In the Late Qing, I Had No Banner to Speak Of

The eleventh year of Xianfeng's reign. Foreigners storm the capital, and the emperor flees north in panic. Ministers scheme to seize power, while the empress dowager plots to rule as regent. Sun You arrives in the year of the Xinyou Coup, relying on his knowledge of the future to turn danger into fortune and climb ever higher. This is a crisis unlike any in three thousand years, with too many regrets left unresolved. The people and the nation have fallen into ruin. Now it's up to those of this era to act. Sun You seizes power from within and changes the dynasty. He opens the country to Western technology, trains a new army, develops national industries, and enlightens the people. Li Hongzhang: “How does Sun You always get ahead of me?” The child emperor: “How did my realm shrink until all I have left is Yingtai?” The Westerners: “We've been living in Sun You's shadow all along!” Foreign enemies bully us? Then fight! The court is rotten? Then rebel! Sun You is full of ambition, but the old Buddha in the palace and the young maid by his side both seem a little off. One keeps shouting about overthrowing the Qing, restoring the Ming, and saving the people from suffering. The other mutters about the righteousness of exploitation and long live the Great Qing... Sun You: Could it be...? (P.S. The anti-Qing path begins with seizing power from within, then launching an armed rebellion.)