In the thirty-first year of Hongwu's reign, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty passed away with regret. On his deathbed, he swore that if there was reincarnation, he would recreate a prosperous age.
Once his soul passed through him, he actually possessed Zhao Xu, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty who lived in the sixth year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty!
Faced with the poverty and weakness, redundant officials and soldiers, and the precarious situation of the Northern Song Dynasty, surrounded by Liao and Xia, the iron-blooded emperor Zhu Yuanzhang immediately took action. He abandoned the Song Dynasty's habit of being weak in literature, eliminated corruption with an iron fist, eliminated redundant officials, and wiped out the malaise in the court; he tried his best to restart the Xining Reform against all opinions, and reused capable ministers such as Wang Anshi, Su Shi, Zhang Dun, and Shen Kuo, so that civil and military talents could be put to their full use.
Determined to innovate armaments, he ordered Shen Kuo to develop advanced firearms and create a divine machine battalion that swept the world, completely reversing the weakness of the Northern Song Dynasty's military. Internally, he worked hard to govern, upgraded the Xining Reform, enriched the country and strengthened the people, and swept all directions externally. He destroyed Xixia, pacified Daliao, conquered Tibet, and settled Dali. Jiaozhi and Goryeo all surrendered, and their troops reached West Asia, expanding their territory to an unprecedented extent in China.
Later, he started his ocean-going maritime hegemony, with his fleet traveling across the seas, traveling to Europe, Africa, and the United States, and flying the dragon flag all over the world. Watch Zhu Yuanzhang rewrite the destiny of the Northern Song Dynasty with Hongwu's iron blood, bring peace to all the countries in the world, and create a unified world.
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