At the age of twenty-two, Zhang Yi entered the Qinghe Subdistrict Office carrying 800 yuan and a mysterious chess box left by his mother. With a junior college diploma, a temporary position, and a soaked shirt - he is the most inconspicuous and easiest "pawn" in the eyes of the leader.
From the street to the county government, from the county government to the provincial capital. When his colleagues were wondering which leader had a new driver, he was reviewing the art of taking sides in the "Tang Dynasty Niu Li Party Struggle"; when his opponents used rules to dig holes for him, he learned from the "Song Dynasty Grinding Method" and the "Ming Dynasty Examination Method" to find another way.
The chess box left by his mother was opened layer by layer, and what guided him was not only the family chess record, but also a condensed thousand-year-old officialdom survival technique.
This is more than just one person's counterattack. This is a grafting of wisdom across ancient and modern times, an epic story in which a pawn crosses the river and stirs up the entire chess game.