I Became the Yongle Emperor by Streaming Antics

[On my first day as Zhu Di, I missed the target with my arrows and the whole universe watched!]

Zhu Si, an overworked history major, is reborn in the Ming Dynasty and discovers, to his horror:

He’s become a young Zhu Di and is saddled with a shameless livestream System!

The future viewers flood the comments:

“Those streamer muscles are photoshopped!” “The Prince of Yan’s archery is a masterclass in drawing a person around the target!”

And it gets worse

His father, Zhu Yuanzhang, has him in a death stare; his big brother Zhu Biao is coughing up blood and hovering between life and death; and the blame for the Jingnan Campaign is headed his way...

To stay alive, he’s forced to unleash the most outrageous stunts in history:

He makes Zhu Biao drink chili-infused health soup and dances a radio exercise routine right into the imperial study.

His PowerPoint presentation at court goes disastrously wrong, and a holographic Confucius breaks into a thunder-dance routine.

In the Jingnan Campaign, he throws “itch powder bombs,” and the enemy soldiers laugh themselves into begging for mercy: “Give us the antidote! We surrender, just let us have hot pot!”

Just as he’s about to win the throne without lifting a finger

He suddenly pulls out spicy strips and hands them to Zhu Yunwen. “Good nephew, you can have the throne. I’ll take the hot pot island!”

Zhu Yuanzhang’s coffin lid rattles. “You unfilial brat! Did you bedazzle my dragon throne?”

At that moment, the livestream camera focuses on the bag of spicy strips on the dragon throne, and a million comments explode:

“Wake up, streamer! Your AI jade seal approved the memorials with ‘Seen. Send money.’”

“Zheng He’s fleet is trading Lao Gan Ma chili sauce for alien gems!”

“The spicy relics of the eminent monk Daoyan are glowing!”

[Friendly Reminder]

You’ll need these to read this book: blood pressure medication (you’ll laugh yourself into high blood pressure) and a privacy screen (there are too many mortifying moments).

When Ming history gets turned into a ridiculous parody, a packet of spicy strips is tucked between the pages of the history books.

And the truth behind the Yongle Golden Age

is a glorious spectacle brought to life by the livestream comments!