In the first year of the Shenlong era, poison coursed through his veins, and Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, died with hatred in his heart. Before his death, he remembered the humiliation of fourteen years under house arrest in Fangzhou, the Wu clan's grip on power, the Longyou aristocrats' arrogance, and the people driven from their homes. Most of all, he regretted his own lifelong cowardice, which had made him a puppet in the hands of Empress Wei and the Wu clan, leaving him to die as his country fell, his family was destroyed, and his head was severed from his body.
Reborn, he returned to the days of his confinement in Fangzhou. Empress Wei still seemed meek, Princess Anle was young, the Wu clan's spies were everywhere in the imperial residence, and the Longyou faction watched from the shadows. This time, all cowardice was gone from him. Only iron resolve and political cunning remained in his eyes. He swore to protect the people of Fangzhou, destroy treacherous officials, restore the Li Tang dynasty, and usher in a golden age!
He began his face-slapping spree as soon as he was reborn, slapping Empress Wei and standing up to the Wu clan's surveillance officials. He won over the loyal assassin Lin Mo and enlisted the upright Cui Xuanwei. Using Fangzhou as his base, he advanced one step at a time. He laid clever traps to sow discord within the Wu clan, turned his enemies' strength against them to dismantle the Longyou alliance, and ruthlessly purged traitors such as Empress Wei, Wu Sansi, and Princess Taiping. He enacted reforms, including the equal distribution of land taxes, the return of furnace surcharges to the state, and requiring officials and gentry alike to pay grain taxes, eliminating centuries-old abuses and allowing the people to live in peace and prosperity.
From a prisoner in Fangzhou to an emperor of the Tang, from a weak commoner to a ruler who received envoys from every nation, Li Xian rose amid chaos and turned the tables when all hope seemed lost, wielding masterful political skill. With Fangzhou as his foundation, the people as his priority, and iron resolve as his blade, he swept aside every obstacle, crushed the military governors' rebellions, and repelled foreign invasions. At last, he restored the Li Tang dynasty to glory and forged a legend of staying true to one's original purpose and ruling the realm through political cunning!
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