The Ming Dynasty Chronicles in the Black Box Cipher: The Dawn Reborn

Ming history is about to be rewritten! The true history of the Ming Dynasty has awakened all of China! A new era is dawning, one that will transform the history of world civilization! Zheng He's voyages to the West, Journey to the West, Dream of the Red Chamber, Tunguska, the European conspiracy, the Bone Church, the Tumu Crisis, Minsk, the military garrisons, the Catastrophe of 1644, the Ten Days of Yangzhou, the Three Massacres of Jiading, the Man in the Iron Mask, literary inquisitions, the Yongle Encyclopedia, the hidden history of Loulan, the Sixteen Imperial Stars... Every one of these things reveals the same truth: the Great Ming is the only top-tier civilization on Blue Star! The key technologies behind so-called Western civilization's Industrial Revolution all came from our China during the Yongle era!

This is a long historical novel of around 300,000 words, blending alternate and semi-alternate history with fact and fiction, and touches of science fiction. It has thirty-three chapters, each around 5,000 to 15,000 words, and every chapter can stand on its own. The main storyline follows members of the Institute of Natural Philosophy, the Society of Ming Loyalists, and the Huaxia Society as they pass on the torch of Chinese civilization, including its ideas, culture, and technology.

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