After They Could Read His Mind, He Became an Emperor for the Ages

He Shu Zhou, a second-year university student, unexpectedly transmigrated into the young emperor of the Great Wei Kingdom and was bound to an Enlightened Ruler System. Its goal was to help him save the crumbling Great Wei and become a wise ruler for the ages.

The Enlightened Ruler System was powerful. As long as He Shu Zhou followed its missions step by step, he was sure to become a ruler who brought the kingdom back to prosperity, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

But, of course, something did go wrong.

A golden finger in the Enlightened Ruler System, the mind-reading ability, developed a bug. It was supposed to let He Shu Zhou hear what the civil and military officials were thinking, but instead, the officials heard their emperor's thoughts.

Hearing their emperor's thoughts only made the officials more loyal to him. He Shu Zhou was baffled by the officials' rapidly rising loyalty levels in the System's prompts, but when he saw the steady stream of points coming in, his brain chose to stop thinking.

In his thoughts, He Shu Zhou dangled countless carrots in front of the officials: cement, glass, gunpowder, corn and potatoes that yielded a thousand catties per mu, and more. The officials imagined a wonderful future. Those in their forties and fifties no longer had midlife crises, the sixty-year-olds no longer had weak knees or aching backs, and the seventy-year-olds stood up to declare they could fight for another ten years. They all turned into workaholics, dragging He Shu Zhou toward the mission goals at a sprint. When a mission wasn't completed, they were even more heartbroken than He Shu Zhou.

Many years later, He Shu Zhou looked at the map, crowded with trains, factories, and cement roads. The fields were full of food, with bumper harvests every year. Everyone had smiles and hope, and schoolgirls and schoolboys, from the youngest to their teens, ran and played together. Great Wei had become the most powerful nation in the world.

He Shu Zhou couldn't help but marvel: Becoming a ruler for the ages was a piece of cake.

Lu Lan Qiang was the Prince of Anning and Grand General Who Guards the Nation of Great Wei, as well as a true God of War. More importantly, Lu Lan Qiang was He Shu Zhou's first six-star all-rounder, with perfect scores in all six attributes. He was also young, with a bright future ahead. Who wouldn't favor their first five-star card? So He Shu Zhou often ate and lived with Lu Lan Qiang, even sleeping side by side with him.

But what was Lu Lan Qiang's mysterious affection level? Why didn't the other officials have one? Was it exclusive to five-star cards?

Giving Lu Lan Qiang a fief and silver rewards didn't raise his mysterious affection level at all. Accidentally giving him an item that raised the affection levels of the harem concubines made it skyrocket.

What the officials of Great Wei feared most was their emperor spending points to unlock their character stories. He claimed it was to get to know them, but really, he just wanted gossip.

What?

The Vice Minister of Rites rented a place outside the palace to keep... What? A cat? I thought he had a mistress.

What?

His wife thinks he's keeping a mistress and wants a divorce. She's already written the divorce papers and gone back to her parents' home.

What?

The Vice Minister of Personnel is actually the best friend of countless wives and young ladies.

The officials: I never expected you to be that kind of person.

When listening to other people's gossip, the officials thought: Hey, that's interesting! Tell us more.

When other people heard their gossip, the officials thought: Now that's an utterly mortifying death in public!

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A Planet Editor

You Jiang transmigrated to another plane, became a fox beastkin, and inherited a planet.

Two Systems competed to bind themselves to him.

One was the Interstellar Farming Tycoon System. It wanted him to farm on the planet, make a fortune, and become the richest man in the interstellar world.

The other was the Planet Editor System. It wanted him to transform the planet into Earth, letting the intelligent species in this plane see Earth's beautiful scenery.

The two Systems made You Jiang choose. He chose both.

The planet he inherited was split evenly between the two Systems.

One half was for farming, and the other was for recreating Earth.

Using the Planet Editor System, he transformed a flat artificial planet into a beautiful world with vast forests, gorgeous lakes, and towering mountains. He recreated Earth's stunning scenery on this planet, including the rainforests of the Americas, Northern European landscapes, and the mountains and rivers of China.

Then, he found tomatoes and chili peppers in the American forests, soybeans and rice among the Chinese mountains and rivers, and king crabs and bluefin tuna in the Northern European landscapes.

Using the farming System, he grew plants and raised livestock and poultry from Earth, and farmed fish and shrimp from Earth, then sold all these foods throughout the interstellar world.

These foods from Earth soon conquered the taste buds of every species in the world.

But why were elves from Northern European mythology showing up in the American forests? Why were there merfolk, who should have been in the sea, in a freshwater lake? Why were there lion prides on the grasslands of Asia?

Why were the leaders of every country buying these Earth products in huge quantities at even higher prices? They even claimed the products could treat mental-energy contamination.

[Planet Editor System: Hurry up and get those damn alien species, elves, merfolk, and beastkin, off my half of the planet. If they're sick, they can go to the hospital. My land isn't a vacation spot for them to get treatment.]

You Jiang: But they're offering so much money.

Theme: Hard work builds a strong nation.