I, the Ming Dynasty's Number One Schemer, Am Begged by Old Zhu Not to Die

[Alternate history] + [Great Ming] + [Villain] Shen Jue transmigrated into the late Great Ming as a notorious eunuch known as the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old, and was bound to the [Traitor Roleplaying System]. If he wanted to survive, he had to max out his “traitor points.” Frame loyal officials? Embezzle the treasury? Urge the emperor to become a tyrant? He had to do it all! The good news: Shen Jue played the traitor in public, but secretly used a traitor’s methods to pull Great Ming back from the brink. The treasury filled up, and powerful enemies were put to death! The bad news: Every one of Shen Jue’s “traitorous” deeds was broadcast on the sky screen for the founding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, to see! Watching Shen Jue “demote” the loyal official Yu Qian to command the Nine Border Garrisons, Zhu Yuanzhang trembled with rage. “You damned eunuch! How dare you lay a hand on my loyal official!” But Yu Qian went on to unite the military forces and pacify the border threats. Watching Shen Jue “embezzle” treasury silver into his own estate, Zhu Yuanzhang drew his sword in fury. “Give me a thousand cuts to carve him apart!” But the silver was promptly turned into countless cannons, which blasted the Jurchen stronghold flat. Watching Shen Jue encourage the Tianqi Emperor to take up woodworking while he monopolized power, Zhu Yuanzhang nearly spat blood. “This is the omen of a dynasty’s fall! The omen of a dynasty’s fall!” But the Tianqi Emperor became a master of military engineering, building new warships that ruled the seas! At last, Zhu Yuanzhang watched Shen Jue, drained and on his deathbed, address his useless descendant on the sky screen with a smile and speak his final words: “Your Majesty, did I play the traitor convincingly?” At that moment, Zhu Yuanzhang wept in the Fengtian Hall and roared at the sky, “Shen Jue! You’d better stay alive! Anyone who lays a hand on you will have to fight me!”