I Am Chongzhen, and I’m Micromanaging the Ming Dynasty

Chiang Kai-shek, also known as the "Big Zelensky"

If you're so powerful, why didn't you let Sun Quan confiscate the homes of those Princes of Fu and Lu? If you didn't, you left it to Li Zicheng to confiscate. He got so much silver and wealth from confiscating homes, and expanding his army by a million was simply aiding the enemy.

With such powerful cheat codes, wouldn't the protagonist want to become extraordinary? Or use technology to enhance himself? Or use drugs to strengthen his body? That's too strange.

Damn it, every time I read a novel from the late Ming Dynasty, I feel a mix of satisfaction and unease when I think about dragging out the Fan family and killing them. How come Old Z shares the same surname with them? They became traitors, and I feel like I'm being blamed because of them. Although I'm from Sichuan and have absolutely no connection with them, I still feel uncomfortable.

The idea that a railway could be built is pure nonsense. Leaving aside the immense manpower, resources, and time required to construct a railway, just building the rails wouldn't be a short-term task. Technology isn't something you can simply acquire and immediately apply; factory construction takes time, worker training takes time, and there simply isn't the transportation capacity available for large-scale steelmaking.

Seeing how much the current chapter praises foreigners, like Johann Adam Schall von Bell, one can think of foreigners as useful, but not unreliable. Does anyone really believe foreigners will be on the protagonist's side? Let's read two more chapters.

Emperor Chongzhen? That's way too much to ask for! Just think of it as a reshuffling of the deck. Conquer the world! First, know all the history and figures of the Ming Dynasty! Second, use a summoning system, check loyalty, and exchange silver for resources! Personal power grants immunity to all poisons and immortality! Choose to summon the power of descending figures!

Recently, there has been a trend towards turning into palace intrigue dramas.

The calamities of the late Ming dynasty had already befallen three emperors, with powerful families, nobles, and wealthy merchants deeply entrenched in their power and controlling the treasury. Recent troubles included constant banditry and the frequent raids of the Jurchens.

The fundamental problem at the end of the Ming Dynasty was food shortage. In the north, most fields failed to yield a harvest due to natural disasters. At this time, including the hidden population, there were approximately 200 million people. Too many people in both the north and south were struggling to survive.