Great Ming: From the Start, I’m a Prince of the Longqing Era, Turning the Nation’s Fate Around

A heroic spirit from the flames of the War of Resistance awakens to discover that he has been reborn in the womb as Zhu Yizheng, the eldest son born to a concubine of the Ming Longqing Emperor.

Before him lies an empire that seems vast but is already riddled with danger: northern raiders and Japanese pirates, a rotten treasury, land grabbing, and the first signs of factional strife... Meanwhile, far away in the West, the Age of Discovery is already dawning.

Knowing all too well the century of humiliation that awaits China, he makes a solemn vow: in this life, he will never let the tragedies of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Boxer Rebellion, or the Nanjing Massacre happen again!

And so, within the imperial palace, a prodigy who seems born with all knowledge begins to emerge. He points to the compass and speaks of the four corners of the world, paints the vast universe with brush and ink, and, while still a young child, utters the earth-shattering word “Japanese.”

From influencing Longqing’s decision to reopen maritime trade, to befriending his trusted minister Zhang Juzheng; from founding the Imperial Academy of Science to forging a modern firearms army...

See how Zhu Yizheng, with a modern soul and military experience, stands at the crossroads of the Ming dynasty, saves the empire from collapse, restores its fortunes, opens up the boundless seas, raises the sun-and-moon banner over the four seas, and creates a bold new future led by China!

This is a redemption spanning time and space, and an epic tale of sweeping grandeur.