Late Ming, 1642: Reclaiming the Realm

I transmigrated to the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign. My distant relative was Wei Zhongxian, the powerful eunuch of the Tianqi era. Yet I had never gotten much out of him. I was just a low-ranking constable in Suning County, Hejian Prefecture, North Zhili. Fortunately, our ties were distant, so in the early years of the Chongzhen reign, I wasn't exiled thousands of miles away like the rest of the Wei family. Standing atop the city wall, I gazed out over a ruined land stretching a thousand li in every direction. Wei Zhao's resolve grew ever firmer. I might as well be the one to become emperor!