Great Tang: It Begins with My Ascension to the Throne

In the ninth year of Wude, I transmigrated and became Li Shimin. As I was holding my enthronement ceremony, news arrived that Luo Yi, a die-hard supporter of the Hidden Crown Prince, had raised an army in rebellion. At the same time, Jieli of the Turks led two hundred thousand troops south toward Chang'an, massacring countless people of the Great Tang along the way. For this blood feud, I swear upon my own hair: in this life, I will wipe out the entire Turkic people.

In the first year of Zhenguan, the Flying Tiger Army, equipped with rifles and cannons, marched west to the Central Plains and swept through the Turks. They dug pits for tens of thousands of corpses and buried a million Turks, turning the Central Plains into a hell of slaughter.

In the second year of Zhenguan, blood flooded the land. Countless old powers were uprooted, the Great Tang's military and government were brought under tight central control, and reforms were completed. The empire officially embarked on the road to industrialization.

In the third year of Zhenguan, the Great Tang Navy's first ironclad warship was launched, and the beginnings of an invincible navy emerged.

In the tenth year of Zhenguan, the Great Tang's reputation as the foremost empire under heaven resounded throughout the world. It became the world's political, economic, cultural, and entertainment center, and its people became the most noble race on Earth. The greatest wish of everyone on Earth was to become a citizen of the Great Tang...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.