I’m Huang Chao, Li Shimin’s Official Roasted Sweet Potato Manager

“Political intrigue + humor + logic”: rise to greatness and take on the powerful clans! The powerful clans were aristocratic families whose members held official posts for generations. The origins of the clan system can be traced back to the late Eastern Han dynasty. The Eastern Han selected talent through the recommendation system and government recruitment, which are considered the main causes of the rise of the powerful clans. Their status was later cemented under the Nine-Rank System of the Wei and Jin dynasties. By then, they were richer than states and wielded even more power than the emperor. In the Sui dynasty, Yang Guang introduced the imperial examinations, hoping to select talent from humble families and curb the powerful clans. The policy had little effect, however, and the clans struck back. They ultimately brought about his death. During the reign of Tang Taizong, Li Shimin, he revised the Book of Clans. When he saw the first edition revised by Gao Shilian, with the Li clan of Longxi ranked fourth and the Cui clan of Boling ranked first, he angrily remarked, “Those who conquered the land rank below those who contributed not an inch!” This shows that the powerful clans of the time commanded such prestige that they could even overshadow the imperial family. When the clans grew too powerful, they monopolized most of society's resources, leaving people from humble backgrounds with no chance to rise. During the Huang Chao Rebellion at the end of the Tang dynasty, Huang Chao, a man from Shandong who had once been a salt smuggler, invaded Chang'an. His first target was the Tang dynasty's powerful clans, known as the Five Surnames and Seven Houses, whom he set out to purge... Against this backdrop, the story follows a boy also named Huang Chao, who is carrying a sack of sweet potatoes when he accidentally transmigrates from 2025 to the early Tang dynasty, 1,400 years in the past, in the eighth year of the Wude era. It begins when he inadvertently saves Prince of Qin Li Shimin, and goes on to tell how he helps Li Shimin suppress the powerful clans and strengthen imperial authority! Though the protagonist's mind travels through time, the story will do its utmost to respect historical logic. It may be imaginative, but it's not brainless!