As he spoke, Sun Yuantai pulled a gold token from his sleeve, rose to his feet, walked over to Cao Zheng, and handed it to him.
In truth, he did not know Cao Zheng very well. He only knew that he was a talented young man with some skill and means. Yet the emperor far away in the Divine Capital held this man in extremely high regard, saying that even the hardest and most dangerous tasks could be entrusted to him.
No one knew how much of Liu Guangzheng's decision was driven by personal vengeance, but one thing was certain: under normal circumstances, Cao Zheng truly had the ability to get things done.
There was only one thing Liu Guangzheng had failed to anticipate—that the formidable tyrant who had dominated the world in his previous cycle would one day entertain thoughts of surrender.
From beginning to end, he had never truly seen Cao Zheng for who he was. In his past life, he had only seen Cao Zheng's soaring ambitions and thunderous methods...
After Cao Zheng accepted his orders and departed, Sun Yuantai closed his eyes wearily.
These days, he had been overseeing the entire situation, with countless tangled threads demanding his attention. Had he still been young, it would have been one thing. But now, though his body remained fairly robust, he was ultimately no longer the man he had been in his youth.
As for leading armies into battle, this was far from his first time. When he was young, he had first been a scholar and later a military officer—a man accomplished in both letters and arms.
But later, he discovered that the court valued civil officials and slighted military ones. If he wanted to set chaos right and forge an age of peace and prosperity, being