In the twelfth year of Hongwu's reign, King Zhu Bai of Hunan was reborn in the government office of Jingzhou, only ten years after he set himself on fire for being falsely accused of "rebellion" in his previous life. With the regrets of his previous life and worries about the future of the Ming Dynasty, he is determined to change his destiny: the first step is to consolidate the foundation of Jingzhou, rectify the government, develop people's livelihood, secretly train private soldiers, and build Jingzhou into an impregnable "iron barrel"; the second step is to avoid the political whirlpool of the Hongwu Dynasty and cleverly deal with the threats of his father Zhu Yuanzhang. Suspicion, accumulating prestige in the name of "respecting the Heavenly Patriarch" and "building water conservancy projects", while staying away from the involvement of Hu Weiyong, Lan Yu and other cases; the third step is to join forces among the vassal kings, keep a distance from King Jin, King Ning, etc., And both show goodwill and set up defenses against the ambitious King of Yan Zhu Di, so as to avoid becoming a pawn in his campaign to appeasement.
As Zhu Yuanzhang massacred heroes in his later years, Zhu Bai made arrangements in advance to take in the capable ministers and generals who were implicated (such as Geng Bingwen's old department) to accumulate a talent pool; after Jianwen ascended the throne, faced with the order to "cut down the vassal vassal", he was neither as strong as King Xiang in his previous life, nor as stubborn as other vassal kings. Instead, in the name of "clearing the emperor's side and protecting the vassal territory", he Taking advantage of Jingzhou's geographical advantages and elite troops, he remained neutral in the "Battle of Jingnan" and watched the Yan army and the Southern army fight. Finally, he intervened at a critical moment and forced Zhu Di to reach a compromise with Emperor Jianwen on the grounds of "stabilizing the Ming Dynasty." He won for himself the status of "hereditary successor and permanent ruler of Huguang" and became the "King of Central South" who influenced the pattern of the Ming Dynasty.
