Any Political Intrigue Stories with Grand Strategies and Highly Intelligent Scheming? 有没有权谋流，大局观庞大，高智商布局的

1. 651 暗 Dark City 暗黑城市 Tongtong Boils the Sea彤彤煮海Mystery533k WordsCompleted Detective fiction + suspense + mystery + officialdom + crime Inspired by true events. A massacre that wiped out an entire family. A vast criminal organization. A wrongfully accused detective who goes on the run to prove his innocence. An ordinary man caught between the underworld and the law, fighting a life-or-death struggle just to survive. A reflection of cold reality, an exposé of the good and evil in human nature, a deep analysis of society, a meditation on the value of life, and a call to 303Reads8.6Score—14d adds

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   Detective + Suspense + Mystery + Political Scene + Crime: Based on true events. A family massacre. A massive criminal organization. A wrongly accused detective on the run to prove his innocence. An insignificant individual caught in a life-or-death struggle between the police and the underworld for survival. Reflecting cold reality, exposing the good and evil of human nature, deeply analyzing society, reflecting on the value of life, and promoting righteousness. (No cheat codes) (No system) (No superpowers) Passionate, epic, and suspenseful—you won't know who the killer is until the very end!

2. 652 风 Through Wind and Rain, the Wild Geese Return 风雨雁归来 Jiang Xiaoyu江小雨Ancient Romance499k WordsCompleted Cao Jinghe was one of the best spies in Jianzhang Palace, code-named Snow Goose. She entered the palace at eight. At sixteen, her homeland fell and Chang’an was lost. She spent eight years undercover in enemy territory, until the bandits surrendered, the lost lands were recovered, and peace returned to the realm. But she waited where she was, and the order to end her mission never came. Even her handler, “Mountain Ghost,” who had sent her secret reports all along but whom she had never met, vani 455Reads8.5Score10114d adds

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   Here it comes! An ancient Chinese political intrigue story! Everyone's incredibly intelligent; both the main and supporting characters are brilliant!

3. 653 扶 Fuzhao 扶昭 Ke Yan by the Clouds云边的可盐Ancient Romance104k WordsOngoing [Political intrigue]+ [Female top scholar]+ [Scheming regent] [Super sweet]+ [Cunning, sweet heroine]+ [Roguish, scheming hero] Her story: Su Fuzhao was merely the fifth young lady adopted by the Su family, a stepping stone they planned to use to pave the way for their eldest daughter. But why would Fuzhao willingly work for the Su family? She kept a low profile, studied under Bai Sheng, a teacher with three thousand students, and fought her way through the imperial examinations to become a powe —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The female protagonist grows up in a story where the male protagonist protects her as she grows up. From a young age, the female protagonist plans to break free from her exploitative family, pursue a career in politics, and build her own power. I think this is okay.

4. 654 山 How Many Autumns Have Passed Over These Rivers and Mountains 山河几度秋 Jiang Xiaoyu江小雨Ancient Romance572k WordsCompleted In the first half of Zhao Lanxi's life, three men mattered most to her. One was her master, who had raised her; another was Yan Mo, the Vice Minister of Justice, who had recognized her talent; and the third was her full-blooded older brother, Zhao Jin, Duke of Zhenguo. Later, her master died, and Yan Mo died too. Zhao Jin, however, did not die. Not only was he alive, he also brought her a fourth man. One more thing: why does the heroine of a historical romance have to be a girl of fourteen or fi 53Reads6.0Score—14d adds
5. 655 凤 The Phoenix Sings Across the Realm 凤鸣江山 Jiang Xiaoyu江小雨Ancient Romance375k WordsCompleted “Everyone has heard of a regent prince, but who has ever heard of a regent grand princess?” “From the moment I begin, there will be one!” She is a daughter of the imperial clan, punished for her father’s crimes, yet brought into the palace and granted the title of princess. Beneath the appearance of boundless imperial favor lies only the cruelty and coldness of the royal family. He is a gifted scholar renowned throughout the capital, yet because he married a princess, he is denied advancement a 226Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 656 朱 Zhu Houzhao: The Worst Temple Name I'll Accept Is Shengzong 朱厚照：朕的庙号最次也得是圣宗 A Weary Bird Returns to Its Old Woods倦鸟落旧林Historical2.1M WordsCompleted [Ming Dynasty’s Zhu Houzhao + court intrigue + cracking down on corrupt officials + sweeping through Mongolia + crushing the barbarians + opening up a New World] Drowning from the start, with civil officials always trying to kill me! Crush the landlords and put the Ming economy under state ownership! Let the red flags fly and open up nine continents and five seas! Rule the entire world: from the founding to the fall of the Ming, none can rival us! 14.3kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds

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   Read this book and save the Ming Dynasty in your heart.

