Mastering Ming Through Power

In the forty-fifth year of the Wanli reign, Li Hongyu unexpectedly becomes the eldest son of a local prominent clan’s third branch. He should have been able to enjoy wealth and honor, but the clan head instead uses force to seize the properties under his name.

At the same time, the Great Ming is mired in internal and external troubles: the battles beyond the frontier and the factional struggle in the capital gradually cause the Ming Empire to decline.

For the sake of the common people, and for himself and those around him, the protagonist decides to enter officialdom.

But first, he must fight back and reclaim the properties seized by the clan head.