I Helped a Loser at the End of the Sui Dynasty

I Advised the “Loser” at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Also known as: After I Transmigrated, I Discovered the History Books Were Fake; Li Jiancheng: We Got the Wrong Script This Time; Xuanwu Gate? Not Happening

Synopsis

Li Yu, 25, is a doctoral student in engineering, a history buff, and a hardcore gamer.

On the night he transmigrated, he was eating instant noodles while arguing with someone on a forum: “Li Jiancheng was just a disposable pawn. History is written by the victors, get it?”

Then Heaven gave him the chance to put those words to the test himself.

He opened his eyes in the thirteenth year of Daye, outside Jinyang City, with corpses of the starving lying everywhere.

A young man crouched before him, taking off his outer robe to cover a dead child. His movements were so gentle, as if afraid to wake a dream.

Li Yu blurted out, “Li Jiancheng?”

The man looked up. “You know me?”

Li Yu looked at that face, the “loser” reviled in the history books for over a thousand years, and fell silent.

No. This wasn’t right.

That look in his eyes wasn’t right.

Those hands weren’t right.

This man... wasn’t right.

Some objective observations about the person I’m advising

Strengths:

· Treats worthy people with respect (the kind who really will crouch down to talk to you)

· Opens the granaries to feed the people (not for show, he’s the one who’s starving himself thin)

· Kind and devoted to the people (the kind the common folk surround and call “Your Highness, the Crown Prince”)

Weaknesses:

· Way too damn kind (even to his younger brother)

· Not ruthless enough (a fatal flaw in the game of power)

· Surrounded by honest people (except the new guy)

A friendly warning about the opponent

Li Shimin, eighteen