Auditor Chen Yue wakes up as the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian.
He has no intention of hanging himself from that crooked tree on Coal Hill.
The treasury is empty, with a deficit of two million taels. War rages in Liaodong and the soldiers' pay has run out. Shaanxi is stricken by drought, and refugees are everywhere. At court, the mighty Wei Zhongxian holds the realm in his grip, while the officials sit in terrified silence.
Everyone says Wei Zhongxian is a cancer on the Ming dynasty.
But Chen Yue knows that's not true.
Eunuchs are dogs of imperial power. Change the master, and the dog is still a dog. What is truly gnawing away at the foundations of the Ming dynasty are the great clans that have entrenched themselves for centuries and grown beyond anyone's control. They monopolize the imperial examinations, seize farmland, and sit on vast estates without paying a single coin in taxes, leaving the poor to shoulder the entire burden. When people can no longer survive, they flee. When they flee, they become refugees. When refugees can no longer survive, they rebel.
It's a vicious cycle, and the great clans are at its root.
Other people transmigrate with a System. He has nothing but a pair of eyes trained to audit the books.
Ten years as an auditor taught him how to deal with financial fraud. He is determined to examine the Ming dynasty's rotten accounts, one entry at a time.
He won't kill Wei Zhongxian. He'll keep him as a blade to cut through the officials' accounts.
Audit the Ministry of Revenue, recover embezzled silver, and replenish the treasury.
Build up the Embroidered Uniform Guard and survey the empire's farmland, striking at nobles and wealthy landlords with every blow.
Seven million taels of silver: this isn't about raiding one eunuch's home. It's about seizing the great clans' land and digging up roots that have spread for a hundred years.
From bringing the powerful eunuch to heel and recovering stolen wealth to surveying farmland and confronting the gentry, one modern auditor rewrites the script of a fallen dynasty into an epic of revival through the hardest-hitting methods: auditing accounts, recovering stolen funds, surveying land, and fighting corruption.
No golden finger. No System interface.
Just one dog that's temporarily obedient, one blade that hasn't yet been sharpened, and a
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