Seven Days to Save the Ming Dynasty? I'll Take the Noose Instead

Zhu Lian wakes up as Emperor Chongzhen—with exactly seven days before rebel armies storm the Forbidden City. The Ming Dynasty is collapsing under foreign invasion, peasant uprisings, and a court riddled with corruption. Armed with foreknowledge and a ruthless resolve, he casts aside the noose of history and seizes the imperial sword. Corrupt officials? Dead. Treacherous nobles hoarding wealth? Executed. Merchant traitors selling out the nation? Eliminated. In a desperate race against time, one man will rewrite the fate of an empire—or die trying. When the dust settles, the decree rings out: Th…