
Party Strife in the Ming Dynasty
by Wanzhong
About This Novel
"The sound of wind and rain and the sound of reading can be heard in my ears. I am concerned about everything in the world, including family affairs, national affairs, and everything in the world." During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Gu Xiancheng and his younger brother Gu Yuncheng, who had been expelled from the imperial court and returned home, advocated the establishment of Donglin Academy, so they used this couplet as the academy's "enrollment advertisement." Not long after its opening, it attracted many congratulations from officials in Beijing and wealthy businessmen from Jiangnan. "There are scholars who talk and laugh, but there are no white people who come and go" is no exaggeration when used in Donglin Academy. However, everything they did was tabooed by their political enemy Wei Zhongxian. Naturally, this "9,000-year-old man" who controlled the government and the public would not give up... As a result, a party struggle between the ruling and opposition parties that shook the foundation of the Ming Dynasty started blowing the horn...
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