Great Ming: I Am Zhu Youlang, Restoring the Empire's Glory

The Chongzhen Emperor hangs himself, and the Ming Dynasty collapses.

The Southern Ming court clings to a corner of the realm, barely holding on.

Barbarians run rampant across the land, rebels wreak havoc, and natural and man-made disasters leave the countryside strewn with corpses.

Civilization stands on the brink of destruction, with little light to be found in the darkness.

Just as the Manchu army breaks through Guangzhou and advances into Guangxi,

a modern soul arrives in the Ming Dynasty by chance, transmigrating into the body of the weak and incompetent Southern Ming emperor, Zhu Youlang.

He carries the Empire's Glory System.

At home, he purges traitors, treats the people well, and curbs the power of the gentry. He promotes commerce and makes everyone serve and pay taxes as equals. Those who obstruct reform face the blade and mass executions.

Abroad, he slaughters the Manchus and collaborators, vigorously promotes overseas trade, and reaps profits from the whole world with modern industrial goods!

In less than five years, Ming soldiers are fishing in Lake Baikal, sunbathing in Australia, bathing in the Ganges, worshipping Buddha in Jerusalem, drinking tea with the Pope in Europe, and wrestling with tribal chiefs in Africa.

The empire is fabulously wealthy. Everyone has a home, and every family has a car.

Thus, Zhu Youlang leads the Ming Dynasty to restore the empire's glory and dominate the world!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.