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- 1 A Father Can Rival a Nation 父可敌国 A broken bowl from the start, and a whole empire won through battle. That's my dad. The steadiest crown prince in history. That's my big brother. The only vassal prince in history to pull off a successful rebellion, the General-in-Chief of the Northern Expedition, and living happily ever after. That's still my big brother. The only emperor in history to be overthrown by a rebellious vassal prince. Your Majesty, I'll show you just once how you can lose when the enemy's already in your face. That' 5Votes348.7kRecs1.5MFans
- 2 The Ming Dynasty’s First Minister 大明第一臣 Outside Haozhou at the end of the Yuan dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang found a boy. From then on, the Hongwu Emperor had another right-hand man. They fought the Yuan army, crossed the Yangtze, destroyed Chen Youliang, and defeated Zhang Shicheng. They founded the Ming dynasty and reclaimed Yan and Yun. I was everywhere. From then on, the Hongwu Emperor founded the dynasty without a single regret. The foundations of the Ming were as solid as a fortress. Regarding the matter of the Little Prince of Han, we 4Votes254.9kRecs743.2kFans
- 3 The Heir Apparent Is Fierce 世子很凶 The world is like a chessboard, and people are its pieces. Court intrigue, the grudges and passions of the martial world, the joys and sorrows of the common folk: all are pieces on the board, linked together and clashing until sparks fly. During the Zhaohong era, rumors spread that a vassal prince coveted the dragon throne in the Golden Hall. The emperor summoned the heirs of the various vassal princes to the capital to study, but in truth he was holding them hostage. As the heir to Prince Su, X 13Votes594.8kRecs1.8MFans
- 4 The Ming Dynasty's Eldest Legitimate Son 大明嫡长子 Fighting spirit is easiest to extinguish amid the ordinary, while ambition grows most easily beneath power. As the heir of Zhu Youtang, the Hongzhi Emperor of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Houzhao possessed every advantage. Wouldn't it be a pity to leave the country in that state? It is precisely because there are regrets that change is worth pursuing. When an ordinary soul collides with an opportunity capable of shaping an era, he resolves to become a great ruler of his generation. The brush of history 3Votes117.7kRecs477.9kFans
- 5 Xuande 玄德 Before you stands a scion of the Han imperial house, descendant of Emperor Jing, street brawler of Zhuo County, personally taught by the great Confucian Lu Zhi, romantic poet of the Eastern Han, the man directly responsible for making paper dear in Luoyang, master debater of the Old Text School, young leader of its reformist faction, founding ancestor of the Liu clan of Zhuo County, Zhuo Commandery, the seventh generation to inherit the Zuo Tradition of the Spring and Autumn Annals, and the Old 0Votes223.7kRecs724.5kFans
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