The Great Ming’s Compassionate Reformer

"Reborn as Zhu Yuanzhang's Grandson, and My Crush Turns Out to Be My Grandma?"

I wake up in the Ming Dynasty as an adopted son Zhu Di picked up by the roadside.

A System? No. An emperor's aura? Not a chance. All I've got is a head full of workplace survival tips and deadpan jokes.

I just wanted to keep my head down, but somehow I became Empress Ma's “personal source of amusement” and Zhu Yuanzhang's “stress reliever.”

Then one day, Crown Prince Zhu Biao grabs my hand and calls me little brother, while Xu Da stares at my face and says I look just like His Majesty when he was young...

That's when I realize: why is everyone in this family looking at me so strangely?

I use Excel to help Zhu Yuanzhang manage the treasury, psychology to help Zhu Di with diplomacy, and push the wrong buttons on the tech tree during the Hongwu era.

Zhu Yuanzhang slams the table. “Tell me! Who are you, really?”

I hand him a hot pot recipe. “Your long-lost... dear grandson?”

And so begins my daily life as the family favorite in the harsh Hongwu era:

I urge the emperor to kill fewer people, help the crown prince hang on to life, and show Zhu Di how to be a good dad.

The history books tremble in silence: this is not how things are supposed to go!

[Also known as] "My Grandpa Zhu Yuanzhang", "Life as the Ming Dynasty's Favorite", "Hongwu's Number One Nepo Baby"

What to expect: a cast of overthinkers, me bringing a little human warmth to the Ming Dynasty, and a savior armed with the darkest jokes.

“Grandpa, did you hit your KPIs yet?”

“Shut up and tell me a joke.”

This is the warmest Hongwu-era tale a transmigrator could ask for.