The Minor Scribe Who Sees Karma in a Year of Disaster

Shen Yan transmigrates into a minor scribe in Anping County, only to discover that every decree he writes with his own hand produces a line of red text that only he can see. Seal the granaries, and the whole county runs out of food in three days. Open the granaries, and a stampede breaks out at noon. Take in refugees, and the grain reserves are exhausted. Drive out the refugees, and bandit soldiers storm the city in three months. The red text never tells Shen Yan the right answer—it only tells him who will pay the price for each choice. Starting with inspecting the granaries, settling refugees, and treating epidemics, an unregarded minor scribe gradually holds up an entire county town amid chaotic times. — Description from novelcodex.org