He transmigrated to the fourteenth year of the Yongle reign and became Zhu Zhanhe, the legitimate eldest son of the “Golden Bean,” Prince Han Zhu Gaoxu.
What kind of insane death sentence is this from the start? His grandfather is Zhu Di, and his eldest cousin is Zhu Zhanji. Is either of them a good sort?
Zhu Gaoxu was thrown into a boiling oil cauldron just for tripping Zhu Zhanji. Then his wife and children were all executed. Zhu Zhanhe, his legitimate eldest son, died young during the Yongle reign and was posthumously named Heir Apparent Yizhuang. That already counts as a good end for him.
What's more, in the fourteenth year of the Yongle reign, Zhu Gaoxu was accused of secretly raising assassins, seizing farmland, taking bribes, violating court protocol, and a host of other crimes. Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi pleaded on his behalf, so he wasn't stripped of his title, but his crimes were announced to the world and denounced publicly. More than sixty of his trusted followers were executed, and he was sent back to his fief, far from the center of power. No matter how Zhu Zhanhe tried to persuade him, it was no use.
Zhu Gaoxu considered himself the Great Ming's Li Shimin, its very own Heavenly Strategy General!
Even though he'd transmigrated with a thorough knowledge of Ming history, what were the odds he could turn things around?
[Congratulations, Host, you have activated the Great Ming Workhorse System. Begin by putting Zhu Yuanzhang to work for you...] Activate a System? Zhu Yuanzhang working for him? A virtual space appeared in Zhu Zhanhe's mind. Inside was Zhu Yuanzhang, and whenever he worked, Zhu Zhanhe earned Labor Points. Labor Points could be exchanged for all sorts of items.
[Gain the abilities of Great Ming superhuman Chang Yuchun], [Summon Great Ming general Qi Jiguang], [Summon Great Ming Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng]... Potatoes, sweet potatoes, steam engines, muskets, cannons... He could also summon other Ming imperial relatives to work for him!
