Why Are Political Novels Getting Worse? Is It Because Everything Is Too Sanitized, Or...? 官场小说现在越来越次，是协调的太厉害，还是
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- 351 Qi Tongwei: Could You Let Me Be Young Again? 祁同伟：可否许我再少年 [No System, plot-driven] If I could be young again, I’d trade an ounce of gold for an ounce of wind. Qi Tongwei was reborn in the best years of his life, in his prime, with nothing but courage in his heart. Leaving the old Director Qi behind, this time Qi Tongwei would no longer be obsessed with power. He would never abandon his original ideals or compromise with any force. He would water the dreams of his youth with his own blood and sweat. With a virtuous wife at his side, he would walk the ri 32.1kReads8.7Score2.4kShelves
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Tiger's Roar Over the Sea of Clouds: Starting with Military Discharge 虎啸云海从转业开始
Lin Haoyu leaves the military as a senior colonel and enters local government, rising from county magistrate to a powerful official in charge of an entire region. His wife, Su Mengyao, heads a Fortune 500 company. His younger sister, Lin Xiaowan, quietly supports her brother's political career, while his older brother, Lin Yu, is fiercely protective of her. Their background is enough to leave people speechless. I hope you’ll enjoy my new book.
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- 353 The Pinnacle of Power: A Hidden Background 权力巅峰之隐形背景 Gao Zhiyuan is an ordinary young man who has just graduated from school and, for no apparent reason, is assigned to work in a remote backwater town. Little does he know that he possesses an incredible hidden background, one even he is unaware of! One seemingly fortuitous opportunity after another comes his way. With life on easy mode, he rises from a minor town clerk, climbing the ranks step by step until he reaches the very pinnacle of power! 339Reads7.2Score118Shelves
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Tongwei's Path to the Department 同伟进部之路
My new novel is out: The Laid-Back Criminal Police Officer. It's the same familiar political workplace genre, so I hope my longtime readers will give it a look. This isn't a conventional power fantasy. It's a slow-burn political drama told from Qi Tongwei's perspective. He leaves Handong, quietly builds up his strength, and eventually returns to take it back. It includes plenty of realistic details and thorough descriptions of all kinds of work. Stick with it, and you'll definitely find some sur
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- 355 In the Name of the People: The Showdown with Sha Ruijin in Handong Begins 名义：和沙瑞金汉东对掏开始 Under Sha Ruijin’s murderous gaze, Zuo Zheng said, “A gang has appeared in Handong recently. It’s called Shajiabang. I’m not making this up. There’s even a song about it going around.” As he spoke, he played a song on his phone, “Blades and Shadows,” with rewritten lyrics: Handong has always been our playground, we call all the shots The Sha family rules a province, and controls the discipline inspectors, anti-corruption squads, and arrests Handong’s highest realm: the strongest connections, and 34.6kReads6.0Score1.1kShelves
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A Red-Blooded Official's Rise to Power 红色军转官场逆袭
Lin Ning was born into a privileged family, but turned down their support to leave the military as the special forces soldier “Mountain Hawk,” determined to start from the bottom and build his career from scratch. He places first in the provincial civil service exam, only to have someone take his spot and be sent to the logistics department. He quietly bides his time in the face of injustice, takes over public complaints and petitions, and uses the role as the start of his comeback. When he is
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A Career in Public Service 为民官路
[A gritty, realistic tale of ambition and struggle in the government ranks] In 1990, top student Zhen Weimin offends the wrong people and gets kicked down to a poor rural township. Everyone thinks his life is over. But he is determined to make flowers bloom among the thorns. He breaks through obstacles with his knowledge and grounds himself in his conscience, with every step in sync with the pulse of the times. Starting in the township, he moves forward one step at a time. This is a true chronic
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- 358 Soaring Through Officialdom: From Township to the Summit of Power 官途腾龙从乡镇到权利巅峰 After Chen Linhai passes the civil service exam, his girlfriend betrays him and a powerful family uses its influence to take his position. He keeps his illustrious family background hidden and starts out at the grassroots level in a township. Staying true to his original ideals and relying on exceptional ability, he overcomes one crisis after another and rises through the ranks to the pinnacle of power. Along the way, he uncovers the mystery of his birth and fulfills his ambitions and purpose in 6.6kReads7.2Score674Shelves
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The Pinnacle of Power: A County Secretary's Extraordinary Career 权利巅峰：县委秘书的妖孽仕途
To be an official, you need two things: a heart devoted to speaking up for the people, and an unwavering sense of justice. Follow a county Party committee secretary as he climbs step by step toward the pinnacle of power in a cutthroat political game of schemes and betrayals.
