Great Ming: A Condemned Prisoner from the Start, I Became the King of Hell by Seizing Estates

When Shen Ye wakes up, he finds himself a condemned prisoner in the thirty-fifth year of the Wanli era.

The previous occupant of his body was falsely accused of being a notorious bandit, and is due to be executed at the execution grounds in three days.

Only when the blade is at his neck does a voice ring out in his mind:

[Great Ming Yama System awakened]

[Current supervising official: Sin Value 899. Immediate execution recommended]

[Current executioner: Sin Value 321. Killable]

[Current onlookers: One concealed child-snatcher, Sin Value 777. Apprehension recommended]

Shen Ye snatches the executioner's blade and beheads the supervising official in front of everyone, blood splattering Xuanwu Gate.

“This corrupt official embezzled 300,000 taels in compensation for the border troops!”

“Shen Ye will seek justice for the 300,000 wronged souls of the border troops!”

Lu Hongying, a female hundred-household commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, draws her sword to seize him. The two grapple on the execution platform. Shen Ye bites her earlobe and whispers:

“Take me to see the emperor, or you'll regret it tonight.”

System notification:

[Attempted forced kiss failed. Dragon Qi +1]

[Skill acquired: Expert Hand-to-Hand Combat]

[National Fortune Points +30]

From that day on, the officials of the Great Ming have a new terror to contend with.

By day, he confiscates the corrupt; by night, a famous courtesan slips into his bed.

With one hand, he kills corrupt officials; with the other, he plants sweet potatoes.

He seizes Japanese pirate ships, takes Jurchen women as slaves, and establishes the Great Ming Anti-Corruption Bureau.

The Donglin faction calls him the living Yama. The common people call him Shen the Just.

Shen Ye plants one foot on the golden bricks of the Forbidden City.

“As long as I, Shen Ye, live, who dares bring down the Great Ming?”

Still, he fears he may never repay all the debts he owes in matters of love.