The Great Ming? Let Whoever Wants to Save It Do So. I, Chongzhen, Have Given Up!

In the Ming Dynasty, emperors who tried to get things done died young, while those who slacked off lived long.

And me? I've transmigrated into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian.

I just want to stay alive!

After all, being emperor in the Ming Dynasty is a high-risk job.

Emperor Xianzong, Zhu Jianshen, died at forty, killed by the imperial physician's medicine!

Emperor Wuzong, Zhu Houzhao, died at thirty, on his way back from his southern tour, in that shallow pond!

My late older brother, Zhu Youxiao, died at just twenty-three after falling into the water at Xiyuan!

As you can see,

in the Ming Dynasty, anyone who tries to save the dynasty dies!

By contrast, the Wanli Emperor, who slacked off, managed to rule for nearly fifty years despite having diabetes!

So,

I wisely chose to slack off. It's the only thing I can do.

Because, for some inexplicable reason, I awakened a [Slacker System]!

To stay alive, I have to obey the System and indulge in luxury and extravagance, give myself over to pleasure, revel in wine and women, and marry into powerful clans and noble families, making them partners in my interests!

I've tied them all to the Ming Dynasty's chariot. When it prospers, we all prosper; when it falls, we all fall!

If I'm going to die, I might as well take a few others down with me, right?

Many years later,

as Zhu Youjian, the sixteenth son of the Ming Dynasty, gazes upon a Ming Dynasty restored to greatness, he will recall the... distant night when he chose to slack off...