Reborn as Fang Yiai: Tang Dynasty Is No Easy Place to Get By

A modern history graduate student wakes up in the fifth year of the Zhenguan era, inhabiting Fang Xuanling’s supposedly useless second son, Fang Yiai. Facing a reputation as a wastrel, a fated betrothal, and undercurrents at court, he draws on a millennium of knowledge. From the start, he pretends to be a playboy to test the waters, outsmarts the sons of the aristocracy with Sun Bin’s horse-racing strategy, astonishes Chang’an with improved farming methods, and overturns prejudice with his essays for the imperial examinations. From test plots in the backyard to presenting proposals at court, from military service on the frontier to governing the Western Regions, he uses modern thinking to reform livelihoods, the military, and the institutions of state. He averts historical tragedies and transforms from a spoiled aristocrat scorned by everyone into a pillar of the Great Tang, aiding a wise ruler and protecting his family. With Princess Gaoyang, he goes from bickering rivals to devoted partners. Amid the currents of the prosperous Zhenguan era, he forges a legendary path all his own as Fang Yiai!