CompletedIn 1127 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty fell. Immediately, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amidst widespread anticipation, inheriting the Song imperial line and renaming the era Jianyan.
However, within three months, Li Gang was dismissed as prime minister, Chen Dong was executed, Yue Fei was expelled from the army, Zong Ze was abandoned in Tokyo, and the anti-Jin defenses in Hebei were completely dismantled… After so much effort, the entire court finally unified their thinking and decided upon the glorious anti-Jin route of supporting Emperor Zhao's southward journey to Huaidian and then Yangzhou.
But just as they set off, after paying respects to the Taoist Ancestor at Mingdao Palace in Bozhou, Emperor Zhao fell headfirst into the famously deep Nine Dragon Well. When he emerged, he no longer recognized his own trusted aides!
"I want to resist the Jin! But where are my trusted aides?!"
This is a sincere cry from a soul born nine hundred years later. After helplessly inheriting the title of the Great Song, he must guide this court and the empire onto a new path.
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"Shao" (绍) means, firstly, to continue; secondly, to guide.