I Transmigrate as Zhu Gaoxu, Hiding a Recording of Zhu Di

Lin Yue, a 996 office drone, pulled an all-nighter recording meeting minutes. Facing his voice recorder, he recited the line, "The heir is often ill; you must do your best to support him."

When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into the Ming Dynasty as Prince of Han, Zhu Gaochi, nicknamed Golden Bean.

The fourth year of Jianwen, on the battlefield at Puzikou.

The great river lay behind him, the Southern Army before him. Prince of Yan Zhu Di had just patted his back and personally promised him the empty grand prize of becoming heir to the throne.

The voice recorder from the modern era had captured every word.

**No System, no advanced technology, only a voice recorder and a head full of Ming history.**

The original Zhu Gaochi was brave but foolish. After losing the succession struggle, he was eventually locked in a bronze vat by his nephew Zhu Zhanji and burned alive.

Given a second life, this office drone, who had been fed countless empty promises at work, knew that verbal assurances weren’t worth a thing.

When the Jingnan forces crossed the river, he kept his edge hidden and didn’t vie for the greatest credit. At the Yongle court, he bided his time and made plans, secretly building a network of loyal followers.

Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi had deep roots, the "Good Sage Grandson" Zhu Zhanji was precocious and clever, the civil officials stood together, and the nobles each had their own agendas.

A struggle for the throne wasn’t a duel on the battlefield. It was a long and brutal contest for power.

The voice recorder couldn’t kill or build cannons, but hidden in the armor he wore close to his body, it was his ultimate weapon.

Until the time was right, he would never reveal it.

He would lie low during the Yongle era, advancing one careful step at a time.

The Golden Bean who was once fated to burn to death would overturn the course of history, defeat the Crown Prince and the Ming Dynasty’s God of War, and ascend the imperial throne!