Posing as an Imperial Envoy from the Start, I Rose to Success

The protagonist transmigrates to the fifty-first year of Kangxi's reign. From the start, he becomes Li Wei, who is breaking into an execution ground and must pretend to be an imperial inspector.

He solves the corruption case in Liangjiang and puts the salt administration in order, earning favor and steadily rising through the ranks.

He deals with that old rascal Kangxi's troublesome son and helps Yongzheng ascend the throne.

Ren Nanpo: You truly are a genius for the ages.

Kangxi, on his sickbed: If you want to know whether I'm an emperor for the ages, look at what I've accomplished.

Li Wei: No, no. It was your bans on maritime trade and isolation from the rest of the world that left us lagging so far behind. I'm going to change that and make up for your mistake.

Your Majesty, Fourth Master, you need to keep a close eye on your son Hongli. Otherwise, we'll fall behind the rest of the world. I won't let that happen. We need a reform now.

Yongzheng: "The whole world? Reform?"

"That's right." Li Wei draws a map of the world. "Look how vast it is. The West is about to undergo its first Industrial Revolution. We can't stay closed off anymore."

Nian Gengyao, iron-cap...

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