Great Ming: I Risk My Life to Govern, and Old Zhu Begs Me Not to Die

Just after transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Feng learns that a terminal illness is about to end his life. He really wants to curse.

At this critical moment, the Govern the Nation with Your Life System activates.

As long as he proposes a plan for governing the country and lets Zhu Yuanzhang know about it, he gains more time to live.

And so,

one memorial after another reaches Zhu Yuanzhang's hands.

"If the Ming Dynasty is to endure, we must open the seas."

"Nobles and officials are embezzling? Killing one or two won't solve anything."

"The key is to increase state revenue and help everyone prosper together."

"Build a tax bureau and an inspectorate, and we'll never run short of silver."

Then come

flintlock guns, potatoes and sweet potatoes, the Qianji Battalion, giant ships...

Things far beyond the Ming Dynasty are brought out, leaving Zhu Yuanzhang stunned.

"What? All of this came from a dying young man?"

The whole Ming Dynasty bursts into tears.

When Zhu Yuanzhang slowly removes the jade pendant from Zhu Feng's neck, tears stream down his aged face.

"You are..."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.