The Nation's Strategist

Xu Liang, a retired veteran who has always wanted to found his own family line, transmigrates into the grandson of the Duke Who Guards the State of Great Qian.

He thought he had reached the peak from the start, but who could have guessed he would nearly bring his entire clan to ruin!

Fortunately, in his previous life, he read history to gain wisdom, recited poetry for pleasure, and learned a little of everything. Now, all that knowledge has become his ladder to the heavens and his golden ticket out of death!

He offers strategies to save the nation from disaster, his writings amaze the world, and his inventions win the emperor's heart. Who in all the land can compete with him?

A palace lady serving the female emperor grabs Xu Liang by the collar. "You heartless man, why haven't you come to marry me yet?"

The only daughter of a literary master invites him beneath the flowers: "Young master, your talent is like that of an immortal descended to the mortal world. I would love to sit with you among the flowers, beneath the moon, and spend every day by your side!"

The celebrated courtesan of the Red Sleeve House greets him with a smile: "I used to sell my art, not my body, but now I would gladly admire The Plum in the Golden Vase with you beneath the moon!"

The female emperor smiles radiantly. "Would you be willing to stay by My side, Beloved Xu, and help Me rule the realm?"

Xu Liang braces himself against the wall and waves his hands again and again. "Let me rest! You can't treat me like a donkey!"