You Were Supposed to Be a Mere Office Worker, So Why Are You Presiding Over a Court in the Neighborhood Office?

[A historical figure transmigrates to the modern day + workplace strategy + a dimension-crushing advantage + a breezy, satisfying read]

Gu Yan, a top-scoring scholar and powerful grand chancellor who once held sway over the imperial court, transmigrates into the body of an obscure contract worker at a modern neighborhood office.

Starting from the bottom with a monthly salary of just 3,000 yuan, forced to take the blame and facing layoffs, Gu Yan straightens his clothes and unlocks “max-level bully-the-beginners mode.”

If he can't return to the imperial court, then he'll turn the neighborhood office into his court!

When faced with the shrewd square-dancing aunties, he uses the “guilt by association” principle from the Great Ming Code to keep them in line.

When his boss dangles empty promises, he interprets the “verbal commitment” as “an emperor's word is his bond,” forcing the boss to deliver.

When faced with the civil service exam's essay prompt, he writes a masterpiece of statecraft, and the examiners leap to their feet in respect!

And so, the entire civil service goes off the rails.

While other clerks slack off, he cultivates himself, manages his family, governs the nation, and brings peace to the world.

While other leaders pass the buck, he's “planning from within the tent and securing victory a thousand miles away.”

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At a forced demolition site, a steel convoy bears down as everyone scatters in panic.

Only Gu Yan, dressed in a cheap suit, sits calmly on a chair in front of a bulldozer, his face as still as a lake.

The developer roars, “Who are you? Aren't you afraid to die?”

Gu Yan takes a small sip of tea, looking down on him as if he were an insect. “I, the official, am here. Which of you commoners dares to make trouble?”