Late Ming: Stop Rushing Me! This Governor Just Wants to Slack Off

Name: Late Ming: Stop Rushing Me! This Governor Just Wants to Slack Off
Author: Tipsy Steps Through the Mortal World

明末：别催了！我这巡抚只想摸鱼

by Tipsy Steps Through the Mortal World (微醉踏红尘)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 1.5M Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical High-Concept
Updated: 1d ago
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Synopsis

Chen Du, a modern office drone, transmigrated into the late Ming Dynasty as the son of a Sichuan merchant. He spent all forty thousand taels of silver he had just to buy an easy government post in Zhejiang, where he could lie flat and stay alive.

But Chongzhen issued an order transferring him straight to Shanxi, making him governor of the province: a northern frontier death trap that his predecessor had failed to escape despite submitting seventeen resignation letters.

Beacon fires blazed across Yanmen Pass, bandits roamed everywhere, and food and military pay had run out. The entire land of Sanjin was already a dead end. Chen Du had planned to slack off and wait for death, but instead he unexpectedly awakened the “Strategies to Secure the Realm,” which could summon legendary figures from throughout history to serve him.

Gao Jiong, Wang Zhongsi, and Yang Zaixing arrived one after another. Wise strategists were as numerous as raindrops, and fierce generals as plentiful as clouds, but Chen Du only wanted to lie flat and coast.

Unfortunately, bandits besieged the city, the Tartars threatened the passes, and the Shanxi merchants pressured him to take the throne. Even Chongzhen kept urging him from across the country to send money and go to war.

“Sir, the bandits have breached the city!”

“Quiet, let me lie down a little longer...”

“Sir, the Later Jin have breached the pass! His Majesty Chongzhen is calling for you to save him in the capital!”

“...I'm up!”

Before he knew it, he had pacified Sanjin, defeated the Later Jin, executed a prince, and forged an alliance in southern Mongolia. After leading the northern campaign against the Later Jin, he had somehow gone from a lazy governor to the Duke of Zhenbei.

Chongzhen: Duke of Zhenbei, it's time for you to launch the northern campaign!

Chen Du: Stop rushing me! Once this battle is over, I'm really going back to Shanxi to open a teahouse!

He wouldn't rebel or grovel for favor. He would only defend the land.

In an era of chaos that left no room for idlers, this duke would lead China's mighty generals and hold the northern frontier firm for the Great Ming.

#LateMing #SummoningHistoricalLegends #HistoricalResearch #HistoricalIntrigue #MilitaryWarfare #NoBrainDeadChoices #TropeSubversion #NoHarem

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