1956: I Catch Criminals a Little Too Fast

[Founding-Era Setting] + [Government Officials] + [Multiple Career Paths] + [Professional Troublemaking] Wang Shengli has the worst luck imaginable: he arrives in the early days of the new nation, where his predecessor gave up a bright future and chose to leave the military and return to the countryside. Back in his hometown, his father, Wang Mucheng, is elected to the cooperative’s supervisory committee. Under pressure, he takes on the cooperative and demands to audit its accounts. The cooperative’s chairman summons officials from town, accuses the two Wang brothers of being counterrevolutionaries, and orders them taken in for questioning. Someone also pulls strings to sabotage Wang Shengli’s job placement after his military service. Even going to the county committee does no good. He looks around in despair, at a loss for what to do. Luckily, this world is different. Someone else is making waves, and has already risen to a high position. The unambitious Wang Shengli just wants to latch on to a powerful patron and lie flat.