Great Ming: Beginning with the Palace Relocation Case

At the start of the Ming dynasty, the Han realm was restored under the principles of “drive out the barbarians, restore China, establish laws and order, and save the people.”

Yet at the end of the Ming, foreign peoples once again seized the Central Plains, bringing ruin to the realm and the fall of both the dynasty and the world as it was known.

The four signs of a dynasty’s fall are “the sovereign’s departure, the enemy’s invasion, forced relocation, and factional persecution.”

By the late Ming, all four signs were present. No single person could have prevented its downfall.

If the fall of the dynasty cannot be avoided, then he will do everything in his power to preserve the realm.

Chang Luo wakes in a coffin, his soul having entered the body of the emperor who ruled for one month at the end of the Ming dynasty.

“How can an emperor live in the imperial palace? Isn’t that just asking to get myself killed?”

“We’re moving the palace! We must move, and no one can stop me!”

“A favored consort is blocking the way?”

“Kill her!”

“The Grand Secretary is blocking the way?”

“No, he’s requesting an audience.”

“As long as he isn’t blocking the way, let him in. I’ll have a good talk with him...”