Great Ming: From the Start, I Have Three Thousand Snow Riders, and Zhu Di Is Green with Envy

In the twenty-first year of Yongle, the northern campaign ends in a crushing defeat. Zhu Di is trapped beyond the northern frontier, his life hanging by a thread! When the news reaches the capital, Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi collapses, coughing blood, while the officials wail and call for a flight south. With the Ming Dynasty on the brink of collapse, Zhu Zhanjun, the second imperial grandson, the same young man who usually does nothing but fight crickets and walk his birds, steps forward. “Who says the Ming is finished? Set that chair upright!” When they doubt him, Zhu Zhanjun reveals the “three thousand retainers” he'd been keeping hidden. Seeing the heavily armored Snowstorm Dragon Cavalry, all armed with long sabers, Zhu Gaochi is stunned. “You brat! You call these retainers? You're raising a rebellion!” My name is Zhu Zhanjun. I only wanted to be a laid-back prince. But if you can't protect this realm of the Ming, then I'll do it myself! In this life, I'll plant the Ming's sun-and-moon banner in every corner of the world!