Great Ming: I, the Chongzhen Emperor, Defy Fate from the Start

I'm a modern-day Ming loyalist who always called Emperor Chongzhen an idiot. Then, in the blink of an eye, I transmigrated into his body.

In the first year of the Chongzhen reign, the empire was beset by internal strife and external threats. The treasury was empty, the nine frontier garrisons were owed their pay, and refugees filled the land. Though Wei Zhongxian had been demoted, he was still alive. The Donglin faction's empty talk was ruining the country, and Hong Taiji was eyeing Liaodong. Everyone was convinced this was a hopeless dead end that would end in the empire's destruction.

But I am a transmigrator, and I have the complete script of history.

Eliminate the eunuch faction, balance the court, reform the military, and overhaul the tax system. Send the Zhu princes, who do nothing but eat and wait to die, overseas to carve out new territories. Plant the Ming banner across the world. Develop industry and commerce, dominate the seas, make Chinese the global lingua franca, and let Huaxia civilization redefine the world.

This time, there will be no calamity in the Jia Shen year, no Manchu conquest, and no century of humiliation.

All I have to do is make sure no one in this realm ever dares to say the Ming is doomed!

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