My Soul Enters the Ming Dynasty, and I Help Zhu Houzhao Build an Empire for the Ages

When I was reborn as Zhu Houwei, Prince Wei, the second son of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming who had died young, I found myself at the turning point of the first year of Zhengde.

That year, my elder brother Zhu Houzhao had just ascended the throne. Liu Jin and the Eight Tigers were sharpening their knives, the border garrisons were on the verge of rebellion, the imperial princes were preparing to rise up, and Wang Yangming had yet to make his mark. Zhengde, too, had not yet set out on the absurd path that would lead to his early death.

The entire court thought that I, the imperial brother who should have died, had returned to the palace to contend for the throne.

But they didn’t know that I had come back to do only three things:

Save Zhu Houzhao, kill the eunuch tyrant, and change the Great Ming.

Before history spiraled completely out of control, I would turn my brother from Zhengde into Emperor Wuzong.

If someone had to turn Zhengde into a great ruler, that person could only be me.