Wu Fu transmigrates into the role of a Left Reminder during Empress Wu Zetian's reign. Other remonstrating officials serve to earn a place in the history books. All he wants is to clock out on time and coast through work in peace.
Fortunately, he is bound to the “Dodge Responsibility and Slack Off System.” There's no need to rush or take the initiative. As long as he expertly passes off every problem that comes his way, every hot potato assignment, and every task that could get him blamed, he can exchange them for slacking-off tools like the “Boss-Blinding Talisman” and the “Automatic Book-Copying Inkstone.”
His superior wants him to stay up all night checking the tax registers?
“Wang Ergou is meticulous. He's better suited to the job than I am.”
The cruel official Lai Junchen wants him to co-sign an impeachment?
“Censor Suo has already prepared everything. I wouldn't dare take credit.”
Wu Zetian asks for his opinion on the crown prince?
“This is a weighty matter. The officials should discuss it together. I merely support their decision.”
From court intrigues to palace coups, Wu Fu always sticks to one principle: if it isn't his problem, pass it off at once; if he really can't get out of it, dump it on someone better equipped to handle it.
He only wants to keep a low profile, yet his “nothing-sticks-to-me” nature makes every faction think he's an honest, reliable man. Even Di Renjie gives him a quiet thumbs-up, and Wu Zetian casually praises him as “steady.”
Wu Fu: “Don't praise me, or my slacking points will hit zero!”
This is the story of a man who coasts and passes the buck his way to becoming a legend in the bureaucracy of Wu Zhou, surrounded by cruel officials.
What the protagonist does is so funny