Power Shifts in Song and Ming: A Tale of Two Emperors

Zhu Qiyu never imagined that he would go from being the Jingtai Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to Zhao Gou, the “Emperor Who Fled.” Zhao Gou never expected that he would wake from a dream to find himself ruling the Ming Empire. One is armed with an iron will and determined to lead the Southern Song cavalry across the Helan Mountains. The other brings practical wisdom and intends to rid the Ming Dynasty of internal and external threats. These two emperors, exchanging minds, each bring the secrets of governing their own dynasty: using Ming firearms technology to resolve the Southern Song’s border troubles, and Southern Song economic wisdom to fill the Ming treasury. Watch as the two rulers overturn the course of history, sweep aside political enemies and awe the four corners of the land in unfamiliar courts, and forge entirely different paths to imperial greatness!