The Greediest Man in Great Ming? The Emperor's Treasury Depends on Him

[Wild historical premise + anti-cliché + lighthearted, exhilarating thrills + dimensionality-reduction domination]

After transmigrating to the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Xinghe becomes a destitute bookkeeper and awakens the Bigshot Tycoon System.

As long as his wealth-making methods are legal, every tael he earns can be converted into lifespan, physical fitness, and ultra-modern technology!

At the time, Yan Song controls the court, the treasury is empty, and the Jiajing Emperor has withdrawn to the Western Park to cultivate immortality.

Become an upright official and die in protest? Too stupid! Lu Xinghe chooses to infiltrate the Yan faction and give the ancients a little taste of Wall Street!

Yan Shifan: “Brother Lu, you're a financial genius. With this leverage, my family's wealth has doubled!”

Hai Rui: “Traitor! He rakes in tens of millions of taels of silver. Why does Ming law find him innocent?!”

Yan Song: “You good-for-nothing! That Ming merchant bill you bought has crashed, and our family now owes Lu Xinghe thirty million taels!”

At court, the officials impeach Lu Xinghe relentlessly, accusing him of forming a faction for personal gain and throwing the government into chaos.

But the Jiajing Emperor kicks over the imperial desk: “Insolence! The silver I use to cultivate immortality, concoct elixirs, and fight off Japanese pirates was all earned by my beloved subject Lu! Ming law doesn't say that ‘short selling’ is a capital crime. Anyone who dares touch my purse will have their entire clan executed!”

Using his financial know-how to dominate through dimensionality reduction, Lu Xinghe reaps the wealth of the Ming power brokers and fully funds the Qi Family Army, pouring enough money into the empire to make the Ming Dynasty a realm where the sun never sets!