The Ming Dynasty (volume 2): the Ming Dynasty
by Peng Zihui
About This Novel
This book is the second part of the long historical novel "The Ming Dynasty". It tells the general trend of the world and the political situation in the court from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the eve of the Hu Weiyong case. When the Ming Dynasty founded the country, everything was in ruins waiting to be revitalized. Zhu Yuanzhang governed the country with "violence" and used severe punishments and laws to rectify the administration of officials. In the process of power distribution, civil servant groups fought openly and secretly, and military generals on expeditions also affected the political situation in various ways. The emperor was born into a commoner family. On the one hand, he was very considerate of the people at the bottom, but on the other hand, he maintained the inherent narrow-mindedness of the peasants. Once he gained power, his suspicions gradually deepened, and his initial emphasis on talents and lenient treatment of others became mean and bloodthirsty. Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang, Xu Da, Song Lian and other meritorious officials either retired to avoid disaster or lived in a low profile; Gao Qi, Fang Keqin, Wei Guan and other noble scholars were executed because of their talent and arrogance. The peaceful atmosphere at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty gradually disappeared, and the turbulent court became a life and death scene for commoner emperors, civil servants and generals to show their survival wisdom...
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