Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang comes back from the dead, only to find himself in the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, who hanged himself on Coal Hill!
Faced with a shattered realm, loyalty and treachery indistinguishable, and a court full of ministers who would bring the country to ruin,
he laughed.
Back then, he rose from a broken bowl to build the glorious Great Ming. Today, he can carve a path to everlasting victory for China with a million heads!
Kill the corrupt officials! Confiscate their estates, wipe out their clans, and strip their skin to stuff with grass. You’ll pay back every last coin you took from my treasury, with interest!
Kill the incompetent generals! Behead commanders on the battlefield and build towers of heads. The Ming army will have only one voice!
Kill the rebels! Sweep their lairs clean and leave not a blade of grass standing. I will personally cut out the root of this realm’s chaos!
Kill the foreign tribes! Slaughter their cities and destroy their kingdoms until not a soul is at peace. Wherever the sun and moon shine, all shall serve the Great Ming forever!
The court officials wept and pleaded, “Your Majesty, show benevolence!”
Zhu Yuanzhang kicked over the imperial desk, blood splashing onto his dragon robe. “Nonsense! Why speak of benevolence to these calamities who ruin the country and harm the people?”
“I am benevolence! I am the Way of Heaven!”
It feels okay