I Said I’d Be a Carefree Slacker, So How Did I Become the Great Ming’s Imperial Tutor?

After transmigrating to the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Qinghe wants nothing more than to lie flat and coast through life. He also adopts an amnesiac little beggar as his son.

Zhu Qinghe teaches him arithmetic, talks about economics, discusses Dream of Splendor in the Eastern Capital, and even tells him the story of compound interest and a king’s chessboard.

As it turns out, the old farmer next door, Zhu Yuanzhang, has been crouching by the wall and eavesdropping every day!

When Zhu Qinghe says Ming paper money should be abolished, the old farmer agrees;

when Zhu Qinghe says the vassal princes are money pits, the old farmer grows worried;

when Zhu Qinghe says a future emperor might have to borrow money from his ministers, the old farmer is so frightened he bursts into tears!

Later, the old farmer insists on giving Zhu Qinghe a Prince of Wu seal and taking his grandson back home?

Zhu Qinghe: “Old Zhu, stop bothering me. I really just want to lie flat!”