The Ming Dynasty’s Firstborn Heir: Why Are You Panicking, Emperor Yingzong?

Name: The Ming Dynasty’s Firstborn Heir: Why Are You Panicking, Emperor Yingzong?
Author: Gentle as the Breeze

大明第一嫡长：堡宗你慌什么

by Gentle as the Breeze (和风容许)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 269k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 3d ago
Source: Fanqie

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[Zhu Di + Zhu Gaochi + Zhu Zhanji + Zhu Qizhen + The Emperor of Tumu Fortress + The Emperor Who Knocked on the Gates + Tumu Fortress + No System]

During the Yongle era, the cavalry sweeps across the northern steppes, and the northern raiders flee at the first sight of them. Envoys from every nation gather in the capital, while great ships set sail across the oceans. The Ming's prestige resounds throughout the world.

But this prosperity lasts only a few decades.

In the Zhengtong era, war erupts at Tumu Fortress.

Emperor Zhu Qizhen rashly leads a campaign and is captured in a single day. The Oirat cavalry advances to the very walls of Beijing, and the Ming dynasty nearly falls. A century of prosperity is brought to an end.

Zhu Duo comes from a later age, reborn in the height of the Yongle era as the eldest legitimate son of Zhu Zhanji and Hu Shanxiang.

He improves farming tools, resettles refugees, and strengthens the foundations of the state. He uses both war and diplomacy to resolve the troubles on the northern frontier, puts the finances in order, saves the collapsing paper currency, and roots out the ills of the court.

In this life, Zhu Qizhen will never get the chance to ascend the imperial throne!

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