Playing the Chongzhen Simulator: From the Start, I Summon the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old

Recently, an AI game called History Simulator: Chongzhen has taken the internet by storm.

Countless players are trying to achieve the same goal: save the Ming dynasty.

Lin Yan opened the game, too.

In the first round, he chose to move the capital to Nanjing, only to be ambushed by the Qing army along the way.

In the second, he chose to put the Donglin faction in power, and the court’s infighting brought the country to ruin.

In the third, he confiscated the wealthy to raise funds, and the frontier troops mutinied on the spot.

In the fourth, he killed all the civil officials from the start, only for eighteen rebel kings to rise up across the realm.

Lin Yan had thought it was just an ordinary simulation.

That is, until the fifth round, when he wrote his first imperial edict in the tutorial:

“Summon Wei Zhongxian. Have him come to the palace to see me.”

The next second, he opened his eyes and found himself sitting on the dragon throne.

Outside the hall, wind and snow slashed like knives. The assembled officials knelt across the floor.

The old eunuch said in a trembling voice:

“Your Majesty, the Lord of Nine Thousand Years... is waiting outside for your summons.”

Lin Yan looked down and saw a line of text appear before him:

[Welcome to the Live Server]

[Current identity: Emperor of the Ming, Zhu Youjian]

[Current date: Eighth month of the seventh year of Tianqi]

[Seven days until Chongzhen ascends the throne]