I Am Zhu Yunwen, and I Will Never Strip the Princes of Their Fiefs

A hilarious transmigration story: I'm Zhu Yunwen, and I'm begging for help online. What do I do if my uncles are going to rebel? Help!

Zhu Boyan, a veteran meme-making blogger, wakes up to find he's transmigrated into the most miserable emperor of the Ming Dynasty: the Jianwen Emperor, Zhu Yunwen! With the Jingnan Campaign countdown ticking and his fourth uncle Zhu Di about to turn him into a “roast emperor,” he slams his hand on the table: abolish the fiefdoms? Only an idiot would do that! I'm going to get my uncles in on the money-making business!

And so, the entire court watches in stunned silence as the emperor:

Makes soap and MSG with homemade methods, raking in cash like crazy;

Uses sweet potatoes and potatoes to pull the wool over... er, improve the people's lives;

Lifts the maritime ban, gets trade going, and forms the “Ming Imperial Pirate Fleet”;

And establishes his “Department of Curious Arts and Ingenious Devices,” which the great scholars say is beneath the dignity of a gentleman.

This is the hilarious story of a modern goofball who, with a bunch of dim-witted guards, an empress who never stops roasting him, and princely uncles forced to “get their act together,” uses knowledge picked up from short videos to take the Ming Dynasty by storm. Before he knows it, he's kicked off an Industrial Revolution and ushered in a global Age of Exploration!

I, Zhu Yunwen, will never abolish the fiefdoms. My empire, my uncles: I want to keep them all!

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