The day before Li Zicheng captured Beijing, a college student transmigrated into the body of Zhu Cilang, the Ming Crown Prince.
The eunuch Wang Zhixin had him imprisoned in his manor and planned to offer him to Li Zicheng as a bargaining chip, all to preserve his own wealth and status.
The Manchus were massing beyond the pass, while corrupt officials across the land wanted to watch the emperor die under pressure with their own eyes.
They stood by coldly, eager to sell out the country, then switch sides to the new dynasty and keep their riches.
They took off their official robes, dressed as commoners, and blended into the streets, waiting for Li Zicheng to ascend the throne.
The forces summoned to save the emperor all hesitated. Wu Sangui set out to rescue him with the entire population of Guanning: the elderly needed walking sticks, and the little ones needed fresh diapers. In the end, they stopped at Yutian. Zuo Liangyu first put together a whole presentation on the rescue plan, then waited for the emperor to approve it before setting out...
With no other choice, Zhu Cilang relied on his knowledge of the future to win over martial arts champion Li Ruolian and General Cheng Zhao, rescue Wu Sangui’s beloved concubine Chen Yuanyuan, then lead a hundred cavalrymen and the women of his harem in a bloody escape from southern Beijing toward Yingtian.
He wins over Wu Sangui, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Zheng Chenggong, aids Joseon, and crushes the Japanese invaders’ grand ambitions...
Turn the tables and change history!
No System, just building up the army and farming. A fun, easygoing story about Zhu Cilang extending the Ming dynasty’s fortunes for another five hundred years.
