The Court Is Full of Treacherous Officials, Yet You Want Me to Be a Wise Ruler?

Wang Jie transmigrates and becomes an emperor, but this emperor's standard setup is seriously messed up.

Every official in court is a treacherous minister, and Empress Dowager Lu Zhi keeps him under her thumb, leaving him no way to put his plans into action.

So he decides to give up and coast for as long as he can.

But the emperor's mission won't let him off the hook: he has to save the nation through technology.

He casually builds a few things, and out comes a ... and even an aircraft carrier.

What? Emperor Taizong of Tang has come to pay his respects? Qin Shi Huang is willing to be a ...?

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