Love's Lament in the Great Ming

A Heartbroken Ming Dynasty tells the legendary story of Zhu Qin, an upright official of the Ming Dynasty.

The story tells how Zhu Qin held himself to the highest standards, feared no powerful figures, upheld the law impartially, and solved many wrongful and unjust cases. To deal with the damage caused by salt tides, he personally inspected the terrain along the coast and observed the tides. He led the people in building the Tuoshan Dam in Ningbo, Zhejiang, greatly benefiting local farmers... He earned the praise: "With strength, he held back the tides and turned the sea; with just governance, he could answer to Heaven."

In the late Chenghua era, the Yellow River flooded, washing away villages along both banks. The people were left homeless, and corpses littered the land. At this time, Zhu Qin was sent out as an imperial commissioner to oversee grain transport. He opened the granaries to aid the disaster victims and buried the dead. He led the people in building embankments and clearing waterways, and severely punished corrupt officials. Some violent, lawless officials were so afraid of Zhu Qin that they abandoned their posts and fled.

When the court promoted Zhu Qin to Right Vice Censor-in-Chief and appointed him governor of Shandong, he ultimately defeated the faction led by the eunuch Liu Jin, thanks to his fearless heroism and exceptionally rare talent for strategic planning...

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