The Sword Determines the Officialdom, the Poem Captures the Beauty

At the end of Kaiyuan Dynasty, Shen Yanzhi, who had a military background, was banned because of his uprightness and was demoted to a border county. He adhered to his original intention in troubled times and used thunderous means to organize the administration. He started as a county magistrate at the end of his career, and gradually stirred up the situation of the Tang Dynasty. Along the way, the companionship of beauties is also the key to his victory: the gentle and virtuous wife is the cornerstone of his stable rear, the famous prostitutes in Chang'an become his eyes and ears in the dark, the medical girl who is his childhood sweetheart heals his wounds, and the proud noble daughter of the clan becomes the most unexpected helping hand in the court. Poetry, wine and romance are intertwined with the light and shadow of swords, and tenderness becomes his sharpest armor. Faced with the strife of power and the fangs of the feudal lord, Shen Yanzhi dealt with it, using strategy as a sword and people's hearts as a shield. From the border to the center, he finally mediated between crises and became the mainstay that supported the final glory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.