The Ming Dynasty Beneath the Rift

Li Po, a military history enthusiast, and Xu Wenjing, a top history student, were on a study trip to the Palace Museum when they accidentally activated a jade pendant that carried them back to the storm-tossed Ming Dynasty of 1620.

The Wanli Emperor had died, and the Tianqi Emperor had just ascended the throne. Wei Zhongxian was lying in wait, the Donglin faction was persecuting its rivals, and the Later Jin cavalry was poised to attack the frontier.

Armed with modern technology and knowledge of history, they staged "miracles" with fireworks and gunpowder, translated Euclid's Elements using simplified Chinese characters, introduced potatoes and corn to feed the starving, and built rifled muskets to fight their powerful enemies.

From the imperial estate at Tongzhou to the flames of war in Liaodong, from the naval battles near Luzon to global expansion, a group of "fate-makers" from the future helped the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao leave his secluded palace. Through the flashing blades of the conservatives, they carved a path to a powerful nation.

With the 1,000-day rift in time and space about to close, will they return to the modern world or reshape China? Witness how this collision across four centuries makes the Ming's steam whistles ring as it heads for a whole new era!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.