After his soul transmigrates into the sixteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the Ming dynasty is barely clinging to life. Li Zicheng is about to breach the capital, and Dorgon watches like a tiger ready to pounce.
The moment Zhou Zhe opens his eyes, the System gives him an ultimatum: defy fate and turn things around in 467 days, or die!
Rebels roam the land, officials are corrupt, powerful enemies surround the country, and the treasury is empty.
He is no longer the diligent but ineffectual Chongzhen. With one hand he seizes power, with the other he raises funds:
He overhauls the Embroidered Uniform Guard and Eastern Depot, plants spies everywhere, and consolidates his hold on the court;
He investigates the Shanxi merchants, confiscates their wealth to fund the army, and fills the treasury overnight;
He issues government bonds and offers equity incentives, binding civil and military officials to his cause;
He secretly trains troops and builds a powerful army, first crushing Li Zicheng, then defeating Dorgon!
Once the internal threats are gone, he immediately expands abroad:
He reasserts control over Korea, reclaims Taiwan, conquers Japan, and opens the Age of Exploration!
He battles the Dutch and Spanish for Southeast Asia, seizes Australia, and competes with England and France for the Americas.
With an iron fist, he saves the empire from collapse, expands its borders for thousands of miles, and builds the Ming into an empire on which the sun never sets!
From a ruler of a doomed dynasty to master of the world!
It's not a mindless time-travel drama. The content follows the history and can be checked. Just read part of it. Key points include classical Chinese writing skills. The chapters of Harvest are really exciting.
It is a very good plot novel.
Enter the game a year in advance. Have enough preparation time. It was getting more and more tense.
The author has laid out dozens of chapters just for this wave of harvest 🤭🤭🤭
This is my first time reading a Ming Dynasty time travel novel and it is quite well written. I hope the author can add more notes. My history is average haha 😊