On Ming Officials

In the eighteenth year of the Hongwu era, a down-and-out scholar passes the highest imperial examination and becomes an official of the Ming dynasty. This is the story of his tense, thrilling, suspenseful, and hilarious career as he rises from a greenhorn in the bureaucracy to a nobleman. An account of a Ming official: an official who sees through every detail, understands the ways of the world, and serves with honesty and integrity. (This story is entirely fictional. Do not take it as fact.)