In 2025, Zhang Tong accidentally obtained the Time and Space Gate. For the first time, he traveled through time and became Chongzhen, the same Chongzhen who stood under the crooked neck tree after the palace city was destroyed. In order to survive, he chose to cooperate with the country and handed over the Time and Space Gate and the Ming Dynasty to the country.
From this moment on, Zhang Tong's fate is closely linked to the fate of the country.
As a result, with the intervention of the state apparatus, the Ming Dynasty became different.
"The Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, invincible in the world? - Come and try my heavy machine gun!"
"Western powers, ships with powerful guns? - Come and collide with my battleship!"
"The fields are starving and the people are starved of food? - Ask the country to send a batch of hybrid rice seeds!"
"The territory is too big and communication is inconvenient? - Please ask the country to help Ming Dynasty build radio infrastructure!"
When the owners of time and space gates in other countries found that they were unable to compete with China's national power, they also requested the intervention of their respective national powers, so the struggle for hegemony among the great powers was moved from 2025 to the end of the Ming Dynasty.
