"Ming 1402" begins with the disappearance of Emperor Jianwen and Zhu Di's ascension to the throne in 1402, and unfolds an epic that subverts history. Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, raised his army in the name of "revenge for Emperor Jianwen". After key battles such as the Chengdu Defense War and the Yangtze River Water Battle, he proclaimed himself emperor in 1405 and established the "Hou Ming", and established the "Zhao Wu" era in Chengdu.
Over the next five hundred years, this new dynasty followed a completely different trajectory: the addition of the Gewu Science in the imperial examinations gave rise to scientific and technological talents, the fleet sailed to colonize the South and Indian Oceans, and it monopolized the silver trade and became a global financial center; it ushered in the Industrial Revolution earlier, competed with Europe for hegemony, and eventually evolved into an inclusive and autonomous federal community.
From the rise of troops in the southwest to global hegemony, from traditional Confucianism to practical enlightenment, this epic writes a chapter of the Ming Dynasty that never existed but is full of tension amid the controversy over orthodoxy, the collision of technology and tradition, colonization and resistance.
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Okay, okay [laughing] [laughing] [laughing] Finally, there is someone who doesn't kneel down and lick Zhu Di! It's not the kind where the title doesn't match the text! Support orthodoxy! Must be five stars! Now I have read Chapter 20. The author writes well [like][like][like]
Okay, okay [laughing] [laughing] [laughing] Finally, there is someone who doesn't kneel down and lick Zhu Di! It's not the kind where the title doesn't match the text! Support orthodoxy! Must be five stars! Now I have read Chapter 20. The author writes well [like][like][like]