Shattering the Late Ming: Forging a Nation with the Soul of a Modern Army

A modern junior military officer is reborn as the illegitimate son of the Duke of Ying during the Chongzhen era. He changes his fate, makes a triumphant comeback, saves the nation from ruin, and becomes the power behind the Ming throne. He crushes the peasant uprising, battles civil officials at court, carries out financial reforms, defeats the Jianzhou Jurchens, annexes Korea, launches a northern campaign against the Mongols, builds a navy, campaigns in Southeast Asia, colonizes Japan, advances into the Americas, defeats Europe, enfeoffs overseas territories, and establishes a figurehead emperor, allowing Chinese civilization to once again stand tall in the East.