Ming Dynasty: the Transformation of the World Began in the Third Year of Jiajing

This was a suffocating moment when imperial power declined and the civil servant group (led by Yang Tinghe) reached the peak of power. The protagonist Zhu Houcong (17 years old) faced the dead end of the "Great Ceremony Discussion" where hundreds of officials forced the palace to go to the palace alone. The worldview has no magic or super-technology, and relies purely on the official logic of the Ming Dynasty, institutional loopholes, and the game of human nature.