7. 657 权 The Pinnacle of Political Power 权路巅峰 A Fragrant Cup of Tea一茗香茶Urban6.5M WordsOngoing Also known as Power at Its Peak and Tao's Official Career. [Power at Its Peak]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Feel-Good Political Drama] While investigating someone, Luo Zekai discovered a video of them that was not meant to be made public. Not only did he accidentally uncover a shocking secret, but most devastating of all, his wife and mother-in-law were part of it too... He carried ideals in his heart, yet was swept along by the tide of reality; he longed for power, yet knew the abyss that lay beneath 621Reads7.8Score10114d adds

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   These are the books I recommend. Watch the protagonist dominate the workplace and debate with scholars in the officialdom. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

8. 658 上 The Live-In Son-in-Law 上门女婿 Seemingly Innocent貌似纯洁Urban3.4M WordsCompleted Han Dong was a soldier who had been “forced” to leave the military. After returning to the city, he was forced to become the Xia family's live-in son-in-law... 11.8kReads8.5Score90014d adds
9. 659 官 A Political Prodigy 官场奇才 Breeze and Warm Sunshine风和暖阳Urban7.5M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 30.2kReads8.4Score2.2k14d adds
10. 660 平 Rising to Great Heights 平步青云 Crane Rider骑鹤人Urban9.6M WordsOngoing Awake, he holds the power of the world; one careless move can ruin the whole game. Drunk, he reclines on a beauty's lap, keeping his mind steady as he makes his moves one by one. Ling Zhiyuan is oppressed by his superior and mocked by a woman he loves, leaving his life at rock bottom. When God closes one door, he is bound to leave another open. Faced with an opportunity that will vanish in a moment, he acts decisively... 22kReads9.1Score76114d adds
11. 661 与 Living with a Beautiful CEO 与美女总裁同居的日子 I Just Love Eating Chili Peppers就爱吃海椒Urban5.6M WordsOngoing An accident leaves me and a beautiful CEO with a secret in common... 2.8kReads8.7Score20614d adds
12. 662 一 Safe Travels 一路平安 Xiao Qi Jiao骁骑校Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Good people stay safe. Even a life that missed the college entrance exam can be legendary! 1.9kReads9.3Score31314d adds
13. 663 我 My Name Is Jing Yunhui 《我叫景云辉》 Six Paths六道Urban3.9M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Jing Yunhui stood up for a friend and smashed his own future with a beer bottle. After ten years in prison, he learned that his girlfriend had married the friend he trusted most. By the time he was free again, his life was already in ruins. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to 1998, the night that changed his fate. This time, he seizes the initiative and claws his way back from having nothing. Facing those who betrayed and deceived him, and are waiting to watch 374kReads9.2Score53.5k14d adds

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    🔥🔥🔥 Fellow Daoist, please jump in! Imprisoned after the college entrance exam, his life ruined? He's reborn and defies fate! He joins the police academy, bravely saves a rich girl, and forges ahead from a desperate situation with no connections. Watch "Reborn: Overwhelming Power" for a thrilling comeback!

14. 664 三 Three Kingdoms: While You Battle for Supremacy, I Focus on Production 三国争霸，你却埋头搞生产 Warm Wine to Banish Heartache温酒斩离愁Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Liu Yu transmigrates to the late Eastern Han dynasty and obtains a trillion-output System. By increasing his territory’s output, he can exchange it for all kinds of technology. He upgrades steelmaking, and production skyrockets. Every soldier in Youzhou is equipped with finely forged steel weapons. They crush all opposition, and the nomadic tribes flee at the mere sight of them. Liu Bei runs around in tears, covering his face. “Why was Liu Yu born in the same age as me?” Output passes a hundred 6.3kReads9.0Score46814d adds

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    "The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong," also known as "The Old Tales of the Underworld," tells the story of Yan Yulin, who is reincarnated and travels through the Tang Dynasty to collect national treasures, orchestrate a thousand-year sacrifice at Mount Tai, and uncover a suspenseful tale of the Underworld involving Empress Wu and Meng Po.

