"Old Li's Tang Dynasty" is a historical novel that takes the rise and fall of the Li family as its context and panoramically depicts the three hundred years of the Tang Dynasty.
The story begins with Li Yuan and his son's rebellion in Taiyuan during the chaos of the late Sui Dynasty, and follows the family all the way to the pinnacle of power. You will see Li Shimin's bloody decision in front of the Xuanwu Gate, Wu Zetian's shocking move to break through the patriarchal world, Li Longji's ambition and romance in the prosperous age of Kaiyuan, and also witness how the Anshi Rebellion tore apart prosperity, the undercurrent of the court in the Niu-Li party struggle, and the last sunset of the empire after the Huangchao Uprising.
But this is not only a dynasty history, but also a family story - how do the emperors of the Lao Li family balance family affairs and state affairs on the dragon throne? Suspicions between father and son, brothers fighting each other, competition in the harem, and every collision between family affection and power determine the direction of history. Those wrapped in dragon robes are, after all, living people: their ambitions, fears, love and weaknesses, together weave this epic epic that is majestic and full of human entanglements.
When the sound of bells and drums in Chang'an gradually fades away, let us follow the most famous family in Chinese history and enter their glorious, complex and real inner world to see how they control and how they are swept away by the torrent of history. In the three hundred years of the Tang Dynasty, all the glory and sighs began with this family named Li.
