Cao Jie transmigrates into the Qixia Kingdom as a minor court official with a cushy, meaningless post. All he wants is to lie flat, eat his fill, and wait for death.
But before he's even settled in, he realizes something is wrong with the country. Qixia isn't an independent dynasty at all, but a choice morsel under the Great Yan. The ministers at court all have their own schemes, the warlords eye the borders hungrily, and pirates raid, ghosts run rampant, people flee, and diplomacy is in crisis. One disaster after another looms over the realm, which could fall at any moment.
Empress Xiahou Wan has beauty but no real power, and bears alone the burden of an empire on the brink of collapse.
Cao Jie glances at her and sighs inwardly.
Some roads aren't ones you choose to take. Fate chooses them for you.
Fine, then.
Watch him use the “Myriad Workshop” System to break the deadlock.
This novel isn't mindless, and its worldbuilding isn't half-hearted. The System is just a tool. What truly turns the tide is intelligence, careful planning at every step, and decisions made with one's life on the line.
It's true that Machiavellian tactics are trivial, every step is calculated
Delicate writing, sincere emotions, and fascinating
I thought it was the Industrial Party saving the country, but it turned out to be espionage combined with biotechnology!
I thought it was about saving the country through industry, but it turned out to be espionage combined with biological science.
One of the rare good books in time travel literature, I'm definitely following it
This is my first time to see such a detailed creature setting and world view!
It's okay, worth pursuing. The content in the front is too dense, but it's much better in the back.
To seize military power, you need to rely on your brain. This idea is very advanced.
I declare that Jiang Lingyi is my wife, and no one of you is allowed to take her away.
In the chapters about fighting pirates, the descriptions of the scenes were so exciting.