Great Ming's First Tycoon: From the South Seas to Ruler of the World

I transmigrate to the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty and become Zhu Jingxuan, the most unfortunate heir to a princely estate. My stipend has gone unpaid for three years, and the palace is so poor we can barely put food on the table.

Yan Song is embezzling funds? Japanese pirates are ravaging the southeast? The imperial clan is in trouble? No problem!

Rock candy and fine liquor open doors in the imperial palace, while an improved spinning wheel earns me my first fortune. Supplying the anti-pirate forces brings me into alliance with the Qi Army, and I become the secret backer of Zhang Juzheng’s reforms.

When the Longqing Emperor opens the ports, I set sail ahead of everyone else. Manila silver, Japanese gold coins, and South Seas spices all flow into my coffers! I build a fleet, train a new army, and plant the sun-and-moon banner across the South Seas islands.

I bring civilization to the natives and spread Confucian culture across the nations, until the South Seas and the Australian continent recite the classics of Huaxia.

When war engulfs the Ming, Chongzhen hangs himself at Coal Hill, and the Eight Banners’ iron cavalry marches south...

I return with my South Seas fleet and an army of a hundred thousand, all armed with flintlock muskets. “It’s time for a new order in the Central Plains!”

From ruler of the South Seas to master of the realm, I’ll make every land touched by the sun and moon part of Huaxia!