In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Prince Zhu Biao suddenly died of illness. In order to protect his young grandson Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yuanzhang slaughtered the heroes and strengthened the ancestral system, but this buried the deepest rift in the dynasty.
This is an epic masterpiece that spans the turbulent first fifty years of the Ming Dynasty. How did the idealistic Emperor Jianwen carry out the benevolent reform that was doomed to tragedy in the shadow of his grandfather and surrounded by the tiger and wolf lords? How did the usurper Zhu Di ascend to the throne in blood and fire, and use the sails to sail to the Western Ocean, the horses to conquer Mobei, and the pen to repair the ceremony, to prove his destiny? And under the prosperity of the "Reign of Renxuan", the undercurrent of the rise of civilian officials, lurking eunuchs, and empty border defenses pushed the empire into the abyss of civil fortresses?
From the dispute between Confucianism and Legalism in the Nanjing palace, to the battle of cavalry on the Mongolian grassland; from the vast waves of Zheng He's treasure ship on the voyage, to Yu Qian's desperate attempt to turn the tide under the walls of Beijing. This is not only a change of power among six generations of emperors, but also a century-old war involving the system and human nature.
When the hero comes to an end and the power and power are gone, only the ink fragrance of "Yongle Dadian" and the solemn oath of "the country is more important than the king" are quietly passed down in the setting sun of the Forbidden City.
It is easy to conquer a country, but difficult to hold on to it. These fifty years have written all the glory, dreams and costs of an empire.