15. 665 逆 The Reverse Maze 逆位迷宫 Peng Pai彭湃Urban1.7M WordsOngoing On the day of his eighteenth birthday, Bai Ze's life begins a countdown. Survive or perish: that is the choice. // Three lives, six paths, a mist-shrouded maze. Nothing is harder than choosing one's fate. 92.1kReads9.5Score7.2k14d adds
16. 666 女 The Vicious Villainess in a Matriarchal World Raises Her Fish Online 女尊恶獠在线养鱼 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Matriarchal society + sweet romance + one-on-one + devoted to each other] [Calculating and ruthless princess × obedient, loyal guard] The capital's good-for-nothing Second Princess is beaten in the street by another woman for pursuing a man, then crashes into a stone lion. After recovering from her serious injuries, the Second Princess seems like a completely different person: kind to others, uninterested in competing, and always helping her sisters. It isn't until the day this powerful princes 15.2kReads9.5Score1.7k14d adds

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    The events are interconnected, with each part foreshadowing the next.

17. 667 大 The Ming Dynasty Reborn: At Three Years Old, I Ascend the Throne and Become Emperor 大明重启：年方三岁，登基称帝 Dugu Shiyi独孤世遗Historical2.8M WordsOngoing The heavens collapse and the earth splits, while fate is turned upside down. Can a modern soul save the empire as the fires of late Ming China rage? In the sixth year of the Tianqi era, the Wang Gongchang explosion tears open the sky, and history takes a new turn. Zhu Guangming's soul transmigrates into Zhu Cijiong, the infant son of the Tianqi Emperor, only to discover that he is standing on the Ming dynasty's last drifting piece of ice... At seven months, he speaks to his father. At one, he wr 24kReads8.3Score1.9k14d adds

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    The succeeding emperor, your minister Cijiong, respectfully leads the clan elders, meritorious officials, and all ministers, offering the finest sacrifices and offerings before the spirit tablet of the Great Ancestor, the Supreme Sage, the Divine, Benevolent, Wise, Martial, and Virtuous Emperor Gaozu, who opened the heavens, established the Way, founded the dynasty, and made great achievements. He says: This book is worth reading!

18. 668 天 The Realm Under the Regional Commanders 天下节度 A Strand of Fireworks一缕烟花Historical1.6M WordsCompleted In the eighth year of Tianfu under the Great Zhou dynasty. That year, Su Yu transmigrates to an unfamiliar era where feudal lords carve up the land, military governors rule their own domains, the common people live in misery, and uprisings erupt across the realm. To survive these chaotic times, he takes on the great clans, defeats local tyrants, builds a new army, establishes new laws, and introduces new institutions. Step by step, he rises to the top and founds a brand-new dynasty. Note: No Sys 1.3kReads7.2Score10014d adds

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    You can tell from the novel's title.

