Quit Building Infrastructure, You Spoiled Brat, or You’ll End Up as the Imperial Preceptor

Synopsis:

[Transmigrating into an alternate history, light comedy and political intrigue, infrastructure and farming, satisfying court drama, everyone misreads the protagonist, System, ensemble growth, marriage first and love later/enemies-to-lovers.]

With the whole family’s execution countdown underway, Lin Qing is forced to spend a fortune every month. If he doesn’t, the entire Chief Councilor’s household will be doomed!

Modern urban planner Lin Qing transmigrates into the wastrel heir of the Chief Councilor’s family in Great Qian and binds himself to the “Family Decline System.”

He plans to stay alive by squandering the family fortune on luxurious public toilets, paved roads, and free schools. But every money-losing venture turns into an astonishing achievement.

A looming plague is averted, wasteland becomes fertile farmland, floods are brought under control, and trade routes are revitalized.

The people see him as a righteous official, the emperor regards him as a pillar of the state, and even his shrewd father, the Chief Councilor, thinks his son is playing some grand game of strategy.

Lin Qing breaks down: I really just want to squander the family fortune!

But when the great clans strike back and the court is thrown into turmoil, he only gets stronger the more he squanders, until he’s pushed step by step into the role of Imperial Preceptor...