The Ming Dynasty's Appeasement Record: a Lonely Minister Under the Spring Sword

In the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing's reign, Datong was in ruins. The refugees exchanged their children for food, and the border troops died of hunger and blocked the road. Lu Zheng, a member of the Royal Guards, entered the fortress wearing an embroidered spring knife. He was supposed to check the food and wages, but he discovered a shocking secret - half of the border army's food went into the private pockets of the Yan Party, and the commander-in-chief Qiu Luan had an affair with me, exchanging land for wealth. The "stable borders" written in the documents are lies made of bones; the "appeasement and peace of the border" stated in the court are an excuse for powerful people to seek personal gain. The truth about my father's "death in battle" ten years ago has emerged. He was actually framed and died in a Mongolian ambush because he refused to join in the conspiracy. From then on, Feiyu's clothes were stained with blood and his embroidered spring knife was unsheathed. In the prison, he drank with Yang Jisheng and forged a loyal soul with his blood; in the court, he conspired with Xu Jie and waited for the opportunity with patience; on the battlefield, he led the border army to resist the Mongols and defended the rivers and mountains with iron bones; on the south bank of the Yangtze River, he helped Qi Jiguang fight against the Japanese and destroyed the enemy's nest with wisdom. Yan Shifan's poisonous plan, Qiu Luan's hidden arrows, Jiajing's suspicion... Can't stop Gu Chen from going retrograde. From the cold prison of Fusi in Beizhen to the negotiating table of the Mongolian royal court, from the swords of Zhejiang Japanese pirates to the whirlpool of the power struggle in the capital, Lu Zheng used "Shou Ren" as his blade and "Kloyalty" as his sheath to carve a bloody path in the haze of appeasement and subjugation. When the Yan Party collapsed, I surrendered, and the Longqing New Deal was launched. He stood in front of the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty, with his embroidered spring knife reflecting the setting sun - the backbone of the Ming Dynasty will never be broken!