Above the Azure Steps

“A prime minister must rise from the provinces, and a fierce general must emerge from the ranks.”, Han Feizi, “Prominent Learning”

From the start, he was a temporary hire in a small town. A year later, he ranked first in the county's exam and became a civil servant in a different town. Starting at the grassroots, he takes one steady step at a time.

See how an ordinary man with no connections uses his abilities and a little luck to navigate the rules of reality and carve out a path of promotion from the grassroots to the highest local office.

[Not reborn] [No System] [No harem] [Realistic coming-of-age]