Great Tang: I Just Run a Tavern, I Don’t Get Involved in Politics

Chen Xiao transmigrates to the early years of the Zhenguan era in the Tang dynasty and inherits his family’s tavern in Chang’an’s East Market.

Little does he know, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, has taken the name Brother Li and become a regular at the tavern.

As they drink and chat, Li Shimin’s questions grow stranger and stranger:

“Shopkeeper Chen, the Turks keep raiding south. Is there a way to put an end to it once and for all?”

“Shopkeeper Chen, locust plagues are ravaging the land. How should the court respond?”

“Shopkeeper Chen, our realm is vast. How can the cavalry of the Great Tang dominate the world?”

Chen Xiao is starting to get a headache. I just run a restaurant. Why do you keep asking me this stuff?

The real question is, how did the Great Tang cavalry actually end up dominating the world?