I Just Want to Be a Quiet, Foolish Emperor

You're really ruthless! The Ming Dynasty was likened to a company I work for this company and barely get a day off all year round. The pay is pitifully low, and now they're even making me pay for meals, which look expensive. This company is bound to go bankrupt sooner or later. | ू•ૅω•́)ᵎᵎᵎ

Your book is actually quite mediocre, but it does have a hint of a ruthless leader! I'm talking about a true ruthless leader, not Cao Cao, but a tough guy, but the transformation was too rapid. You don't seem like someone who just transmigrated recently; you seem like someone who's had a year or two of experience. This transformation is too fast; it's a little hard to adjust to.

I read a section, and overall, I'd rate it as a barely readable light novel. The first point about matricide was initially quite disturbing, but after thinking about it, considering the numerous errors and omissions in the Records of the Grand Historian... It just goes to show that history serves those in power. Whether or not there will be gossip is irrelevant.

It's written quite well, down to the bone. It even tells Zhu Di to hurry up and rebel so he can be a carefree prince. But does he even have the intelligence of a kindergartener? If Zhu Di rebels, even if you become a prince, you'll only live for two years at most before you die. There are a whole bunch of other brainless things, but I'm too lazy to go on. All I can say is that it's very much in line with Tomato's style.

To actively request to become a vassal state is already the mark of a foolish ruler, and he is even more foolish than the Empress Dowager of the Song and Qing dynasties, the kind of foolish ruler that no one can surpass. Why does the author believe that acknowledging someone as a vassal is merely a change of title?

The characters "Yongle" are an insult to Zhu Di. Don't overthink the word "traitor"; just call him a rebel. During the Song Dynasty, Fang La used the reign title Yongle.

It's a pretty good book, but some of the plot is contradictory and even twisted. The protagonist can strangle his own mother for power, yet he always wants to give the throne to Zhu Di. I know you're trying to attract readers by subverting expectations, but subverting expectations doesn't mean you're schizophrenic.

Choosing this idiot as the protagonist would have been worse than choosing the God of War of the Ming Dynasty.

The author underestimates the normal status and dignity of an ancient emperor, constantly depicting modern ways of interacting with him. These ways of interacting are utterly disrespectful—no, they should be considered serious crimes. The officials should be terrified and prostrate themselves in fear upon seeing the protagonist act this way.

The bigger issue is not how good your proposal is, but how well it is implemented.