There Is an Uncle in Dongguan

Xu Zhen lived from 1322 to 1388, with the courtesy name Bangzuo and the nickname Luoshan. He was a native of Yuan Gang, Dongguan County, Yuan Dynasty. He has been fond of reading since he was a child, and is good at reading and swordsmanship. From 1341 to the first year of Zhengyuan, he served as deputy envoy of salt affairs in Heyuan County, and was later promoted to manager of freshwater salt field. In the eleventh year of the Yuan Dynasty (1351), the people of the Central Plains staged an uprising against the Yuan Dynasty, which spread to Lingnan. At that time, Dongguan was under a powerful separatist regime. Xu Zhen abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown, where he organized local armed forces to defend his hometown. In the middle, Wang Zhonggang from Huizhou and the rebel general Huang Chang took control of Huizhou. They were corrupt and cruel, and the people were in dire straits. Xu Zhen took advantage of the king's travels and led troops to attack Huizhou, expel Huang Chang, kill Wang Zhonggang, and occupy the two prefectures of Hui and Xun. He awarded the judge of Huizhou Prefecture for his merits. Later he was promoted to Tongzhi of Huizhou Road and Marshal of Guangdong Province. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.