Hongwu Succession Struggle: Old Zhu, Come Be My Zhang Liang

During the Hongwu era, the Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang fell ill and remained unconscious. Zhu Yuanzhang, who had risen from poverty with nothing but a broken bowl before unifying the realm, accidentally swapped souls with Wang Zhang, an impoverished adviser in Zhu Di’s household. Although I’ve lost my supreme power, I’ve gained the most precious things of all: time and a young body! When I learned that my fourth son, Zhu Di, was secretly plotting to seize the throne and wanted to kill Yunwen, Fine, fine! I’ll destroy everything you have, Fourth Son. I’ll personally stamp you into hell and make sure you never rise again! But he also unexpectedly discovered that his fourth son’s grandson, Zhu Zhanji, was more suited to inherit the Ming Dynasty than Zhu Biao or Yunwen! Transmigrated as Zhu Zhanji during the Hongwu era, he figured he only needed to exercise a little and listen to music at the pleasure quarters now and then. But a man nearby who constantly referred to himself as “I” kept urging him to usurp the throne... Zhu Zhanji: “If you’re so capable, do it yourself! You really think you’re Zhang Liang?” Zhu Yuanzhang: “Fine, I’ll be your Zhang Liang!” Many years later, at the Ming Dynasty’s enthronement ceremony, Zhu Zhanji: “I was only joking.” Zhu Zhanji: “You’re really making me take the throne?!”