Don't Ask Me to Save the Ming Dynasty, I Just Want to Rule the South Seas

[Late Ming] + [Southward Expansion] + [Founding a Nation]

In the final years of the Yongli reign, the realm falls apart and Qing forces advance.

Thirteen-year-old Lin Yue, young master of the Lin family, has barely transmigrated when he is confronted with a mess: the elders are trying to seize power, and traitors within the family are plotting to surrender to the Qing. Fortunately, he awakens a Gold and Silver Marketplace, where he can buy provisions, elite troops, and powerful weapons.

He quells the family's internal strife and repels the invading Qing forces. Watching the Southern Ming court waste its time on infighting and empty promises, Lin Yue gives up on them completely.

Fight for the Central Plains? Whoever wants to can go!

I'll hold Guangdong and Guangxi, build a navy, and sweep south through the Indochinese Peninsula. I won't be a lone loyalist of the Great Ming. I'll establish a prosperous kingdom in the Southern Seas, untouched by the flames of war!