After transmigrating into the body of eight-year-old Crown Prince Li Chengqian in the first year of Zhenguan, Li Dong, who has read the history books, panics.
The original owner was deposed for treason and died far from home, with a tragic end. Li Dong has no desire to wield power over the court. He just wants to slack off, make money by refining coarse salt, and find a chance to run away and save his life.
Who knew that an accidental success would let a pot of fine salt revive the Tang dynasty’s finances? Assembly-line reforms, drought relief and locust control, military and government overhauls, expanded maritime trade… He is forced to earn merit at every turn.
The princes who once opposed one another wholeheartedly rally around him, and the officials, civil and military alike, follow him with all their might. This good-for-nothing Crown Prince, whose only aim was to flee, somehow gets pushed all the way onto the supreme throne. He rewrites every tragedy of the Zhenguan era and forges an age of prosperity that will last through the ages.
It's probably based on AI, but it's very natural when combined with history. It's repetitive in many places, which makes it a bit long-winded. Overall, it's okay. I'll take a look first before talking about it. It's very tiring to read, and I need to find the necessary context from the repeated meanings!