Transmigrating to the Great Ming to Become an Emperor Who Runs a Business

Name: Transmigrating to the Great Ming to Become an Emperor Who Runs a Business
Author: Li Qingcheng

穿越大明当个老板皇帝

by Li Qingcheng (李青成)

Status: Completed
Length: 2.2M Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 1mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

In the ninth month of the forty-eighth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty welcomed an emperor who ran the country like a business: Zhu Youxiao. (This book has no internet conspiracy theories.)

But this boss had a bit of a temper. As soon as he transmigrated, Li Xuanshi tried to stop him from meeting his ministers? He personally smashed a eunuch to death, walked out of the Qianqing Palace, and put an end to the Palace Transfer Case.

He didn’t know how to be an emperor on his first day on the throne? Then he’d try running things like a boss.

On the second day, he dug up the silver Wanli had hidden in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and paid the troops in Liaodong.

With the Hongyi cannons and artillery, surely they could hold Liaodong.

The Ming Dynasty didn’t even have a general manager? Was that supposed to work the chairman to death?

What? The mine-tax eunuchs under Wanli had embezzled money, and no one had made them pay it back?

Then this chairman wouldn’t hold back. He’d confiscate their property and use it to pay all the officials’ salaries.

You just do the work. I’ll take care of the money.

No benefits yet? You got it!

As chairman, I’ll handle the financing. You department managers handle implementation, and the general manager oversees everything.

And so the Ming Dynasty began operating like a company that kept earning and paying out money.

As they kept paying out money, Liaodong became secure.

As they kept paying out money, there was enough food to go around.

As they kept paying out money, even the farmers had money. Who’d still rebel? Li Zicheng shouted that he’d enlist and help the emperor fight the Japanese pirates.

As they kept paying out money, science flourished.

As they kept paying out money, the navy was established, and the Japanese pirates were wiped out. The people of Japan cried and begged every day to become the emperor’s dogs, because even his dogs lived better than the shogunate.

Corrupt officials looked at the silver in their cellars, then at the upright officials outside spending money freely, and wondered what they were even in it for.

Emperor Tianqi was even nicknamed the “Money Ming Emperor” by later generations. His final decree before dying was to hurry up and reimburse the Left Censor-in-Chief for his travel expenses.

When he passed away, officials across the country wept as though they had lost their own parents.

Other names

The Great Ming Begonia大明海棠Alternate title on Fanqie

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This author is undoubtedly one of the most literaryally accomplished on Tomato Book. This book is a historical novel, and the author's research is meticulous. It's rich in historical knowledge and contains many obscure characters. Furthermore, the protagonist doesn't possess any unrealistic superpowers; he relies purely on his intellect, using historical and modern knowledge to gradually turn the…
49 likes7mo ago
The author's perspective is more comprehensive and objective. The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, especially those in the late Ming period, are described and narrated in greater detail, making them more objective. This breaks away from previous novels that vilified civil officials and glorified imperial power and eunuchs, emphasizing historical facts and providing objective analysis.
42 likes1y ago
It looks good, but it's not a capitalist boss; it's just a gimmick. Actually, it's what the manager meant.
40 likes1y ago
It's a great read, with two major strengths: First, it avoids mindless killing from a moral high ground. The protagonist is portrayed as a broad-minded, normal person, not a butcher, with a wide perspective and affection for the land and its people.
39 likes5mo ago
Whether you prefer male-oriented or female-oriented fiction, I recommend this book. The author is cultured, writes fluently, and portrays the harmonious relationship between ruler and minister with warmth. It avoids the stereotypical portrayal of all Ming Dynasty officials as villains; our ancestors were not lacking in courage, but rather in heroes who bravely sacrificed themselves for their…
38 likes10mo ago
The author writes very well; the emperor is portrayed as approachable and humane, showing consideration for his subordinates, which is excellent.
37 likes1y ago
I've read over a dozen time-travel/reincarnation novels set in the late Ming Dynasty, and this one is the most to my liking. The author incorporates world history into the time travel, unlike the others which just endlessly focus on northern ethnic minorities. Write what you want to write. There's no need to pay attention to those who treat conjecture as historical fact. You can't wake someone who's pretending to be asleep.
30 likes9mo ago
Excellent work; both the writing style and the research are superb. More frequent updates would boost traffic.
19 likes1y ago
Generally speaking, it feels a bit lacking in rigor when labeled as historical fiction, and a bit lacking in excitement when labeled as light novel. Giving it a bad review doesn't seem worthwhile; it's a real dilemma.
14 likes1y ago
The military aspects aren't the best, but other than that, the writing is quite good. It's one of the best late Ming Dynasty novels I've read. Keep up the good work, author!
13 likes1y ago