Recasting the Ming Dynasty: I Am Chongzhen, a Doctor of Chemistry

Protagonist: Zhu Guangming (Ph. D. In modern chemistry, proficient in inorganic/organic chemistry, basic materials science, modern scientific logic, basic political economics, historical common sense, rational and pragmatic character, decisive in killing, and no pedantic spirit) Crossing node: On March 19, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng conquered Beijing. Zhu Youjian, the former Chongzhen Emperor, had just stepped onto the Crooked Neck Tree in Meishan. When the rope was tied around his neck and the branch was about to break, thunder split the branch. Zhu Guangming's soul passed through his body and saved his life on the spot.