Transmigrated to Ming: Starting by Kicking Down the Door and Kidnapping the Emperor

In the first year of Taichang, on the first day of the ninth month, two emperors died within a month in the Forbidden City. The whole palace was in mourning, as if the sky had fallen. Zhang Zhiyan transmigrated as the second legitimate son of the Duke of Ying. Standing outside the Qianqing Palace, he listened as Concubine Li held the future Tianqi Emperor hostage inside, and not a single eunuch in the hall dared to make a sound. He kicked the door open. That night, he snatched Zhu Youxiao out and shouted a name in the crowd—Wei Jinzhong. Later, he changed the man's name to Wei Zhongxian. He did not become emperor, nor did he prop up the dragon throne. He intended to borrow the emperor's shell and wield the Jinyiwei's blade to carve out, one by one, from this rotten-to-the-core Great Ming: the blood of Liaodong, the ships of the great voyages, the silver in the gentry's pockets, and the lands in the princes' enclosures. Some cursed him as a cruel official, some as a butcher. Nurhaci sent him four words—the Tyrant with a Blade. Zhang Zhiyan laughed: "I don't even have a fief. Whose tyrant am I? Give me a fief first, then curse me." — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Transmigrated to Ming: Starting by Kicking Down the Door and Kidnapping the Emperor — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