The Ming Dynasty’s First Tyrant

In the tenth month of the tenth year of Chongzhen's reign, the realm was shattered, its mountains and rivers adrift like willow fluff. Liu Yang had arrived!

The land was beset by troubles within and threats from without, on the brink of national ruin and extinction.

I will turn the tide as the great edifice teeters on the edge of collapse.

I have no choice but to raise the butcher's blade and become a tyrant for the ages.

Those who follow me will prosper; those who oppose me will perish.

Corrupt ministers will be killed, rebels will be cut down.

I alone will uphold the final backbone of China!