The Ministry of Household Affairs in the Middle of the Ming Dynasty

This is a historical novel and a martial arts novel. It is divided into two parts: the main story and the extra chapter. During the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji planned to launch the seventh Zheng He Ocean Expedition. Just as the preparations were in full swing, the Ministry of Revenue reported that the national treasury could no longer provide silver, and the available silver on the books was only 200,000 taels. Zhu Zhanji had to advance this huge expenditure from the palace funds. After Zheng He's fleet left far away, Zhu Zhanji immediately summoned the admiral of Dongchang, intending to thoroughly investigate the deficit in the household department. As the investigation deepens, surrounding the Household Department deficit case, the central and local governments of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet and the ceremonial supervisors, the court and the rivers and lakes... A grand historical picture slowly unfolds. When a regime develops to the middle stage, what force pushes it to quietly switch between rise and fall? Is it the ruler? Or a low-level individual? History never gives a direct answer, but the answer is different in everyone's heart. Xuande is a critical time point that inherits the Yongle era and initiates great civil engineering changes. The rulers need to complete the smooth switching of the basis of political power through reforms. Do the little people at the bottom have to endure this kind of pain during the critical period of reform and shifting? In this book, the fate of the main characters quietly opens the underlying code for you.