In the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng died of illness. Qi Jiguang lost his most important political backer and began to be squeezed out by hostile forces in the DPRK and China.
In the twelfth year of Wanli, after successive impeachments against Zhang Xigao and others involved in the incident, Emperor Wanli decreed that Qi Jiguang be dismissed from office and demoted to a commoner. Four years later, a famous general died of poverty and illness...
In the 23rd year of Wanli, the army he created was trapped and killed by the new commander-in-chief due to unfair treatment and internal conflicts. The "Qi Family Army", a great army of a generation, finally withdrew from the stage of history. However, a dark tide was undercurrent inside and outside the Ming Dynasty...
