Balance Between Mountains and Rivers

In the seventh year of Dasheng's peace, the national treasury was empty and border troubles were frequent. Half of the land in the world was occupied by clans, nobles, and gentry. Millions of people were either reduced to tenants or displaced. Emperor Zhou Yan decided to implement the "land equalization policy" - clearing the land of all the land, taking back hidden fields and black fields to the government, and granting land according to ding. This is a change that shakes the foundation of the country. Privy Councilor He Chongyuan was submissive on the surface, but secretly united all forces to obstruct it in every possible way; King Zhou Xuan of Qi was stationed in the northwest, and launched an attack in the name of "Qingjun Side"; Zuodu Inspector Shen Jieshan was ordered to inspect, but fell into a trap woven by wealthy families on Hedong Road; Liu Sijie, the female leader of the refugees, gathered thousands of people to occupy the mountain and became the king, becoming the most unpredictable variable in the implementation of the land equalization policy. Emperor Zhou Yan used the world as a chessboard and hundreds of officials as pawns, struggling to deal with the four-way struggle among the imperial power, powerful ministers, vassal kings, and refugees. When Xuanjiansi's secret report unveiled the last fig leaf, when He Chongyuan's conspiracy surfaced, and when King Qi's cavalry approached the capital - everyone was betting on the answer: Is Juntian Ce a good medicine to turn the tide, or is it the last straw that breaks the Dasheng Dynasty? This is an fictional historical novel about the game between land, power and human nature. The glint of swords and shadows in the court, the fighting outside the border fortress, and the last glimmer of hope in the hearts of the refugees all converge in a reform that is destined to have no winner.