Great Zhou: Who’d Want to Be the Emperor’s Uncle?

Chen Lang wakes up in the capital of Great Zhou, Bianliang, having transmigrated into the body of a night watchman. His father is a low-ranking soldier in the Great Zhou Imperial Guard, his mother is a “proper lady” from a family of veteran guardsmen, his older sister is face-blind, his younger brother is a top student, and his little sister is an angel. Great Zhou is the Later Zhou dynasty, founded by Emperor Taizu Guo Wei. The current emperor is Guo Rong. This plot is familiar. As long as he latches onto the Zhao brothers and works his way into the scholar-official class, he’ll be set for life. But when he gets ready to make his move, he discovers that it’s already the twenty-sixth year of Xiande! Ten years to expand the realm, ten years to nourish the people, and ten years to bring peace. Guo Rong really pulled it off. In Youzhou, there is a battle-hardened Prince of Yan, whose eldest son is rather plump. Guo Rong passes the throne to the Prince of Yan, who plans to move the capital to Youzhou and defend the realm against foreign threats. Chen Lang never imagined the Song dynasty would be gone while Zhao Kuangyi was still pulling off flashy moves in a donkey cart. Years later, Duke Dingguo Chen Mingshan proudly declared that without his strict upbringing, Chen Lang could never have made a good royal uncle. Chen Lang merely looked at him calmly. Who was putting on an act for whom? Well, that was a matter of perspective. Who cares about being a royal uncle? Can’t he just lie around a little longer?