History is a vast river, sifting the sands like great waves. The once-brilliant vermilion of the Ming Dynasty has gradually faded through centuries of storms. Yet, like the last rays of a setting sun, it still casts a tragic light upon the glory of days gone by.
In the sixth year of the Tianqi era, Zhang Sanlu's soul transmigrates into Shen Yan, a dissolute young man and the notorious orphan of a Jinyiwei guard. Owing to a past favor for saving the emperor, he becomes a study companion at Prince Xin's residence, where he discovers that the boy before him will become the future Chongzhen Emperor!
Knowing Chongzhen's flaws all too well, his impatience, suspicion, and stubbornness, along with his lack of ability and his misfortune in being born into troubled times, Shen Yan knows the future emperor is a total man-child. So he casts off his wastrel ways and uses modern management techniques to whip the prince's household into shape, applying PUA tactics to Chongzhen as he strides through the late Ming Dynasty like a master manager.
Watch as he turns the tide amid internal strife and foreign threats, defies fate to change the Ming Dynasty's destiny, and forges a dazzling legend!
Chongzhen: Strange, I feel like my Jinyiwei guard is always trying to PUA me~
Shen Yan: Your Majesty, I am utterly loyal, and Heaven itself can bear witness! "Guide, don't control. Let progress happen naturally~" Doesn't that sound much nicer? And if you think the Ming court is rotten, then reform it instead of cursing, shifting the blame, and hanging yourself from a branch in the southeast.
Chongzhen: Hmm~ My dear subject speaks wisely!
The ministers: Poor Chongzhen, Tom has him wrapped around his little finger.
