Chongzhen: My Cabinet Is Full of Ambitious Villains in Chaotic Times

A modern corporate bankruptcy and liquidation expert transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty, only to find himself doing pull-ups on the crooked-neck tree at Coal Hill from the start. The officials refuse to contribute a single coin and simply wait for a new dynasty to take over, while the imperial treasury is so empty even the rats are starving? Fine. This bankrupt company called the Great Ming will be liquidated by force!

Bound to the [Use Evil to Punish Evil System], he can forcibly recruit history's most notorious ruthless figures as long as he acts like a tyrant!

Day one: Just before Jiaqing orders Heshen's execution, a fully maxed-out money-grabbing machine appears in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, an expert in every trick for hiding silver. One raid later, the Great Ming has ten years' worth of treasury revenue!

Day two: Shang Yang storms the Fengtian Hall with his system of collective punishment. Imperial relatives are beheaded in the street, and the stubborn plague of corruption is cured in a single day!

Day three: The suspicious and bloodthirsty Chancellor Cao takes charge of the capital's three great military camps. He executes hereditary dukes first, enforces military law with an iron fist, and forges an invincible army!

Dorgon leads a hundred thousand Eight Banner troops to the passes, boasting that they are invincible in the field?

With Jia Xu, Dong Zhuo, and Bai Qi behind him, Chongzhen smiles as he draws the Son of Heaven's sword. "All treacherous officials of the court, heed my command! Anyone who dares stand in the Great Ming's way, scatter their ashes to the wind!"