My Father Is Zhang Juzheng: I’m Extending My Life in the Wanli Era

In the tenth year of the Wanli era, Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng is gravely ill. Zhang Jingxiu, the top young nobleman of the Ming Dynasty, knows the countdown to his family’s execution has begun. Can’t save his father? Can’t overthrow the Ming? Zhang Jingxiu gives a cold laugh, resigns from his hereditary post, shoulders the reputation of a spoiled wastrel, and heads south to become a down-and-out maritime merchant. The ministers believe the Zhang family will die out, and Emperor Wanli thinks he’s finally seized full power. Then war breaks out in Korea, the Jurchens of Liaodong begin to reveal their strength, and the Ming treasury runs dry. Only then does Wanli suddenly realize that the former criminal’s son has taken control of southeastern maritime trade, rebuilt an elite firearms force, and become the shadow emperor the Ming can’t get rid of! “Your Majesty, the Ming is sick. I have not come to seize the throne. I have come to cure it.”