[Zhang Dun himself is reborn] [No System] [Political Intrigue]
Zhang Dun, the man in the "Biographies of Treacherous Ministers" in the History of Song, has been reborn.
When he opens his eyes, he is still the magistrate of Shangluo County. A county clerk hands him a document and urges him to sign it.
Once he does, someone will keep their family fortune, someone else will be forced to sell their fields, and every mistake will be blamed on the new magistrate.
Zhang Dun sets down his brush.
They don't know that the man sitting behind the desk has already served as chancellor of the Great Song.
This year, Wang Anshi's new policies have yet to be implemented across the realm, but Zhang Dun has already lived through their successes and failures. Su Shi does not know him yet, but Zhang Dun remembers how the two of them went from close friends to bitter rivals.
His father's letter has just arrived, and his young wife is still waiting for him to come home for dinner.
But Zhang Dun has no intention of settling into a quiet, uneventful life.
From the county office in Shangluo to the court in Bianjing, he will fight to regain the power to get things done. Those who stand in his way will include old political enemies as well as former allies. Some will exploit the new policies to gain wealth and status, while others will tear down everything already accomplished.
He is determined to take up the affairs left unfinished in his previous life and return to court once more.
"Gentlemen, I intend to be chancellor again."
