[Alternate History]
On the day I passed through Chongzhen, the system told me: The main line of history cannot be changed, and the Ming Dynasty must perish.
I looked at the words "Li Zicheng broke into Beijing in March" and "Hanged on Meishan" that were flashed in the barrage, and nodded.
Okay, the main line can't be changed, so should I change the branch line to the head office?
So——
While the civil and military officials are still debating whether to "move south" or "defend", I have rewarded through live broadcast and "digged out" the secret granary of the former dynasty in the abandoned military camp outside Deshengmen.
When Li Zicheng's army approached Juyongguan, I set up a live broadcast camera at the top of the city: "Old fellows, now I will give you a reward. Your name will be engraved on the cannonballs! If you blow up the rebel army, it will be yours!"
They thought I was crazy.
The courtiers scolded me for corrupting my decency, the distinguished nobles hated me for breaking my bones and sucking out my marrow, and the historians were waiting to write that "Chongzhen was ignorant and the country was destroyed."
But I don't know——
I used the food in exchange for rewards to feed a hundred thousand border troops who were on the verge of mutiny;
On the day when Li Zicheng's troops came to the city, I did not go to Meishan.
I stood on the Zhengyang Gate Tower, behind me were the defenders who had eaten well, gripped their weapons, and their eyes were bright.
The camera in the live broadcast room is focused on the dark army outside the city.
I said: "Old fellows, this is the final chapter. The rewards have been settled and we will be given pay to our Ming soldiers!"