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The Dragon's Successor 大龙接班人
Campus romance + political intrigue + military affairs + powerful connections The protagonist, Zhou Ziqing, was taken away by an old Taoist priest when he was just a month old and taught various skills. At eighteen, he came down from the mountain and became “invincible,” possessing martial arts, medical expertise, and exceptional intelligence. He also navigates the political arena, takes part in extensive military operations, and lays out comprehensive business strategies, all on an epic scale.
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Underworld Saga: My Big Sister in the Capital 黑道风云：我的京城姐姐
[Not for Young Readers] [Hot-Blooded Underworld] [Brutal Underworld Battles] [The Many Faces of Officialdom] [Face-Slapping Comeback] [Clever, Satisfying Read] He began cultivating at nine and went to prison at thirteen. In jail, Chu He mastered an arsenal of extraordinary skills. With nowhere to turn after his release, he headed for the capital and entered the underworld, winning the support of the capital's most captivating women. With ruthless methods, Chu He outmaneuvered every faction. Sta
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The True Face of Officialdom 官场本色
A new political drama is here! Welcome, everyone. I hope you enjoy my work. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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- 363 Storm in the Officialdom 官场风暴 At eight years old, is he like the sun at eight or nine in the morning? Yet Su Xing pleads, “Mom, I don’t want to die.” But illness becomes the heaviest straw to break a mother and her son. As lowly as ants, simply staying alive is a luxury. Life is too bitter. It is not worth it. Mother and son leap from a cliff. In that moment, is it the despair of life, or release from it? Who can say? Is it really so hard just to live? If you are as lowly as an ant, are you not allowed to have ambitions? See 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 364 In the Name of the People: Rising from Han University 名义：从汉大崛起 They are both talented young men from poor families. After being reborn, Lu An becomes Qi Tongwei's roommate in the lower bunk, as well as the most prized student of Han University Law School director Gao Yuliang... With memories of his previous life, Lu An is determined to change his good friend Qi Tongwei's fate. Years later, Lu An arrives in Handong by parachute, ready to begin his legend! 626Reads—Score—Shelves
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Back to 2010: Starting as a Township Clerk 重回一零，从乡镇科员开始
This book is grounded in reality and rooted in everyday life. The world of officialdom is no ivory tower; it is where the bustle of ordinary life is most intense. The story begins at the grassroots and draws on real life, with the daily grind of food and bills alongside the twists and turns of power struggles, and the struggles and steadfastness of ordinary people set against the upheavals and transformations of a changing age. The world today is undergoing changes unseen in a century. Official
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A Lucky Man in Officialdom, the Leader's Trusted Aide 官场幸运儿，领导身边的红人
This is a political intrigue novel set in local government. When the young Qin Feng is appointed in a crisis through his family's connections and parachuted into Nanping County, he is met not with welcoming applause, but with constant exclusion and covert obstruction from all sides. Every step he takes is like walking on the edge of a blade. As power, money, and personal ties weave together into a web, some choose to go along with the corruption, while others swim against the current. Faced with
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- 367 I Won't Hide It Anymore: You Can't Handle the Wrath of a War King 不装了，兵王的怒火你接不住 I’m done holding back. You can’t handle a soldier king’s fury. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Officialdom: Burning 官场：燃烧
Under the sky screen, everyone fights to get into the game, risking life and death and willingly becoming a pawn. A nobody takes on a giant, with no connections to rely on and nothing but his own shadow behind him. I’m the youngest section-level official in the country, and I’m still an intern. I throw my chest open and laugh at the sky, my blood burning in the flames. Even if I’m left with only half my life, I’ll still challenge Heaven for supremacy! The mountains stand evergreen, the great riv
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Reborn in the World of In the Name of the People 重生人民的名义世界
Chen Ran is reborn into the world of In the Name of the People. The story begins with him as Secretary Dakang's secretary. The pacing is slow and understated, and Chen Ran is somewhat ahead of his time in his thinking. He stays out of political struggles and focuses on developing the economy.
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Officialdom: There's a Beauty Named Xiaofang in the Office 官场：办公室有位美女叫小芳
He works hard, strives to improve, and longs for pure love. Career and romance, what’s hidden and what’s out in the open... His colleague Liu Xiaohua, his classmate Huanhuan. How should he choose...? And then there’s Tang Wan’er, whom he secretly loves...
