I, Zhu Houzhao, Slaughter My Way Across the Land from the Start

A history major who barely passed his exams transmigrates into the newly enthroned Ming Emperor Wuzong, Zhu Houzhao. His father has just died, the civil officials want to make him a puppet, his maternal uncles are running roughshod over the people in the capital, and Mongol cavalry are watching for an opportunity at the border. The fifteen-year-old emperor gives a cold laugh. “You want to control me? Ask the blade in my hand first!” He beats corrupt servants to death, imprisons his maternal uncles, and stands up to the Grand Secretariat. Who says the new emperor is easy to bully? “Your Majesty, the civil officials are forcing their way into the palace!” “Execute them!” “Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is protecting your maternal uncles!” “Depose her!” “Your Majesty, the Mongol prince is invading!” “I shall lead the campaign myself!” With the Great Ming Code in hand and power politics underfoot, watch as a modern soul turns the Ming dynasty upside down, transforms from a puppet emperor into an iron-fisted ruler, and establishes a very different Zhengde era!