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This book is a historical novel. The background of the story is taken from the period of the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms where heroes arose. The protagonist Wang Meng is a poor scholar in Wei County, but he has great ambitions, hidden strategies, and lives in seclusion and is not an official. When Huan Wen, a powerful official in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was on his northern expedition to Guanzhong, Wang Meng, wearing a brown robe, saw him and talked while picking up lice, which shocked everyone. Huan Wen promised to be a high-ranking official, but he refused to accept it and returned to the mountains. A few years later, Wang Meng met the wise and benevolent former Qin Donghai King Fu Jian. They hit it off and became close friends with each other, determined to help him conquer the world. For more than ten years, Wang Meng assisted Fu Jian in killing the tyrant Fu Sheng and ascending to the throne in a coup; he eradicated evil and rape and promoted the rule of law; he built water conservancy projects and cared about people's livelihood; he revived Confucianism and redistributed education; he put down rebellions and consolidated the country and strengthened the army. Finally, Wang Meng led 60,000 elite troops to defeat the 400,000 troops of the former Yan Dynasty, unified the north in one fell swoop, and achieved an eternal feat that surpassed that of Kong Ming... This book is suitable for general readers, especially history lovers.