Great Ming: Li Bao'er Starts with a Super Multiplier

In my previous life, I was Zhu Xiao, Zhu Yuanzhang’s only full brother, an invincible warrior and the God of War of the Great Ming. With unwavering loyalty, I helped my elder brother sweep aside his rivals and lay the foundations of his empire;

In this life, I returned to a world in chaos, reborn as Zhu Yuanzhang’s nephew, Li Wenzhong. Once bound to him by blood as a brother, now I am a meritorious official destined to die young, feared by the ruler and mistrusted by his subjects.

At the end of the Yuan dynasty, the realm fell into chaos as famine and plague ravaged the land. When Zhu Xiao was twelve, his memories as the God of War fully awakened.

Armed with the military experience of two lifetimes and statecraft knowledge far ahead of his time, with a sign-in System at his side, he followed his father through the rebel armies, surviving countless brushes with death as they traveled a thousand li to Chuzhou to join Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still raising his forces.

Enlisting as a boy, he crushed the Tianwan army in his first battle at Chizhou, his valor unmatched among the generals. He guarded eastern Zhejiang, holding strategic strongholds and repeatedly defeating Zhang Shicheng. At the decisive battle of Xincheng, he led 30,000 poorly equipped troops to rout an enemy force of 200,000, earning legendary fame in a battle that stained the rivers red. During the northern campaign, he took command of Chang Yuchun’s army, swept across the northern deserts, and struck straight at Yingchang in the Northern Yuan, capturing members of the Yuan imperial clan and seizing the legendary imperial jade seal. His founding achievements were without equal.

From sweeping across the realm and securing the Great Ming to pacifying the frontier and leading expeditions overseas, he spent half his life on horseback, feared throughout the world. With his advanced knowledge, he also introduced cold-forged armor to strengthen the army, implemented fish-scale registers to survey farmland, improved farming tools to raise living standards, and built new cities to fortify the nation’s foundations, laying the groundwork for a century of prosperity.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was suspicious and ungenerous. Having achievements that overshadowed the ruler was a sure path to death. The Hu Weiyong case unleashed a bloody storm at court. His blunt remonstrations enraged the emperor, and the affection they had once shared was gradually swallowed by the mistrust between sovereign and subject. Stripped of power and placed under house arrest, with danger closing in on all sides, he faced the imminent tragedy of Li Wenzhong’s historical death from fright and illness.

The deep bond between brothers in his previous life, the ties between uncle and nephew in this one,