Great Ming: Chongzhen, Don't Hang Yourself Yet, You Have an Older Brother

The seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign.

Zhu Youjian glanced helplessly at the old eunuch Wang Cheng'en beside him, then prepared to hang himself from a crooked-neck tree.

Just then, fireworks exploded in broad daylight.

Wang Cheng'en dropped to his knees in excitement and shouted, "Your Majesty, don't hang yourself just yet! You have an older brother!"

Chongzhen remained unmoved. "So what? In the current situation, even if the Grand Ancestor himself came, he couldn't turn things around!"

Wang Cheng'en said, "Your brother has a million troops, and they're rushing to the capital. In less than an hour, they'll be right outside the city!"

Chongzhen: "..."

Wang Cheng'en said, "Your brother has tens of billions of taels of silver! There are a million granaries across the country, and every one of them is bursting with grain!"

Chongzhen: "..."

Wang Cheng'en said, "Your brother says you can hang yourself if you want. You'll have to abdicate sooner or later anyway..."

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