[Political intrigue + period setting + satisfying revenge + an ordinary man's rise + decisive and ruthless, never sanctimonious]
Lin Hao, his hands soaked in blood, was led to the execution ground. The moment the gunshot rang out, Heaven gave him a chance to start over.
In this life, he became an official not to make a name for himself, nor for money or power, but simply to live with a clear conscience. When the deputy secretary of the county Party committee tried to make him a lucky son-in-law, Lin Hao responded with a slap. Some comrades really ought to have firm Party principles.
The county Party committee secretary tried to manipulate him, and Lin Hao answered with another slap. Sorry, if I can solve a problem with my fists, I absolutely won't waste a single word arguing about it.
You ask what kind of connections I have? I'm just an ordinary citizen, Lin Hao. At the vice squad, I cracked a human trafficking case. At the traffic police station, a corpse hidden in a trunk made national headlines...
Even an ordinary man gets his day in the sun. The road to high office lies right before me. In this life, I will outplay fate by half a move and win this game of climbing to the top of the political ladder.
It's quite nice, and it's not bad if it's included in a book of the same type.