander himself to protect her future.
Concept: - "Information manipulation" in modern financial warfare VS "Monopoly of voice" in ancient courts
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