Emperor Taichang died. The protagonist becomes the 16-year-old Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao - a tragic figure who only lived 23 years old in history and was ridiculed as the Carpenter Emperor by later generations.
That night, Li Xuanshi held the prince hostage and refused to release him from the Qianqing Palace. The Donglin Party took the opportunity to storm the palace and seize power. The game between the inner court and the outer court was about to break out. He knows this is just the beginning. There were only hundreds of thousands of taels of silver left in the national treasury, and Liaodong's annual military expenditures were millions of taels; the eight imperial merchants secretly sold iron and grain to the Jurchens in Jianzhou, the Donglin Party used their words to exclude dissidents, and the 100,000-strong force in the Beijing camp was actually less than 30,000.
He is a time traveler and knows part of the historical direction. But information was transmitted very slowly in 1620, and he was not omniscient, let alone omnipotent. The system was activated due to the resonance of the national destiny during the coronation ceremony, but it only provided principles and reference information—essential insights, causal deductions, and psychological assistance. It was forbidden to give physical objects, drawings, or direct answers. Every call consumes avenue points, and every shortcut temptation is a trap for the heart test. Those who refuse shortcuts will receive the heart-guarding mark, and those who accept shortcuts will have their consciousness recovered.
But as he gradually gained a foothold in the court, he discovered that the undercurrent was far more than party strife and foreign aggression. About two hundred consciousnesses were projected into this era at the same time. Some have awakened the system, while others are lurking. The truth-seeking faction tried to cooperate to break the situation, the predatory faction was willing to destroy for their own benefit, and the maintenance faction looked on with cold eyes. The screening of the Ark Project has never stopped - it does not want the strongest ruler, but a leader of civilization who can keep his conscience at the limit of power.
Seven volumes, forty years. From the flash of swords in the palace transfer case to the ultimate choice of civilization upgrading, seeking truth is the path and keeping the heart is the foundation. This heart is so bright, what else can I say?
