Great Ming: I Didn’t Kill Wei Zhongxian from the Start, So I Went on a Killing Spree

Reborn + tyrant + ruthless and decisive + the Ming Dynasty's Industrial Revolution + an empire on which the sun never sets

“Your Majesty, please execute the eunuch Wei Zhongxian to set things right!”

“Execute him? No. He's my purse, and my sharpest blade!”

After transmigrating into the newly enthroned Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian faces a nightmare from the start: mice run through the treasury, the civil officials are ruining the country, and the crooked tree on Coal Hill seems to beckon him toward a noose.

Zhu Youjian burns the hanging rope and looks at the trembling Wei Zhongxian.

“Old Wei, I won't kill you. I want you to be a rabid dog. Anyone who dares stand in my way, you tear them apart!”

From then on, the Ming Dynasty's whole approach changes!

Short on money? Wei Zhongxian leads the Eastern Depot in a frenzy of confiscations. Civil officials wail and plead as hundreds of millions of silver taels flood the imperial treasury!

Short on food? Promote potatoes and sweet potatoes, kick off an Industrial Revolution, and end famine in the Ming Dynasty!

Rebellion? Li Zicheng, stop delivering parcels. I'll give you a fleet so you can wreak havoc in the East and South Seas!

Foreign enemies? Huang Taiji is about to invade when new cannons blast him right back home. Dorgon is forced to dig for potatoes in Siberia!

Years later, Zhu Youjian stands before a world map.

Wei Zhongxian shakily hands him a memorial. “Your Majesty, please stop killing them. We've already conquered the whole globe. Now the entire world speaks Chinese!”