He merely said.
"Ever since I ascended the throne, I have worked diligently every day, never daring to slacken. But I know full well that I possess neither Chengzu's ability nor Great Ancestor's methods."
"You have seen the state of the Ming Dynasty yourself. Internal troubles and external threats... Whether within the court or beyond it, everything has been deteriorating. Thus, the more I learned and the more I wanted to save it, the more helpless I felt..."
"..."
Zhu Youjian spoke frankly, his expression calm.
"I was once nothing more than a prince. It was only because no one wanted to become the ruler of a ruined nation that everyone pushed me forward."
"If the sovereign and his ministers could work together, the Ming Dynasty might still have a glimmer of hope. But... can it be done?"
"..."
He said,
"I am not a good emperor."
"I thought that once the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian was defeated, everything would improve. But the result was even worse."
"I once naively believed that as long as I worked diligently day and night, everything would eventually stabilize. But... it only seemed to grow more chaotic."
"..."
"I have read the true history from Immortal Lady, and I have also seen the world of the next several centuries."
"I do not want a future in which foreign peoples enslave my Han people!"
"Since I will ultimately become the final emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the ruler of a fallen nation, then personally handing the entire country and all its people to someone worthy of entrusting them to may count as one of the few good things I do at the very end."
"..."
Zhu Youjian gazed into the distance. After his initial unwillingness to accept it, he had long since let go.