The Great Ming Dynasty: Let the Emperor Suffer, I'll Take the Blame

After transmigrating to the Jiajing era, Luo Haochuan relies on his photographic memory and ability to read people to rise through the imperial examinations and earn the jinshi degree. But just after entering the Hanlin Academy, the court moves to replace rice paddies with mulberry fields.

As Xu Jie's protégé, child prodigy Luo Haochuan is appointed the new magistrate of Jiande County. Together with Hai Rui, he finds himself caught in the storm surrounding the rice-to-mulberry policy.

Faced with this seemingly hopeless situation, Luo Haochuan throws the entire Ming bureaucracy into chaos.

"Zheng Bichang, this time you won't even be able to play the whore."

"Eunuch Yang, some things weigh less than four liang when they aren't on the scales, but once you put them on, they can weigh a thousand jin."

"Little Grand Secretary, the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming rest on my shoulders. How dare you talk to me about serving the country?"

"Let the Emperor suffer. I'll take the blame!"

From county magistrate to governor, then minister, Luo Haochuan eventually rises to grand secretary.

Luo Haochuan shows Zhang Juzheng that power is merely a tool for realizing one's ambitions. His true aim is to sideline imperial authority and remake the world.

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