Ming Dynasty: I, Yan Maoqing, Really Hit the Jackpot

Also known as "Becoming the Senior Grand Secretary Through Bankruptcy Starts from Retiring to My Hometown," "We Agreed on Retirement, So What on Earth is This About Becoming the Senior Grand Secretary?", and "Gen Z Senior Grand Secretary"………… "Of Emperor Jiajing's money, I take two million taels and split one million with him." "Not only does he refuse to dismiss me or allow me to retire, but he actually thanks me and makes me replace Yan Song as the Senior Grand Secretary?" "That's not how it goes in the TV shows..." "Could it really be that the ancestral tombs of my family, Yan Maoqing, are actually smoking with good fortune?" Yan Maoqing is utterly baffled. From the very first day of his time travel, he only wanted to retire with the privileged status of a Jinshi, stay far away from the demonic intelligence of Emperor Jiajing and the fierce ministers filling the court, and return to his hometown like Tao Yuanming to live the peaceful life of a minor landowner, far from the world's disputes. Yet to his absolute surprise, this tiny dream turned out to be far more extravagant than becoming the Senior Grand Secretary...