In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang dies on his sickbed, only to be reborn in the twelfth year of Zhizheng under the Yuan as a mere foot soldier serving under Guo Zixing.
In this life, he carries decades of an emperor’s memories and is determined to rewrite history completely. Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and the other future generals have yet to make their names, while formidable foes such as Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng have not yet risen to power. The Yuan Dynasty’s rule is tottering.
Zhu Yuanzhang makes his plans in secret. He improves firearms and establishes the Divine Machine Battalion, uses Arab trade routes to obtain maps of Europe, and secretly develops oceangoing warships in Quanzhou. As he crushes his domestic rivals, he is already looking overseas. While the remnants of the Northern Yuan still struggle on the steppe, the Ming fleet has sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and carried the flames of war to Europe.
He directs the campaign from behind the scenes, destroying Chen Youliang’s massive fleet with fire attacks before it can take action, establishing the Three Great Battalions military system, and training a special forces unit called the Night Scouts. Meanwhile, mysterious shaman priests, descendants of a newly risen Golden Clan on the steppe, and unknown disruptions brought about by the altered course of history come at him one after another...
When the bells of Yingtian ring once more, this reborn Hongwu Emperor will not only unite China. He swears to plant the Ming banner across Europe and make the glory of Hongwu resound throughout the world.
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Slay the Gods: My Eye of Judgment Can Judge All the Heavens
I Am the Shadow Pavilion Master, Faking Illness in the Cold Palace
