Lin Yi, a 26-year-old product manager at an internet company, dies suddenly after working overtime for seven days straight.
When he wakes up, he has become the soon-to-be emperor of the Daqing Dynasty.
Before he can even celebrate, a voice explodes inside his head:
[The Lazy, Foolish Emperor Development System has successfully bound itself to you.]
[Quest: Skip court for three consecutive days. Reward: 10 corn seeds.]
[Perform an act befitting a wise ruler? Punishment: electric shock.]
Lin Yi looks at the ministers kneeling before him and falls silent for three seconds.
Then he clutches his lower back. “Our imperial rear… is in considerable pain. Court is dismissed for today.”
From then on, Daqing has the most outrageous “foolish emperor” in its history.
When the System tells him to favor sycophants, he promotes a group of technical geniuses.
When it tells him to plunder the people, he brings about an industrial revolution.
When it tells him to cede territory and pay reparations, he uses a trade war to turn enemy nations into factories for hire.
Everyone at court and across the land calls him a foolish emperor.
But somehow, the country just keeps getting stronger?
Lin Yi: “I really am a foolish emperor. You have to believe me!”
