Yang Zhen

From the appearance of this young man, who is only eighteen years old, it would not be too much to call him an uncle to be honest, because this guy's appearance really corresponds to the saying that he looks like a young man.

Yang Zhen has no background. He was born in an ordinary family in Nanli. His parents were just ordinary people with no power. Born in such a family, Yang Zhen was still the only son.

As an only son, Yang Zhen also had high hopes for his parents. They wanted their son to succeed in the future, so that the Yang family could eat meat every meal like the landlord's family in the village.

The best thing is that the Yang family can become as wealthy as the landlords. That would be the best thing.

As for the Wang family in the city, it was because the eldest son of a retired corps commander came out. This caused even the landlord in the village to rush to curry favor with the Wang family and tried to get his daughter.

The baby is betrothed to the eldest son of the Wang family. Well, if my son Yang Zhen can retire and return home as the corps commander, my Yang family should also be able to become such a big family, right?

Maybe this is what he thinks. Generations of poor people in his family have led him to expect nothing more from his son than the corps commander.

What these old parents didn't know was that their eldest son Yang Zhen rushed to Jinling City to take the exam last year. Although he didn't make the list in the imperial examination, luckily he still had a martial arts exam.

Yang Zhen participated in the martial arts competition and made a big appearance in the martial arts competition. Coincidentally, the examiner of that martial arts competition happened to be King Zhou Dunyi. Although Yang Zhen did not get the top ranking later, he

His performance in the ring was clearly seen by Zhou Dunyi.

So, after the martial arts examination, Zhou Dunyi recruited Yang Zhen into his sect. Because King Zhou had not officially become the king yet, he could not form his own official court. Therefore, in terms of fame and fortune, Yang Zhen could only

He was just a low-level bodyguard under Zhou Dunyi's tent.

However, it was a good opportunity. It happened that Dongxun was about to send troops to conquer Nanli. Zhou Dunyi was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the first army in the face of danger. Naturally, he was given some authority to allocate official ranks.

Zhou Dunyi is not a stupid and good person, and his political methods were commendable at the beginning. Naturally, he knew clearly that the wealth should not flow to outsiders, so Yang Zhen became a soldier of the Shangzhou Army.

Yiguan, the official rank is eighth grade, but because he is Zhou Dunyi's personal military Yiguan, it is natural that those at the rank of captain will not neglect Yang Zhen after meeting him.

However, just such a military council officer is far more than the position of corps commander that Yang Zhen's parents originally thought.

Is this considered to be a way to get ahead?

Yang Zhen smiled helplessly. He must have met a noble person. After all, although the military council officer is only an eighth-grade official position, it is also a goal that many people have to work hard for for a long time to achieve. He has no merit and no background.

Yes, it was only because of his natural brute force that he was noticed by Prince Zhou, who gave him an eighth-grade official position.

Lord Zhou.

I have lived in the small county in my hometown since I was a child. The small county in my hometown is still located in the southernmost part of the mainland. Compared with the barrenness of Shangzhou in the past, it is now more and more vibrant.

My hometown is still sparsely populated as always, and most of the county magistrates who came to take office there were exiled to them because they failed in the party struggle in the court and were demoted to become minor county magistrates.

Yes, everyone thinks that among the thirteen states in Nanli, Shangzhou is the most barren. But who knows that the reason why Shangzhou is so barren is not because it is surrounded by thousands of miles of wilderness.

In the land of war, facing the endless intrusion from the Central Plains countries, where is the opportunity for Shangzhou to develop its people's livelihood?

However, since the arrival of the legendary woman more than ten years ago, Shangzhou has developed to this day, and it seems to be flourishing and reborn, getting rid of the tragic situation of exchanging children for food.

But who still remembers that among the thirteen states in the south, the three states in the south are truly uninhabited and sparsely populated places.

The small county where Yang Zhen is located is also Jiaozhou, one of the three states in the south. A place like Jiaozhou can basically be said to be not on the mainland, because most of Jiaozhou is on an island.

Most of the people in Jiaozhou are sallow and thin. Jiaozhou is a state with a long history among the thirteen states in Nanli.

However, the geographical location of Jiaozhou is so embarrassing that Nanli has no idea to develop such a state that is almost an enclave. Although a lot of land was expanded later, which can be regarded as a complete border between Jiaozhou and Nanli, but

At that time, why should we waste time and effort to develop Jiaozhou when we can obviously develop other states?

Fortunately, I walked out of that small county town and came to Jinling City after leaving Jiaozhou.

After entering Jinling City, Yang Zhen realized that there could be such a prosperous city in the world.

Jinling City, just the villages outside the city, looked much more vibrant than the small county town in his hometown.

At least, in Jinling City, Yang Zhen saw a lot of fat guys with big ears and oily mouths, which refreshed Yang Zhen's original concept. He had always thought that the landlords in the village in his hometown were eating.

It was good enough, but after arriving at Jinling City, Yang Zhen realized that the landlord in the village was what everyone said.

