When Emperor Taizong of Tang Could See the Bullet Comments

Blurb One: The first time Li Shimin arrived in Lanzhou, he found a strange person skulking behind some bushes. Stranger still, words appeared above his head.

[Ahhh, Li Shimin is alive!]

[We get to witness a historical event!]

Li Shimin, sitting on his horse, rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had seen a monster. He was soon told this was a local miracle doctor.

++++ This is a little strange. Let me take another look.

Li Shimin brought the man to his side to observe him. After testing him several times, he discovered that the "monster" had no idea there were words above his head.

He initially thought this was an isolated case. Later, he discovered there were even more people like this around his fifth younger brother, who was still alive.

When he and his elder brother were locked in fierce conflict, their father chose to side with the elder brother and forcefully summoned him away from the front lines. This gave Liu Heita, who had been driven to the brink, a chance to catch his breath. Then Li Shimin saw

[This is the time, right? Li Daoxuan dies because Shi Wanbao refuses to save him, and Princess Pingyang is attacked from both sides and dies in battle?]

++++ [Shi Wanbao gets off scot-free. In the end, the one who died wasn't the emperor's own son, so nobody cares.]

At court, the people of the Heavenly Strategy Mansion and the Eastern Palace argued fiercely before finally choosing two candidates for the campaign whom both sides could accept: Prince Huaiyang Li Daoxuan and Duke of Yuan Shi Wanbao.

Li Shimin stepped forward and knelt. "Your son begs Father Emperor to allow his fifth younger brother to escort the army's provisions."

++++ Li Zhiyun, who was only there to make up the numbers at court: ...

When his father did everything in his power to suppress the Heavenly Strategy Mansion's influence and transferred away all the generals around him

[The Xuanwu Gate Incident is coming up, right? Sob, I've followed this story all the way here, and my Er Feng has had it so rough!]

[Exactly. That era placed far too much importance on primogeniture. The eldest legitimate son had exclusive access to resources. That's also why aristocratic clans lasted so long. Only after the imperial examinations developed did primogeniture become little more than a name. If you wanted to become an official, you had to pass the exams on your own merits.]

[Ahhh, the first year of Zhenguan is almost here, and the 100,000 Turkic cavalry are about to reach the banks of the Wei River. Two historic events in a row!]

++++ After the Retired Emperor abdicated, the Turks seized the opportunity to invade. But the new emperor, having anticipated their move, deployed troops to stop them beyond the border. Praise rang out throughout the court and the country, and Li Shimin saw

++++ [Li Shimin had a rough time in the early Zhenguan years. In the first year, for a thousand miles east of Luoyang there was not a soul in sight. In the following two years, Guanzhong suffered severe drought and locust plagues. He's got every debuff imaginable~]

++++ Li Shimin: ...

Much later, the Tang ruled the far west, the lands north and south of the desert, Jiaozhi and Shendu, and even the New World.

++++ This is the glorious Tang, the center of the world.

++++ Blurb Two: Pei Xuan knows that everyone in her family has a secret.

Her family members have comments floating above their heads, but they don't know it.

She knows they want to earn her Favorability, and that she can exchange her Favorability for good things.

She also knows her family members aren't really her relatives. They're people the System brought in to take care of her.

As for how she knows all this, shh, that's her secret.

1. Ensemble cast, early Tang Dynasty, slow-paced, nation-building

2. There will be flashbacks early on. Tang Taizong appears around chapter ten.

3. The female lead doesn't appear much and is essentially a tool character. She lies flat the whole time and only enjoys the fruits of success.

4. Whenever comments appear, it means the female lead is peeking at the screen. Li Shimin can see them too.

5. I have 20,000 words saved up and will do my best not to miss updates.

6. Give me another chance to love you, mwah~

Theme: To get rich, first build roads and plant trees.