Name: I Transmigrated to the Great Ming, Lived Off Others, and Berated Zhu Yuanzhang
Author: A Lost Lamb in This Mortal World

Synopsis

(At first, Zhang Ziyang helps the Ming Dynasty with the System. Later, he hands everything over to the Great Xia dynasty. He travels between two worlds: the Ming Dynasty conquers the entire planet, while the Great Xia dynasty provides it with resources from the rear.)

A modern man transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, only to find himself in Princess Anqing's bedchamber. Before he knows it, he and the princess end up in bed together.

Using his connection to the princess to gain an audience with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Ziyang speaks bluntly and criticizes the Hongwu policies:

He points out that the ban on even a single ship going to sea caused the Ming Dynasty to miss its chance at maritime supremacy, leaving it vulnerable to Western colonial powers in the future;

He condemns the isolationist policy of “not conquering foreign lands,” which laid the groundwork for Japanese raids;

He stresses that favoring agriculture over commerce led to a rigid fiscal system, and that the famines and silver crisis at the end of the Ming Dynasty both stemmed from this policy!

He also sharply criticizes the household registration system for driving away talented people, along with official salaries, the system of supporting the imperial clan, and more. In the end, a series of ancestral policies dragged the Ming Dynasty down and led to its collapse.

He also explains how many massacres followed the Qing army's entry into China, how many literary inquisitions it carried out, and how Chinese military affairs, culture, and technology all regressed, plunging the country into a century of decline.

He also discusses Zhu Di's greatness, arguing that alongside Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang, he unquestionably ranks among the top two emperors of all time. He refutes Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's views of Zhu Di.

With Zhang Ziyang's advice and the equipment he buys after returning to the future, see how the Ming Dynasty conquers Japan, Korea, the Jurchens, and the Indochina Peninsula, then dominates the globe. Wherever the sun and moon shine upon these mountains and rivers, it will all be Ming territory.

Other names

Transmigrate to the Ming Dynasty and Win the Princess from the Start穿越大明，开局先拿下公主Alternate title on Fanqie

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