I transmigrated to the first year of the Hongwu era and became Zhu Zhi, the eleventh imperial prince, a son of Zhu Yuanzhang born to a concubine.
From the start, I awakened a sign-in System. Each daily sign-in refreshes a virtual shipping container, stocked with everything from appliances and building materials to improved seeds, medical supplies, and military-industrial black technology. The plan is to lie flat and enjoy life while keeping a low profile and staying alive.
While others fight for the throne, I play dumb. While they compete to outdo each other, I pretend to be broke. When I came of age, I asked to be enfeoffed in the most remote place, Qiongzhou. On the surface, I sent in annual memorials complaining about how hard things were. Behind the scenes, I used my sign-in supplies to turn a barren land into a modern paradise.
I thought I could lie flat until old age, but then Crown Prince Zhu Biao died suddenly, and undercurrents began to stir at court. Zhu Yuanzhang made his nephew Zhu Yunwen crown prince, only for a shocking secret to come to light: Lady Lü had secretly poisoned people in her bid for power, killing Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Biao, then poisoning Zhu Yuanzhang after her plot was exposed!
As he lay dying, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly sent an imperial edict summoning me back to the capital. Before it arrived, Zhu Yunwen had already seized the throne. Heeding slanderous advice, he launched a sweeping campaign to strip the princes of their power, leaving them dead or wounded in droves.
I had no desire for the throne, but I was driven into a corner.
Enough pretending. I used the modern weapons I'd stockpiled through sixteen years of sign-ins to launch a campaign to restore order. Modern firearms crushed cold weapons, and I swept all the way to Nanjing.
Zhu Yunwen tried to escape through a tunnel, but I caught and killed him on the spot.
Forced to ascend the throne, I introduced state ownership of land, reformed the system of princely fiefs, and used the System's black technology to build a golden age for the Ming Dynasty that surpassed even the Han and Tang!
Lying flat was my attitude. Becoming emperor was an accident. I really was pushed onto the throne against my will.
