Great Ming: I Am an Emperor for the Ages

The Yongle golden age of history, in my eyes, left far too many regrets! Zheng He’s fleet should not have been mere pageantry to proclaim our national prestige. It should have become an invincible merchant fleet, bringing back gold and silver from every land. The foreign tribes’ iron hooves should not have been a nightmare on the border. I will sweep their territory clean and make them dare not look south for three hundred years. Factional strife in the cabinet should not have been the empire’s chronic affliction. I will reshape the court and extend the Great Ming’s fortunes for another five hundred years. May the sun and moon, mountains and rivers endure, and may the Great Ming endure forever!