Great Ming: I'm the Chongzhen Emperor, and I'll Never Hang Myself

In his previous life, he was a mere ant, scraping by just to stay alive. In this life, he is the emperor at the end of the Ming dynasty, enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens. The Qing army watches Shanhai Pass, Li Zicheng is at the gates of Beijing, and the Ming dynasty is on the brink of collapse. As the sun sets, he hangs himself from a branch in the southeast. Just as Zhu Youjian is about to take his life on a crooked-neck tree, a voice suddenly rings out in his mind. [Ding! The Iron-Blooded Emperor System has been activated!] Zhu Youjian jolts in fright, and the branch snaps clean off. [Execute treacherous ministers and rebel factions to earn generous rewards!] [Ding! Execute the traitor Zhang Jinyan to receive breech-loading flintlock rifles and eight thousand Black Armored troops! Revive Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng!] That day, many people in Beijing saw the Chongzhen Emperor personally lead a force of heavily armored cavalry out of the city to attack... Years later, as Zhu Youjian grew old, he gazed out from a high vantage point at the vast realm he had conquered and declared with pride, “I have done right by the late emperor!”