Little Minister

Standing before you is

The guardian of the Ming Dynasty, the close comrade of Emperor Wanli, the good son of the Chief Minister, and the world's richest man in the 16th and 17th centuries

The mastermind behind the Ministry of Personnel for thirty years, the grave digger of the feudal system, the second Yan Shifan in the eyes of the Donglin Party, Zhang Juzheng proclaimed him invincible

Hai Rui's confidant, Xu Wei's patron, the tonsure master of Matteo Ricci, and the mentor of six top scholars including Xu Guangqi

The veil of the Ming Dynasty poetry scene, authors of over 700 types of books across various disciplines, inventors of more than 2,700 patents, and the founders of modern universities and science

The guardian of overseas Chinese, the pioneer of new maritime routes, the maintainer of oceanic order, and the contractor of large-scale global projects

The culprit behind the chaos in Europe, the adoptive father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the savior of Sebastian, and the devoted minister for the people