I Asked You to Write About a Beggar, So Why Did You Write About the Founding of the Hongwu Era?

Su Huai transmigrates to Blue Star and enters the National Youth Creative Writing Contest.

Contestants must improvise a short story based on a prompt from the judges.

This round's theme is beggars.

While the other contestants write about "a homeless man who lost his family," "a disabled beggar who refuses to give up," and "a father who kneels all over the city to raise money for his daughter's treatment"...

Su Huai gives a completely different answer.

"A beggar? Fine, I'll write about the greatest beggar of all time."

"From the start, all he has is a broken bowl. By the end, he rules ten thousand miles of territory!"

"He crawls out of hell, slaughters a million soldiers in Jiangnan, and the precious sword at his waist still reeks of blood!"

At first, the judges think he's gone off topic. "We asked you to write about a beggar. Why are you writing about war?"

That is, until the story unfolds...

A commoner from Huaiyou rises up and executes corrupt officials!

At the Battle of Poyang Lake, he burns Chen Youliang's fleet!

He marches north to conquer the Central Plains and founds the Hongwu era!

He drives out the Tartars and restores China!

At his coronation, when he declares, "I was but a commoner from Huaiyou. What can the world add to me?" viewers across the internet rise to their feet in tribute!

"Have you lost your mind? You call this a beggar?"

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