Back to the Ming Dynasty as a Foot Soldier

In the first year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates ravaged the southeast, while Altan Khan and the Mongol Tatars invaded the north year after year. Even the Spanish and Portuguese raiders, far across the seas, plundered the coast. White Lotus uprisings flared up one after another, and natural disasters struck across the land. The Ming Dynasty was beset by troubles at home and abroad, teetering on the brink of collapse. The Jiajing Emperor, whose name would never be absent from later generations of storytellers, was only fourteen years old. Born in hardship, he would perish in comfort: this emperor, raised amid countless crises, was destined for greatness. Du Xiuming, who came from the modern era, was already dreaming of a life of high office and generous wealth! But first, he had to stay alive on the battlefield.