There is a novel about the late Qing Dynasty in which the protagonist is the nephew of a minister in the late Qing Dynasty. His surname seems to be Ye. At the beginning, the protagonist was on the Korean battlefield and helped the Qing army defeat Japan.

"The Rebirth of the Beiyang Giant"

A modern angry young clerk travels through time and space and possesses Ye Zhikui, the nephew of the famous escaped general Ye Zhichao. See how Ye Zhikui turned the tide and won the battle of Pyongyang. Ye Zhikui's famous saying: What I am destroying is the chrysanthemums of Yichang, Oshima, and what I am attacking is Little Japan; what I am killing is the future hero Yuan Gongbao; what I am trampling is the Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty; what I am torturing is the old witch Cixi