Stealing the Ming Dynasty in the Name of the Guo Surname

Zhu Shuren had spent many years muddling along at the Institute of International Relations at Peking University, and because modern society was too peaceful, all the military, diplomatic, deceptive, and strategic skills he had learned had nowhere to be used.

Heaven had eyes, and one night he returned to the twelfth year of the Chongzhen reign. In such a chaotic age, wouldn’t everything he had learned in his life finally have a place to shine?

The Ming Dynasty was already utterly beyond saving.

His identity was only that of a mere xiucai, not even an official. How could he possibly save the Ming through normal means in time?

In that case, he would have to use any means necessary.

This is a novel of high-IQ schemes. There are already too many purely hot-blooded, fight-first late-Ming stories, and old readers must be tired of them too, so let’s try something different. This novel also has power struggles, but it will not be mindlessly hot-blooded.