The Prosperous Tang Dynasty: Commoner Prime Minister Sets Out on the Road to Heaven

In the prosperous age of Kaiyuan, Chang'an was full of lights, wine and meat smelled stinky in wealthy families, and bones were frozen to death on the road. Chen Yan, a scholar from a poor family, failed to pass the examination, but because of a fraud case in the imperial examination, he was forced to be involved in the maelstrom of power at the top of the dynasty. Prime Minister Li Linfu is a sweet talker but a wise man, Zhang Jiuling, the virtuous prime minister, has lost power in his later years, and An Lushan, the governor of the border town, is ready to make a move. At this historical point of transition from prosperity to decline, he did not rely on his golden fingers, but only relied on his insights from classics and history and his undiminished conscience. He used wisdom to break through the situation in the turbulent court and win every step of the way. From a commoner living under someone's roof, to a secretary to a provincial school secretary, to an imperial envoy inspecting local areas... He overthrew corrupt officials, rectified water transportation, and faced the conflict between the imperial power and the prime minister's power. Li Bai gave him the hymn of "I am born with talent", Du Fu gave him the resonance of "caring about the country and the people", the confidante Shen Luoyan helped him with the trade route, and the Turkic knight Ashina Yun trusted him with his life. But this is more than just one person's counterattack. When Yu Yangji came incited, the dream of a prosperous age was suddenly shattered. He had to make a choice in the war of troubled times: should he protect himself wisely, or should he keep the last bit of character and people's support for this collapsed dynasty? This book uses solid historical facts as its backbone and moving human nature as its soul to delicately restore the prosperity and hidden worries of the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years of the Tang Dynasty. Watch the little man rely on his heart and wisdom, and without rewriting history, deal with the emperors and generals, persevere in the troubled times of Anshi, and finally become the "commoner prime minister" who is not recorded in the history books but really affects the times.