Zhu Youjian, rest in peace. Everything you have will be inherited by me, Ye Xuan. From this moment forward, I am the sixteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty—Chongzhen. I hereby swear: Those you, Zhu Youjian, cannot kill, I, Chongzhen, will kill; those you, Zhu Youjian, cannot do, I, Chongzhen, will do. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong rebel? They'll have to see if I give them the chance! The Jurchens slaughtered my people in the Central Plains? Then I will slaughter the Jurchens, exterminate their race, and wipe them out! The eight great Shanxi merchants colluded with the Jurchens, acting as their spies? Then I will confiscate their property and exterminate their entire clan! The scholars are ignorant, incompetent, and shameless, betraying their country and surrendering to the enemy…