This new book has just started, and updates will be regular. The rating will rise in time. Read this novel to learn some history, though the topics are pretty varied!
In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao died of illness, then woke up again. The first thing he did was nip the Jingnan Campaign in the bud.
1. Zhu Yuanzhang has been on the throne for twenty-five years. The Hu Weiyong case has already taken place, and the Huai-Xi aristocracy has suffered a heavy blow, but veteran generals such as Lan Yu and Feng Sheng still command troops.
2. The Northern Yuan was severely weakened after the Battle of Buir Lake and split into two tribes: the Tatars and the Oirats.
3. After Zhu Yuanzhang betrayed it, the Ming Cult went underground. Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min retired to the Western Regions, but the cult itself split into conservatives and radicals.
4. The maritime ban is beginning to take effect, and smuggling and wokou raids are emerging along the southeastern coast.
5. After transmigrating, Zhu Biao must push through reforms step by step, overcoming Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicions, resistance from the Huai-Xi aristocracy, the conservatism of the civil officials, the ambitions of the princes, and the undercurrents of the martial world, to transform the Great Ming from an “agrarian empire” into a “global hegemon.”
As far as the novel is concerned, it contains some real historical knowledge and fictional characters from the Legend of Heaven and Dragon Slaying. It is blended together, which is pretty good. But the writing feels a bit immature, like a newbie.