Transmigrating to Become a Crown Prince in the Ming Dynasty

This is the extraordinary story of a modern office worker who transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and becomes a useless crown prince.

The protagonist, Li Yang, transmigrates by accident and finds himself in the body of Chongzhen Emperor’s crown prince. The original owner was timid and incompetent, with no standing at court. Faced with a late Ming Dynasty beset by internal strife, foreign threats, natural disasters, and human calamities, Li Yang resolves to change his fate using what he learned in the modern world.

He starts with himself, studying hard and working to shed the original owner’s reputation as an uneducated layabout. After learning about the state of the court and the various factions, Li Yang personally takes charge during a severe drought in the north, opening the granaries, distributing grain, and building waterworks to meet the people’s urgent needs. He makes an impressive debut, earning the emperor’s praise and the people’s gratitude.

However, his outstanding performance sparks jealousy and alarm among some court officials. They plot in secret, trying to stop Li Yang from rising any further. Li Yang encounters one challenge after another on his road to turning things around, but he refuses to back down, using his intelligence and courage to navigate the treacherous palace intrigues. Watch as Li Yang overcomes every obstacle, turns the tide, saves the Great Ming Dynasty as it teeters on the brink, and forges a legacy of his own.