[Dual Transmigration] [Top Scholar in All Three Exams] [Resisting the Qing in Liaodong] [Firearms and Farming] [Nation-Building] [Photographic Memory] [United Sovereign and Ministers] [Improved Firearms] [Crushing the Eight Banners] [Destroying Later Jin] [Reforms and New Policies] [Exploring the Seas] [Feel-Good Story]
In the eighth year of the Chongzhen reign, as the Great Ming teetered on the brink of collapse, two souls from another world arrived.
Zhao Yi is reborn as a young man with an extraordinary memory. He dominates the imperial examinations, placing first in all three stages in one fell swoop and astonishing the court and the country.
Within the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, deep in the palace, resides an ordinary modern woman. Knowing the kingdom's tragic fate, and aware that she is no good at practical affairs, she simply delegates authority and holds the line, taking on every attack at court herself.
Zhao Yi is ordered to Ningyuan to restore the ruined lands of western Liaoning. Zu Dashou of Jinzhou is devoted to resisting the enemy. They share provisions and intelligence, working together to build the Shanhai Pass-Ningyuan-Jinzhou defensive line.
They survey wasteland, divert water for farming, and stockpile several years' worth of grain. They establish firearms workshops, continually upgrading guns, cannons, and ammunition, using modern military-industrial methods to crush the Eight Banners cavalry. They win over and appease the Mongol tribes, isolating Later Jin.
Only the sovereign and his minister remain in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. A phrase used as a secret signal among the people lets the two kindred souls who know the end is coming recognize one another, and they pledge to save the country together.
There is no factional strife at court, no infighting or discord on the frontier. Working in seamless partnership, one at home and one abroad, they defeat Huang Taiji's main force head-on, finally ending the annual raids on western Liaoning.
Once Liaodong is secure, they reform the nation's long-standing ills, build shipyards, and set sail to claim thousands of miles of new territory.
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A Lazy Man in the Late Ming Wants to Flee to Yunnan, but Gets Forced into Becoming the King of Liaodong
A Flintlock at the Start of the Late Ming: Turning the Tide
Guns and Cannons on the Ming-Qing Frontier: A Bloody Fight for Western Liaoning
I’m Livestreaming Across the Internet as a Rebel in the Ming Dynasty
Ai's writing style is really annoying
This book is beautiful