A Ruthless Man of the Late Ming: From Purging the Court to a Sun-Never-Sets Empire

The Ruthless Man of the Late Ming: From Purging the Court to an Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Li Zicheng breaches Beijing. Liu Zongmin transmigrates into the role of a powerful general in the Great Shun, only to awaken the Civilization System inside the Hall of Military Eminence. Three paths appear before him: Live on your knees and become a compliant subject of the Qing? Flee for your life and become a worm like those in the Southern Ming? Or... fight your way toward a whole new world! “This court is rotten to the core.” I watched the former Ming grand secretaries rushing to write memorials welcoming their new master and smiled. The next day, three hundred elite Qi Family troops appeared out of thin air, their matchlocks roaring. The Nine Gates were purged in blood, and three thousand surrendered officials were hanged for all to see. “Officials who do no work, what are they good for?” “This realm needs new rules.” At Shanhai Pass, Dorgon led the elite Eight Banners troops in a fierce charge. I raised a hand, and a battery of European cannons tore through the sky. “Win the realm on horseback? Sorry, times have changed.” The gentry lamented the ancestral laws? I burned a thousand years of land deeds. “From today on, every farmer gets land to till.” The Confucian scholars cried out for ritual and law? I established new schools and workshops. “Confucian classics that can't build a flintlock might as well be used to wipe your ass.” The imperial clan prattled on about bloodlines? I severed the dynasty's lifeline and stripped away their privileges. “Under my rule, ability is all that matters. Your surname means nothing!” From Beijing to Jiangnan, from Liaodong to the Southern Seas. The Eight Banners cavalry? Blown to bits! Western sailing ships? Send them to the bottom! As I stood atop the Forbidden City, watching the global map of territories spread by beacon fires, the System displayed its final message: Host has purged every corrupt force in the old world. New Order mission complete: The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets rises today.