Emperor Chongzhen's Reconstruction of the Ming Dynasty

The soul of Gao Feng, a top student in the modern history department, traveled through the late Ming Dynasty and became the newly crowned Chongzhen Emperor. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was on the verge of collapse: uprisings in the northwest started a prairie fire, the Northeast was surrounded by gold, wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River were hoarding wealth and evading taxes, and the north was thousands of miles away, hungry people were displaced, and internal and external troubles were intertwined. Abandoning the stubbornness and suspicion of the original owner, the new Chongzhen used modern wisdom and thunderous means to reorganize the court. He suppressed officials, eliminated eunuchs, punished corruption, and promoted talents. He used modern metallurgical technology to improve firearms, mass-produced equipment with assembly lines, and created a standardized new army and professional artillery and cavalry units. To control the northwest, we should first promote high-yielding crops, develop water conservancy, relieve the plight of the hungry people, and dismantle the foundation of the uprising. Then use superior firearms to eliminate the remnants of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Empress Jin strengthened the Shanhaiguan defense line, used improved artillery to severely damage the cavalry, and used modern tactics to regain Liaodong and force the enemy to retreat outside the pass. Conquer the south of the Yangtze River, break the established pattern, introduce new tax laws, force the gentry to pay taxes, and confiscate corrupt property to fill the national treasury; settle the north, plant potatoes and corn extensively, build warehouses, develop water conservancy projects, and promote land reclamation, so that the hungry people can live and work in peace and contentment. From the crisis of national subjugation to the peace of the world, this man who traveled through Chongzhen used modern wisdom as a blade and iron-blooded means as a shield to compose a Nirvana legend that turned the tide and restored the Chinese glory of the Zhu Ming Dynasty.