Great Ming: I'm a Playboy, So Why Are You Begging Me to Become Chief Grand Secretary?

After transmigrating as the son of a wealthy merchant in the Hongwu era, Han Yi studied hard for ten years and finally learned how to read!

After facing reality and giving up on the imperial exams and an official career, he had only just settled into a leisurely life of modest comfort.

But then, at a brothel, he ran into Zhu Di, who was traveling incognito after the Jingnan Campaign, and let something slip after drinking too much.

Zhu Di: Sir, your reforms of taxing land by headcount and consolidating taxes into a single levy are truly wise policies that benefit the nation and its people!

Yao Guangxiao: The dynastic cycle! At last, this old monk can see through the clouds and glimpse the truth!

Zhu Gaochi: Sir, how can we put the assembly lines and industrialization you mentioned into practice?

To everyone's surprise, Zhu Gaoxu fell to his knees and pleaded: Sir, please become the Ming Empire's chief minister and set the world right!

The whole Ming Empire had its tune changed!

The small nations of Goryeo, Japan, Annam, and elsewhere panicked: You, don't come any closer!

The nations of England and Europe trembled: Your Majesty, the foreigners have come to build railways for us!

The Ming Empire's ironclad warships plowed ahead: Open up! It's time for free trade!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.