In the Name of the People: Half a Lifetime of Officialdom, A Smooth Rise to the Center

Reborn in 1993, Qi Tongwei, a law master's graduate from Handong University, returns with memories of a lifetime spent navigating officialdom. In his previous life, he took three bullets, knelt on a sports field, and shot himself. This time, he intends to rise to the provincial leadership! With graduation placements just around the corner, Liang Qunfeng issues an order sending him off to remote Shuanggouji Township. Liang Lu tries to coerce him with her power, but Qi Tongwei tears off the mask right there: "The Provincial Procuratorate? Is that the Liang family's private property? You're infertile, ten years older than me, and look down on my parents. Keep dreaming!"

He turns to his mentor, Gao Yuliang, to request a transfer into grassroots economic work. He also decisively breaks things off amicably with his idealized love, Chen Yang, and refuses to curry favor with the powerful like Hou Liangping. He casually tips off Zhong Xiaoa that Hou Liangping is already promised to someone back home, breaking up the ambitious couple. He knows all too well that in this world, you can't get anywhere without money. He starts writing The Ming Dynasty in Those Things, beginning with Zhu Yuanzhang, and earns his first fortune from royalties. Four million will be enough!

From a poor mountain village to a Beijing courtyard house, from buying at the bottom of the stock market to reaching the top of officialdom, anyone in his way had better step aside. Even Jesus won't be able to stop him! With half a lifetime's memories in hand, this time he won't stray down the wrong path, kneel to the powerful, or rely on a woman. He'll make his way into the heart of power with his head held high!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.