He was originally a humble eunuch who entered the palace. He was in the darkest place of power. No one looked up to him and no one trusted him.
The eunuchs on the side compete for favors, gold and silver, and the dogs in the court. He is different - he is fighting for roads, bridges, dams, granaries and water conservancy.
Starting from repairing the palace walls brick by brick, he went on to supervising the construction of imperial tombs, digging canals, building roads, and garrisoning fields to guard the borders. Every project is a ladder for him to climb towards the center of power; every inch of rammed earth is imbued with his deeper reluctance than ordinary people.
The civil servants despised him for his punishment, and the generals laughed at him for not being able to restrain a chicken. But when the Yellow River burst its banks, the northern border ran out of food, and the post roads collapsed, the nobles of the Manchu Dynasty were helpless. He was the only one who stood in the mud with blueprints and abacus, and forcibly put the festering situation back on track inch by inch.
He did not form any party or wield power, but he made everyone unable to live without him - because he built the empire's skeleton one by one.
In the end, his name may not be left in the history books. But thousands of miles away, the unfailing stone bridge and the irrigation canal with good harvests every year are his silent inscriptions.
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It's organized and the plot is well advanced.