Ninety-seven years.
When a doctor from the Department of History of Peking University woke up from his hospital bed and found that he had become the tenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty - Zhu Houzhao, the notorious "absurd emperor" in history books, he heard the countdown to fate.
In the fifth year of Zhengde, the Ming Dynasty seemed to be at its peak, but inside it was already riddled with holes:
Land annexation has reached its extreme, and millions of refugees are on the verge of despair
More than half of the military households in the guard station fled, and the nine-border defense line was ineffective.
Taicang's annual income is less than 2 million, but its expenses exceed 4 million
King Ning is plotting in Nanchang, and the vassal king is ready to make a move
And all this, there are only 134 years left before Chongzhen hangs himself on Meishan
"I don't want to be the master of ZTE."
On the dragon throne, the young emperor looked at the nobles in the palace and said word by word:
"What I want to continue is the national destiny of the Chinese civilization for five hundred years."
It's a race against time:
He wanted to use modern knowledge to recast the backbone of the Ming Dynasty, use imperial thinking to balance the power of the court, and use political tactics to dismantle vested interest groups. Opening mines to raise the army, inventorying the land, reorganizing the cabinet, re-opening the sea ban... Every step is done on the tip of a knife.
This is a rebirth of civilization:
The moment the traveler holds the jade seal, he understands that he not only wants to save a Ming Dynasty, but also carves a bloody road to modern times for this land.
From the shocking changes of life and death in the Qianqing Palace, to the swords and swords in the Wenhua Palace; from the beacon fire and smoke at the northwest border, to the vast expanse of waves in the southeastern sea. This is a doctor of literature who risked everything to save himself in a crazy way at the end of the dynasty.
The new business of Zhengde begins here.
