Great Ming: From a Short-Lived Crown Prince to Laying the Foundation of a Prosperous Age

A history teacher transmigrates into the thirteenth year of the Hongwu reign and becomes the critically ill Crown Prince Zhu Biao.

He sees through the imperial physicians' mistaken treatment and rewrites the prescription to save his own life. But what he has to do is far more than that. The brutal history of his previous life surges through his mind: Zhu Xiongying dying young, Lan Yu being slaughtered, the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Di usurping the throne in Yongle... The Ming dynasty will be drenched in blood because of his early death.

In this life, he will change everything.

With thunderous methods, he brings Lan Yu under control, breaks the Empty Seal case, and establishes the rule of the rightful eldest line, elevating his seven-year-old legitimate eldest son, Zhu Xiongying, as the heir of the next generation. Military merit in the northern frontier, dividing the Hu faction, establishing the Grand Secretariat, reforming the imperial examinations... Over ten years, he rises from a frail crown prince to the pillar of the nation in charge of the three great centers of power.

In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang dies and Zhu Biao ascends the throne, changing the era name to Jinghe.

He brings back the Empress Ma, who should have died young, and preserves all the meritorious officials who were wrongly killed. New-generation civil officials such as Fang Xiaoru and Qi Tai replace the old meritorious nobility. Land surveys, tax reform, commercial revitalization, military reform, firearms development... Under his rule, the Ming dynasty's national power flourishes.

Zhu Xiongying leads the army, pacifies the Northern Yuan, retakes the Western Regions, and fights alongside Prince of Yan Zhu Di. Lan Yu retires after accomplishing his merits, while Qu Neng, Ping An, Zhu Neng, and other new-generation generals take up the battle banners. Zheng He sails west seven times, the South Seas Protectorate is established, and the Ming becomes the world's number-one power.

In the twenty-eighth year of Jinghe, Zhu Biao dies and Zhu Xiongying ascends the throne, taking the era name Yongping.

He inherits the prosperous empire left by his father and continues the reforms, strengthening the military and enriching the people. The Ming dynasty enters modernization first, Huaxia leads the world, and history is completely rewritten.