The Ming Dynasty Begins with Its Last Emperor

Zhu Youxiao: My younger brother should be a sage like Yao and Shun!

Zhu Youjian: I listened to Your Majesty, my elder brother, and tried to be wise like Yao and Shun, but the officials under heaven call me a tyrant.

Zhu Youxiao: Zhongxian is loyal and upright, and can be entrusted with great affairs. He should be given authority!

Zhu Youjian: I listened to Your Majesty, my elder brother. Whenever there's an important matter, I entrust it to Wei Zhongxian, but the gentry throughout the land call me a tyrant!

In 1627, Zhu Youxiao, the fifteenth emperor of the Great Ming Empire, fell into the water while boating. Medical treatment failed, and he died young!

With the throne passing from elder brother to younger brother, Prince of Xin Zhu Youjian took the throne. The Great Ming Empire welcomed its sixteenth emperor, who adopted the reign title Chongzhen!

The Great Ming entered the Chongzhen era...

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