Ninety-Five Statues in Cold Clothes

Li Yao started out as a domestic servant, and took advantage of the strife among the clans to rise up. He suppressed the rebellion and disintegrated the noble clan with an iron fist. Finally, he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in the war of troubled times, sent his troops north to unify the mountains and rivers, and created the 300-year foundation of the Dali Dynasty.