We Told You to Embezzle, Not Fill the Entire Treasury!

Li Daoan, an overworked corporate drone, transmigrates into the magistrate of a remote county in ancient times. All he wants is to become a corrupt official, fleece the people as quickly as possible, and get executed by the imperial court so he can return to modern life and enjoy himself.

But the System he’s bound to keeps sabotaging him at every turn!

He embezzles the funds meant to repair the river embankment, and the System automatically upgrades the shoddy project into an indestructible Dragonbone Levee. When a once-in-a-century flood hits, every levee in the prefecture collapses except his, saving hundreds of thousands of people!

He tries to pocket the disaster relief grain, but overnight the System turns the moldy rice into super rice seeds that yield five thousand catties per acre. The following year, the county harvest is so abundant the national treasury can’t hold it all!

He tries to collude with the rebels, but all the intelligence he sends is wrong, luring the rebels straight into the imperial army’s encirclement instead. The chaos engulfing the realm is quelled in a single night!

The emperor looks at him. “My dear subject, I know you have a bad reputation, but you’ve been helping me root out corrupt officials. You’ve worked hard as an undercover agent. I’ve decided to give you the princess’s hand in marriage!”

Li Daoan is on the verge of tears. “Your Majesty, I really am a corrupt official! Please, just execute me already!”