Wanli Farmers, Merchants, and Scholars Transformed the Ming Dynasty

{Shen Qinghe}, a graduate of modern agricultural economics, accidentally traveled through time and became a poor scholar in the early years of Wanli. At this time, land annexation in the Ming Dynasty was serious, farmers were displaced, Zhang Juzheng's reform had stalled due to his death, and Japanese pirates were raging along the coast. Shen Qinghe, who was bound to the "Agricultural Business Knowledge Base", in order to protect himself, first promoted the planting of sweet potatoes and corn in the countryside to solve the local food shortage. He was recommended to Beijing because of his remarkable results. After entering Beijing, he used modern knowledge to open textile factories and improve glass workshops, which promoted the development of industry and commerce, increased revenue for the court, and gained the trust of Emperor Wanli. Su Wanqing, the daughter of the second assistant to the cabinet, was attracted by his "new ideas" because she was proficient in arithmetic, and took the initiative to help manage the industry. The two worked hand in hand to deal with the suppression of the conservative minister Yan Hongchou and powerful forces, while assisting Wanli in promoting tax reform, pacifying Japanese pirates, gradually easing the land annexation crisis, and trying to reverse the decline of the Ming Dynasty.