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Spread Spring Breezes for Ten Thousand Miles, Walk the Path to the Azure Clouds 施万里春风，步青云之志
The greatest hero fights for his country and its people; the greatest doctor heals the nation and saves its people. Zhang Yi is a young prodigy who has studied medicine and martial arts since childhood. A star student at Yanda University, he starts a business with his classmates and amasses assets worth hundreds of billions. After graduating, he enters officialdom. With powerful connections and extraordinary abilities, he sweeps through the political arena using the way of the chivalrous healer,
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White Mountains, Black Waters 白山黑水
In a small forestry town in Northeast China, an ordinary vocational high school graduate steps into society. He starts out as a forest ranger, seizes an opportunity to transfer to a government office, and enters public service. By a stroke of luck, he gets involved in the seedling trade and becomes a profit-driven plant dealer, earning his first fortune. Gradually, he realizes that getting further in life requires the backing of power. So he earns money while cultivating his political career. A
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- 373 The Traffic Bureau Chief 交通局长 Lin Zhongquan was an ordinary employee in a road maintenance section. Following his father’s wishes, he was determined to climb the ranks. On his father’s repeated advice, he married the former mayor’s daughter and managed to get in good with Huang Dingli, the head of the Pingchang Municipal Transportation Bureau. During a construction tender, Huang Dingli and Lin Zhongquan got to know contractor He Rubin and the stunningly beautiful public relations agent Miaomiao. They helped He Rubin win the 95Reads9.4Score—Shelves
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The Lust for Power: From Rural Service Program to the Provincial Party Compound 权欲：从三支一扶到省委大院
In early 2006, a university student from a coastal region answered the nation's call to serve in the Three Supports and One Assistance program. He arrived in a remote mountain village in the southwest, put down roots at the grassroots level, and led the villagers to a better life. Winning the appreciation of his superiors, he steadily rose through the ranks toward the provincial Party committee compound.
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- 375 Official Career: The Tides of Turmoil 官途：暗潮狂飙 Humanity advances through desire, and it is desire that builds its cages: cages of power, wealth, institutions, freedom... All are cages of human nature. In Jinghai City, an undercurrent is stirring, growing ever more turbulent as the storm begins to rage... 657Reads8.8Score225Shelves
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A Physician’s Road to Power 医者官途
No rebirth, no System, no harem: pure, hard-nosed political maneuvering. After his superior is transferred, he is pushed aside by petty rivals and suppressed by others. He abandons medicine for politics and embarks on an official career. A doctor carefully navigates the political world, breaking through traps amid open and covert attacks to forge a smooth career path all his own.
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Defying Heaven Itself: I, Qi Tongwei, Will Never Submit 胜天半子，我祁同伟绝不屈服
[Qi Tongwei + In the Name of the People + Defying the Odds] After transmigrating into Qi Tongwei from In the Name of the People, he is about to be assigned to the Yantai Mountain Judicial Office. Faced with Liang Lu's oppression, Qi Tongwei bravely fights back. If he can't change the outcome of being sent to work in the countryside, then he'll get out from under the Liang family's control. If you won't give me the benefits I'm entitled to, then you can forget about keeping your job...
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The Cold and Warmth of the Halls of Power 官场冷暖
Zhang Ming is an ordinary grassroots civil servant. Navigating the gap between personal relationships and the rules, he climbs step by step to the pinnacle of power. This is a story of political maneuvering, difficult choices, and personal redemption. The protagonist, Zhang Ming, starts out as a low-ranking township clerk. After demonstrating extraordinary courage and ability during an unexpected incident, he catches the attention of his superiors. In the treacherous world of officialdom, he
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I'm Reborn, So Who's Going Back to School? 都重生了，谁还复读！
The college entrance exam results came out, and Li Shishan failed to make the list. While everyone else hurried to retake the exam, he slapped his thigh and declared, "I'm done with school. I'm going to take the civil service exam!" Since he'd already missed his chance, there was no point regretting it. Li Shishan decided to take a different path, entering the political arena with only a high school education and embarking on an unconventional career in government.
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Political Rivalries: A Grassroots Rise to Power 官场争锋之草根逆袭
New to officialdom, Lu Zhaoyuan carries lofty ideals, only to be battered at every turn. After enduring hardship, he glimpses the logic behind power: “Only those who truly serve the people can go far!” Standing on the precipice between conscience and desire, what choice will he make?
