He Shen Transmigrates into Hai Rui, and I'm Done Being an Honest Official

When He Shen opened his eyes, he discovered that he had become Hai Rui. The Hai Rui who cursed the emperor, was so poor he could barely scrape by, and had even bought his coffin in advance. He Shen had just been counting thirty thousand taels of silver in the Great Qing. In the blink of an eye, he was sitting in a leaky, broken-down house, with even his wife complaining that he was poor. He Shen refused to accept it! He decided to collect a few gifts first and improve his living conditions. But the salt merchant knelt at his door and wailed, “Lord Hai, this humble one has no money!” He Shen sneered. “You call the twenty-seven chests of silver in your well ‘no money’?” The next day, the salt merchant’s entire family was thrown in prison, the silver was confiscated, and the common people beat gongs and drums as they presented Hai Rui with an umbrella of honor. He Shen stared at the plaque bearing the words “Hai the Just” and was completely dumbfounded. He wanted to be a corrupt official, yet not a single court official dared offer Hai Rui a bribe. Since you won’t give me any, then I’ll have to investigate on my own! He investigated land records, salt permits, river works, military pay, and even the secret accounts of your ancestors going back eighteen generations! Yan Song feared him, the incorruptible officials feared him, and powerful local families moved house as soon as they saw him. He Shen could only sigh: “I only wanted to line my pockets a little. How did I end up becoming Great Ming’s greatest paragon of justice?”