Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty, transmigrated into the body of Liu Shan, the hopeless fool of the Three Kingdoms era.
On the day of the enthronement ceremony, a bolt of lightning struck him and sent him straight to the throne in Chengdu.
Before him stood a worried Zhuge Liang. Behind him lay the crumbling realm of Shu Han.
This was the world he knew: surrounded by enemies, with no one he could trust.
The Hongwu Emperor, who had risen from beggar to emperor, arrived in Liu Shan's body with an iron grip and a beastlike instinct for power.
Sima Yi said, “There's something wrong with this Liu Shan.”
Sun Quan said, “I'd rather fight ten Zhuge Liangs than fight him.”
Before his death, Zhuge Liang said, “Your Majesty, this old servant can no longer see through you... But I see the grand designs in your heart, and that puts me at ease.”
No one knew that the man sitting on the throne had personally killed founding ministers, abolished the office of chancellor after a thousand years, and once held the entire realm beneath his heel.
They thought he was a fool who needed others to prop him up.
Five hundred years ago, he rose from beggar to emperor.
Five hundred years later, starting out as Liu Shan, he would teach this world how to win all over again.
But no one knew this:
The realm he conquered in this life would bear the surname Liu, not Zhu.
The Hongwu Emperor returns, and the realm belongs to Han.
I've read the first few chapters so far it's pretty good [Love]