Modern capitalist Gao Yang travels through time to Great Qian, just as Empress Wu Zhao ascends the throne. Faced with a corrupt imperial court, rebellious feudal princes, and foreign threats on every side, he enters the court as a ruthless strategist. Using cunning and ruthless schemes based on human nature, he resolves a grain-price crisis in Linjiang City and offers extraordinary strategies to combat a locust plague in Guanzhong. Caught in the power struggles between aristocratic families, nobles, and imperial authority, he navigates a world of conspiracies and political intrigue, carving out his own path to survival in turbulent times as the ultimate poisonous strategist.