"When Zheng He's silver drowned the Ming Dynasty, the dying Emperor Yongle had to spend the last five years of his life as an enemy of the entire world."
"Both the deep hatred and astonishing calmness" accurately hit the soul of this story. This is not a cool story about a heroic hero opening up a new territory, but a tragedy about a murderous overlord who uses his last effort to race against time when he discovers that the empire he created is about to collapse. Zhu Di hated everyone: he hated civil servants for being corrupt, he hated nobles for being short-sighted, he hated the prince for being weak, and he hated himself for waking up too late. But he must calm down because he is the only one who can save this empire.
