I Found My Little Notebook, and Old Zhu Built a Golden Age for the Ming Dynasty

[Ming Dynasty + everyday life + lazybones + cheeky troublemaking + a father who never behaves!]

After he transmigrates as Zhu Shuang, a prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang finds his second son's secret notebook from the start. Thus begins the daily battle of wits between father and son.

“Calling me Old Zhu to my face and calling me a beggar, do you have any respect for your father?”

“What kind of classic is Das Kapital? And who is Yongzheng, ruler of some barbarian little country? Why should we learn from him how to fight corruption?”

“What are you going on about? My system of enfeoffment is flawless. How could there possibly be a problem?”

After Old Zhu finished reading the notebook, he was enlightened, as if a revelation had struck him.

“My second son truly is a prodigy of the Zhu family. The rest of you can't hold a candle to him!”

Years later, as Old Zhu lay on his deathbed, he spoke earnestly to Zhu Biao.

“Biao, your second brother may be lazy and carefree, but he has astonishing talent. I’ve kept his secret notebook safe. I’m entrusting it to you. Remember, you must keep it absolutely secret...”