After transmigrating as Fusu, the First Emperor of Qin’s eldest son, Zhou Yan binds himself to the “Slacker System.” As long as he takes it easy and slacks off, he can get papermaking, printing, gunpowder recipes, and more for free...
A bargain if there ever was one!
At court, Confucian scholars pressure the emperor, and Qin Shi Huang seethes with murderous intent.
Fusu acts obedient: “Your son believes we need only follow the law.”
Inside, he’s ranting: [What’s the point of killing them?! You can’t stamp out the Confucians. Kill this batch, and you’ll be the one blamed for tyranny in the history books!]
On the throne, Ying Zheng’s eyes widen in shock.
He can hear this treacherous son’s thoughts?!
Even more chilling, this son claims he “knows nothing about military affairs,” while thinking, [Why fight them head-on? Stir up infighting and wage a proxy war instead. Isn’t that way better?]
Fusu just wants to be a lazy fish and wait for the System’s rewards.
But Ying Zheng’s eyes shine: “To subdue the enemy without fighting... My son, you have the makings of a great emperor!”
From then on, the Qin Dynasty takes a dramatic turn.
Fusu: [Once we invent paper, we can win over all the schools of thought. Heh heh.]
Ying Zheng: “Issue an edict! Summon craftsmen from across the land to Xianyang. I’ll oversee the project myself!”
Fusu: [We might as well leave the remnants of the Six States to wear one another down...]
Ying Zheng: “Brilliant! How did I not think of that?”
The court officials tremble: “Why has His Majesty started saying things no one understands?”
And Fusu, who only wants to lie flat, looks at the increasingly bizarre Qin Dynasty and falls into deep thought.
Father, what on earth have you been imagining?!
The author's writing is really good, beautiful, super beautiful.