Great Ming: From the Start, I Charged Zhu Yuanzhang a Toll

In the seventh year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang travels incognito to Fengyang. He intends to investigate the truth behind reports that the people are suffering, but is stopped and charged a toll. There, he encounters Zhao Heng, a county magistrate who acts outrageously and loves money above all else. At first, Zhu mistakes him for a corrupt and brutal official. But as he witnesses Fengyang's people living in peace and prosperity and sees new workshops springing up, each unexpected turn reveals the truth about this "greedy magistrate" and plants the seeds of a sweeping reform of officialdom.