Great Ming: From Death Row Inmate to Sage Emperor

After transmigrating into the Jiajing era as a minor official in the Ministry of Rites, sentenced to execution by autumn for his part in the Great Rites Controversy, the protagonist finds himself in a dead-end from the start. Armed with psychological insight, legal knowledge, and political cunning far ahead of his time, he stages a stunning reversal at the execution grounds and rises step by step from condemned prisoner to the unseen power controlling the entire Ming dynasty.