Song: Running a Street Stall in Kaifeng Prefecture

In the first year of Kangding, Yuan Hao rebelled, and the Great Song suffered a crushing defeat.

At that time, young Zong Yu in Bianliang fell gravely ill. When he woke, he discovered he had gained an extraordinary ability.

Not only was he bound to a broken System, he could also enter other people's dreams!

The little maid he'd once saved in the kitchen dreamed every night of saving money, starting a business, and setting up a stall. In her dreams, she sold milk tea, cola, hamburgers, and fried chicken.

Little Zong Yu wolfed down one bite after another in his dreams.

When he woke up, he was craving it so badly that he drooled!

His older brother Zhao Zongshi, who had just returned from the imperial palace, dreamed that the palace was a damp, terrifying underworld palace.

Little Zong Yu was forced to play a rules-based horror game in the dream and woke up in fright.

The young lady next door, from the Han family, had nightmares every day. In her dreams, she was Princess Roufu. The Jingkang Incident, the turmoil of war, and all the rest were so awful she could barely bring herself to open her eyes...

Little Zong Yu, so very young, suffered such a huge shock and was scared awake again.

Then the broken System told him that if he helped people trapped in nightmares escape their shadows or get what they wanted, he would earn several days of peaceful sleep.

Help other people...

Young Zhao Zongyu, with huge dark circles under his eyes, really wanted a good night's sleep.

He glanced at his short arms and legs. Help! He'd help!

He'd help, all right!

Cheng Pengpeng, a police academy graduate, transmigrates to the wicked Northern Song after a nap. She doesn't want to be a maid! She misses delicious food and wants a secure government job!

After Princess Roufu dies, she opens her eyes as Han Zhiniang, the youngest daughter of Han Qi. It's still the Renzong era, before the Jingkang Incident, before the ritual of being led away by a rope, and before Empress Wei falsely accused her...

Young Zhao Zongshi has a simple dream: he doesn't want to enter the imperial palace. He won't go in!

Make all their wishes come true! Help this one, then that one, and that one, then this one.

In the end, little Zong Yu helps himself onto the throne, replacing his 13th brother to become the next emperor.

The original blurb wasn't working for me, so I changed it to a new idea.

Content warning: This is an alternate-history Song dynasty with original worldbuilding. It is not a historically orthodox novel, and history will change.

Theme: Be self-reliant and strong.