My eunuch godfather

How to rise above the rest if you travel back to the late Ming Dynasty? Neither scholarly nor martial, lacking capital for business, you adopt a eunuch as your godfather. You become a dung lord, contract construction projects, grow tobacco, produce black tea, manufacture glass, build ships, and cultivate sweet potatoes… You translate Western learning, cast cannons, build blast furnaces, repair public toilets, print newspapers, establish banks, and sell official bonds… You reform the Grand Canal, abolish the imperial clan system, implement poll tax, promote perpetual tenancy, lower land rents, establish military estates, and reduce or eliminate taxes… You pacify displaced people, expel the Manchus, conquer the northern frontier, and colonize the Americas. You develop industry, enlighten science, and make the Ming Dynasty great again. Not just the Ming Dynasty of the Zhu family, but the Ming Dynasty of all the people!