Southern Song: Reviving the Song Dynasty Begins with Tax Collectors

In the fourteenth year of the Jiading era of the Southern Song, Shen Yan transmigrated and became a tax-collection chief in Shaoxing. He discovered that the Southern Song had a bewildering array of tax rates and was rife with corruption. The Mongol Empire was founded that same year. Nine years later, the Jin fell, and forty-four years later came the naval battle at Yashan. To keep his descendants from being trampled under the iron hooves of the Mongol Yuan, he endured countless hardships, drove out Shi Miyuan, executed Jia Sidao, and rose to become the Southern Song’s new chief minister. He supported a new emperor and used firearms and cannons to hold back the mighty Mongol cavalry, laying the foundations for a renewed Song dynasty! When the nation faces calamity, it is our duty to hold up the collapsing sky, drive out the invaders, and build a global empire!