In 1627, the Ming Dynasty was like a broken ship riddled with holes, teetering on the stormy waves of history. Above the court, the party struggle is fierce, with the Donglin Party, the Eunuch Party and other forces fighting each other, fighting for power and gain at all costs, the decrees are unreasonable, and the politics are rotten. Among the people, the phenomenon of land annexation is extremely serious, and the wealthy gentry and large households have taken advantage of it, causing a large number of farmers to lose the land they depend on for survival and become refugees. Natural disasters wreaked havoc frequently. In the north, there were years of severe droughts, no harvests, and people were starved of food. In the south, there were floods from time to time, destroying homes, diseases were rampant, and people were dying of hunger everywhere. The people were in dire straits. Outside the customs, under the management of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, the forces of the Later Jin Dynasty grew stronger and stronger. They were eyeing the Ming Dynasty border and frequently intruded, and the Liaodong defense line was frequently in emergency. Although the Ming army was large in number, its combat effectiveness was uneven due to problems such as arrears in military pay, obsolete equipment, and corruption and incompetence of its generals. It repeatedly failed in confrontations with the Hou Jin Dynasty, and the people in the border areas were plunged into dire straits and miserable. At this time, Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, passed away. Because he had no children, King Xinzhu Youjian was ordered to inherit the throne. The national destiny of the Ming Dynasty was entirely tied to this young emperor. Zhu Youjian of Chongzhen stood on the coal mountain, looking at the capital city where the war was raging and all life was in ruins. He was filled with sorrow and despair, and finally ended his life on the crooked neck tree. However, there seemed to be God's will, and Zhu Youjian was reborn and returned to 1627, when he first ascended the throne. In this life, he vowed to rewrite history and save the Ming Dynasty from fire and water.
