Lin Chen, a modern programmer trapped in the 996 work schedule, dies suddenly from overwork and transmigrates to the Kaiyuan era of Emperor Xuanzong's reign. He takes over the body of a low-ranking official with the same name. The original owner died after becoming entangled in an imperial examination cheating scandal, and Lin Chen takes his place.
The story combines authentic Tang bureaucracy with fictional power struggles. Using the Three Departments and Six Ministries system, an imperial examination cheating scandal, and the separatist rule of military governors as historical foundations, it builds a “Chang'an Chessboard”: rival factions treat the realm as their board and the protagonist as their pawn, while concealing his true identity as the one who can break the game.
