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- 51 The Political Arena 宦海 [Political intrigue + satisfying revenge] “Hold office and bring blessings to the people!” Song Yang, who grew up in a small mountain village, stumbled into officialdom by chance. Since he was there, he decided to make the best of it. He overcame one obstacle after another, braving every challenge as he contended with forces from all sides, while one tale of love and hatred after another unfolded around him. His highest principle, from beginning to end, was to serve the people’s interests, and i 114Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 52 Reborn in Officialdom: I Can See Favorability Scores 重生官场，我能看见好感度 "One heroine" "Pure political drama" "Wits and courage" The political arena is like an iron gate. The ring on the left reads “For the people,” and the ring on the right reads “For office.” Whether you push the left side or the right, you cannot truly open the gate. Only by gripping both rings at once and pushing inward with all your strength can you finally enter the capital! 523Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 53 The Officialdom Rankings: Rising and Falling in the Political Arena 官榜：宦海浮沉 [Officialdom] + [Political Intrigue] + [Period Novel] Returning to the 1990s, Chen Guohua, a civil servant, relies on the foresight that comes with being reborn to emerge from a desperate predicament and finally get a new lease on life. But before he can enjoy his fresh start, he's given a mission at a moment of crisis and sent to Qianlou Town. There, he must face entrenched local factions, an impoverished township, and investors with ulterior motives... Chen Guohua fears nothing. He meets each 4Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 54 The Ladder of Power: It All Starts with a Phone Call 权力阶梯：从一通电话开始 Upright and incorruptible, yet skilled in the art of taking the indirect route. Cleansing the murky currents, he is even better at planning ahead and breaking deadlocks. Li Yulin is a lone, courageous cadre. He presses on against the tide, refusing to give an inch! He swears to let the light of justice pierce the dark web of power! 9Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 55 Transmigrated into Officialdom: I Rise to Power and Wealth with Superpowers 穿越官场：我靠异能升官发财 After his business failed, he was buried in debt and spent twenty years paying it off. One night, he celebrated by having a few extra drinks. When he woke up, he had transmigrated to a parallel world that was familiar, yet somehow not quite the same. While he was still trying to make sense of it all, he discovered that he had a supernatural ability. Chu Jiangfeng grew overconfident and plunged headfirst into a career in government. He decided to take a different path. Trying to frame my boss? Th 4.8kReads8.2Score304Shelves
- 56 Reborn in the Political Arena: After Breaking Off My Engagement, I Soar to Success 重生官场：退婚后我青云直上 Amid the rise and fall of officialdom, a maxim rings in his ears: “When in a position of power, do not become arrogant; when in a low position, do not become anxious.” Lu Jianghe is reborn in the summer of 2002, when he passed the civil service exam. In his previous life, his snobbish ex-wife betrayed him and his mother-in-law humiliated him. At work, he was constantly schemed against by colleagues and suppressed by his superiors. This time, he will not hold back. Starting as a junior clerk, Lu 3.3kReads7.5Score295Shelves
- 57 She Got a Government Job and Dumped Me, So I Parachuted In as the Leader's Secretary 她上岸分手，我空降成领导秘书 5.2kReads8.3Score535Shelves
- 58 Officialdom: Starting Out as a Township Party Secretary 官场：从乡镇书记开始 This book is also titled The Long Road Home. The main text is a continuation of the bonus chapters for Part One, Reborn: The Red Officialdom. Part One had a limit on how many bonus chapters could be published, so the rest are included in this book. Please take note. 12Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 59 The Pinnacle of Power: Defying Heaven's Mandate 权力巅峰：胜天半子 The road to officialdom is hard, with one obstacle after another. Li Tongwei spent ten years rising and falling in the political world. Reborn, he sets out on the same path once more, but with new insights and a keen understanding of its ever-shifting currents. Watch as he climbs step by step to the pinnacle of power, roots out corrupt officials, and paves the way to a happier life for the people. 18.6kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
- 60 The Pinnacle of the Official Road: Starting at the Grassroots 官道巅峰：从下基层开始 Qin Yang had no connections or powerful backing. But after making a crucial choice, he caught his superior’s attention, and from then on, his life began to turn around, changing beyond recognition. He rose step by step, climbing all the way to the pinnacle of power. But with that came trials from every direction... 27.7kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
