Book Recommendation
I Want to Be Grand Secretary is a promising new work by A Sleeve of Heaven and Earth, well worth your time.
In the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, the Son of Heaven of Great Ming devoted himself to alchemy and Daoist cultivation, single-mindedly seeking immortality.
Xia Yan and Yan Song openly and covertly battled for the position of Grand Secretary, neither willing to yield.
Portuguese pirates and island barbarian Japanese raiders took turns ravaging the southeastern coast.
Qi Jiguang, who had only recently inherited his ancestral post, was still in Dengzhou, declaring his ambitions through poetry.
Zhang Juzheng passed the imperial examinations, Altan Khan sought tribute trade, Qiu Luan was thrown into prison, and Lu Bing was impeached.
In this year destined to be anything but ordinary, Xu Yan, a young man from Dinghai County in Ningbo Prefecture, climbed to a high place and gazed into the distance. Deep in his heart, he silently swore: I want to be Grand Secretary!