The Tribute Stones: A Lowly Song Official's Fight for Survival in the Bureaucracy

[Historical Novel + Song Dynasty Office Worker + Survival Between the Cracks] When powerful people clash, ordinary folk suffer. A record of a Song Dynasty office worker trying to survive between the cracks. A setup derails his promotion, and a shortcut turns into a dead end... A chaotic, perilous journey to present a treasured offering, with death narrowly avoided at every turn. One careless thought from those in power can spell disaster for those below.

Li Su, a low-ranking eighth-grade clerk, is an honest official struggling to make ends meet. While relocating his family's ancestral graves, he unexpectedly discovers an auspicious piece of amber inscribed with the words “Peace Under Heaven.” Full of ambition, the clerk hopes to advance his career and increase his income by presenting the omen, but becomes entangled in a power struggle among the elite. Is it a shortcut to success, or a deadly plot in which everyone has their own agenda? To find a way out after being driven into a corner, the clerk must cut off someone else's escape...

The empire teeters on the brink of collapse, and undercurrents swirl. Mistaken for a pawn, he is drawn into a perilous game.