An Engineering Student in the Tang Dynasty

This is the last book I read on Qidian. Before, when I read time-travel novels, I would ask myself a question: what would I do if I traveled through time? I think this book provides the answer. As someone with a modern education, the first thing I should do upon traveling through time is to overthrow all the emperors and make the world without emperors.

Five hundred adopted sons of Duke Zhang, three thousand mourning halls to pay homage to Prime Minister Du, Li, who sold his daughter for wealth, became emperor. A dissolute young man formed a society and became a pillar of the state. The eldest grandson reigns supreme on his bed; Du Zhenglun, the envoy to the South China Sea. A thousand peaks vie in beauty on both banks, a lineage of sages and young tyrants.

I thought that "Tang Dynasty Brick" had sealed off all possibilities for time-travel stories set in the Tang Dynasty, but I was wrong! If Tang bricks perfectly capture the beauty of capriciousness, then Tang craftsmanship must be interpreting the enigmatic charm of capriciousness. Stripped of all color and brilliance, Tang craftsmanship presents us with the most authentic pursuit of humanity.

To put it bluntly, these Zhang family lads are utter cowards compared to that old dog. We're practically in the age of crony capitalism, yet they're still dreaming of sleeping on the laps of beauties, wielding power over the world, and ruling like kings and generals for generations to come.

I think this is a self-indulgent book. You can tell from some of the word choices and some of the plot descriptions that he thinks are humorous. His purpose seems to be to make his book unique and different, but he hasn't considered the reading difficulties it might cause to others. Furthermore, Li Shimin's portrayal of great talent and strategy in the book is merely background setting.

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Normally, this would have been a good book; the writing style is decent. However, why all the mindless, cheesy, and overly dramatic explanations? Those who read historical fiction usually have a general understanding of the historical context and don't need mindless commentary. Thumbs down.

You're using the idiot and genius trope backwards?