[Ming Dynasty + ancient cases + imperial judgments] The most hard-hitting historical mystery of 2025! A word of warning: this book has a mountain of case files and a lot of headless corpses. Read at your own risk! Writing for the emperor, wielding power on behalf of the people, this story shows Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Zhanji personally passing judgment. Most Ming history buffs are already following this series!
If you’ve followed The Ming Dynasty in 1566, Detective Di Renjie, Under the Power, or The Ming Dynasty Under the Microscope, you’ll tear through The Record of Strange Cases of the Ming Dynasty in a single night!
The Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Criminal Case Files meets a legal drama told from the emperors’ point of view!
Hongwu’s war on corruption, Yongle’s moral order, Hongxi’s benevolent rule, Xuande’s iron fist: emperors from four reigns step into the fray, with more than 100 shocking cases, each told in its own chapter. Soldiers bullying women, runners pocketing silver, river officials poisoning banknotes, a tiger-slaying hero executed by slow slicing...
Greed, poison, lust, treason, theft, murder: more than twenty ways to die. The imperial prison, cangue, beating with the court baton, slow slicing: over fifty brutal Ming punishments. Follow the clues through the emperor’s own verdicts as the plot twists, then twists again! Brain-teasing, hard-hitting, and immensely satisfying!
Join renowned historian Bai Hua as he cracks open blood-soaked case files from six hundred years ago. See how low-ranking clerks drag emperors into the fray, and how emperors use their vermilion brushes to decide who lives and dies!
Open The Record of Strange Cases of the Ming Dynasty: every page bears Zhu Yuanzhang’s ruthlessness, every line Zhu Di’s calculations, and every character could cost someone their head!
