Controlling My Ancestors: Building a Thousand-Year Clan at the End of the Qin Dynasty

Just as Lu Yang is about to graduate from college and face the brutal job market, a game suddenly appears on his phone. In the game, he can control his ancestors and run simulations, or even possess them himself to build businesses and struggle toward success. He thought it was just a game, but it turns out it can affect reality! Not only can he make his descendants wealthy by possessing his ancestors and striving for success, he can also pass down gifts from famous historical figures to future generations! From then on, a millennium-old clan that rose alongside the Han Dynasty became part of the long river of history. In ancient times, he drank with Xiang Yu at the Feast at Hong Gate, raced Liu Bang around Pengcheng, helped Emperor Jing of Han, Liu Qi, hold down Wu Crown Prince Liu Xian, and joined Liu Xiu in summoning meteorites. Liu Bei praised him as a pillar of support, while Li Shimin trusted him with his innermost thoughts. Zhao Kuangyin carried him for four hundred steps, and he gifted Zhu Yuanzhang’s parents a tomb. In modern times, the jade pendant he wears is identical to the one Fan Zeng raised at the Feast at Hong Gate to signal Xiang Yu. The BMW he rides is Xiang Yu’s Black Steed. The sword hanging on his living-room wall is the Red Sky Sword with which Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang once slew a snake. His sun hat is one of the little caps Liu Bei knotted by hand, and the calligraphy he copies is the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion that Li Shimin treasured. The walking stick he uses on mountain hikes is Zhao Kuangyin’s Coiling Dragon Staff, and Zhu Yuanzhang’s chipped bowl sits right there in his home. In response, Lu Hong, the Lu family’s designated head for the next generation, whose clan is known for “the Lu family’s story making up half of the Twenty-Four Histories,” says: “You flatter me. We just happened to get a few early shares in every founding dynasty.”