After transmigrating into a bankrupt Han dynasty clansman, I can grow stronger just by marrying a wife. My family tree can even trace my ancestors and uncover famous officials. I only wanted to live as a wealthy man, but somehow, as I kept adding to the family tree... I ended up becoming the founding emperor.
[Core Synopsis]
Liu Zhao, a history graduate student, transmigrates to a frontier commandery in the Western Han and becomes an impoverished clansman with nothing but a family tree to his name. He thinks his situation is hopeless from the start, but then the family tree activates the [Imperial Lineage System]. Take a wife, and gain a legacy of martial prowess. Have a son, and receive a boost to your attributes. Establish your bloodline, and you can even absorb the fortune of remarkable figures from history!
And so, things start to go off the rails:
While others toil to master martial arts, Liu Zhao is figuring out how to marry the kind-hearted daughter of the village head.
While others risk their lives on the battlefield, Liu Zhao is at the military camp claiming the bizarre perk of "a wife with every enlistment."
While others fight for power and profit, Liu Zhao opens his family tree and ponders the names of Huo Qubing's descendants, Mohist heirs, and the lost daughters of wealthy merchants: "How should I go about claiming kinship with this family?"
From a low-ranking soldier on the frontier to a centurion, from carving out a domain in Hexi to contending for the Central Plains. Others conquer the world with swords and blades. Liu Zhao does it with a family tree... and a group of capable wives.
Until one day, he stands before Weiyang Palace, with civil officials and generals behind him, beautiful wives by his side, and the future crown prince in his arms, babbling away.
The System displays a notification: [The Host's bloodline now encompasses thirty percent of the famous officials in history. The imperial foundation is secure. Please name the new dynasty.]
Liu Zhao gazes across the vast land and chuckles:
"This Han dynasty... How did I end up marrying my way into owning it?"
Slow-heating type, the system is not invincible but auxiliary. If Shuhuang is indeed a good book, and it is not so exaggerated, it feels more in line with the ancient facts.