The Iron-Boned Ming, Zhu Qizhen the Fortress Emperor

Name: The Iron-Boned Ming, Zhu Qizhen the Fortress Emperor
Author: Book Silkworm

大明硬骨头，堡宗朱祁镇

by Book Silkworm (书蚕虫)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 591k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
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On the night of the fourteenth day of the eighth month in the fourteenth year of Zhengtong, he transmigrated into Zhu Qizhen. He searched through his memories, but found only one chilling sentence: The emperor has gone on a northern campaign. The capital’s troops have been wiped out, and more than a hundred nobles have perished. But his original body was already dead. How could he have gone on a northern campaign? Had history changed, or... been rewritten? With no way back, he led three thousand battered soldiers into the snow and storms of the northern desert, facing death head-on. A thousand miles away, Zhu Qiyu was entrusted with the throne in a moment of crisis. No men, no money, no soldiers, with enemy cavalry at the gates... One game of chess, two brothers playing from afar, every move fraught with danger. Thirty years later, ships sailed across the vast sea, cutting through towering waves. He dipped his brush in ink and summed up the trials of half a lifetime in a single poem: “Immortal by the River: Questions for History” Broken bamboo slips and shattered steles lie buried in ancient tombs. Who can understand the chronicles of history? The treasure ships sailed on their missions, only to vanish into the past. Of the sixteen emperors of Great Ming, how many met a good end? Three thousand brothers marched to their deaths. Why fear the northern snow and biting winds? One day, the two dragons met in the Southern Garden. Peace rose across China. Why ask again about east or west?

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