I, the Historian of Great Ming, Annotate the History of Huaxia

Reborn as a poor scholar in the Ming dynasty, I find that the System requires me to record history without changing it.

With no other choice, I become the humblest of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, watching emperors and ministers as I record the tides of change.

From the Yongle Encyclopedia and Zheng He’s voyages to the benevolent rule of the Ren and Xuan emperors and the Tumu Crisis, I remain hidden in the shadows, my strokes of the brush striking like thunder.

When the late Ming collapses, I close The Chronicle of the Great Ming’s Realm with my own hands. Suddenly, the System announces: “You have triggered a hidden ending...”

When I open my eyes again, I see Zhu Yuanzhang pointing at my records and shouting at the assembled officials: “Take a good look, all of you! This is what a true record of history looks like!”