I'm Taking It Easy in the Tang Dynasty, but the Emperor Tells Me to Get It Together

After transmigrating back to the early Tang dynasty, Jia Erqi used his silver tongue to whitewash Li Shimin’s coup during the Xuanwu Gate Incident, earning himself a fortune in rewards and a lavish mansion.

But all he wanted was to lie flat and stay out of court intrigue. Then the Turks invaded, and his father-in-law was killed in battle at Jingzhou. To comfort his wife, Jia Erqi was forced to get involved, drawn into the war against the Turks.

Using modern thinking, he crippled the Turkish army by sabotaging its supplies and morale, and helped bring about the Alliance at the Wei River.

A zany, comedic narrative style. The protagonist has no cheat powers, the supporting characters have personalities, nobody is made stupid, and the plot holds together. I’ve done my best to fill in all the holes I dug…

The protagonist is no paragon of virtue, and neither are the people around him…