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- 51 Justice of Heaven’s Way 天道正义 The Way of Heaven and Justice trilogy is a political-philosophical epic that probes the nature of power. Through the trials of grassroots official Chu Feng, it embarks on a profound search for the “Way of Heaven” and reflects the sweeping changes in China's officialdom. Is there a higher justice beyond the rules? In A Gentle Breeze, characters find a way through the mire of a society governed by personal connections, exploring the balance of the Way of Heaven between “law” and “human feeling.” I 49Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 52 Reborn in Politics: This Time, I Serve the People Alone 重生官场：这一世，我只为民做主 In my previous life, a woman and her family deceived and ruined me. I died without children, bringing misery to my parents and family. In this life, besides taking revenge on that woman and her family, I, Lin Chen, will stand up for the people... 3.5kReads8.7Score31314d adds
- 53 The Pinnacle of Power: The Crackdown on Organized Crime 权力巅峰之破局者：扫黑风暴 Wang Xiaolin is greeted with a carefully orchestrated welcome gift! She is forced to investigate the Old Town Redevelopment Project herself. As the investigation deepens, the clues point to her secret boyfriend, his mother, and the best friend she has had for twenty years. A game of intrigue that began with a conspiracy. 543Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The Female Director of Housing Administration 女房管局长 #ThreeFemaleLeads #YoungerMan #Officialdom #Anti-Corruption #Nepotism #Twists All those years, what we divided among ourselves was our conscience. By the time we wanted to make amends, it was already too late. How do several women survive in the narrow space between power and desire? How does a group of people get torn apart by self-interest and conscience, and meet their ruin? 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Promotion 提拔 “Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to their stations?” Chen Sheng's cry was also the spark in the heart of our protagonist, who came from a family of poor peasants three generations deep. He was once an obscure chauffeur, but his diligence and concern for ordinary people caught the eye of a perceptive female leader. He advanced carefully, making his way through an elite workplace and enduring trial after trial. He got along with people from every side, yet never lost sight of his p 36.1kReads8.3Score3k14d adds
- 56 Bright Sword: From the Start, I’m Put in Charge of a Region 亮剑：开局让我主政一方 [Officialdom] + [Senior Cadres] + [Development and Nation-Building] + [Period] + [A Heart Devoted to the Party] + [Pinnacle of Power] The author has a completed, two-million-word novel, County Chief from 1949 Onward, so you can trust them with this kind of story. In 1953, Li Mo returns home after being wounded in the Korean War. Hoping for a quiet life, he plans to reclaim wasteland in a border region. But a single order from the organization sends him to Hanbei Province as acting chairman. Li M 5.5kReads8.6Score21714d adds
- 57 The Ladder of Office? I Survey the Summit of Power and Ascend to the Throne! 官梯？我一览权力巅峰，朝天阙！ Eastern fantasy + from the start, the protagonist reports everything to the state. Main characters: Feng Wuji and Su Nianzhen. Strong characterizations and a compelling pairing: a steady, protective male lead × a resilient heroine who grows stronger, joined by lively supporting characters like a gluttonous divine beast and a hard-drinking senior. Fast-paced plot: the story opens with an awakening and an immediate report. A state agency is established within three chapters, and the narrative neve 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Secretary Chen's Notebook 陈秘书笔记 The extraordinary life of a secretary. Chen, a highly capable secretary, watches his bright future vanish in an instant. Cautious and deferential around the powerful, he keeps a low profile among his colleagues, and through his own distinctive way of handling people, gradually achieves his goals in life. His notebook is a lament for a life. 1.1kReads—Score12214d adds
- 59 The Official's Path: Turmoil at the Grassroots 官途之基层风云 With graduation just around the corner, he becomes a university-graduate village official. He stays true to his original aspirations, starts at the grassroots level, and steadily rises through the ranks at the county and city levels. Taking charge of a region, he works for the people’s well-being. 4.4kReads6.0Score43414d adds
- 60 Part One 局部一 The protagonist, Hu Weimin, navigates the ups and downs of officialdom while staying clearheaded, resisting all kinds of temptation, and holding fast to his principles. The everyday settings make the characters feel as if they’re right there beside you, perhaps even people just like yourself. 1.1kReads6.8Score10314d adds
