Officialdom: From the Civil Affairs Office to the Pinnacle of Power

In his previous life, his father was unjustly accused, and his life went to waste. Reborn, Lu Mingtao gave up a high-paying job in Shanghai and took first place in the civil service exam before heading to a poor rural township. Starting as a junior clerk in the Civil Affairs Office, he saves a mysterious woman, exposes a local tyrant's criminal network, and takes on the secret schemes of the powerful, changing his fate and rising step by step. After saving a benefactor's daughter, he becomes entangled in an even greater struggle for power and embarks on a path to success.