Zhu Gao Xu, Power Broker of the Yongle Era

Modern scholar Zhu Gao Xu has his soul transported into the Ming Dynasty, where he becomes the Yongle Emperor’s second son. Amid the power struggles that simmer after the Jingnan Campaign, he draws on knowledge beyond his time: reforming the treasury with data, building a powerful army with firearms, and laying plans for global influence through maritime trade. Caught in the whirlpool of civil officials’ rivalries and military leaders’ rise, he navigates between Zhu Di, Zheng He, and Yang Shiqi, determined to change the course of history. But when Emperor Renzong dies suddenly and Emperor Xuanzong ascends the throne, he faces the fated “clay-pot chicken” ending and resolutely sets the flames of history alight. Will he repeat the mistakes of the past, or carve out a new world across the seas? A final contest of political intrigue and national destiny unfolds in grand fashion at the close of the Yongle golden age.