The Ming Dynasty's Embroidered Uniform Guard: Shangguan Shen Lian and My Neighbor, Xi Yu

A practitioner of traditional Chinese martial arts is reborn in the Ming Dynasty.

From the start, he inherits the rank of Commandant in the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

His immediate superior is Shen Lian, wielder of the Embroidered Spring Sabre.

His neighbor is the Black Stone assassin Yu, also known as Zeng Jing.

Fortunately, he activates the sign-in System. Otherwise, he might not have survived three chapters.

What? The emperor fell into the water? The Director of Palace Affairs has been murdered? Is this where the plot begins? Better lie low for a while, put on the secret identity I prepared in advance, and enjoy the good life.

Again? On the night of the full moon, two peerless swordsmen are planning to duel atop the Forbidden City? They treat imperial authority and the court as if they don't matter. That's unacceptable! I'll haul them to the Imperial Prison, torture them, then bring them into the fold.

The jianghu factions have grown powerful again since the founding emperor wiped them out? Martial artists are fighting over the remains of Bodhidharma, the Jade Wa Wa, the Evil-Warding Swordplay, the Golden Serpent Manual, and Wei Zhongxian's legacy? They're even getting into thousand-man brawls. This won't do! I'll establish the Six Fan Gate, bring them all under my command, and send them to Liaodong to fight the Jurchens.

The new emperor is making a mess of things? The empire is beset by internal and external threats: the Jurchens are marching south, western bandits are invading, Japanese pirates are landing, and even the Indians and the Westerners want a piece of the pie? Is the Ming Dynasty doomed? Don't worry. I'll raise an army of fifty thousand Embroidered Uniform Guards armed with guns and cannons, crush all opposition, and conquer the globe.

As for the throne, it wouldn't be so bad to leave it with the Zhu family. After all, they are the rightful rulers of the Han people. But that still depends...