Sorry, I've been really busy lately. I'll try to resume updates next week!
Fang Chen became a streamer and, from the start, began ranking the ten greatest wise rulers, with Li Shimin, the greatest emperor of all time, in first place.
But she didn't know that her livestream could reach real historical dynasties.
It was the second year of the Zhenguan era. The newly established Tang Dynasty had endured the Xuanwu Gate Incident, the Alliance at the Wei River, a frost disaster in the first year of Zhenguan, and a drought in the second.
Rumors were spreading among the people. It was all because Li Shimin had murdered his brother and forced his father to yield the throne. He had no legitimate claim, and that was why Heaven had sent these disasters.
Li Shimin was about to issue an edict of self-reproach. "Floods and droughts alike are due to a ruler's lack of virtue. If I have failed to cultivate virtue, then Heaven should punish me. What fault do the people bear?"
Suddenly, a glowing screen appeared in the sky.
A six-year-old child from the future appeared in the air.
"Little friend, why are you calling in to us today?"
"I want to tell you a story about Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin. It's from my children's picture book. The story is called 'Did You Listen to Advice Today?'"
The kindergarten child, with a gap-toothed lisp, pointed at the picture book and spoke solemnly. "The chubby man in yellow in the middle is Li Shimin. My mom told me that if you listen to advice, you'll eat well. He listened to advice, so he got chubby."
The streamer said, "Could it be that the artist used differences in the figures' sizes to show the supreme authority of the emperor? For example, Yan Liben's 'Portraits of Emperors Throughout History.' But never mind, please continue. I imagine she'll tell everyone the story of Emperor Taizong and Wei Zheng."
Fang Chen began receiving more and more submissions.
A history teacher volunteering in a rural school, an architect studying in Japan, a shopkeeper in Chinatown, a tour guide in Xi'an, an elderly volunteer at a museum...
The splendor of the High Tang, the Zhenguan Reign, the Heavenly Khan: history that had been gone for over a thousand years unfolded one story at a time in her livestream.
Watching the stream, Li Shimin was so moved that tears filled his eyes. His illegitimate claim to the throne had always been a burden on his heart. So, in the eyes of people in the future, he really was the greatest emperor of all time!
[Received a rocket gift from Li Shimin]
Fang Chen: "?"
Even more puzzling were the private messages.
[Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng]: How exactly should I raise my son?
[Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin]: How can I repair my relationship with my old man?
[Emperor Gaozu of Tang Li Yuan]: How can a retired official keep making a difference?
[Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang]: Streamer, come over to my place for a drink!
I mean, you're just watching a livestream. You fans, don't get so deeply into character, okay?!
Recommended upcoming novel: "I Still Don't Know That My Biological Father Is Qin Shi Huang"
Qin Rong transmigrated into the home of a merchant family at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Unable to stand eating thin millet porridge every day, she did everything from pretending to be a fortune-teller to applying her knowledge of agriculture, and at a young age helped her elderly father become a wealthy merchant.
Then her father, Zhao Zheng, suddenly won the favor of Qin Shi Huang. "Your father will become a high official, and give you a good life!"
Qin Rong: "!!!"
That wouldn't do! The Qin Dynasty was about to fall.
She had already planned to find Liu Bang and help her father earn a place in the new regime.
Qin Rong: "Father, Fusu will be framed and driven to suicide."
Her eldest brother, who had been practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard, dropped his sword.
Qin Rong: "Father, the Qin will fall after just two generations under Hu Hai!"
Her father's hand, which had been stroking Qin Rong's younger brother's head, stopped.
Qin Rong: "Father, the Chu may be reduced to three households, but Chu will destroy Qin. Liu Bang is from Chu, so we're definitely hitching ourselves to his star!"
Her father said he would do whatever Qin Rong advised.
On the first new moon of the Yuanshuo year under the Zhuanxu calendar, the First Emperor, surnamed Ying, of the Zhao clan, named Zheng, had a daughter. A foreign alchemist declared that the girl's fate was closely tied to the dragon veins of the Qin Dynasty. Heaven might take her, so she must be raised among the people under an assumed name.
Later, Liu Bang became Qin Rong's adoptive father, Xiang Yu became her sworn elder brother, and Han Xin became her master.
They were enfeoffed as the Kings of Han, Chu, and Qi, respectively. Each was a brilliant strategist, and they expanded outward, conquering the Parthian, Kushan, and Roman Empires across Eurasia.
Her father even asked Qin Rong with a smile, "What do you think of your adoptive father Liu's son, Liu Ying? Wouldn't he make a fine husband?"
Qin Rong: "???"
This isn't the history I learned! Why hasn't the Qin Dynasty fallen yet?
Theme: Glory to our great Huaxia
