Modern office drone Cai Yijiao was still furiously hammering away at his keyboard over his boss’s empty promises of “stock listing bonuses” when he worked himself to death. When he opened his eyes, he had become Li Ke, the third son of Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty.
Stuck with the awkward identity of Emperor Yang of Sui’s grandson and the historical verdict that he was “brave and much like me, but sadly born into the wrong family,” Cai Yijiao only wants to lie flat and stay alive. But the [System of Emperors Across All Worlds] he’s bound to won’t allow it: “Host, please work hard, strive for the throne, and unify the world, or you’ll be erased~”
And so Li Ke, the former overachiever and current Tang prince, is forced back to work. He uses modern knowledge to give the prosperous Zhenguan era a little extra help, inventing things and making money, while the System “coerces and entices” him into getting along with Crown Prince Li Chengqian, his fourth brother Li Tai, and the rest of his siblings. After all, the System’s missions say that sibling rivalry costs points, while brotherly harmony earns rewards!
At court, he can outargue Wei Zheng and keep Li Shimin happy, all while recruiting a host of famous ministers and mighty generals. In the palace, he snaps up an overlooked princess from the previous dynasty and elopes with beauties from foreign lands, until even the System can’t help asking, “Host, have you lost sight of your priorities?” On the world map, he teaches Tibetans to grow potatoes with his left hand and sends Japan The Analects with his right, while turning the Silk Road into the “Li Ke Brand Global Trade Network.”
Come see how an office drone who only wants to lie flat, spurred on by the System, leads a band of eccentric brothers in turning the Tang Dynasty into an empire on which the sun never sets, while also making his harem a “world’s fair.”
