Zhu Jingheng, a leading scholar of Ming history, falls into an underground palace while surveying the Chongzhen Mausoleum. His soul transmigrates to the final years of the Tianqi reign, where he becomes the newly enthroned young Chongzhen Emperor.
In his previous life, Chongzhen's diligence only brought ruin. He made one wrong move after another, until he died for his country on Coal Hill.
In this life, Zhu Jingheng enters the game himself. He cleans up officialdom, reforms the finances, strengthens border defenses, and sends expeditions overseas. He refuses to submit to fate or follow the old path.
Court eunuchs, powerful nobles and wealthy gentry, rebels in the Central Plains, the Later Jin beyond the passes, and Western powers: anyone who throws our realm into chaos or humiliates our people is an enemy to the death!
