My Days as a Filler in the Ming Dynasty

An accident sent Lin Sheng back to the Ming dynasty and granted him a photographic memory. It was the first year of the Tianqi era. Within the realm, officialdom was corrupt and natural disasters came one after another. Beyond its borders, the Jurchens were rising and launching raids year after year. The entire dynasty was entering its final, precarious days. Yet none of this mattered much to Lin Sheng. All he wanted now was to find a way to survive and, if possible, live a little better. As for anyone who stood in his way, whether a high-ranking court official or a rebel traitor, none of them would come to a good end. What does it mean to be just making up the numbers? You can only make up the numbers in an age of peace and prosperity. To achieve this ideal, Lin Sheng changed the course of history almost entirely through his own efforts...