19. 669 装 After Three Years of Playing the Fool, I Rose from the Frontier 装疯卖傻三年，从边疆开始崛起 Northern Fish北鱼Historical1.6M WordsCompleted Li Xianzhi transmigrates to an empire called the Great Ning Dynasty, becoming the second young master of the Prince of the South's household. He expects to enjoy a life of wealth and comfort, but the Prince of the South's household holds so much power that the emperor sees it as a threat. In the end, a decree summons the Li clan's descendants back to court, where the emperor schemes to have them killed in the wilderness. To stay alive, Li Xianzhi pretends to be insane, sleeps in a pigsty, eats p 1.9kReads7.7Score16414d adds
20. 670 流 Exile? No, I’m Here to Hand Out Money to the World 流放？不，是去给万国发钱 I'm a Hami Melon我是哈密瓜Historical4.0M WordsCompleted Li Zhao, the ninth prince of the Wu Kingdom, has spent years frequenting brothels, earning the disfavor of the current emperor, Wu Huang. Before the struggle among the nine princes for the throne has even begun, he nearly gets his engagement broken off by the most talented woman in the capital. Faced with the crown prince’s relentless pressure, Li Zhao stops drifting through life. Threshing machines, windmills, and curved-beam plows make their debut one after another. Granaries overflow, and 37.5kReads8.8Score4.2k14d adds
21. 671 我 I'm Not a Fool, and My Stunning Wife Regrets It 我不是傻子，绝色老婆后悔了 Luo Qingfeng落青峰Urban3.6M WordsCompleted I’m a fool, and I’m also a live-in son-in-law. Then one day, my love rival threw me into the river. As I lay dying, my lost memories suddenly awakened. It turned out I’d been invincible in this world all along! The fog surrounding me is gradually lifting! The whole world will tremble because of my existence! 18.6kReads8.6Score2k14d adds
22. 672 名 In the Name of the People: Judging Handong and Saving Qi Tongwei 名义：审判汉东拯救祁同伟 No Love in This World, Crossing the Mortal Realm人间无爱渡红尘Male-Channel Fanfiction680k WordsCompleted Liu Xiaofan, the son of a farmer, transmigrates into the world of In the Name of the People and awakens the [Justice Tribunal] System. Using the System, he exposes the wanton abuse of power and corruption in Handong's officialdom, the temptations of money and beautiful women, and the darkness hidden from public view! He'll use the System to help Qi Tongwei rise to the provincial level, creating a win-win situation where they both advance together. Liang Qunfeng, Chen Yanshi, Gao Yuliang, Li Daka 4.1kReads6.8Score10014d adds
23. 673 开 From the Start on a Late Ming Battlefield: Three Kills in My Debut 开局明末战场，首秀三连杀 Simple2023简单2023Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [Late Ming + war + a soldier's perspective + not a power fantasy + an ordinary man's resolve to defend his home and country] The whole court curses and vows to destroy the barbarians; a mighty army marches forth from the borderlands! What is the use of grand ambitions? At Sarhu, a lake of blood was left behind. I am Wang Jiu, one of the most ordinary people in the great tide of transmigrators, and an utterly inconspicuous foot soldier on the battlefields of the late Ming. In historians' account 2.7kReads9.0Score18314d adds

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    A rare 9.5-Point masterpiece from the late Ming Dynasty! A highly realistic war novel set in the late Ming period, with grand and sweeping prose and clear logic. I would call it the third greatest work in the late Ming Dynasty series!

24. 674 沉 Sinking Into 沉沦之 User22456819用户22456819Ancient Romance118k WordsOngoing [A career-driven heroine who's a romantic con artist × a distant, aloof man who can no longer hold back his feelings] [No more being the unattainable first love: I'll temper my original ideals into poison] [Traditional historical romance: no golden finger, no contrived melodrama, no transmigration] In the third year of the Jinbao era, an outbreak of plague exposed a shocking case. She believed she was exceptionally gifted and destined to distinguish herself in the imperial examinations and prot —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    [A career-driven female protagonist and a love con artist x an aloof beauty unable to control her feelings] [Not a white moonlight: I'll turn my initial heart into poison] • [Traditional ancient romance, no cheat codes, no melodrama, no time travel] In the third year of Jin Bao, a plague broke out, leading to a shocking case. She thought she was exceptionally talented and would surely achieve great success in the future, protecting the people. But she witnessed her father die unjustly, and the light that had once saved him from dire straits turned out to be just someone else's substitute. Xu Zhiyi's heart was repeatedly tempered by fire and cold water. Gao Fang: The person he admired in his youth came from the mountains and seas, and left with the wind and rain. By the time he finally realized he wanted to pursue her, they were already separated by death. She disturbed his seasons, and from then on, he was chronically ill. Xu Zhiyi asked him, did he love her or her shadow? In fact, for him, it was already the same. Xu Zhiyi: She walked on a path without right or wrong, without good or evil, loyalty or treachery. The more powerful she became, the less she could see herself. That pure initial aspiration was also swayed into a monstrous flower of evil, and looking back, she could no longer see herself clearly. A story of a female official's rise to power.

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