The Little Brother-in-Law of Emperor Hongwu: The Ming Dynasty Has No Room for Idlers

[Great Ming] [System] [Farming] [Feel-Good Story] Great Ming: The Court Is Rife with Undercurrents, So I’ll Become a Buddhist Monk!

Ma Che, a corporate wage slave, woke up to find he had transmigrated to the Hongwu era.

The good news: his System had arrived.

The bad news: the System had failed to load, leaving only ten percent of its functions, and it might disappear at any moment.

The worse news: from the start, he had charged into the imperial carriage on horseback, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard had already drawn their blades!

Ma Che had thought he wouldn’t survive the first chapter. But when Empress Ma saw his face, her eyes reddened on the spot.

“Chongba, he’s the younger brother I lost years ago!”

Just like that, Ma Che became an imperial uncle of the Great Ming.

Zhu Yuanzhang treated him like his own younger brother, Zhu Biao respectfully called him uncle, and the Huai-Xi nobles rushed to call him their sworn brother.

With the help of a crippled System that worked only now and then, Ma Che saved the crown prince, made snowflake salt, opened hot pot restaurants, and reformed the salt administration, bringing modern business know-how to the Hongwu court.

All he had wanted was to cling to the Zhu family’s coattails and live a comfortable life of wealth and leisure.

But when Hu Weiyong set his sights on military provisions and the Northern Yuan cavalry took up weapons made by the Great Ming, Ma Che finally realized that this easy life as an imperial relative was not only hard to stomach, but would also cost him his life.

He contends with powerful ministers in Jinling, meets Zhu Di in Beiping, and joins forces with the Black-Robed Chancellor Yao Guangxiao at Qing Shou Temple.

Years later, Zhu Yuanzhang gazed at the Great Ming, so utterly transformed, and fell into deep thought:

“I told you to look after the crown prince. I didn’t tell you to change the whole world!”