- 61 After My Female Boss Was Dropped In, I Rose Through the Ranks 女上司空降后，我步步高升 The world of officialdom is like a chessboard roiling with undercurrents, where every piece has its appointed place and path. Some are foot soldiers charging into battle, some are generals directing the game from behind the scenes, and many more are pieces that seem insignificant but conceal deadly intent… 26.1kReads8.1Score2.1kShelves
- 62 Absolute Power: After the Breakup, I Reached the Pinnacle of Politics! 绝对权力，分手后走上仕途巅峰！ Born into a family of officials, he had no interest in a career in politics. Forced by his family to take the civil service exam, he had no choice but to hide away in a remote town and slack off. To avoid a political marriage, he married a college classmate who had pursued him relentlessly. But on the very day his wife was promoted, she handed him divorce papers. Her reason: the leader who had promoted her didn’t like women with husbands. His mother-in-law’s contempt, his colleagues’ exclusion, 132Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 63 The General's Legitimate Grandson: I, Ding Yizhen, Rule Handong! 将门嫡孙：我丁义珍纵横汉东！ In the Name of the People + transmigrate + System + political intrigue + somewhat satisfying revenge + crossover of film and TV universes + turning the world upside down! This fat guy's name is Tom! He originally went abroad to seek freedom, but all he got was washing dishes or being tucked in for the night! Luckily, a good-for-nothing from Blue Star transmigrated and took over his body! From the start, he awakened the Turning the World Upside Down System! As long as he turns things upside down, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 A Smooth Ride in Officialdom: My Leader Helps Me Rise to the Top 官运亨通：领导带我青云直上 [An Authentic Political Novel] Chen Zhiming did everything he could for his family, only to be betrayed by his wife. None of their three children were his, and he became a laughingstock. His fate takes a turn: reborn in 1996, he vows to make everyone who wronged him in his past life pay! After rising to success, his betraying wife Qiao Li begs him to take her back, wealthy heiress Lin Xiaomei makes him an offer, and the goddess Liu Meng once again declares her love. Chen Zhiming's lips curl into 14.1kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
- 65 Reaching New Heights: From the Grassroots to the Top 巅峰再启：从基层到巅峰 The road to power is treacherous. One misstep, and you can be ruined beyond redemption. But a career in government can also be simple: choose the right people and the right direction, and nothing can stand in your way. Shen Fei is reborn eighteen years in the past, at the moment that changed his fate. Watch as he mends the very heavens with one hand and turns his life around! 101Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 66 DJ Lazybones's 18th Book DJ懒洋洋第18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! 223Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 67 The Pinnacle of Power: Rising Smoothly Through the Ranks 权巅：平步青云 [Political Intrigue] [Officialdom] [Clever Protagonist] [One Heroine] The tides of Officialdom rise and fall, and the winds of change rage. Reborn into the Li family, Li Zhengze vows to carry on the glory of the generations before him! Watch as this young man from the Li family finds his footing in a turbulent new era. He navigates the chessboard of power, outwitting threats both open and hidden. He breaks through deadlocks, forges a new path, and ultimately dares to seize victory from Heaven it 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 The Pinnacle of Power: It All Started When the Organization Invited Me for Tea 权力巅峰：从被组织请去喝茶开始 The county magistrate's secretary was summoned by the authorities for a little chat, and his childhood sweetheart showed up to break off their engagement. But after a series of twists and turns, things took a turn for the better, and the protagonist rose from rock bottom to reach the pinnacle of life. As the saying goes: “You left me when I was down, but now that I'm on top, I'm out of your league!” 62.9kReads8.4Score4.3kShelves
- 69 In the Name of the People: Ancestor Qi, I Only Play at the Top Level 名义：祁厅老祖，老夫只打巅峰赛 The plot of In the Name of the People has gone completely off the rails! Zhao Lidong, Zhao Liqiu, and Zhao Lichun are the nation's top trio of brothers! Zhao Donglai is Zhao Mengsheng's great-great-grandson, and his third uncle works for the Ministry of Public Security! Li Dakang has Li Yunlong, the man with the Italian cannon, backing him up, and his bloodline makes him a descendant of a family of military commanders. Gao Mingyuan and Gao Qiqiang are both illegitimate relatives of Gao Yuliang, 45.7kReads6.4Score1.6kShelves
- 70 Just Dumped, I Turn Around and Pass the Civil Service Exam to Work in Her Hometown 刚被分手，转身选调上岸去她老家 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 19.3kReads7.7Score1.8kShelves
