Starting by Funding Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty

Given Zhu Yuanzhang's personality, no matter how powerful you are or how much of a benefactor you are, he will still suppress you to death. Even if you save his parents' lives or prevent him from becoming empress, he will still suppress you afterwards without any mercy.

If the protagonist doesn't die, the day Zhu Chenggong succeeds, the protagonist will be subjected to a slow slicing, and his entire family will be wiped out. Working under Zhu, even a good death is difficult; being skinned alive is the bare minimum.

You're courting death! Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor who hated the rich the most, and you even funded your conquest of the empire. Didn't this force Zhu Yuanzhang to kill you after he gained power? So-called "merits overshadowing the emperor."

The synopsis says I'm planning to be a dog, slaughtered and eaten when hungry. Who was Zhu Yuanzhang? How can a time traveler not know?

The biggest reason Zhu Yuanzhang is so heavily vilified is that he infringed upon the interests of local gentry (for example, the "Blank Seal Case," where local gentry, imitating the tax farming system of the Yuan Dynasty, tested Zhu Yuanzhang's abilities). Historically, those portrayed as tyrants have generally violated the fundamental interests of local gentry.

After reading your synopsis, I have a question for the author: the male lead is so awesome, why doesn't he do things himself?

This book is all about how to be a dog for Zhu Yuanzhang, and an extremely loyal one at that. It portrays Zhu Yuanzhang and other civil and military officials as incredibly stupid, while the protagonist is portrayed as very powerful and capable, yet still serves as Zhu Yuanzhang's lackey.

Based on what's mentioned in the synopsis, the protagonist could easily gather a group of people to do it all himself; why would he need to work for Zhu Yuanzhang?

This author is another person who's read "Those Things About the Ming Dynasty" but hasn't seriously studied the "Veritable Records of the Ming Dynasty." They have a superficial understanding of the early Ming Dynasty's history and yet they come here to instill their own worship of Zhu Yuanzhang. They don't even consider what kind of person Zhu Yuanzhang was.

The saying goes, "When the rabbit dies, the fox grieves," and "The hunting dog is cooked." If there's a threat, Old Zhu will take you away before he dies. It's better to go to Nanyang or Australia; there's money there, and it's a chaotic world with no shortage of people.