- 61 Tides of Officialdom: Straight Up to the Azure Clouds 宦海浮沉之直上青云 Wang Jianfei’s story of rising through the ranks! A genuine work about the world of officialdom, written in a documentary style by a seasoned author of political fiction with tens of millions of words to his name. A quality read guaranteed! 8.2kReads8.8Score88314d adds
- 62 The Move That Breaks the Deadlock 破局之举 Chen Zimo's rise from the grassroots to the inner circle takes an unusual path. While others chase undercurrents, he devotes himself to studying the most transparent and solid system of rules, and finds in it a “cloud staircase” of his own. It is both his methodology and his shield. See how a wise man uses rules as steps and wisdom as his guide, climbing ever higher through a world of shifting tides and hidden currents. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Rise to the Top: A Record of a Shocking Case 巅峰青云：惊天大案录 Cao Yang jumped from the roof of the Education Bureau and left a final message on his social feed: If anything happens to me, it was no accident. Three days later, Director Meng Qinghuan was taken away, sentenced to twelve years, and died in prison. I was reborn. This time, I’m going to make sure she gets out alive. I’ll make money trading stocks, lay the groundwork to fight corruption, and protect everyone who believes in me. Wang Guoqing, Liu Hongyuan, and that big fish in the provincial gover 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 I Was Just a Cop, But I Shook the Provincial Party Compound 我就当个警察，却惊动了省委大院 Ten years later, after graduating from Qizehua University, he follows in his father's footsteps and enters government service. With formidable political connections, countless legal assets, and the broad perspective and sophisticated understanding shaped by his upbringing, he's got a dream start from the start. However, his father is a sly old fox. “Zehua, you have to start at the grassroots level as a police officer and get some experience...” Now it's his father's former subordinates who are l 9kReads8.5Score83814d adds
- 65 No Authority to Audit? One Official Letter and I Make the Whole Province Weep! 审计没权？我一纸公函查哭全省！ Zhou Tiejun pushed himself up from the sofa, his right hand instinctively reaching for his chest. There was no wound, no pain. His palm touched a dark blue jacket, its fabric coarse and its zipper cold. He lowered his head and looked at his hand. It wasn't his. His hands should have been young, with prominent knuckles and carbon-ink stains perpetually caught under the fingernails. But the hands before him had loose, slightly swollen skin, age spots creeping across the backs, and a faint pale gro 125Reads7.0Score14914d adds
- 66 Ink-Boned Beauty: From Seedling Thinning to Selection, Every Step Is a Nerve-Racking Trial 墨骨天娇：从蹲苗到遴选步步惊心 [Ink-Boned, Edge Concealed | Clearheaded, Career-Driven Heroine | Rise Through the Ranks | Grassroots Cadre Selection | Workplace Mind Games] People say that boneless painting depicts a spirit and conceals a sharp edge. Xia Qing, a young female official sent to gain grassroots experience in a township, has made the principles of boneless painting the way she survives in the ruthless arena of officialdom. She has two brushes in hand: One brings flowers to life with every stroke, creating boneless 74Reads7.6Score1014d adds
- 67 The Bladeless Edge 无锋利刃 In the hidden currents of the world, everyone is both a player moving the pieces and a piece on the board. Reality wears down the sharp edges of our ideals, and principles give way to self-interest, one step at a time. Behind every choice that looks so bright and promising lies a compromise that cannot be spoken aloud. When the scales tip between survival and conscience, we eventually understand: adulthood is nothing more than dancing in chains. There is often no absolute good or evil in this wo 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Reborn in the Officialdom: In My Previous Life, I Was a Jianghu Big Shot 重生官场之上一世我是江湖大佬 [Reborn amid the twists and turns of officialdom + a distinctive and original plot + powerful allies from the start + everything under control + a heavenly beauty and a perfect match + climbing ever higher, step by step] In his previous life, Chu Yifeng returned to Longcheng after five years as a special forces reconnaissance soldier. He saved Bao Yubo, a powerful underworld boss, and was swept into a maelstrom. Step by step, he entered the criminal underworld and became a crime lord, ruling his 310Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 69 Those Who Left the Village 从村里走出去的人们 Meng Ziqiang started out on the village construction crew and became the richest man in Linqu County. After six divorces and seven marriages, he was killed in an explosion on New Year's Eve. Qiao Yu'er entered a business school and escaped her peasant upbringing. Through diligent writing, she began to make a name for herself, then threw herself into politics and set out on a career in government. Wu Yuexia built up a fish farm and fought her way forward, eventually becoming the deputy county mag 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Reported and Put Under Full Investigation! Is This Penniless Man Really So Righteous? 被举报全力彻查！一贫如洗的他正义凛然？ Holding the power of the world by day, resting on a beauty’s lap by night. Just as his career is taking off, he is reported, and in an instant, he is a tiger fallen among the plains. Guided by the conviction that he must stand up for the people and uphold justice above all, he has beauties by his side and takes on every challenge head-on. Zhang Dongfeng seizes every opportunity and climbs higher, step by step, until he finally reaches the summit... 278Reads8.1Score9614d adds