- 71 A Life in Officialdom: The Stories of Women in Politics 人在仕途：官场女人那些事儿 (Realistic political workplace + case-based stories + no harem) It’s hard to be a person, harder to be a woman, and harder still to be a woman in politics. But women in politics have their own rules for survival. Drawing on my 17 years navigating the political world, with firsthand experience across township, county, municipal, and provincial offices, I’ll show you what a woman in politics is really like! 19Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 72 In the Name of the People: Who Isn't a Live-in Son-in-Law These Days? 名义：谁还不是个赘婿了 [Alternate Timeline] [Earlier Chapters Revised] [Please rate two or three stars] [If you don't like it, please leave a one-star rating and move on] After an accident, Chu Shijun transmigrated into a fetus and arrived in 1983. He got into university, only to discover that one of his classmates was Qi Tongwei, one of his teachers was Gao Yuliang, and there was also a Pei Yihong in neighboring Linjiang. Since he had transmigrated into this world, Chu Shijun figured that business wasn't a bad path, 81.1kReads7.8Score5.7kShelves
- 73 Who Rules the Vast Lands of Handong? 问汉东大地，谁主沉浮 [In the Name of the People] [I Rule the World] [The Knockout] [Breaking Ice Action] [Storm of the Anti-Corruption] My name is Pei Jingshuo. I was just an ordinary secretary to a leading official, but after waking up, I found that I had transmigrated into In the Name of the People and become the son of Pei Yihong from I Rule the World. Watch how I stir up the political winds in Handong! Ask the land of Handong: who rules its rise and fall? 140Reads5.5Score100Shelves
- 74 Power at the Summit: Starting as a Grassroots Civil Servant 2 权力巅峰：从基层公务员开始2 Wang Hongtao puts down roots in Nanling Province, governs with dedication, and presses forward through every challenge, creating a political environment marked by integrity and peace. From here, he rises to glory and ultimately reaches the pinnacle of power! This book is dedicated to the readers of The Pinnacle of Power. I’ll do my best to ensure no one is left disappointed! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 They Tried to Extort Me in Government, So I Turned Around and Joined the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission 官场被索贿，我转身考进省纪委 [Also known as: Officials Demanded Bribes from Me, So I Turned Around and Joined the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection] In my previous life, I was an army officer and a second-class merit recipient. I devoted myself to being a model husband and a doting father, but because I was honest and lived apart from my family, my beautiful, promiscuous wife cheated on me for years. Even the daughter I treasured was someone else's child, whom I had been raising. I endured nothing but contempt 21Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 76 My Adoptive Father Is Zhao Mengsheng. Will That Affect My Promotion in the Army? 义父赵蒙生，影响我军队提干吗？ After transmigrating, he unexpectedly becomes Liang Song, the son of Liang Sanxi from The Wreath of Flowers Beneath the High Mountains! A decorated military family has its home forcibly demolished? A call is placed to Zhao Mengsheng in the capital! That day, the sky over all of Handong is about to come crashing down! Gunshots ring out again and again, and Handong is drenched in blood! Liang Song joins the army as a new recruit, only to be targeted in boot camp? His grandfather, the military big 8Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 77 Absolute Seduction 绝对色诱 The world trembles in a sea of blood, but dawn will come when he tears the darkness apart with his own hands. Ling Du vows to break free of his shackles and establish rules and order with his own hands. Across this boundless land, I shall rule over all! 6Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 78 Officialdom: Making Mistake After Mistake, Yet Rising at Lightning Speed 官场：处处失误，火速进步 My new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 752Reads7.0Score103Shelves
- 79 In the Name of the People: Provincial Champions Step Aside, He Rules the Nation 名义：省服靠边站！他是国服天骄 After transmigrating to Handong, Zhao Changqing becomes the second-generation heir of the Zhao family. Should he keep living off his family and wasting his days in luxury? No! Guarding the secret that he is Zhao Lichun's son, Zhao Changqing begins serving the people at the age of twenty-four! From then on, Handong Province has a peerless public servant who devotes himself heart and soul to the people! He sweeps through Luteng, Jinghai, Jingzhou, and Luzhou, setting the Zhao family back on the ri 9.8kReads6.8Score281Shelves
- 80 The Road Through Officialdom Begins with Being Reborn 官场征途，从重生开始 For love, Chu Haoran chose to become a live-in son-in-law, only to end up behind bars. The day before his release, he was attacked. Given a second chance at life, Chu Haoran chooses to enter politics... 7.2kReads6.5Score567Shelves
