Li Ye transmigrated into the crown prince of the Great Ning dynasty and bound himself to the Foolish Emperor System.
As long as he ruins the nation’s fortunes and gets deposed, he can ascend to immortality on the spot!
And so Li Ye embarked on a reckless path of courting death.
With 400,000 barbarian troops at the border, he ordered the city gates thrown wide and played music there.
Li Ye: Come and kill me!
The barbarian khan: This is bad! It’s an Empty Fort Strategy. They’re lying in ambush. Fall back thirty li!
With the imperial treasury overflowing, he ordered the money squandered on a pile of “scrap metal.”
Li Ye: Surely the treasury’s empty now?
The Minister of Revenue: Your Highness is a genius! The steam engine is complete, and Great Ning’s strength has increased tenfold!
With corrupt ministers in power, he went to court and slapped them across the face, hurling insults at every official.
Li Ye: Surely they’ll depose me now?
The officials wept bitterly: Your Highness is only trying to bring us to our senses! We would gladly give our lives for you!
Three years later.
The old emperor abdicated in his favor: My son, no one but you can rule this realm!
Gazing at an age of prosperity, with envoys from every nation paying court, Li Ye broke down in tears beneath his imperial robes:
“Please, just depose me! I never wanted to become an emperor for the ages!”
