I Refuse to Serve the Song, I Will Unite All Nations

In his previous life, he was Chai Zongxun, the Gongdi Emperor of Later Zhou. He lost his throne as a child, surrendered his kingdom, and was kept under house arrest by Zhao Kuangyin for half his life, dying with bitterness in his heart. Reborn one day, he returns to the fourth year of Xiande, when Chai Rong is leading a campaign in Huainan. Only two years remain before his father's death and the Chenqiao Mutiny!

This time, he bears the soul of an adult and pretends to be a child, concealing his strength deep within the palace. Using a child's words to win the trust of Emperor Shizong, he prolongs the emperor's life and stabilizes the court, planning every move carefully so history will never repeat itself!

He outmaneuvers the Zhao brothers, strips them of their military power, and destroys their path to rebellion. He appoints loyal ministers and capable generals, builds a battle-hardened army, and personally leads a northern campaign to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of You and Yan, washing away a century of humiliation!

With the foresight of someone who has transmigrated, he also implements reforms to tax households by acreage, returns furnace surcharges to the public treasury, and requires officials and gentry alike to pay grain taxes. He uproots millennia-old abuses, lightens taxes and corvee labor, fills the national treasury, and brings peace and prosperity to the people!