The Fourteenth Year of Hongzhi: the Prince's Chess Game

In the fourteenth year of Hongzhi (1501), Zhu Youtang, Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, came to the throne. This was an era that was hailed as the "Hongzhi ZTE" by later generations - but under the superficial prosperity, there was a turbulent undercurrent: · The emperor is frail and sick and has begun to intend to retire. · Prince Zhu Houzhao is only ten years old and extremely naughty. · The civil servant group and the eunuch forces are fighting openly and covertly · A little Tatar prince invaded the border in the north, and a refugee uprising occurred in the south · In the court hall, the corpses of the "Three Pavilion Elders" were left in plain sight. Corruption in officialdom has started from the root. The protagonist's time travel coincides with a year that is understated in history books but is actually hidden in mystery - in the spring of the 14th year of Hongzhi, a fire that was "recorded" as "water in the palace" broke out in Beijing, burning three palaces and revealing a shocking secret.