Lu Yan, an extra, transmigrated on a film set. When he opened his eyes, he had become an eighty-year-old man.
The grim-faced emperor seated on the throne looked at him coldly. "Lord Zhang, you're senile. I permit you to retire and return home."
Before Lu Yan could react, his vision blurred, and a screen appeared before him: "Stop the emperor from sending troops to the northwest."
System reminder: Your protest-to-the-death skill cooldown has ended.
If the mission fails, the Host will be erased. If the Host succeeds in remonstrating, you will gain life points.
Lu Yan shut his eyes and steeled himself. Fine! How hard could it be to rein in a tyrant? This minister would protest to the death!
He stood up, trembling, and tried to straighten his creaking old back. "Though I am old, I know the suffering of the people under heaven. Your Majesty must not rashly resort to arms. If I do not remonstrate today, I dare not return home to die!"
[Host's remonstrance succeeded. The fate of the Yong Dynasty has changed slightly.]
[Reward: Secret identity quota x2, face-customization permissions unlocked.]
In the autumn of the fifteenth year of Dingzhao, Zhang Pingfu, Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, protested to the death and struck his head against a pillar.
He was posthumously given the title Wen Zheng.
From Zhang Pingfu's protest onward, upright ministers emerged one after another during the Dingzhao era.
Secret Identity 1: [Top Graduate]
"Wen Zheng was my teacher. Though I, Xun, am weak and my words carry little weight, I dare not betray my teacher's wishes."
The new top graduate, once a playboy who had caroused among beauties and drunk with princes and nobles, whose appearance was the finest in the capital, took his sword and killed himself at a palace banquet, dressed in red with his hat's wings spread.
Secret Identity 2: [Imperial Tutor]
"My task of teaching and answering questions is done. Your Majesty, will you understand my way?"
A lean scholar rode unsteadily on a thin donkey, a book chest on its back.
The spring breeze once again turned the southern banks green, but no emperor in the world could make the dead plum trees on the mountains bloom again.
Secret Identity 3: [Marquis in Purple]
"The emperor is my elder brother, and the crown prince is my nephew. What's so hard about listening to me?"
"Saving the realm is as easy as a flick of my finger. Dying is no big deal, so what's the problem?"
This reckless man dared to remonstrate against the tyrant with his troops and whip the crown prince. He was always talking about living to the ripe old age of a tortoise, yet the one thing he couldn't do was let slip the words that would cost him his life.
With eight hundred secret identities at his disposal, Lu Yan charged down the path of an upright minister who would protest to the death. He worked to restore the state, remonstrated with the tyrant, cleansed the bureaucracy, and supported the young ruler.
He earned five-star achievements including [Reining in the Tyrant], [Dragon-Supporting Tactics], [The Emperor's Unforgettable Love], [Successful Military Remonstrance], [Model for All Ministers], and [Teacher for All Ages]!
Before reading:
1. The protagonist may use several secret identities at the same time.
2. The secret identities have multiple tangled relationship dynamics, either staged or imagined by bystanders. It has a slight delusional-transmigration style; everything is in service of making the protagonist shine.
Theme: Preserve the teachings of the sages of old and bring peace to the world for all generations
