A Guide to Building the High Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty, transmigration, history, farming, institution-building, no System or golden finger

He wakes up as Yan Zhenqing’s foolish little uncle.

In the second year of Kaiyuan, a bloody battle erupts on Wujie Street. Amid the chaos, he saves Wang Haibin and changes the fate of a great general.

As an official in Lantian, he quells a locust plague, introduces new farming tools, and builds waterworks, bringing plenty and prosperity to the people.

He founds an academy, takes in Du Fu and recruits Wang Wei... gathering the brightest stars of the High Tang and nurturing pillars of a golden age.

He enters Chang’an, takes on powerful clans, reforms grain transport and the imperial examinations, secures the Silk Road, and fosters a flourishing culture;

He is posted to Huguang, where he builds the greatest granary under heaven and ends the Tang’s century-long grain shortage;

He pacifies the Western Regions and opens routes to overseas states, making the tribute of all nations more than mere appearances.

Others seek to hold power over the whole court. He only wants sound institutions.

“I don’t want to be The Outcast, second only to the emperor. I want this golden age to endure even without me.”

The wind rises on Wujie Street and sweeps through Chang’an. This time, I will forge the true Kaiyuan Golden Age with my own hands!