The Disabled Tycoon's Road to Becoming a Workaholic

Coming soon: The Ming Dynasty's Little Clerk. The blurb is at the very end. Please add it to your collection.

Blurb:

Qi You transmigrates into the body of the Seventh Prince, Yin You, whose left leg is slightly impaired.

As a prince with a leg injury, he can easily avoid the succession struggle among the nine princes and enjoy a life of luxury in peace.

Qi You says that's not happening.

The prosperous Kangxi and Qianlong eras?

Give me a break.

A half-feudal, half-slave society, with two separate legal systems, divided people into different ranks.

And that's not to mention the painful history of later invasions by foreign powers.

No more going with the flow and lying flat like a lazy fish. Everyone, get moving!

Compete in your studies, compete at your jobs, compete until everyone is completely bewildered.

Kangxi: "I can't keep up anymore. If you can do it, you take over."

The Crown Prince: "Same here."

The eldest prince: "Same here."

The Fourth Prince: "Same here."

His brothers: "Same here."

Build schools to enlighten the people and change the system.

Build cannons, great ships, and a naval fleet. Set sail for the West again. No gifts, just tribute.

Make the Qing truly prosperous and powerful, and the world's dominant force.

Reader's guide:

This is not historically accurate, and no one is vilified. The competition is friendly.

Qi You ascends the throne. The main focus is his career.

Coming soon: The Ming Dynasty's Little Clerk. Blurb:

Ning Xun transmigrates into the body of a constable at the county yamen in Shanyin, during the Ming Dynasty.

A constable's pay: Barely enough to get by.

The job: In short, high-intensity, high-risk work with no days off all year.

Social status: Part of the lowly registered class. For three generations, his family cannot sit the imperial examinations or marry into the commoner class.

Real power: Familiar with both the underworld and the authorities, he's a local force to be reckoned with.

Ning Xun: Well, that's something else!

Ning Xun sets himself three modest goals.

First, make sure he doesn't become a psychopath.

Second, try to avoid taking part in things like collecting protection money, embezzlement, splitting smuggling profits, extortion, shielding criminals, and taking money from both the plaintiff and the defendant, among other things.

Third, escape his lowly status and become a commoner.

These three modest goals consume Ning Xun's entire life, but in the end, he protects the peace of his corner of the world.

Reader's guide:

An alternate-history Ming Dynasty. Please don't nitpick the history.

A portrait of everyday life and the struggles of ordinary people at the bottom of society. He will not become an official.

There is a female lead, but the plot takes priority.

Theme: Hard work and ambition create opportunity.