Great Ming: From the Start, the Newborn System Left Old Zhu Dumbfounded

Gu Chang'an transmigrates to the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty and awakens the [Firstborn System].

Just as the name suggests, the more depraved the things he does, the richer the rewards!

Faced with Zhu Yuanzhang, a man who kills without blinking, Gu Chang'an decides to become a treacherous minister who wreaks havoc in the court, hoping to get thrown into the death cell as soon as possible and max out his rewards.

[Scene One]

Gu Chang'an locks Crown Prince Zhu Biao in a dark room and starves him for three days and nights, hoping to see the heir to the Ming throne make a fool of himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang is delighted: “Excellent! Biao’er is gentle by nature. He needs a tough man like Minister Gu to temper his character! You have the makings of an imperial tutor!”

[Scene Two]

Gu Chang'an openly solicits bribes in the palace hall and even moves to confiscate the estates of founding dukes, lining his own pockets.

Zhu Yuanzhang wipes away tears, deeply moved: “Minister Gu is willing to bear the infamy of corruption to fill my treasury, using this method to purge arrogant and unruly generals! What loyalty!”

[Scene Three]

Gu Chang'an sends Prince of Yan Zhu Di to the far north to eat sand, withholding his provisions in the hope of killing the future Yongle Emperor.

Zhu Di returns victorious and bows to the ground: “Thank you, Mentor! If you hadn’t pushed me to the brink of death so I could survive, I could never have forged this invincible Doyan Guard! You are the God of War of the Ming!”

When Gu Chang'an sees the entire court prostrating themselves before him and shouting, “Sage Gu!” he is completely dumbfounded.

“Your Majesty, I really am a treacherous minister! Please have me executed!”

Zhu Yuanzhang: “Quiet! I grant you the right to share the fate of the empire. Anyone who dares kill you will have their entire clan exterminated!”