Wei Ming 
Last Seventeen Years of the Ming Dynasty [EPUB ebook] 

This book recounts the controversial and tumultuous final period of the Ming Dynasty. Starting from the downfall of Wei Zhongxian, a powerful eunuch, it narrates the rise and fall of the great general Yuan Chonghuan, the omnipotence of the traitor Wen Tiren, the widespread peasant uprising, the dilemma of internal and external troubles, the sacrifice of the famous generals Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting for the country, and ultimately the end of the Ming Dynasty in 1644 when Chongzhen committed suicide.The book focuses on the bloody and tumultuous final seventeen years of the Ming Dynasty from 1628 to 1644, describing the controversial and turbulent final period of the Ming Dynasty.This seventeen-year historical scroll begins with the elimination of eunuch factions and the restoration of justice, and then unfolds slowly with the turmoil between ministers, border crises, the collapse of the Central Plains, the loss of the capital, and the change of regime. Eventually, the dynasty collapsed, and the once prosperous Ming Dynasty came to an end, with the suicide of the emperor Chongzhen on Coal Hill marking the end.