Great Ming: I Am Chongzhen, and I Won’t Let the Dynasty Fall the Same Way Again

A low-ranking civil servant transmigrates to the seventh year of the Tianqi era.

The most chaotic time in the history books: capable men have left office, incapable men are in power, and the state treasury is empty.

The crooked-neck tree is waving at me!

I bring back Wei Zhongxian, using threats and trickery to squeeze out ten million taels of silver.

Now I can catch my breath.

Wait, I still have to appoint and dismiss officials.

What’s Xu Guangqi doing?

“Your Majesty, I’m growing sweet potatoes.”

What? Sweet potatoes?

What’s Wang Zheng doing?

“Your Majesty, I’m researching gravity and the Earth’s gravitational pull.”

What?

All the Ming Empire’s scientific talent, come join my Ministry of Works!

I won’t kill Wei Zhongxian. I’ll kill the eunuchs.

I’ll keep a firm grip on military power with one hand and build a new Ming army.

The trap is set. In the year of the Jisi Incident, I’ll be waiting for you, Hong Taiji.

A slow-burn power fantasy with a historical focus, but the best parts come later. Is that right?