In the twenty-fourth year of Wanli (1596), a modern scholar familiar with Ming history and politics passed through his soul as the 16-year-old King of Fu, Zhu Changxun. At this time, the "Controversy over the Country" was intensifying: Emperor Wanli wanted to depose his elders and establish younger ones, but was resisted by his ministers. As the center of the political whirlpool, the protagonist was regarded as a bargaining chip by the emperor's father, was hostile to the princelings, and was even regarded as a symbol of "disruption of etiquette" by the civil servants. In order to survive on the eve of the great collapse at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he gave up his fantasy of seizing the direct line and secretly planned it as a vassal king——
Economically: Using Wangfuzhuang farmland as a pilot project, we will promote sweet potatoes and corn, improve textiles, streamline logistics, and create the "Fufan Foundation";
Military: Use the name of "Prince's Guard" to train troops in Liaodong, infiltrate Jiubian Military Town, and make friends with the old Qi family army;
Politically: Dealing with the Imperial Party, the Hou Party, the Donglin Party, and the Eunuch Party, supporting disadvantaged forces and planting the seeds of reform;
In terms of science and technology: Xu Guangqi was guided to integrate Chinese and Western technologies, improve firearms and agricultural tools, avoid talking about "strange techniques and obscene skills" and focus on "practical application of knowledge".
From the defeat of Saarhu to Chongzhen's suicide, the protagonist used forty years of forbearance and strategy to preserve the last vitality of China in the cracks between imperial power, gentry, refugees, and Jianzhou.
Reader comments
His character is very different from that of King Fu in history.
His character is very different from that of King Fu in history.