The Commoner's Stratagem: I Shape the World from Behind the Scenes

Name: The Commoner's Stratagem: I Shape the World from Behind the Scenes
Author: The Flower Monk Who Doesn't Chant Sutras

布衣谋：我在幕后定天下

by The Flower Monk Who Doesn't Chant Sutras (花和尚不念经)

Status: Completed
Length: 305k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 6mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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After transmigrating into a refugee in the Great Zhou dynasty, Deng Chuan asked for little:

just a peaceful life and the chance to protect the children by his side.

But one night in a ruined temple, he stumbled upon a secret assassination plotted at court.

He had no wish to get involved, but the chaos of the age swept him up.

He had no taste for political scheming and no hunger for fame.

He relied only on his wits to protect those around him and uphold what he believed in.

He built a firm foundation through commerce and broke crises with strategy,

quietly gathering civil officials and military commanders,

putting down rebel kings, securing the borders, and unifying the realm.

In public, he was merely a mild-mannered scholar.

In secret, he was the mastermind pulling the strings of the entire realm.

He sought no empty fame and held no lofty office,

yet the whole world could not do without him.

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