Tianqi Mingjun

The year is 1620, exactly twenty-four years before the fall of the Ming Dynasty. The populace suffers amidst severe hardship, external enemies batter the Liaoning frontier, fierce political factionalism grips the court, and the reigning Emperor Taichang has just passed away. Yet, it is precisely at this moment that Zhang Yuezhi time-travels into the body of the infamous "carpenter emperor," Zhu Youxiao, the future Tianqi Emperor who is historically known for hiding away in warm chambers to practice woodworking. The bad news is that Zhu Youxiao has not even ascended the throne yet. Wang An, the Directorate of Ceremonies eunuch, and the reformist Donglin Faction are plotting to marginalize imperial authority, while Consort Li Xuanxian schemes to control the young monarch and coerce the cabinet into naming her Empress Dowager. As a high-stakes power struggle erupts between rival factions, the fate of a crumbling dynasty hangs in the balance.