The Identity of the Ming Prince Was Exposed, Chongzhen Asked Me to Proclaim Himself Emperor

On the sixth day of May in the sixth year of the Apocalypse of the Ming Dynasty, a bizarre explosion occurred near the gunpowder depot of Wang Gong Factory in the southwest corner of Beijing. On the same day, the third prince of Xizong, Zhu Cijiong, was frightened and died due to the explosion in Wang Gong Factory. He was less than one year old and was posthumously named Prince Xianhuai. … In the tenth year of Chongzhen, Xi'an Prefecture. There is a village at the foot of the Qinling Mountains with a large courtyard in the village. A man in gray clothes squatted on a stone in the courtyard, smoking a dry cigarette with a copper tip, and the green smoke curled up from his mouth. After a long while, he looked at a young man with a jade face, his eyes filled with vicissitudes of life. "Jiong'er, what do you think of the current general situation?" "Haier believes that natural disasters have been going on for a long time, people are in dire straits, and wars are frequent because of food shortages. The imperial government collects meager taxes, and the military households become slaves, which makes it impossible to conquer. There are other reasons, but they are not as important as the two." "What's the solution?" "Others have no solution, but I have..." After hearing this, the man burst into tears. "God bless the Ming Dynasty! My child, you are the prince, and Emperor Chongzhen asks you to return to the palace and succeed to the throne!" This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.