One second, he was the office director of a state-owned agricultural reclamation group, working himself to death from a heart attack after three consecutive all-nighters preparing inspection materials. The next, he had become the newly enthroned Qianlong Emperor of the Great Qing, who had been on the throne for less than three months. A young man named Hongli, just twenty-five, had inherited the largest “family business” in the world. As a famous professional emperor in history, Qianlong was human too, with all the joys and sorrows of life. Through the eyes of the man at the top, discover the bittersweet trials of ruling a dynasty.
