Lying in Silver: I Wore Down Thousands of Ming Dynasty Envoys

The male lead transmigrates to the Ming dynasty and becomes a valuator in the Palace Eunuch Directorate, responsible for appraising the tribute presented to the Ming court by its vassal states.

The Ming has 150 vassal states, which take turns paying tribute, so the court receives gifts every day.

The tribute envoys inflate their prices and collude with people inside the court, turning the Ming treasury into an ATM and enriching a horde of parasites.

The male lead handles matters impartially and squeezes out all the inflated value of the tribute goods, saving the Ming a vast amount of silver.

But he never imagined that the silver he saves for the Ming can be withdrawn as cash in the real world.

The male lead suddenly realizes that he, too, can call the wind and command the rain, and shape the course of the empire.

Until one day, all the vassal states change their strategy and send beautiful women as tribute to the Ming court...