Great Ming: You Were Told to Rule as Regent, Yet You Rebuilt the Great Ming?

Zhu Cilang transmigrates to the end of the Ming Dynasty and becomes the last crown prince of the Great Ming.

The third day of the third month, in the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign.

The capital will fall in half a month.

History takes a different turn: Emperor Chongzhen heads south, leaving him to govern the capital as regent.

Luckily, he awakens the National Fortune System. As long as he raises the fortunes of the Great Ming, he can earn rewards.

Ding! Confiscate fifty million taels, and the fortunes of the Great Ming rise. Reward: five thousand Snow Dragon Cavalry!

Ding! Behead Li Zicheng, and the fortunes of the Great Ming rise. Reward: hybrid rice!

Ding! Destroy the Qing Dynasty, and the fortunes of the Great Ming rise. Reward: steam engine blueprints!

A year later, Chongzhen returns from his southern tour and sees Zhu Cilang sitting on the throne.

Chongzhen: "I asked you to govern the country, and you rebuilt the Great Ming?"

Zhu Cilang: "Father, abdicate!"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.