Great Ming: I Drain the Imperial Treasury, and Old Zhu Begs Me to Rule in His Stead

Ling Chen transmigrates to the tenth year of Hongwu and awakens a god-tier sign-in System.

From the start, he builds cement roads and ship lifts, stunning Zhu Yuanzhang, who is traveling incognito!

Old Zhu: "What a capable minister, a true pillar of good governance!"

The very next moment, Ling Chen sells official posts in open court, sets up a private bank, issues stocks, and traffics in weapons!

Old Zhu flies into a rage: "Traitor! Corrupt official! I'll have you killed!"

Ling Chen: "Your Majesty, you don't know a damn thing! What you do is tend a vegetable garden. I'm building a financial empire!"

Transferred to Beiping? Ling Chen turns around and invents the steam engine, discovers oil, builds industrial farms, and drains the merchants' wealth with futures trading!

He launches a national war with war bonds!

The imperial relatives dare to seize his divine grain? In front of the six ministries' ministers, Ling Chen says, "Throw them out for me!"

The officials kneel and beg: "Your Majesty, please let Lord Ling join the court!" Zhu Yuanzhang: "I can't keep him under control!"

Xu Da: "Your Majesty, his new steel armor can't even be pierced by fire-lances!"

Zhu Di: "Father, your son wishes to become his disciple!"

Zhu Yuanzhang slumps on the dragon throne: "Does the Great Ming belong to the Zhu clan or the Ling clan?!"

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