In the first year of Hongwu, I dressed as a dying beggar in the snow.
He opened his eyes and saw Prince Zhu Biao: "Would you like to go to Beijing with me?"
I bowed and smiled: "I am willing to settle all the debts in the world for Your Highness."
Three years later, I became the youngest Minister of Household Affairs in the Ming Dynasty.
Hu Weiyong laughed at my humble background, so I threw the evidence of his cronies' corruption on Zhu Yuanzhang's desk.
Xu Da praised me for being proficient in the art of war, but I used economic warfare to bring down the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty during the Northern Expedition.
All civil and military officials in the dynasty are afraid of my methods, but they don't know that my real goal is...
——Be a happy king who doesn't go to court, doesn't take sides, and just lies down and counts money.
