Zhuge Liang: Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I Shall Be Emperor

This is an alternate Three Kingdoms world where powerful clans control the lifeblood of the realm. Behind the refined elegance of famous scholars lies a brutal monopoly on social status, while the common people are treated like grass. After transmigrating, the protagonist knows that the so-called “restoration of the Han” is nothing but a lie concealing the rotation of power among the great clans. So he decides to rule like a hegemon by any means necessary. He intends not only to overthrow the existing political order, but also to use a modern understanding of economics and ruthless stratagems to deprive the noble houses of their means of survival at the root. He will do so by establishing a secret police agency called the “Embroidered Uniform Guard” and a financial weapon called the “Great Han Bank.” In this world, schemes are no longer confined to the battlefield. They are more often contests built on human weakness, steamy palace power struggles, and the extreme greed for and manipulation of power.