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- 381 I’m a Township Civil Servant 我是乡镇公务员 Zhang Hua is a low-ranking township civil servant who only wants to do his job without getting involved in anyone else’s business. He is the unluckiest man, yet also the luckiest; the loneliest, yet has the most friends; the poorest, yet never short of a little spending money. He most wants to be an ostrich, yet somehow has more than his share of trouble. He has no desire to become an official, yet there is always a position waiting for him. His life is full of one contradiction after another. M 45.2kReads9.0Score5.6kShelves
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Xiaohefeng’s First Book 小荷风的第1本书
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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- 383 The Road to Power: Starting as a Seconded Inspector in the Police Department 官道：从借调警厅督查组开始 Li Dong was hospitalized after being injured on duty, and his status-conscious girlfriend cruelly betrayed him. Misfortune may prove to be a blessing in disguise. Starting out at a township police station, he faced criminals without fear and skillfully navigated the infighting within the police force, overcoming every obstacle on his way to the top! 95.6kReads8.9Score4.6kShelves
- 384 The Storm of Power 权力风暴 After leaving the military, protagonist Jiang Yunhao embarks on his political career. In his struggles against his rivals, Jiang Yunhao sticks to his principles and never shies away from a challenge. He also frequently surprises people with his strategic skill. In the end, through his own hard work and the recognition of influential leaders, Jiang Yunhao carves out a path of his own to the top. 5.3kReads8.9Score436Shelves
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Officialdom: From Oil Worker to Oil Company CEO 官场：从石油工人到油企老总
A scapegoat in government returns to 1997. Facing a dirt-poor family, the humiliation of being cheated on in his previous life, and the coming wave of oilfield reforms, what should Ye Chen do? Naturally, he should turn his family's fortunes around, defend his dignity as a man, and ride the oil boom all the way to becoming the youngest head of an oil company. This book isn't wish fulfillment, doesn't put on airs, and won't try to be needlessly mysterious. A third-generation oilman takes you behin
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The Road to Power: Starting as a Temporary Transfer to the General Affairs Section 权力巅峰：从借调综合科开始
That’s right, Zhang Zheyuan was reborn. His last life was just too hard! This time, he’s aiming for the pinnacle of power! People who want to win don’t smile, so why can’t I stop the corners of my mouth from turning up?!
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- 387 The Road to Medicine Leads to Heaven: From Doctor to Political Power Player 医路通天：从医生到官场纵横 This book is over a million words long, so you can read with confidence. It is guaranteed to keep you hooked and racing through the chapters without stopping! People say that being an official is all about connections. With enough connections, you can rocket your way up the ranks without even lifting a finger. But Ning Yuan, who has the best connections of all, dives headfirst into the country's poorest, most backward rural township. In everyone else's eyes, he's a fool who has connections but d 12.8kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 388 Reborn in Politics: What's Wrong with Rising Through the Ranks? 官场重生：青云直上怎么了 [Reborn] + [Officialdom] + [Scheming] + [Revenge] + [play the pig to eat the tiger] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Urban] + [Political Intrigue] Every success is different, but every failure is much the same! In his previous life, Liang Fusheng was a complete failure. He was reborn on the very day he started his civil service job. He really… wants to get ahead! (Laughter, anger, and banter, all just to make you smile!) 765Reads6.3Score137Shelves
- 389 Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海 The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 259.5kReads9.6Score30.9kShelves
- 390 The Official's Ladder: A Grassroots Civil Servant 官梯之【基层公务员】 There are ten rungs on the official career ladder. Wang Hongtao has the gift of foresight, starting from the very bottom and seizing every opportunity. Beginning at the section-chief level, he climbs one rung at a time, destined to forge his own glory! As he rises, he does all he can to benefit the people and improve the lives of those around him, while also settling an old score! See how an ordinary man makes waves in the world of officialdom! This is my first time writing, so please be underst —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 391 A Star in Officialdom 仕途红人 Ling Zheng is a low-level employee who keeps getting pushed around at work because he isn't smooth enough. One day, after getting drunk, he accidentally uncovers a secret belonging to his beautiful boss, Zhao Liran... From then on, he begins his meteoric rise, with one gorgeous woman after another appearing in his life and leaving him dazzled! 116Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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In the Name of the People: Qi Tongwei Tears Liang Lu Apart and Defies Heaven 名义：祁同伟手撕梁璐，胜天半子
After Qi Tongwei shot himself at Guying Ridge, he suddenly transmigrated back twenty years. This time, he retained all his memories from his previous life, and decided to take a different path. In this life, he would live honorably and bow to no power or faction. After his rebirth, Sha Ruijin, Liang Lu, Liang Qunfeng, Ji Changming, Zhong Xiaoai, Hou Liangping, Li Dakang, Yi Xuexi, Chen Hai, Chen Yanshi, Zhao Lichun, Zhao Ruilong, Zhao Donglai, and the others all returned to the stage. Many new f
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