Smoke and Turmoil over the Ming Dynasty

Beneath the prosperous reign of the Ming dynasty under the Hongxi and Xuande emperors, a pair of cold eyes watched every move at court. Three seemingly unrelated major events all served one ultimate purpose. The passage of a full sexagenary cycle across four generations of emperors, and the hatred that had endured throughout it, was finally about to strike its last blow through “him.” It all depended on how Hu Gai unraveled the truth, step by step.