At the Tumu Crisis, the Ming Dynasty loses its elite troops! Zhu Qizhen, the “God of War of the Ming,” is captured, and five hundred thousand Oirat cavalry descend on the gates of Beijing.
The court and the people are shaken. Officials wail, while spineless men led by Xu Youzhen kneel and beg to flee south.
When Zhu Qiyu wakes, he discovers that he has become the Jingtai Emperor, a “poor sucker” about to take the throne who, according to history, will fight to the death to defend the Ming, only to be killed by his brother in the Coup at the Palace Gates!
Flee south? I’ve read The Song of the Southern Conquest, and I’m a transmigrator!
“The Son of Heaven guards the gates of the realm; the ruler dies for his country! Anyone who dares call for retreat will be executed without mercy!”
In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Zhu Qiyu draws his sword and cuts down the faction calling for a southern flight, activating the [Iron-Blooded Tyrant’s National Fortune System]!
He promotes Yu Qian and holds the capital at all costs! When Zhu Qizhen calls out from beyond the city walls, Zhu Qiyu sneers. “Brother, for the sake of the Ming, you must die! Fire!”
Once the defenses are secure, Zhu Qiyu takes on the mess of an empty treasury and a civil service riddled with cliques, becoming the Ming Dynasty’s most formidable tyrant!
He uses the imperial arts of Jiajing from Ming Dynasty 1566 to toy with officials, and employs Zhang Juzheng’s “kaocheng method” and “single-whip reform” to confiscate the property of corrupt officials and wipe out their families!
The Jiangnan gentry refuse to pay taxes? The Embroidered Uniform Guard’s prison awaits!
The civil officials stage a protest unto death? Beat them to death with the palace gate cudgels!
Yu Qian commands the army, Zhang Juzheng governs, and Qi Jiguang crushes the pirates!
From the darkest hour at Tumu Fortress to sweeping across the northern deserts with artillery, under this tyrant’s leadership, the Ming carves out a path of iron and blood to become a hegemon before whom all nations pay homage!
“I am no ruler who will lose his country. I am the greatest emperor in the history of the Ming!”
