In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu's reign, I had a dream on a Mid-Autumn Festival night. Zhu Yunwen received a dream from a sage from another world and taught him the way to be an emperor. The two of them coexisted in their dreams, one prospered and the other suffered.
The sages did not reveal the secrets of future generations, but only used history as a guide to teach him to stabilize the imperial power, quell the chaos of the feudal lords, and consolidate the principles of the government, helping him to escape from the historical deadlock. At that time, the vassal kings were separatist. King Zhu Di of Yan was in Beiping, and the cavalry in the northern frontier were eyeing him. Confucian scholars in Qi and Huang were eager for quick success, and the strategy of cutting down the vassal was full of dangers.
He abandoned the empty talk of Confucian scholars and accepted the good advice from dreams. He could not radically abolish the vassal, and he could not be a benevolent and weak emperor. Save Lan Yu to control the northern frontier, withdraw troops to consolidate the center, divide the vassal kings, isolate and strengthen Yan, and work step by step to turn things around.
The Battle of Jingnan will never be repeated. This time, he wants to secure the Ming Dynasty and become an iron-blooded hero, so that no uncle or nephew in the world will betray him, and no more blood will be shed in the imperial city. Only dreams can teach you the truth, official history is the backbone, power plans are the front, watch Jianwen change his fate against the will of heaven!
