Spring and Autumn Strategy: Rising from the Ranks of Retainers

After transmigrating to the Spring and Autumn period, Ling Cheng finds that technological backwardness makes it incredibly difficult to obtain information. But after awakening the Vertical and Horizontal System, he gains access to firsthand intelligence: his enemies' weaknesses, his allies' preferences, the leverage he holds over neutral parties... He knows it all, and sets out on the road to rise by keeping the great nobles in check. The ruler? In his grasp! The ministers? In his grasp! The nobles? In his grasp! As the only person who knows the Princess's secret, Ling Cheng can't help thinking he ought to say those words: “Princess, surely you wouldn't want the whole world to find out about this, would you?” The Princess? In his grasp!