Great Tang: The Minister in Blue

Original title: I Rule the Tang Dynasty Through Schemes and Stratagems

The dome looks down on the lowly masses; only I can seize the heavens with my own hands.

The schemes at court, the changes in people's hearts, the aristocratic clans' assassinations, the royal family's wariness: what does it mean to rule an empire? This book takes you through the true glory of the Tang dynasty. Was the High Tang truly glorious, or was it rotten to the core? All professions are inferior, only scholars are held in high regard. Just how lowly were merchants in the Tang dynasty?