In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang has just ascended the throne and established his capital at Luoyang. The independent princes are watching like tigers, the Xiongnu threat remains, and undercurrents swirl through the court. The empire is in urgent need of reconstruction.
Liu Bang, told in the first person, combines the political cunning of an emperor with the slyness of a man of the streets. He gradually embraces the revolutionary changes brought by a transmigrator.
Gu Yan, a top history student and civil engineer, has no System or golden finger. He relies on modern knowledge, blueprints, and ideas about institutions to change the course of history.
The central conflict: imperial intrigue collides with the thinking of the future, as suspicion and cooperation reshape the fate of the Han dynasty.
Not purely historical