Great Ming: I Built an Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets, Bringing Nations to Their Knees

A modern soul, Zhu Huan, opens his eyes and finds himself the son of Zhu Yuanzhang!

At the imperial hunt, he pulls out a simple telescope and hits the target with one shot, leaving the Hongwu Emperor thunderstruck! A severe drought in his fief? He digs wells, builds canals, and puts water management to work. The people kneel to welcome him as a living Bodhisattva, but the great clans want him dead: "This prince is plotting rebellion!"

Zhu Huan sneers: "I'll divide and conquer, then turn around and have your entire clans confiscated and wiped out!"

At court, the Huaixi military nobles and the Zhedong faction are locked in a fight to the death. He intervenes, ruthlessly reforms the bureaucracy, and establishes an inspection system. Zhu Yuanzhang slams the table: "This son of mine is fit for great things!"

He establishes a merchant guild and introduces joint-stock companies, making a fortune from glass and firearms. He reforms military manufacturing and creates new guns, sending the Mongol cavalry fleeing at the sight of him. He opens new schools and spreads science, making the old Confucian diehards furious. He sends fleets across the seas, and nations come to pay tribute and pledge their allegiance!

From a prince on the fringes to a powerbroker at court, and then to the throne, Zhu Huan uses his vast store of modern knowledge to transform the Ming into an empire on which the sun never sets!

"I will make the Ming last for ten thousand generations!"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.