Help! I, Zhu Yuanzhang, Woke Up as Chongzhen, the Emperor of a Fallen Dynasty

**I, Zhu Yuanzhang, started with a single bowl and ended with an empire.**

**Who could have guessed that I’d close my eyes, open them again, and find myself in the body of Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor at the end of the Ming dynasty?**

**I’d barely sorted through my memories when my blood pressure shot through the roof: the Donglin faction was talking the country into ruin, the generals were greedy cowards, and Li Zicheng was about to reach the capital!**

**Most outrageous of all, the treasury was so empty the rats had moved out, yet the harem was hiding seventy million taels in private funds?**

**Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the table with a cold laugh. Your big brother Chongba is going to teach you what real hardball looks like:**

**First seize the estates to fund the army, then train the troops and personally lead the new forces to carve a path through the battlefield.**

**The whole court wept and pleaded: “Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven must not lead a campaign in person!”**

**He raised his sword, a terrifying look in his eyes. “Shut up! When I was chasing Chen Youliang and hacking at him, your grandfathers were still running around in split-crotch pants!”**