Great Ming: Shameless Rogue, How Could You Be a Confucian Sage?

In the first year of Yongle, Neo-Confucianism has grown rigid and corrupt.

Though Zhu Di has ascended the throne, he is but the last glimmer of a setting sun.

Chen Chong transmigrates into this world and presents a brand-new theory to help the Great Ming grow rich and strong and escape the vicious cycle of order and chaos.

But he is ruthless, scheming, and full of tricks. Every one of his enemies is driven to despair!

Xie Jin: "Pfft! Shameless! This guy is sweet-tongued but treacherous. He agreed to everything, then turned around and sold me out!"

Zhu Gaoxu: "In his eyes, I'm nothing but a complete sucker!"

Duke Yansheng: "Heavens! How can this shameless scoundrel become a sage for the ages? Is there no justice? I want to impeach him!"

Zhu Di: "Silence! That's just prejudice! Chen Chong is clearly a great minister and a sage for all eternity!"

Chen Chong: "In all I do, I have more righteousness than I can use, and more wickedness than I should! Everything I have learned in my life comes down to three things!"

"First, the dialectical approach to history. Second, the ideal of Great Harmony. Third, the path of science!"

"I answer to neither authority nor books, only to facts!"

People of later generations say, "Chen Chong was the chief architect of the Great Ming's eight-century golden age!"

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