The Zhengde Reforms: Finding a History Student's Backpack

Ink stains the dragon robe? Officials obstruct the throne?

Border troubles rage? Cavalry run rampant?

The sea ban is backward? The navy in decline?

Princes drain the state? The imperial clan squanders its funds?

Zhengde stumbled upon a wondrous pouch, its secrets unknown;

Master craftsmen's wondrous techniques forged a new path, and Zheng He's name would ring across the universe.