The Last Ming Emperor Is Unreliable

I woke up in the late Ming dynasty, back in the body of the Chongzhen Emperor.

I can’t even afford to support the women in the palace. Being emperor isn’t easy at all.

Luckily, I’m a history teacher... I’ve written several papers on the rise and fall of dynasties... Though I just copied them by typing them up, whatever... Now it’s time to show what I can do.

Now that I hold power, how hard can it be to squeeze some money out of the corrupt merchants and officials wreaking havoc on the Ming?

I studied for over a decade. My grounding in science and engineering isn’t great, but it’s more than enough for this era.

Whether you’re a Manchu invader, a corrupt Donglin Party official, or a foreign devil, let’s see if you can stand up to my modern guns and cannons...

Something’s not right... The Western Renaissance wasn’t like that at all. Those shameless people got ahead entirely by plagiarizing our Chinese civilization...