Empress: Your Majesty, Please Let Me Die for My Country!

Lu Ping transmigrated to the Nine Continents, awakened the System, and discovered that he could ascend to immortality as long as he died for his country.

Thus, he decisively joined the notorious Embroidered Uniform Guard, preying on the local gentry, suppressing the great clans, cracking down on the powerful, and offending everyone in the imperial court who could possibly be offended. He recklessly courted death.

However...

The common people: “Lord Lu’s name will live through the ages!”

The impoverished scholars: “Lord Lu fears neither the powerful nor the noble. He is just and incorruptible, breaking the aristocratic clans’ stranglehold for humble scholars like us and allowing those with true talent to enter the imperial court. We should all take Lord Lu as our model and spread his benevolence throughout the world!”

The military families: “Commander Lu loves his soldiers like children and is unmatched in loyalty and righteousness. He is brave and fearless on the battlefield, and on the sand table he leaves no strategy unaccounted for. He truly is the greatest general of our age!”

The empress: “With you, Great Yu is truly extraordinary.”

Lu Ping: “…”