The Dragon Rises: A Southern Ming Eunuch Makes the Celestial Empire a Global Hegemon

A slow-burn Southern Ming story, with no System or golden finger. The plot follows the development of military technology and political institutions in this world, asking whether the Southern Ming could make it if it avoided its mistakes.

If the protagonist’s identity as a little eunuch adopted by an old eunuch bothers you, think twice before opening this book. The story will never be castrated.

In the bitter December winds before the first year of Yongli, Zhu Youji looks up at the bright yellow dragon banner fluttering by the river. A raging fire ignites in his eyes.

Heaven has granted me another life and put in my hands the Southern Ming’s most crucial card for a final comeback!

The infighting in Guilin, Sun Kewang’s misrule, the wrongful case of the Eighteen Gentlemen, Li Dingguo being held back, Dorgon’s three-pronged invasion of Yunnan, the fall of Guangdong and Guangxi, the loss of Fujian, the Southern Ming left isolated and helpless, and the tragedy in northern Burma... From this moment on, every historical catastrophe will be rewritten!

Whether I am Pang Youyi or Zhu Youji, though this body is that of a eunuch, my heart still turns toward the bright moon. I belong to the Han people, and I was born to serve the Ming!

In this life, I will protect the heritage of Huaxia, foil the schemes of treacherous ministers, forge a modern iron army for the Great Ming, pacify the southwest, reclaim the south of the Yangtze, forge ties across the Eastern Sea, and restore the Han throne!