The soul of a retired Chinese teacher from a modern high school travels to Zhao Wuming, a young man who was granted a title in the second year of the Qingli calendar. A conspiracy by his own clan leads him to identify his owner through a jade pendant with a dragon pattern on his body, connecting the ancient and modern worlds.
Starting from Songyang Academy at the foot of Songshan Mountain, he studied and participated in the imperial examination. He unexpectedly had the ability to travel back and forth between the two worlds. He became famous in Qiu Wei. When he participated in the palace examination, he learned that he was the illegitimate son of Song Renzong who lived among the people.
War broke out in southern Xinjiang. He personally led the steam navy and the army of modern firearms to pacify Nongzhigao. He took advantage of the situation to conquer Dali and Jiaozhi, and stabilized the territory of thousands of miles in southern Xinjiang. He took charge of the military and political affairs of Jingxi Road; the war broke out on the Song-Xia border again, and he marched westward, quelling the Xixia separatist forces, and took advantage of the situation to regain the fourteen states of Yanyun. There was no war on the northwest border again. His achievements shocked the government and the public. All of Renzong's biological princes died young. All the officials and people in the country begged him to make him the crown prince of the Song Dynasty.
Entering the East Palace was just the beginning. The Liao Kingdom in the northern frontier was watching with eager eyes. In the third volume, he launched the Northern Expedition to sweep across the Khitan. After his death, Renzong ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. He encouraged maritime trade and adopted the First Emperor's chronological system to start the Great Navigation Age of the Song Dynasty. He integrated products from all over the world and expanded thousands of miles of sea territory, reshaping the prosperous age of China with a pattern that spanned thousands of years.
