A Ninth-Rank Magistrate in the Ming Dynasty

Reborn in the final years of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty, Han Lie finds the realm in ruins. Outside, the Jurchen are invading through the passes; within, rebels are in revolt.

Watch as Han Lie, a mere ninth-rank minor clerk, rises step by step through the ranks of the bureaucracy.

He punches the Jurchen barbarians and kicks the rebels.

He turns the Ming Dynasty around and claims the empire.