Reborn as Chongzhen: I Will Make This Dynasty Last Another Three Hundred Years

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen's reign, at an old locust tree on Coal Hill, a strip of white silk tightened around his throat.

When Zhu Youjian opened his eyes again, he had returned to the autumn of the seventh year of Tianqi, to the very moment he had just ascended the throne.

In his previous life, he had ruled diligently and lived frugally, yet his country fell and he died.

This time, he would no longer be fooled by the Donglin faction or held in check by the eunuch faction.

He raised Wei Zhongxian, only to strip him of his power; won over Wang Tigan and sidelined the Directorate of Ceremonial; set up an intelligence network and took back control of approving memorials. Lady Ke was imprisoned, and the eunuch faction was dismantled.

When unpaid border troops in Jizhen mutinied, he overruled all objections and personally left the capital with the last 110,000 taels of silver.

“The border troops are the bulwark of the realm. I go to tell all under heaven: the new emperor has ascended the throne, and dawn has come!”

See how a reborn Chongzhen turns the tide as the sun sets over the Forbidden City, pulls the Ming back from the brink of collapse, and extends its rule for another three hundred years!