Lin Mo transmigrates to the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty and becomes a low-ranking seventh-rank remonstrance official.
He had planned to lie low and coast through life, but then he awakens the strongest Remonstrance System!
He gets rewards for calling people out in court.
At the time, the chieftain of Wusa in Yunnan has raised an army in rebellion, brazenly threatening the Ming dynasty: send Princess Huaiqing, the sixth daughter of the emperor, to marry into the wilderness, or they will raid the border year after year and leave the realm in constant turmoil.
The spineless faction, led by Tian Wenjing, brazenly advises the emperor, using "ten years of peace" as an excuse to urge him to trade his daughter for a brief respite. The court's pro-peace civil officials all chime in, afraid that another war will drain the imperial treasury...
How could Lin Mo, whose heart holds the ironclad spirit of the Ming dynasty of later generations, put up with this?
Right in front of the civil and military officials of the Fengtian Hall, he lets loose, and with just a few words berates Tian Wenjing until he trembles all over and nearly passes out on the spot.
Even Guo Ying and Wang Bi, standing nearby and shaking with suppressed laughter, and Zhu Yuanzhang, whose face has turned as black as the bottom of a pot, are completely stunned by this display.
With a haul of rewards, Lin Mo can verbally leave the entire court speechless and physically beat the restless nobles until they crawl around on the ground looking for their teeth.
From dukes and ministers down to low-ranking clerks in the Six Ministries, the entire court both hates and fears him!
They can't beat him, they can't out-insult him, and yet the Hongwu Emperor seems to like him more and more with every passing day!
Lin Mo himself: I really just want to keep my head down and outlive Old Zhu!