Jiajing Smoke and Clouds

"Jiajing Smoke and Clouds" takes the Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty as the main axis, with the aftermath of Zhengde and the early days of Longqing, and the eve of Wanli as a historical echo. The story starts from the time when the vassal king succeeds to the great dynasty, and ends when the Xiyuan is cold, the edict is first issued, and the young lord takes the throne. It describes the changes in the dynasty's system, status, finance, border defense, maritime ban, vassalage, speech, and inner court. It also describes the long crack of a dynasty from being famous to the depths of heavyness. This was one of the most prosperous eras in the history of the Ming Dynasty when famous ministers, loyal ministers, and direct ministers gathered together. It was also one of the most brutal, tolerant, and profound eras of power struggles. Yang Tinghe, Yang Shen, Xia Yan, Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui, Yang Jisheng, Shen Lian, Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, and countless officials, sergeants, shipowners, clansmen, scribes, and common people who were silent in the gaps in the history books all appeared in the smoke of the Jiajing Dynasty. This is not an imperial book that only talks about victory, defeat, rise and fall, but a historical novel about how the system oppresses people and how people struggle within the system. What it asks is not who wins at the moment, but why a dynasty with so many smart, strong, sober, and capable people still falls into deeper troubles step by step. In fact, there are few "normal people" under absolute power. And we are all swimming in the "Three Gorges" of history. The bright moon of that year illuminated the cigarettes in Xiyuan and the cold walls of the prison; it illuminated the sails of the seaside ships and the beacon fires of the border forts; it illuminated the ink brushes on the temples and the cold ashes under the folk stoves. The moonlight is speechless, but history has a sound. ——The author does not care about the owner of the leisure room