- 71 Turbulent Waves 迷涛 This is a chronicle of a grassroots official's rise and fall, a portrait of county-level officialdom in the 1990s, and, above all, a bittersweet song of an era defined by the struggle between human weakness and steadfastness. When the turbulent waters recede, the embankment still bears the upright figures of those who never bent. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 No One Can Be Detained and Walk Away Innocent 无人能被留置后安然无罪 Whose path to promotion and riches isn't paved with blood and strife? You're welcome to read my work 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! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Officialdom: Starting with an Investigation Report 官场：从一份调查报告开始 Song Jingchuan is an ordinary civil servant at the municipal government's research office, with no connections or powerful patrons. A research report on the chemical industrial park is sent back by his superiors three times. Everyone tells him: Some numbers can be written down, but some truths cannot. In the end, Song Jingchuan signs his name anyway. Late that night, a torrential rain floods the city, and disaster strikes the chemical industrial park. The report no one wanted to read is delivere 1.4kReads—Score16114d adds
- 74 The Beautiful Female Boss 绝美女领导 Ye Qingshan was late getting home after work when he suddenly saw a beautiful woman being chased by several burly men. With nowhere else to turn, she yanked open his car door and jumped in. From then on, Ye Qingshan’s luck took a turn for the better, and he rose rapidly in his career... 3.5kReads6.7Score21014d adds
- 75 The Political Ladder: My White Moonlight Chases Power, So I Turn Away and Shine 仕途：白月光攀权我转身万丈光芒 New book, and the rating has only just come in. It’s sure to rise! I write patriotic stories. My completed novel, Helping Mom Deal with Scumbags and the Third Party, is that kind of story, and so is this new one. [Positive energy + down-to-earth characters + realistic urban fiction + love of country and family] Jian Yifan was raised in the countryside by his grandfather and 1Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 76 In the Name of the People: My Father Is Yuan Mu 名义：家父袁沐 [This novel has two protagonists. Early on, the story is told mainly from Yuan Mu’s perspective; from the middle onward, it focuses on the protagonist Yuan Zhihao, with other supporting characters appearing in between. The novel draws on the TV dramas A Lifelong Journey and In the Name of the People, and may include others later.] Reborn in a single day, Yuan Zhihao suddenly discovers many secrets about his father. Ever since childhood, he has thought his father was the most impressive person in 1.2kReads6.8Score10214d adds
- 77 Reborn: A New Path to Power 重生之官路新途 After a night of drinking, the head of the city’s Development and Reform Bureau suffers a sudden heart attack, is reborn, and transmigrates to 1999. His new identity, Lei Yu, is an ordinary secretary in a county government. When his superior is placed under investigation, Lei Yu is implicated and banished to a dead-end job in the archives bureau. He is also framed through a conspiracy, leading the police and disciplinary commission to open a case against him. His opportunistic girlfriend leaves, 2.3kReads7.1Score13314d adds
- 78 After Accidentally Saving a Leader's Secretary, I Race to the Top 意外救下领导秘书后，我一路狂飙 Ye Dongcheng, an ordinary young man who entered government service after graduating from Southeast University, had been quietly working in officialdom while holding on to his ambitions. But the gears of fate suddenly shifted because of a good deed his father did. One day, his father accidentally rescued a mysterious middle-aged man and received an inconspicuous USB drive in return. Who could have imagined that this drive would be like a key opening Pandora's box, drawing the Ye family into a sho 134Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 79 Plans Amid the Plane Tree Fluff 梧桐絮里的规划图 [A principled struggle within the system, unexpected turns, power, sex, and an anti-corruption campaign, love that brings a powerful man to his knees, sacrifice for love, realism] Yu Wanqing stood before the mirror in the restroom of the Yuecheng Grand Hotel’s conference center and took a deep