Ding Ming: Chongzhen

Chen Yan, a cultural relic restorer and military fan, accidentally passed through the soul of Emperor Chongzhen in the last years of the Apocalypse. Faced with the chaotic government of the eunuchs, the late Jin Dynasty and the decline of people's livelihood, he used modern cognition and strategic thinking to break through the shackles of the feudal system and survive. Starting from liquidating the Wei Party and restoring the power of firecrackers, he balanced party strife, innovated ordnance, and built national defense with flintlock guns and red cannons; he bulldozed land reforms and built structures, so that steam engines roared in the workshops and high-yield crops were planted in the fields; he opened up maritime trade and expanded territory, conquered North Korea, pacified Japan, controlled Malacca, and allowed the Ming Dynasty fleet to gallop across the world. The imperial examination has added new subjects in physical science and commerce to break the monopoly on official careers; the establishment of a constitutional monarchy has been steadily advanced to lay the foundation of the system; retirement and pensions have been implemented to benefit all people. From a survival emperor to a reforming monarch, and then to a founding leader, Chongzhen spent more than forty years transforming the dying Ming Dynasty into a world center that spanned Asia, Europe, and Africa, and dominated the sea power. He finally retired with success, leaving behind an open and prosperous era with eternal mountains and rivers and endless exploration.