The Great Tang: My Slacker Antics Shocked the Empress of Ages

Others grind away at their achievements as officials; he grinds away at slacking off. The result? He turns the Great Tang into an age of prosperity! In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Xiao, a junior official in the Secretariat, has three daily tasks: doze over his desk, sneak off to listen to music, and sip tea at the office. A secret agent from the Censorate, Wu Zhao, sneers, “This man is useless. I’ll report him!” Three days later, the Minister of Revenue slams his hand on the table and exclaims, “This ‘Essential Notes on Waterworks’ could save a million drought-stricken acres in Guanzhong!” Wu Zhao: ??? Li Xiao has a “Leisure Value System.” The more he slacks off, the more invincible he becomes: • Doze for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, draw the [Photographic Memory] card, and decipher a Turkic secret message in half a day. • Spend a few minutes in the privy and write “A New Tea and Horse Policy,” tripling annual revenue. • Nod off during court, work out “The Casebook of Suspicious Officials,” and help the empress play Werewolf to expose rebel factions. The junior colleague “Wu Zhao” grows more and more suspicious. This isn’t a lazy fish; it’s a cheat code come to life! The night their covers are blown, the two face off by lamplight. Li Xiao: “So you’re the empress’s secret envoy?” Wu Zhao: “Likewise. You’re no lazy fish; you’re a giant peng!” A fake marriage contract sets the whole city abuzz. With a promise not to reveal each other’s secrets, they join forces to turn the Great Tang’s bureaucracy upside down. But when the System announces, “Reach one hundred million Leisure Value to reconstruct the Zhenguan timeline,” Li Xiao wants to save the only way out for her. Wu Zhao smashes the Carefree Disc in one blow. “Now that I’ve met you in this life, I don’t need the throne. Let’s slack off together until our hair turns white!” Can a lazy fish really lie back and win the world? Will the System’s ultimate mission, [Reconstruct the Zhenguan Timeline], elevate the Great Tang to a higher dimension, or doom two lovers to eternal carefree oblivion? See how this “slacker couple” uses laziness to bring prosperity to an age!