Gu Xun stepped into the Ming Dynasty and accompanied the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty through more than two hundred years of mountains and rivers, changing identities every life.
Accompanying Zhu Yuanzhang in founding the country, watching Jianwen cut off vassal vassals and triggering the Jing Dynasty, following Zhu Di's five expeditions to Mobei and establishing power in Mobei; helping Zhu Gaochi plan to return the capital to Nanjing, but only enjoyed the benevolent rule of October before his death; witnessed Zhu Zhanji's thrilling accession to the throne to pacify the Han Dynasty, and also witnessed Zhu Qizhen being captured in Tumu Fort, and the elite of the Beijing camp were all lost.
Jingtai changed its throne, chaos arose in the imperial examination, Tianshun seized the throne, and Shicao's rebellion suddenly broke out. Although Chenghua's Liting Court was powerful to the Jurchens, Xichang's exclusive power disrupted the court situation. Under the surface of Hongzhi's resurgence, only the frustration of imperial power relying on civilian officials remained.
From the great victory at Yingzhou in Zhengde, the great ceremony of Jiajing and the Southern Japanese and Northern invaders, to the Longqing switch and the disastrous defeat of Wanli Saerhu, to the three major monster cases of Emperor Taichang and the endless disputes with the Yiyue Emperor and the Apocalypse Party, until Chongzhen Meishan hanged himself.
From the founder of the country to the refugees in the late dynasty, Gu Xun watched with his own eyes the Ming Dynasty, which was prosperous and glorious, and then collapsed in the storm.
Maybe the emperor was stubborn and unbearable, or the civil servants blocked the abolition of the law, or the government was abandoned halfway... Even though Gu Xun had a long life experience and could see through the root of the dynasty's problems, he was unable to change it at all.
For more than two hundred years, from the purple air of Jinling to the desolation of Meishan, Gu Xun witnessed the prosperity and collapse of the Ming Dynasty. He could stir up the storm for a while, but he could not change the fate of the dynasty.
Only now did he finally understand that all of this was fate.
Look around, look around, it's hard to find, just follow the same path.
