In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, internal and external troubles were intertwined. Above the court, the eunuch Wei Zhongxian was monopolizing power, forming cliques for personal gain, selling his official positions and titles, suppressing upright people such as the Donglin Party, and leading to extreme political corruption. Civil land annexation was serious, taxes were heavy, the people were miserable, and peasant uprisings occurred one after another. The rise of external Houjin forces continued to invade the borders of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army suffered repeated defeats in the Liaodong battlefield and lost large areas of territory. In this precarious situation, Apocalypse Emperor Zhu Youxiao unexpectedly obtained historical memories from later generations, and was determined to use this knowledge to change the destiny of the Ming Dynasty, starting a difficult road to resurgence.
