Transmigrated into the Tang dynasty as Li Tai during the Zhenguan era, he hears the tragic clarion call of a succession struggle ringing out.
But Li Tai pulls out a map of the world instead. Why fight over the throne? I’m going to build a “state within a state”!
He revitalizes Guizhou with modern management, grows fabulously wealthy through overseas trade, and dominates Lingnan with firearms centuries ahead of their time.
The Crown Prince regards him as his one true confidant, Li Zhi reveres him as his imperial tutor, and Emperor Taizong leaves him a secret edict on his deathbed: “If the court falls, you may claim the throne yourself…”
When the Tang dynasty opens the Maritime Silk Road because of him, and his nephew kneels in tears before the throne in Chang’an, Li Tai looks at the “lie flat” fiefdom he has built and smiles helplessly.
“I really only wanted to be a wealthy, carefree prince. How did I accidentally become the empire’s ultimate pillar of support?”
This is the legend of a transmigrator who gently steamrolls his era with a thousand years of wisdom, achieving greatness beyond the realm of power.
