Chongzhen: My Ancestors Have Started Quarreling

[All About Building a Career] [The Ancestors Get Competitive] [Dynasties Compete Across Time] [Chongzhen as Referee] [An All-Star Cast Competes to Strengthen the Nation]

Lu Yuan, an ordinary graduate student in history, transmigrates to the first year of the Chongzhen era.

His mission is to help Chongzhen turn this mess around.

His golden finger: the Sage Summoning Platform. It can summon people, even several at a time.

Lu Yuan: "Your Majesty, have you ever seen Shang Yang, Wang Anshi, and Zhang Juzheng debate in the same court?"

Chongzhen: "...I haven't. I want to see it."

Round One: The Reform Team. Shang Yang, Wang Anshi, and Zhang Juzheng trade barbs in court. Shang Yang calls Wang Anshi too soft, Wang Anshi accuses Zhang Juzheng of patching ideas together, and Zhang Juzheng gives a cold laugh, combines their proposals, and tosses them to Chongzhen. "Your Majesty, even if you add their proposals together, they still don't measure up to mine."

Chongzhen makes his decision on the spot: Zhang Juzheng wins; Shang Yang and Wang Anshi can go run pilot programs.

Round Two: The Military Team. Qi Jiguang, Yue Fei, and Li Jing compete on the same stage. Yue Fei is still drawing battle formations, while Qi Jiguang has already finished training his troops. Li Jing silently takes out a copy of The Art of War by Duke Wei... Chongzhen watches, slaps the table, and cries, "All of you, get to it!"

Round Three: The Technology Team. Song Yingxing, Shen Kuo, and Xu Guangqi compete on the spot, one refining steel, one making instruments, and one revising the calendar. Chongzhen cries out in delight, "My ancestors were incredible!"

And so the Ming Dynasty recovers at rocket speed, the ancestors compete like mad, and Chongzhen gets to watch immortals clash every day.

In a nutshell: Chongzhen referees, the ancestors compete, and the Ming takes off.