Haha, the life that I have been longing for for more than ten years turns out to be that of a rich man in the countryside in the eyes of others?

Well, the rich man should not be counted as such. After all, it seems that the life of the people in Jinling City is not much different than that of the landlords in the village.

On the contrary, I have less knowledge and have become the frog in the well.

Fortunately, okay, I met Prince Zhou.

But by the way, when I was in Jiaozhou, the most noble person I met was the county captain in the county town. Well, the official rank of the county captain didn't seem to be too high.

As for the prince?

Don't mention it, they do have a prince in Jiaozhou, and he is the younger brother of Emperor Li of this generation. He was also a popular candidate for the position of Emperor Li back then, but later, Prince Zhou and Prince Feng worked together to help the current Emperor Li ascend the throne.

At that time, the prince had a problem in his mind, and he still wanted to continue fighting for that position.

The ending was very simple. Prince Zhou didn't pay any attention to the prince's actions. Maybe in the eyes of Prince Zhou at that time, which position did the prince want to sit on?

Wake up, I'm done, you'd better just go and find a fiefdom to be your handsome prince.

The fate of the prince behind him was not so miserable. He did not lose his life or title.

However, since ancient times, losers who compete for profits will not have a good end, especially when they compete for a position like the emperor. Naturally, losers will not receive the same treatment as before. This is inevitable.

The result of this prince's failure was that his fiefdom was located in a remote county in Jiaozhou.

It's basically like exile.

However, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although he was exiled, he is still a prince after all. In addition, this

After Emperor Wei Li came to the throne, he had no intention of taking revenge on the prince, so there were no blind people who tried to make trouble for the prince.

In his eyes, the prince is an unattainable nobleman. Yang Zhen originally thought that he would never meet a nobleman of this level in his life, but who would have thought that Prince Zhou would become his nobleman now.

Yang Zhen walked into the tent and saw that Prince Zhou was still on the stage reading the recent news from various ministries in Shangzhou. Yang Zhen slowed down and walked slowly to Prince Zhou's side, carefully replacing Zhou.

The prince made a cup of tea and placed it on the chopping board.

Zhou Dunyi was also looking at it with some fascination. It wasn't until the tea cup was placed on the chopping board that he turned around and found Yang Zhen looking at him respectfully. Only then did Zhou Dunyi stretch out, pick up the tea, and gently kiss his lips.

After blowing a few breaths, he took a sip of tea and asked Yang Zhen

"What's wrong? Why don't you have any official business today?"

Yang Zhen nodded slightly and bowed with a stiff posture. His movements were a little unskilled and looked a little funny. Then, Yang Zhen asked Zhou Dunyi softly.

"Your Majesty, actually, I have always wanted to ask you a question."

Zhou Dunyi put down the tea cup, opened his hand to Yang Zhen, and said

"What's the problem? Tell me."

Yang Zhen stopped talking, licked his lips, hesitated for a while and then stuttered and asked

"That's right, I really don't understand why, Marshal, you have to mobilize a fully equipped army to encircle and suppress a patrol team of less than twenty people in Dongxun. Is there anything to gain from this?"

Zhou Dunyi pursed his lips and smiled, shook his head with a helpless smile, and waved to Yang Zhen. When Yang Zhen squatted beside him, Zhou Dunyi answered for him.

"I think there should be many people in the army who have some complaints about this order from my commander, right? But if you think about it, this is normal. After all, it is the combat power of a full army, and it took two days to encircle and suppress it.

Dong Xun's twenty or so people are making a fuss, but Yang Zhen, do you know that this order from me is just to catch Dong Xun off guard."

Yang Zhen looked at Zhou Dunyi in confusion. Apparently, he did not understand what Zhou Dunyi meant.

Zhou Dunyi patiently continued to answer Yang Zhen.

"You guys, you still don't pay attention to the composition of Dongxun's army, but don't forget that Dongxun is still an empire, and it is a country with the same status as our Nanli. Such an opponent, you little guys, have in your mind

But they don’t know their background at all. Let’s put it this way, the Dongxun Empire has not fought a war for a hundred years, so for this battle, the Dongxun Empire will be cautious, and they will discuss every detail millions of times.

Therefore, ordinary strategies are difficult to use. Therefore, our army can only use strange tactics to encircle and suppress more than 20 people with one army. If such a piece of news reaches the Dongxun Military Camp, they will naturally

After a back-and-forth discussion on this order from me, they will definitely feel that I must have other tricks hidden in my skill. After all, my reputation is somewhat useful in Dongxun."

Yang Zhen's face was still full of confusion. He didn't even understand anything until now.

Zhou Dunyi rolled his eyes, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, cleared his throat and continued.

"So, Dongxun has been discussing this move of my commander, and there will definitely not be anything that comes out of the discussion. Well, why are you asking so many questions? Anyway, this is because I don't like the Dongxun cavalry.
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