The First Emperor of the Great Ming

Everyone dreams of being emperor, but who can guard the nation’s borders and die for the state? Only the Ming! Waking from a great dream, Zhu Youxiao finds himself in the darkness before dawn. Faced with undercurrents swirling through the court and danger lurking in the inner palace, with the Red Pill Case unfolding before him and the Palace Shift Case about to erupt, he is bewildered by the struggle between imperial and ministerial power. What should he do? The Ming is no longer as strong as it once was. The realm is filled with suffering, disasters plague the north, and the south drowns in luxury. The Jianzhou Jurchens are sharpening their blades, and the humiliation of the Han people weighs on his mind. This is not the Ming he wants. Fortunately, there is still time. He will inherit the might of the Hongwu Emperor, the founding emperor, and fight his way into a new Tianqi era, sweeping away the Ming’s decline, ruling with absolute authority, and proclaiming the glory of Huaxia. A brand-new age is about to dawn!