After transmigrating as Zhang Gui, a relative of the imperial family in the Tianqi Dynasty, he had no choice but to set out to ruin the powerful officials and bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty, all to avoid being tortured to death by Li Zicheng in the future.
The censors accused him of manipulating the emperor and violating proper conduct.
The feudal princes called him insatiably greedy.
The officials and gentry hated him for his harshness and ruthlessness.
But most of the commanders guarding the nine frontiers were his lackeys, and even the powerful Eunuch Wei was his godson. The emperor could do nothing about him, either.
And so, the Ming Dynasty was left entirely at his mercy.
