Great Ming: I Slay Hideyoshi, Conquer Japan, and Dominate East Asia

Long Yanzheng transmigrates to the twentieth year of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty, hoping only to stay alive, but ends up forced into becoming the hegemon of East Asia.

The bad news: from the start, eight hundred battered soldiers are surrounded by twenty thousand Japanese pirates, and the court won’t even pay their wages.

The good news: his mind contains the blueprints for an entire modern arsenal!

But he never expected that the harder he tried to keep a low profile, the more absurd things would get.

(He makes a few land mines for self-defense.)

Long Yanzheng: Just bury a few around. That should be enough to scare them off.

Unexpected result: Seven thousand Japanese troops are blown sky-high, and Konishi Yukinaga flees overnight.

Minister of War Shi Xing: “You’re claiming credit for killing innocent people! You’ve got to be!”

(He finds a way to raise funds for the army.)

Long Yanzheng: Let’s open a local trade market and collect a little business tax to buy food.

Unexpected result: The smuggling fleets of Jiangnan are wiped out, and state treasury revenue surges by three million taels.

Emperor Wanli: “My dear subject, why not take over as Minister of Revenue?”

(He sends someone to gather intelligence.)

Long Yanzheng: Su Daiheng, take a few men and go to Japan to find out what’s going on.

Unexpected result: On a rainy night in Fushimi Castle, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is beheaded, his head hung on the city wall.

Everyone: “We told you to defend the city, and you went and took out their headquarters on the side?!”