The Two-Sided Dragon and Phoenix in the Ming Dynasty

During the forty years of Jiajing, two children who should not be accommodated by official history grew up at the same time inside and outside the palace walls. Zhu Pingping, the eldest son of the royal family, was raised as the second princess since childhood. It was not until she was twelve years old that she was announced to the world and assumed the throne of the East Palace. Lidong, a girl who was the Minister of the Ministry of War, grew up as a boy due to the family's need for an heir. She became the fourth young master of the Tong family and became the king of Wei. A meeting by the lotus pond made two people who were misplaced by patriarchal clan, body and imperial power form a life-long alliance. What they want to keep is far more than just each other's secrets. Starting from Yipingtang, Yihongyuan and the New Army, they reorganized finance, imperial examinations, clans, female officials, maritime bans and military systems, and enabled firearms, steam, railways and telegraphs to rewrite the sixteenth century ahead of schedule. Internally, there were vassal rebellions, powerful mergers, hypocritical Confucianism and palace coups. Externally, there were Mongolian tribes, the Japanese Warring States Period, the Burmese dynasty and European maritime powers. When imperial power, military power, commerce and technology came together in the hands of Shuangfeng, the Ming Dynasty no longer just continued the country, but wanted to establish a global order across sea and land. However, reform brings freedom, but also comes with surveillance, gangs, massacres and conquests. Can two people who were forcibly named by the country truly take back their lives after rebuilding the world? "The Storm of the Ming Dynasty: Two-Faced Dragon and Phoenix" is an fictional historical novel based on the real history of the Ming Dynasty, integrating palace intrigue, martial arts, system construction, technological advancement, military and maritime power, and gender identity. It not only writes about how two odd numbers became the center of the world, but also asks how many people's bodies and freedoms should pay for a prosperous age.