O Estadista da Grande Ming

In the dim prison cell, a mixture of mildew, sweat, decay, and feces filled the air. Chen Kan casually picked up a rat that mistook his finger for a french fry and tossed it aside. He gave a bitter smile.

He had to accept this absurd reality.

Yes, he had traveled through time.

From the towering, technologically advanced 21st century, he had crossed over to the summer of the fourth year of the Jianwen era in the Ming dynasty.

How he had traveled through time? That was irrelevant!

What mattered was Chen Kan’s current predicament was far from pleasant.

Not only was he imprisoned, but his life was also in constant danger.

As for the reason...

It was simple—he had taken over the body of a man whose teacher was named Fang Xiaoru.

Yes, the very same Fang Xiaoru who, according to history, was executed along with his entire clan by Zhu Di.

“Life is unpredictable, like a small intestine wrapped in a large intestine,” Chen Kan mused, swallowing his words after merging with the original owner’s memories.

The unlucky man who had traveled through time was also named Chen Kan.

But this Chen Kan’s past was so bizarre that “strange” didn’t even begin to describe it.

He was originally the son of Chen Heng, Marquis of Puding, a founding general of the Ming dynasty.

A genuine spoiled young noble.

In his previous life, Chen Kan was just a typical overworked corporate drone. Becoming a spoiled noble through time travel wasn’t entirely unacceptable.

But fate loved to toy with him.

In the 26th