I’m the Living King of Hell, a Poisonous Strategist, and the Empress Calls Me Ridiculous

After transmigrating to the Great Zhou dynasty as a newly appointed top scholar, he thought he might rise to become a marquis or minister. Instead, the officials pushed him forward as a scapegoat to oversee disaster relief and cover up their embezzlement. If that's how things are, there's no reason to keep a low profile! Minister of Revenue: Your Majesty, Li Wenhao, the new top scholar, mixed sand into the disaster relief grain, provoking public outrage. Please order his immediate execution! Empress: Not a single one of the 300,000 disaster victims starved to death, and tens of thousands wrote petitions praising Minister Li. What crime has he committed? The Turkic Khagan: Your Majesty of Great Zhou, Li Wenhao has cut off our purchase of wool. My people have no clothes to wear, no food to eat, and no soldiers to deploy. You must kill Li Wenhao to appease my anger, or else... Empress: You just said you have no soldiers to deploy. Why should I listen to you? Guards, send the army against the Turks and flatten the grasslands! Enemy nation: Li Wenhao tricked our merchants into buying government bonds, promising tenfold returns in a year, then fled with the principal, leaving our merchants with nothing. Emperor of Great Zhou, explain yourself! Empress: The treasury of Great Zhou is full. I'll have Li Wenhao bring 100,000 troops to your capital and explain things to your emperor in person! After Great Zhou unifies the Nine Provinces, the Empress rewards those who distinguished themselves: Li Wenhao, everyone calls you a poisonous strategist and a living King of Hell. I have always stood up for you. How will you repay me? Li Wenhao: Is my wholehearted support of Your Majesty not enough?