breath, straightening the collar of her dark blue blazer. The woman in the mirror was twenty-eight, her shoulder-length black hair neatly tucked behind her ears. As a rising talent at the Municipal Plannin 430Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Reno’s Meteoric Rise 雷诺得平步青云 A story of an ordinary man's rise, five years beneath Five-Finger Mountain, rural romance, police-station investigations, development-zone officials, senior provincial officials, and provincial and ministerial leaders. This novel of officialdom portrays the complexity of human nature and the struggle for power. Following the growth of the protagonist, Lei Nuode, it shows how a young official, armed with intelligence, courage, and resolve, realizes his ideals and ambitions step by step in an offi 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Reborn as a Civil Servant: A Peak Career from Day One 重生公务员之出道即巅峰 "Zhao Shuyan, you useless coward. Let's get a divorce!" "With your abilities, how did you ever manage to become a civil servant?" … What is life in the political arena really like? Watch as reborn Zhao Shuyan starts out at the county Party committee compound and turns his career into a legend, reaching the peak from the moment he makes his debut! 1.1kReads8.5Score10114d adds
- 82 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. 5.3kReads8.9Score44714d adds
- 83 Reborn: One Tip-Off Letter Set Me on the Path to the Top 重生：一封举报信，开启巅峰仕途 [Reborn] + [Officialdom] + [Scheming] + [Revenge] + [play the pig to eat the tiger] + [Tycoon] + [Urban] + [Political Intrigue] After twenty years of ups and downs in Officialdom, deputy department-level official Chu Yunfei dies with grievances in the midst of factional infighting, discarded as a pawn! Thankfully, Heaven takes pity on him, and he is reborn in 2008! At the engagement banquet of the ex-wife who humiliated him, he suddenly sees the light. The “bloody, tear-stained playbook” of the 296Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 84 The Little Doctor in the Political Arena 官场小医仙 [Urban Daily Life] [Urban Cultivation] [Miracle Doctor] [Officialdom] [Urban Farming] The jianghu is not about fighting and killing. It is about human relationships and social conventions, and the same is even truer of officialdom. At the lowest point of his life, Shi Kejun acted on a reckless impulse and offended station director Wang Xin, but unexpectedly found himself entering the world of officialdom. He then used his bizarre medical skills to cure the “strange illness” of Liu Lin, the newly 2.3kReads9.3Score63614d adds
- 85 The Civil Service Exam? He's Right There, and He's Fallen for Her First 考公？右上方，他先动了心 A chaste, wounded male lead + a heroine who fights by his side + the most restrained prose for the most overwhelming emotions. He could have any woman he wanted. Yet he fell for a subcontractor’s engineer who already had a boyfriend. That beauty mark: the moment he saw it, he knew he could never forget it. Dai Lian has seen the deepest nights Jiangcheng has to offer. Shen Yonghui is the true power behind the scenes, radiating a cold, abstinent aura. Everyone says the powerful man is ruthless and 94Reads—Score19114d adds
- 86 A Long Prosperous Reign 长盛高歌 2kReads7.4Score20514d adds
- 87 The Urban Hunt 都市围猎 This story follows the tangled struggles over power, profit, and desire within modern corporations. Everyone is a hunter, and everyone is prey. In the end, justice catches up with them: each person is destroyed by the consequences of their own actions. Then a new hunt begins somewhere else. The novel features a large cast of characters, and the author has done their best to pack a miniature society into its pages. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Bloom of Public Office: A Grassroots Female Cadre 官场芳华：基层女干部 Officialdom / women's personal growth / realism An abandoned, demoted grassroots female official rises from a poor village to become a powerful regional leader through hard work. A story of female officials growing, struggling, and breaking through in grassroots politics. 190Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 In the Name of the People: We’re All Comrades, So Why Form Factions? 名义，都是同志哪来的山头 Xiao Jinzi: “Factionalism isn't allowed in Handong. How can the Handong University clique be allowed?” Pan Zelin: “We're all comrades. What Handong University clique?” “There's no Handong University clique, but the Sha family clique is starting to show signs of forming.” 66.5kReads8.4Score3.3k14d adds
