This is a high-octane time-travel historical novel in the late Ming Dynasty. The protagonist Zheng Zhilong's soul travels to the desperate moment in 1646, rewriting the century-old tragedy in the official history of abandoning weapons and surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, death and family decline, and the fall of the Han family. At this time, the Qing army marched southward, the Zhejiang-Fujian defense line collapsed, and the Southern Ming regime was in turmoil. Countless Han officials surrendered, and the destruction of China was a foregone conclusion. In history, Zheng Zhilong believed the Qing government's promise and took the initiative to abandon his stronghold and surrender. In the end, he met a tragic end. Zheng Chenggong was left to fight against the Qing alone, unable to survive alone, and regretful for the rest of his life.
After resurrecting his life, the protagonist who knows all the history completely abandons the cowardice and shortsightedness of the original owner. He tore up the letter of surrender and categorically refused to surrender. Based on the foundation of the Zheng family's maritime territory in southern Fujian, he gathered the elite maritime navy, integrated the remaining refugees along the coast, and defended the maritime borders of Fujian and Zhejiang. He forcibly fought for a way to fight against the Qing Dynasty in the chaotic times of the Southern Ming Dynasty when all fronts were defeated.
Based on the power of the Southeast China Sea, he internally rectified military affairs, eliminated traitors, stabilized the remaining imperial courts of the Southern Ming Dynasty, checked and balanced the internal strife of the party, and gathered the strength of the Han family to resist the Qing Dynasty; externally, he relied on cross-sea trade to accumulate huge financial resources, and dealt with the Dutch and Portuguese colonists and Japanese forces.
He carefully cultivated Zheng Chenggong, corrected his tactical shortcomings, and completed the strategic layout. Father and son worked together on both sea and land, completely rewriting the fate of his son hanging overseas and the Northern Expedition to no avail. They no longer passively cling to isolated islands, but take the initiative to expedition north to recover the territory, explore the south of the Yangtze River, and counterattack the Central Plains.
Jumping out of the traditional perspective of emperors and civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty, overlooking the troubled times with the unique pattern of maritime heroes. A brand new man who is both a thief and an official, decisive in killing, and both wise and brave.
