Are You Crazy? If I Don't Become Emperor, the People Will All Hang Themselves!

[Farming + Technology + Empress + Lighthearted + Crowned Emperor]

In his previous life, Han Ping was a master's graduate with perfect scores in physics and chemistry.

In this life, he transmigrated to ancient times and got the worst possible start: he became a refugee fleeing famine. He had once been the young master of a landlord's family, but after his family fell into decline, he nearly starved to death on the street.

What? Men here get snatched up to be husbands, with wives forced on them?

What? And there are barbarian invasions too?

To survive, he had no choice but to enter a manor as a lowly servant and tend a patch of barren land.

Han Ping never meant to show off, but before he knew it, he was unstoppable. He became a god among craftsmen, the founding father of commerce, and a sage of literature. He won glory on the battlefield, was appointed the emperor's tutor, and rose to the highest ranks of the court.

With poetry, literary debate, and statecraft, he put down the Three Feudatories and established the Eastern and Western Depots and the Embroidered Uniform Guard. By his own efforts, he extended the life of a decaying dynasty by a century.

Barbarian cavalry? Japanese pirate ships? You’ve set foot on my land!

He crushed the barbarians, drove out the pirates, built gunboats, opened the overland and maritime Silk Roads, and waged war across the globe!

Wait, all I wanted was to farm and provide for my family. How did this imperial robe end up on me?

Looking at the million-strong army before him, Han Ping was at a loss.

He gazed at the empress seated high upon the dragon throne and sighed with regret.

“Your Majesty, why did you rebel?”