- 90 The Dragon Soars Across the Four Seas 龙腾四海 Love, reality, and morality intertwine across a variety of themes, with each story portraying a different facet of life. 21Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 91 A Career Blessed by Fortune: A County Magistrate's Rise to Power 官运滔天：知县逆袭，权倾朝野 [Not a power fantasy! A complex tale of court intrigue and political struggle, grounded in historical research!] Li Shu, a modern-day civil service exam candidate who failed to pass, unexpectedly transmigrates to the first year of the Qianlong reign and becomes a newly appointed jinshi. Starting out as a poor county magistrate in Hengyang, he investigates the shortfall in the ever-normal granaries, exposes the dark secrets of the grain transport trade, and takes on salt smugglers in league with 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 A Junior Civil Servant in the County Government 县直单位的小公务员 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 A Man of Official Bearing 官人官相 My new work is here! Feel free to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 280Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Blood and Fire at Taierzhuang: My 1938 血火台儿庄：我的1938 While organizing records of the Battle of Taierzhuang, military researcher Chen Mo is transported by a bullet-riddled battlefield photograph to Xuzhou in 1938, engulfed in flames of war. After becoming a confidential staff officer to the commander of the Fifth War Zone, he discovers that his notebook records every battle and every sacrifice that will occur over the next thirty days. What kind of thrilling story unfolds when modern military knowledge collides with the brutal reality of war?… 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Racing Up the Official Ladder, Building a City with the People's Support 官路狂飙，民心筑城 Breaking the Deadlock: The Hunt and the Counter-Hunt. Keep the people in your heart, and you can build a way forward; let your actions speak louder than words, and you can open up a new future. When invisible pressure and deeply entrenched resistance spread from the grassroots townships into the heart of the county, how can a principled official forge a new path with steady, determined steps? This work of reportage shows how to uphold one's principles and open up new possibilities in a complex e 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Rising Through Officialdom: A Nobody's Road to the Top 官场纵横：小人物的登天之路 (The rating just came out, but it’ll go up.) Li Long spent more than thirty years as a beat cop before being reborn thirty years in the past. In his previous life, his achievements were stolen and he was banished to a remote region. Now that he’s back, he won’t let anyone take what should be his. Our protagonist has the advantage of memories from his previous life. He also has what it takes to go head-to-head with major criminal cases. This is the story of an ordinary man using memories from a p 1.7kReads8.1Score12514d adds
- 97 The First-Rank County Magistrate of Nongmen 农门一品知县 A university agriculture student transmigrates into the body of Niu Er, a simpleton. Just then, the village beauty Wang Niannian is framed by the landlord Li Erhei’s wife, who sets up a matchmaking challenge. By chance, Niu Er solves the puzzle and wins the beauty’s hand. Armed with agricultural skills and knowledge of medicinal herbs, he slaps down one rival after another and creates miracles at every turn. He wins the emperor’s approval and a princess’s affection, and conquers the greatest bea 10Reads—Score114d adds
- 98 Crowned by the Way of Letters: A Sage from Humble Beginnings Subdues the Heavens 文道冠冕：寒门至圣镇诸天 This is a world of literary cultivation, where poetry can slay enemies and essays can bring peace to the realm. The Holy Academy controls the ranks of literary scholars; ten kingdoms vie for power, the barbarians threaten the borders, and the demon race runs rampant. With no new Sage in a hundred years, the way of literature has fallen silent. Su Mo, an orphan from a poor family, unexpectedly binds himself to the Literary Inheritance System and unlocks the poems and timeless essays passed down t 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Transferred Soldier King Marries in a Flash During College 转业兵王大学期间闪电结婚 Bai Yitu never expected that after returning to campus, he would be drawn by some mysterious force into one maelstrom after another. To pay for his father's medical treatment, he gave up his first chance at marriage. Then he unexpectedly uncovered the truth behind a college classmate's car accident. The shocking collusion between officials and businesspeople for illicit profits pushed him, against his will, to change everything. From passing the civil service exam for a provincial department to 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 In the Name of the People: Calling Someone by Their Job Title at Work 名义：工作的时候称职务 [Entirely handmade, no AI] Lin Huai arrives in Handong, develops the economy, and launches the Handong Super League. You say I'm part of the Handong University clique? Then I'll hand you a list of famous Handong University alumni. They're all members. You figure out what to do with that. Respect people's choices. Never play nursemaid. Talk to Zhong Xiaai Remind Qi Tongwei who's been suppressing him Tell Hou Liangping to follow organizational principles 314.2kReads8.5Score23.5k14d adds
