[Note: No System + no transmigration + no female lead + behind-the-scenes story + historical research + national destiny and political intrigue + the art of ruling.]
[This book deals with many complicated factors, including political intrigue, politics, and people's livelihoods, making it quite a brain-burner. To stay true to the historical record takes considerable effort. The author can only promise to finish it, though it will take a long time.]
Autumn, the eleventh year of Daye.
The broken Sui is just like this body of mine, ravaged by illness.
I exhausted the people's strength in three campaigns against Goguryeo, only to see rebellion banners rise across the realm and the Turks threaten Yanmen!
Behind me are young children with no one they can rely on, and a prophecy resounding throughout the land: “The Li house shall rise!”
I may die. The Sui may fall.
But the Chinese robes and traditions must not perish by my hand!
If Heaven's mandate belongs to the Li, then I shall use this vast realm as bait and set the whole world as a chessboard.
Li Yuan, Li Mi, Li Jing... All you outstanding men of the Li house may enter the game.
Let me see who truly deserves the imperial throne!
Also known as: The Li House Shall Rise; Tyrant? Yang Guang!
