The censor officials accuse me of abusing my power.
The court ministers impeach me for taking the Six Ministries hostage.
The moralists attack me for violating established laws.
The gentry condemn me for ruining the country and throwing it into chaos.
But the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Great Ming, the nine regions and countless lands of the realm, rest upon my shoulders!
I, Yan Shaoting, grandson of Yan Song, tutor to the new emperor, one of the Three Dukes, head of the Grand Secretariat, am the Great Ming’s guardian regent, governing in the emperor’s stead!
