A lonely minister from a poor family, a pillar of the Five Dynasties. He used his life's wisdom to support the backbone of the empire, but saw his life's foundation overthrown before the prosperous age he created.
In the last years of Hongwu, in the cold rain and lonely lanterns, Yang Shiqi, a commoner, stepped into the turbulent officialdom with the ambition of managing the world. What's waiting for him is not Jinxiu Wen
The Prime Minister of Taiping who was replaced by Zhang was the suspicious gaze of Yongle Emperor Zhu Di and the sharp edge of Han King Zhu Gaoxu's pressing step by step.
From a green-robed minister to the chief minister of the cabinet, he has gone through five dynasties:
Under the shadow of the hero of the Yongle Dynasty, he survived in the cracks, and with the strategy of "harmony with light and dust", he became the silent hand in the undercurrent that determined the country.
At the peak of the Renxuan rule, he took charge of power, strategized, and used thunderbolt means to quell the chaos of the feudal lords. However, he also deeply understood the political paradox of "doing good requires evil."
In the twilight tragedy of the Zhengtong Dynasty, he was a highly respected minister, but he was unable to prevent the eunuchs from disrupting the government and the young master falling into dust. He won all the political battles, but lost to the fate of the system that he maintained but ultimately came back to bite him.
This is not a simple history of the rise of a powerful minister, but how an idealist, amidst the conflict between reality and ideals, used all his strategies and shouldered the stigma to protect his ultimate ideal of "clear seas, rivers, and rivers." He created a prosperous age and foresaw the empire's dusk.
See how he grew from a humble scholar to the first assistant who supported the Ming Dynasty. Let's look at how the seemingly bent but unbroken scholar's character became the last afterglow to illuminate the long river of history when the building was about to collapse.
