In 2025, Zhang Tong unexpectedly obtains a time-space portal. On his first transmigration, he becomes Chongzhen, the emperor standing beneath a crooked-neck tree after the palace has fallen. To stay alive, he chooses to cooperate with his country, handing over both the portal and the Ming Dynasty.
From that moment on, Zhang Tong’s fate becomes closely tied to his country’s.
With the state apparatus getting involved, the Ming Dynasty begins to change.
“The Manchu Eight Banners are invincible? Come and try my heavy machine guns!”
“The Western powers have sturdy ships and powerful cannons? Let’s see how they fare against my battleships!”
“The land is full of starving corpses, and ordinary people have nothing to eat? Ask the country to send over a batch of hybrid rice seeds!”
“The territory is too vast, and communication is inconvenient? Ask the country to help the Ming Dynasty build a wireless communications network!”
When the time-space portal holders in other countries realize they cannot stand against the power of China’s state, they too turn to their own nations for help. And so, the contest between great powers shifts from 2025 to the final years of the Ming Dynasty.
