Grand Sheng's Judicial Inspector

In early 1176, under the plans of Chancellor Shi, Dasheng launched a northern campaign and was defeated by the iron hooves of Liangzhou. Empress Yang staged a coup, had the treacherous chancellor executed outside the palace, and hung his head outside the city gate. All of Chancellor Shi’s faction were slaughtered, and Hai Qing, the top scholar of the imperial examinations, was exiled to Lingnan for becoming embroiled in the factional strife. The smoke of war had barely cleared when powerful clans in Shu seized control of their own armies, leaving the people in misery.

Ten years later, the child emperor ascended the throne. Hai Qing volunteered for a post in Shu, where powerful clans commanded their own armies, the realm teetered on the brink, and formidable enemies encircled Dasheng, which seemed ready to collapse. Watch as he rises from a seventh-rank county magistrate to the peak once more and turns the tide.