Ming Dynasty 1566: I, Gao Hanwen, Refuse to Take the Blame

After waking up, Lin Chen found himself in Gao Hanwen's body.

It was the thirty-ninth year of the Jiajing reign. The imperial finance meeting had just ended, and Yan Shifan had recommended him for the post of prefect of Hangzhou, sending him to Zhejiang to implement the policy of **replacing rice paddies with mulberry fields**.

In the original story, Gao Hanwen entered Jiangnan full of a scholar's idealism, only to walk straight into a death trap. The Yan faction wanted him to take the fall, the reform-minded officials were waiting for him to fail, and Shen Yishi had laid a trap that left him ruined and disgraced.

But now, with complete memories of the story, Gao Hanwen would never again be a pawn for others to manipulate.

Yan Shifan wants to push me into a fire pit? I'll expose the disastrous roots of the policy to replace rice paddies with mulberry fields.

Zheng Bichang and He Maocai want to breach the dikes and flood the fields? I'll protect the people's farmland in advance.

Hu Zongxian's dilemma, Xu Jie's schemes, and Emperor Jiajing's political machinations: I understand them all.

I won't join the Yan faction or side with the reform-minded officials.

With nothing but a scholar's resolve, I'll turn the Jiangnan game of chess upside down, save the people from misery, and shake the entire court!

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