[Alternate setting + No System + Sky Screen Reveals the Future + Scheming Top Student + Reviving the Nation Through Literature + Ensemble Cast + Comedic Contrast]
Xie Lin, a top student in both the humanities and sciences in the modern era, transmigrates into the body of the ninth prince of Great Jin, born to a poor family. With his mother dead and no one to rely on, he stays alive by pretending to be a wastrel and writing popular fiction. But the Crown Prince frames him, and he's banished to Yunmeng, a place plagued by floods nine years out of ten, to fend for himself.
Who could have guessed that, with his vast knowledge, he'd improve printing techniques and start a newspaper, build free schools to enlighten the people, and develop irrigation, farming, and commerce? In three years, he turns a barren wasteland into a haven for the poor and a prosperous paradise.
Just as he's getting ready to lie flat and enjoy the good life, a sky screen spanning the entire world suddenly appears, opening with a bombshell: [Xie Lin, future emperor of Great Jin, known to history as the Sage Emperor of the Literary Way, an emperor for the ages.]
In the Golden Throne Hall, Emperor Jin spits out his tea. “The ninth prince I banished to his death is going to be emperor?”
[He abolishes literary inquisitions, opens the imperial exams to women, breaks the aristocratic clans' seven-hundred-year monopoly, and holds public opinion across the Nine Provinces in his hands. Even the banned book His Majesty is following was written by him!]
Xie Lin dies of embarrassment on the spot. “Father, I'm just a novelist. Don't make a big deal out of this!”
Seeing that he can no longer hide it, he flips the table. “Effective immediately, I ascend the throne. Who agrees, and who objects?”
With brush and ink, he shapes the realm; with the Literary Way, he brings peace to the world. One brushstroke at a time, he enlightens the people and establishes the nation's literary heritage, ultimately becoming an emperor revered for generations!
It's nice to look at, but those who are picky should save their brains. Not everyone may like it.