Great Ming

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Great Ming (吾大明)
Alias(es)	Grand Ming Empire; Great Ming civilization
Type	Empire and later a registered cosmic civilization
Founding Emperor	Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of Ming 4
Key Leader	Zhu Ying, Imperial Grandson, Crown Prince, and Commander-in-Chief; he becomes the empire's de facto decision-maker in military, personnel, and policy matters 349 485
Occupation / Role	Governing power of the main realm; expansionist empire across multiple worlds
Status	Active; the main realm is unified under its rule, while its forces continue campaigns in other worlds 486 600
First Appearance	4

History

Northern Expeditions

Under Zhu Yuanzhang, Great Ming confronts the remaining Northern Yuan threat and orders regional forces to suppress banditry and prepare for major northern campaigns 4 16. Zhu Ying rises through military merit during these operations, eventually becoming a central commander in the war against Northern Yuan.

The empire's Northern Expedition retakes Liaodong, destroys Northern Yuan's military resistance, and later defeats the Tatars. The imperial proclamation credits Zhu Ying with killing the Tatar Great Khan and Great General, routing an army of more than 400,000, and bringing Tatar territory under Great Ming control 387.

Zhu Ying's Ascendancy

Zhu Ying is recognized as the Imperial Eldest Grandson and Prince Yuhuai, gaining the allegiance of Huai Xi generals and much of the court 308 309. Zhu Yuanzhang later makes him Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief, granting him authority to mobilize all Great Ming armies 349.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang remains emperor and Zhu Biao remains crown prince in name, Zhu Ying comes to direct the empire's strategy, appointments, reforms, and military expansion 485.

World Unification

Great Ming adopts an explicit policy to unify the world and colonize foreign territories, beginning major campaigns in Southeast Asia and Nanyang 442. Its armies conquer Annam, Champa, Siam, Cambodia, Joseon, Nanyang states, the Timurid Empire, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Myanmar, and other states over successive campaigns 446 447 461.

By Hongwu Year 29, Great Ming controls seventy percent of the world's territory 469. It later declares that all lands under the sun belong to Great Ming and shifts its official priority from further expansion to consolidating unity and winning the people's support 486.

Expansion Across Worlds

A coordinate portal obtained by Zhu Ying opens Great Ming's path into other worlds 399. The empire enters the Late Ming World, intervenes against Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Southern Ming, and the Tatars, then leaves Chongzhen to manage affairs there under Great Ming oversight 472 483 485.

Further portals lead to the Jin/Sixteen Kingdoms/Five Barbarians World, the Multi-Martial-Arts World, and the Wind and Cloud World 446 526. Great Ming uses its firearms, Imperial Guards, dinosaur forces, and powerful cultivators to establish control in these realms.

Government and Policy

Central Authority

• Zhu Yuanzhang — Founding emperor whose authority and military deterrence underpin early reforms and expansion 349.
• Zhu Biao — Oversees civil governance and supports policies intended to benefit the populace and stabilize conquered regions 412 447.
• Zhu Ying — Directs national policy through what he calls a “Hegemonic Way,” prioritizing rapid strengthening, technological development, and world unification 397.

Domestic Reforms

• Great Ming Royal Bank — Established to issue and exchange currency, safeguard deposits, pay deposit interest, and provide regulated lending 349.
• Formula Licensing Law — Encourages private workshops to use licensed formulas, expanding production and improving livelihoods 412.
• Ministry of Supervision — Created to inspect officials and combat corruption through annual oversight 412.
• Imperial examinations and schools — Reformed and expanded to recruit talent and educate the population 387 399.
• Imperial Capital Academy — Selects martial-arts prodigies for advanced cultivation in the sacred land 498.

Colonial Governance

Great Ming governs conquered territories through appointed officials, military-backed governors, resource development, and Han cultural integration 447 487. Its policies include standardizing language, clothing, measurements, and administration across colonies 469 498.

Its expansion is also marked by forced labor and severe repression. Captives from frontier and cross-world wars are transported for construction work, while resisting states are subjected to massacres, executions, and population control measures 445 446 436 447.

Military

• Imperial Guards — Elite core force used in domestic defense, cross-world campaigns, and occupations 471 527.
• Royal Guard Pterosaur Army — Airborne force led or overseen by Zhu Ying; used for reconnaissance, transport, shock operations, and battlefield control 447 483.
• Dinosaur Army / Dinosaur Legion — Includes Tyrannosaurus rex, Velociraptors, Triceratops, and Pterosaurs; employed to break enemy defenses and intimidate opposing armies 447 464 496.
• Navy — Led by Feng Sheng during expansion around the Japanese Islands, Nanyang, and later western campaigns 444 461.
• Modern weapons — Great Ming fields cannons, firearms, rocket launchers, tanks, aircraft, and other heavy weapons in its later cross-world wars 527 532.
• Martial forces — Soldiers undergo body cultivation, while graduates reaching the Grandmaster Realm can enter martial legions directly 470 595.

Technology and Infrastructure

• Steam industry — Steam engines power workshops, railways connect the empire, and rail transport becomes central to trade, administration, and territorial control 412 445 492.
• Modernized capital — Beiping is rebuilt with cement roads, multistory buildings, and large-scale urban infrastructure before becoming the imperial capital 441.
• Electric Age — Within five years of Zhu Ying's reign, Great Ming advances from steam power to electricity, reinforced concrete construction, automobiles, telephones, modern medicine, and industrialized engineering 517 518.
• Scientific institutions — The empire establishes scientific departments and relies on organized specialists to advance medicine, agriculture, metallurgy, machinery, and civil engineering 517.
• Cross-world development — Great Ming introduces infrastructure and industry into occupied worlds, including construction, electricity, running water, and modern buildings in the Multi-Martial-Arts World's Ming Kingdom 552 582.

National Fortune and Cultivation

Great Ming's national fortune is directly tied to the cultivation of its ruling house. Zhu Ying guides Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao in drawing upon this fortune to reach the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm; Zhu Yuanzhang manifests a black dragon, while Zhu Biao manifests a golden dragon 463 494.

The empire later acquires a Supreme-grade Spirit Vein, enabling it to inject Spiritual Energy into the world and promote widespread martial cultivation 490. Great Ming also builds martial academies in spiritually rich worlds to train students from across its territories 595.

Civilization Command

Zhu Ying uses the Civilization Command to bind the current world to Great Ming, registering it as a cosmic civilization and granting it a fifty-year protection period from discovery by stronger civilizations 490.

During this period, Great Ming prioritizes military growth, cultivation, industry, agriculture, railways, and the integration of its five continents in preparation for future inter-civilizational conflict 491 492.

Notable Quotes

“But I am different. I implement the Hegemonic Way for the nation, because I want to seize every moment to strengthen Great Ming and unify the world.”
— Zhu Ying 397

“The stronger we are, the greater the responsibility we bear. I have decided with my Imperial Grandfather and Father that the Great Ming will unify the world, and all foreign tribes will obey the Han Chinese!”
— Zhu Ying 442