I Pacified the Northern Desert, and You Want Me to Be Emperor

Others transmigrate to the Ming Dynasty, vying for the position of crown prince, fighting for the throne, and engaging in internal court power struggles. Only Zhu Chenyuan was abandoned by Jiajing in the desolate Northern Desert, starting with nothing, mocked by the court and the public, and deemed certain to die in the bitter cold frontier. No one knew that this abandoned prince, forsaken by the Ming Dynasty, possessed modern infrastructure and a powerful military civilization! Clearing wasteland, smelting iron and casting cannons, building roads and cities, and innovating all industries. While others were still scheming in factional strife and internal conflicts, he had already forged a steel-era prosperity in the extreme northern wilderness! Training troops and strengthening the army, sweeping across the Tatar and Oirat tribes! Resettling people and cultivating fields, revitalizing the vast Northern Desert! Mining mountains for resources, building an industrial foundation! Expedition to the extreme north, conquering myriad nations beyond the frontier! In just a few years, the once-despised outcast held a million-strong iron army, with territory encompassing the Northern Desert, Liaodong, and the extreme northern snow plains, his military might intimidating all of East Asia! Meanwhile, the Ming Dynasty was decaying, plagued by factional strife, internal and external troubles, and teetering on the brink. Jiajing was critically ill, the crown prince incompetent, and officials traveled thousands of miles to the northern frontier, kneeling and begging: "Your Highness, return to the capital, inherit the throne, and save the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Chenyuan stood on the city tower in the extreme north, overlooking the vast land, and smiled indifferently: My iron army has trampled the extreme north, pacified myriad nations beyond the frontier, and I hold a vast and beautiful realm. The dragon throne in the Forbidden City that you fight over with bloodshed... whoever wants to sit on it, sit on it! I do not want the throne of the decaying Ming Dynasty, I will build my own eternal northern hegemony! — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: I Pacified the Northern Desert, and You Want Me to Be Emperor — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