The Sixties, but with a Tyrant Simulator

Ji Yao died suddenly from overwork.

When she died, she hadn't spent her savings, withdrawn her housing fund, or even claimed her work-related death benefits.

Her resentment soared so high that it summoned a life simulation system.

System: "What kind of life would you like to experience in your next life?"

Ji Yao: "I want to be an emperor."

The System was delighted. "What a coincidence! I'm an incompetent ruler simulation System, here to help my Host live in extravagant luxury and waste money until the country falls."

A person and a System, both down on their luck, had finally found kindred spirits. They hit it off at once.

*

Ji Yao woke up full of hope...

Only to find that she had transmigrated to 1960. "System, where's the emperor? Where's the throne?"

The System argued confidently, "What do you mean? Aren't you the successor?"

"Successor to what?"

"The successor to socialism."

Ji Yao fell silent. How dare this enemy spy impersonate a System and hide among the people?

She immediately turned herself in to the state.

*

At first, the state didn't believe her, until...

System: "Step one to becoming an incompetent ruler: recruit beauties from across the land to attend you."

The state: Got it!

They immediately launched the "Young Arts Talent Selection Program" to enrich the cultural lives of the people.

The System was very pleased, declared the beauties to be of excellent quality, and issued a Many-Children Pill.

When given to livestock, male or female, it lets them give birth painlessly, with ten babies at a time!

During the three difficult years, countless people tasted meat and drank milk for the first time.

System: "Step two to becoming an incompetent ruler: launch massive construction projects, build carved beams and painted rafters, and amuse the ruler."

Led by the National Architectural Research Institute, construction began on urban people's commune housing, workers' villages, apartment blocks, and housing compounds for government employees... Ji Yao's name was listed as the owner of every home!

The System was overjoyed and rewarded her with a Hanging Palace.

The National Engineering Academy worked through the night to study it and discovered the basic theory behind an antigravity levitation device!

Five years later, the first domestically made vertical takeoff and landing aircraft prototype completed a successful test flight.

System: "Step three to becoming an incompetent ruler: demand rare tribute. All exotic beasts and unusual flowers in the realm belong to the sovereign."

The next day, rare plant and animal germplasm resource banks were established across the country.

Three months later, the National Research Institute discovered the secret to increasing crop yields a hundredfold.

"Step four to becoming an incompetent ruler: enjoy music, fine food, and endless delicacies..."

"Step five to becoming an incompetent ruler: wherever you go, have the officials kneel to welcome you and the people bow their heads..."

*

Many years later, the System finally realized something was wrong.

Where was the promised extravagance? Where was the promised misery among the people? Where was the promised fall of the country?

Instead, on this land, skyscrapers rose from the ground, cattle and sheep covered the hills, culture blossomed in a hundred different ways, and technology advanced by leaps and bounds.

"Host, you tricked me. You never completed the task!"

Ji Yao smiled. "How could that be? Other incompetent rulers could bring down a dynasty at most and starve a few tens of thousands of people. I'm different. I completely eradicated the feudal monarchy and set us on the path to communism."

"Isn't that the most complete fall of a country there could be?"

The System: ...

6.

Theme: Keep striving.