When I opened my eyes, I became Zhu Youjian, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In front of me was the shocking death countdown in the history books: seventeen years.
Famine, border troubles, party strife, corruption... This empire is like a huge ship leaking water everywhere, sinking irrevocably into the abyss of 1644. The crooked-necked tree in Meishan will be the end point written for me by history books.
However, now that he is here, I do not recognize the fate of this king who has subjugated his country.
Use modern knowledge to advance technology? It is difficult to save a fire that is near by water far away. Kill the traitorous ministers and purge the imperial court? Party strife is entangled. I know the name of every enemy and the source of every failure. This time, I want to break the situation in the most "Chongzhen" way - looking for a fulcrum in the labyrinth of memorials of the civil official group, planting seeds in the cracks between the eunuchs and Donglin, and cutting gaps in the web woven by Shanxi merchants, feudal princes and nobles.
Wei Zhongxian can be the knife, and the Donglin Party can also be the chess piece. The victims of the disaster in Shaanxi need to be rescued, the border troops in Liaodong need to be stabilized, the smuggling network of Shanxi merchants needs to be cut off, and the rotten Beijing camp needs to be scraped to cure the poison. Every step is on the edge of the cliff of history, and every decision is related to the life and death of millions of people.
This is a race against time and a game against fate. I want to carve a way out of the cliff of the empire.
Traveling to Chongzhen, this time, I want to change my destiny against the will of heaven.
