Hongwu: the New Master of the East Palace

Prince Zhu Biao, who first took charge of the government, faced not only Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's profound and unpredictable fatherly love and temptation of imperial power, but also the turbulent undercurrents of the early Ming Dynasty - the annexation of the Jiangnan gentry. The land and the refugees are displaced; Hu Weiyong's followers control the government and form cliques for personal gain; Peking Yan King Zhu Di has hidden ambitions and is eyeing them; and the shadow of the "Four Major Hongwu Cases" has quietly spread in the corners of the court.