The Late Ming Turmoil: I'm a Corrupt Official, So What?

A treacherous minister must be cunning, and a loyal minister must be even more cunning. If a loyal minister isn't cunning enough, he'll never outmaneuver those self-righteous moralists or defeat those selfish warlords.

The rebel bandits run rampant, the Manchus menace the frontier, and the Great Ming is riddled with wounds. I will seize power, amass money and grain, and command a mighty army. I will break the shackles of court politics with cunning, and protect the common people through self-interest.

If upright moralists cannot save the realm, then I will become the greatest “treacherous minister” under heaven.