Li Ming, a history PhD, accidentally touched a time-travel device in the Palace Museum archives and arrived in the fifteenth year of the Wanli reign.
[Historical Revision Program launched: Target: the fifteenth year of the Wanli reign]
In the fifteenth year of Wanli, Zhu Lingjun neglected his duties, the Imperial Treasury ran a deficit, Zhang Taiyue's reform legacy was being dismantled, and the succession remained unsettled.
The monetization of silver caused upheaval, while Jiangnan's capital was stifled.
Li Zhi's Book to Burn and his lectures at Donglin Academy were laying the groundwork for a force of upright officials.
The border armies declined as the Jianzhou Jurchens rose to power.
The Imperial Astronomical Bureau's record of “Mars guarding the Heart” sparked panic at court and throughout the country, while Yellow River floods forced reforms to the grain transport system. Pan Jixun's river management methods were put into practice.
An agent from the Time-Space Administration, disguised as a chief of the Eastern Depot, obstructed change. Future news reports appeared in the Wanli Gazette, forming a Mobius loop.
Activate the quantum entanglement device and recreate Zhang Juzheng's deathbed scene. All it takes to plunge Wanli into the Little Ice Age early is a 2% adjustment to the sunspot parameters.
In the halo of Zheng He's starship warp drive, the red glow of cooling lights from the quantum computer in the Ming Tombs' underground palace was reflected. On a Yuko-no-Mae screen, the digitized face of the Wanli Emperor spoke at the same time as Li Ming in the Palace Museum's surveillance footage: “The Dao resides in the vessel.”
All history is a program waiting to run. All futures are pasts waiting to be observed.
