Great Ming: I Slack Off Every Day, Yet the Old Zhu Drags Me Away

A modern young man transmigrates and becomes Zhu Yunton, Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson. Knowing that serving the emperor is like keeping company with a tiger, he wants only to stay clear of court intrigues, live peacefully in his fief, and enjoy an idle life of privilege.

But fate loves to play tricks. At a court assembly, an offhand opinion of his catches Zhu Yuanzhang's attention. The emperor begins entrusting him with important tasks, and Zhu Yunton is swept into the whirlpool of power. After that, his political rival Zhu Yunwen keeps making things difficult for him, throwing one tricky problem after another his way in an attempt to make him look foolish.

In matters of the heart, Zhu Yunton wants to marry Xu Miaojin, but Xu Huizu refuses. With no other choice, he even comes up with the outrageous plan of using troops to force the marriage.

In the treacherous Ming court, Zhu Yunton is repeatedly forced to act, using modern wisdom and historical knowledge to handle each challenge as it comes. Can he rewrite his fate amid the whirlpool of political intrigue and achieve his original wish to simply keep his head down and survive?

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