Season 1: The foundation of the Sui Dynasty - the rule of Emperor Kaihuang and the tyranny of Daye
1. Protagonist: Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty Yang Jian (541-604) - "System Designer"
2. Protagonist: Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty (569-618) - "Crazy Dreamer"
Season 2: The Glory of the Early Tang Dynasty - Zhenguan Long Song and the Wuzhou Revolution
3. Protagonist: Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (598-649) - "Perfect CEO"
4. Protagonist: Wu Zetian (624-705) - "The Counterattack Queen"
Season 3: The undercurrent of the prosperous Tang Dynasty - the prosperous age of Kaiyuan and the crisis of Tianbao
5. Protagonist: Tang Xuanzong Li Longji (685-762) - "MVP in the first half, pig teammates in the second half"
Season 4: The Fall of the Middle and Late Tang Dynasty - feudal towns, party struggles and eunuchs
6. Protagonist: Li Linfu vs. Yang Guozhong - "The Peak Showdown of Traitors"
7. Protagonist: Niu Sengru vs. Li Deyu - "Forty Years of Office War" (Niu and Li Party Struggle)
8. Protagonist: Eunuch group (such as Li Fuguo, Qiu Shiliang) - "the emperor's 'master'"
9. Protagonist: Governor of the vassal town (such as An Lushan, Zhu Wen) - "local princes"
The drama, complexity and cruelty of these real historical figures and events are no less dramatic than those in "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty". The story of officialdom in the Sui and Tang Dynasties is a grand epic about institutional innovation, the temptation of power, the struggle of ideals and the darkness of human nature.
5. Protagonist: Tang Xuanzong Li Longji (685-762) - "MVP in the first half, pig teammates in the second half"
