Governing the Ming Dynasty: I Am the Legitimate Heir, Father, Abdicate!

Year Eight of Hongwu!

Zhu Feng transmigrated to the Great Ming and became the son Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma had left behind among the common people. He was two years older than Zhu Biao.

Zhu Yuanzhang: This is giving me a headache. Who should I make Crown Prince?

Empress Ma: Obviously Feng'er. He's the eldest legitimate son.

Zhu Yuanzhang: My empress, the harem is not allowed to interfere in state affairs!

Hu Weiyong: How about we kill him?

Tang He: I suggest sending Zhu Feng to fight the Oirats. If he loses, he'll die anyway!

Lan Yu: Put Zhu Feng under my command. I'll make him a front-line soldier and cannon fodder.

Er Hu: Please send Zhu Feng to Yangzhou. I'll put a hole in his boat along the way, and go down with him to feed the fish.

Liu Bowen: Sigh, I guess we'll just have to send him to his death.

Li Shanchang: Give him a low-ranking civil post and have him conduct investigations all over the country. With a job that makes him offend people everywhere, someone is bound to kill him.

Just then, Zhu Feng's Great Ming Government Affairs System awakened. Every time he conducted an investigation, he could earn a reward.

Ding! Investigation successful. You have received 10 billion jin of grain!

Zhu Feng: Every last one of you wants me dead? I'm the eldest legitimate son, the heir to the throne, and the rightful successor. Father, abdicate!

The people of the Great Ming: We welcome the new emperor to the throne!

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