Great Ming: From Tumu Fortress to the Jingtai Emperor

In the autumn of the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong era of the Ming Dynasty, when the Zhengtong Emperor Zhu Qizhen was scattered from his forces and captured by sixty thousand elite Oirat cavalry, the coldest day in Beijing arrived.

The Left Vice Minister of War, Yu Qian, stood in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and angrily rebuked Xu Cheng (Xu Youzhen): "Beijing is the foundation of our ancestors and the heart of the Ming Dynasty. Anyone who dares to suggest moving south may be executed!"

Zhu Qiyu, who had transmigrated here, looked at Yu Qian and the scene in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. A sense of crisis shot from the soles of his feet straight to his head.

"We ask Prince Cheng to ascend the throne as emperor, stabilize the empire, and preserve the Ming Dynasty."