Ming Dynasty: I Extend Its Fate By 300 Years

Modern man Ye Xuan travels back to become Chongzhen, who has just reigned for 23 days, facing a desperate start. He recruits the formidable Fang Zhenghua and secretly mobilizes Qin Liangyu to seize military power. Manipulating Wei Zhongxian to investigate the assets of noble families and replenish the imperial treasury, he purges the court, issues the decree of no further tax increases, executes Ke Shi by slow slicing, and pressures the Donglin Party while summoning Li Banghua to reform military affairs. Disguised, he investigates disasters and issues the tax decree to stabilize public sentiment. Facing demonstrations from the Capital Army and obstruction from the eunuch faction, he advances cautiously, dancing on the blade's edge, vowing to reverse Ming's fate against the heavens!