Reborn into a Chaotic Age, the System Forces Me to Become a Jiedushi

Shen Yanzhou, a modern-day corporate drone, died suddenly and woke up transmigrated into a lowly servant in a chaotic age. The moment he opened his eyes, war was raging, creditors were at his door, and his life was hanging by a thread.

All he wanted was to keep his head down and stay alive, but the Servant Ledger System came crashing down from the heavens:

"Ultimate mission: Become a military governor."

Shen Yanzhou: I refuse. I just want to stay alive.

System: Stress level +30. Mission [Praise Your Rival to Death in Public] issued. Complete it today.

Other people's Systems give them cheats. His is a reverse KPI: the more he slacks off, the harder it pushes him to perform. The more humiliating the task, the sweeter the reward. He forces himself to praise his rival, then turns around and lands a major deal. He buys on credit for 5,800 and sells for 12,000, using an abacus to work his way up from servant to assistant manager.

The townsfolk all say he's as cunning as a wolf, but only he knows he's just a poor guy being chased around by the System.

Amid the fires of war and warring regional powers, neither the gentry's scorn, the aristocratic clans' persecution, nor enemy cavalry at the gates can stop him from clawing his way upward.

System: Host, it's time for a promotion.

Shen Yanzhou: I just want to live a peaceful life!

System: Sure. We'll talk after you become a military governor.