From the Start, I Built a Shrine for Wei Zhongxian and Was Hailed as a Wise Ruler

Reborn in the Ming dynasty, he becomes its last emperor, Chongzhen.

Chongzhen is in a panic, but luckily he awakens a Suicide System. As long as he keeps courting disaster, he can earn Suicide Points.

Suicide Points can even be exchanged in the System Shop for a chance to become an immortal.

To become an immortal, Chongzhen starts courting disaster in every way he can.

The eunuch faction is wreaking havoc at court. Someone, build Wei Zhongxiang another shrine and make him the most powerful official in the empire!

The northwest is stricken by repeated famines and endless rebellions. Send Yang He, a master of empty talk, to bluff them into submission!

The Later Jin regime in Liaodong keeps invading. How about executing Yuan Chonghuan, the man who promised to pacify Liaodong in five years, to calm our nerves?

Your Majesty, the fiscal crisis has eased considerably, all the rebellions have been quelled, and there are no more worries at home.

The Later Jin forces have been pushed back again and again and suffered heavy losses. There's more...

When Chongzhen heard the news, he burst into tears on the spot.

Deep in the palace, he cursed the heavens: "Why is it so hard to get myself killed? My ministers have ruined everything for me!!!"

Two hundred years later, Chongzhen looks at the latest map of the Ming Empire.

Speechless, he wonders: how did someone who was always courting disaster turn the Ming into an empire on which the sun never sets?!!!

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