Great Ming: Defying the Emperor Means Death? The Old Zhu Begs Me to Stay Alive!

After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, Su Ping gets a population-based wealth System: the more people under his jurisdiction, the more money he makes. Su Ping: As a county magistrate, what's wrong with defying an imperial decree? I'm doing this for the well-being of the people of the Ming Dynasty! Old Zhu, you don't want to see refugees everywhere and people driven from their homes, do you? The people: Exactly! Exactly! Old Zhu: He defied the imperial decree! The people: He gave us houses! Old Zhu: He's corrupt and lawless! The people: He helped us get rich! Old Zhu: He has no respect for the law! He even dared to write "Read, not interested" on the back of an imperial decree! Su Ping: That's my custom signature. Your Majesty just doesn't understand fashion. (Raises an eyebrow.) From then on, a strange phenomenon appeared in the Ming Dynasty. The emperor's edicts couldn't get out of the capital, but Su Ping's recruitment notices spread around the world. Wait, Su Ping, you're just a county magistrate. What makes you think the Oirat and Tatars should come to you to pay into social security?! Su Ping: Don't rush me. Let's talk about defying the imperial decree after I've helped people settle in the Americas. In the end, Old Zhu stared at the empty imperial palace and fell into deep thought: Have I become an emperor with no one left around me?