Daming: My Money Is All Bloody

The keynote of the world view: The late Ming Dynasty was a time of chaos, with internal and external troubles (Li Zicheng's uprising, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's siege), serious party strife in the court, and the economic monopoly of the Jiangnan plutocrats. Protagonist: Zhu Youjian (the top short-selling institutional trader on Wall Street in his previous life). The code of conduct is "not talking about benevolence, justice and morality, only focusing on leverage and liquidation", and treats national governance as the restructuring of non-performing assets. Core highlights: Use modern financial means (currency war, asset securitization, hostile takeovers) to reduce the dimensions of feudal bureaucracy and the traditional landlord class; use war to support war, and kill decisively.