Great Ming: I, Chongzhen, Ascend the Throne and Turn the Tide

I, Chongzhen, opened my eyes in the seventh year of Tianqi. At this point, there were still a full seventeen years before the desperate end at Coal Hill recorded in the history books. Beyond the passes, Huang Taiji had only just taken power. In Liaodong, the land had not yet been lost. On Pi Island, Mao Wenlong still had the Jurchen invaders by the heel. And at court, the all-powerful Eunuch of Nine Thousand Years had only just been demoted to Fengyang! The names that would later shine through the darkest hours of history were all still here! Sun Chuanting could train a new army, Lu Xiangsheng could defend the northern frontier, and the seasoned Sun Chengzong could guide the state… As for that courier named Li Zicheng, perhaps he should be sent to Liaodong to serve as a junior officer? This time, I will use these seventeen years to give the realm beneath the sun and moon a dynasty that will never fall.