Programmer Dong Ke works late into the night and dies suddenly. When he opens his eyes, he has become Dong Zhuo, the powerful minister of the Eastern Han.
The original Dong Zhuo was a workaholic: he attended court at three in the morning, reviewed memorials until midnight, personally wrote an Ode to Diligent Governance for students at the Imperial Academy to read at five in the morning, and even forced the thirteen-year-old emperor to get up at two.
Faced with this twisted version of the late Han, where “not working yourself to the bone is a crime,” Dong Zhuo’s vision goes dark.
He quietly tears up the original owner’s schedule and announces at his first court session:
“Effective immediately, we’re introducing a five-days-on, one-day-off schedule. Overtime is forbidden. Anyone who breaks the rule will have their pay docked.”
