Rising Through the Ranks, Starting with Poverty Relief at the Grassroots

After more than a decade of working his way up from the grassroots, he discovers that his wife has betrayed him and flies into a rage, choosing a path that leads to ruin. Reborn, he starts over with a posting to the countryside to help alleviate poverty. Beginning as a lowly clerk, he steadily climbs the ranks until he reaches a position countless people can only look up to. He will have his revenge and rise through the officialdom, yet through all its ups and downs, he never loses sight of who he is.

[This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. The early chapters are frustrating and take a long time to build up, with a focus on relationships. Skip it if that bothers you!]