- 81 Power and Influence: A Career in Politics 权势：官路纵横 One female lead, no rebirth, no System, entirely fictional. Not based on real life. The Li family was a powerful clan that arranged marriages. Li Zhongfei had no objections at first, but an accident led him to pick up a country girl and even register their marriage. His family promptly disowned him and cast him out with nothing. All his resources were taken away, and it seemed his career in government was about to hit a dead end. But he had planned ahead. He turned around and handed the country 332Reads8.3Score110Shelves
- 82 The Storm Is Coming 狂澜将至 [Anti-Corruption + Battle of Wits] A bizarre car accident in a university town seems like a random occurrence, but it leads to a shocking case in Dongjiang Province. When criminal investigator Lin Xiao gets unwittingly drawn into it, he discovers that the clues eerily overlap with those surrounding his father's fatal car crash, which was ruled an “accident.” When Lin Xiao uncovers the first crack in the case, a criminal syndicate led by Sun Yaowei comes to light. On the surface, the “Young Maste 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 A Young Master from Beijing's Elite Circle Makes a Name for Himself, Then Trains in Handong 京圈公子哥年少成名历练汉东 [Unbelievable Background + Power in Name Only + Political Intrigue] Liu Xun grew up in a military compound and was childhood friends with Lu Yike! A child prodigy, Liu Xun graduated from the University of Science and Technology at sixteen and returned at twenty-two with a doctorate! Handsome, brilliant, and a bit of a playboy, he was never short on romantic attention. A new scandal every three days, a new rumor every five, and a spot in the entertainment gossip weekly every other week! His grand 1.5kReads6.7Score101Shelves
- 84 The Official Cauldron! 官鼎！ Serve as an official and benefit the people! This is the story of Lin Huai, who devoted himself wholeheartedly to serving his country and its people. It's also the story of Lin Huai, a man with powerful connections, who started out in a small county and climbed step by step to the top of the pyramid! 1.3kReads8.8Score265Shelves
- 85 A Book About Eating Six Meals a Day 一天六顿饭的一本书 Wang Hongwei graduated from a prestigious university and seemed destined for a bright future, but an accident happened while he was drunk... Fortunately, he was reborn and cleverly managed to defuse the crisis, setting out on a career path in public service all his own! 64Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 86 Reborn as the Black Commander of the US Forces in Korea 重生之我是驻韩美军黑人司令 First, become a Boy Scout. Then go dig for diamonds. Put your brain to work and become a warlord. Look at the poster and we’re international students. Being LGBT isn’t wrong, but it’s an illness that needs treatment. Become a Black commander. 276Reads5.5Score173Shelves
- 87 Reborn as an Official, I Rise to the Pinnacle of Power 重生为官问鼎权利之巅 A failed nobody is suddenly reborn and comes to his senses. Seizing a turning point in his life, and with a little help from fate, he climbs step by step to the pinnacle of political success. 58Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 88 Power and Influence: Three Intelligence Reports a Day, and I Speed My Way into the Ministry 权势：每天三条情报，我狂飙进部 The first thing you do after landing a government job is dump your sweetheart. After his girlfriend passed the exam for a municipal agency, she looked down on Li Haoran, a civil servant in a township. In his previous life, Li Haoran kept pestering her, unable to let go. But after being reborn, he immediately agreed to break up, and unexpectedly wound up with the Daily Intelligence System. It gave him three random pieces of information each day, and from then on, his fortunes soared! [Today's int 473Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 89 Officialdom: Starting in the County Seat, I Rise Straight to the Top! 官场：从县城开始青云直上！ Officialdom + powerful connections + Wang Hao's Name After graduating from the young and middle-aged cadres' training class, Wang Hao spent only a short time at the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League before being sent away from the capital to serve as the second-in-command of Shicheng County. He served the people, worked hard to develop the economy, and led them toward prosperity, steadily rising to the top himself. There's nothing wrong with theoretical work, really. But being sent 6.4kReads7.4Score411Shelves
- 90 1996: From Secretary to Power Player in Officialdom 1996：从秘书开始纵横官场 [Everyday life + Decisive protagonist + No angst + Veteran author of tens of millions of words who never leaves a story unfinished] In mid-October 1996, an exceptionally brutal robbery took place in Donghai City, shocking the entire country… Liu Zhigao gets a second life. Armed with foreknowledge of the future, he saves a leader’s father in the aftermath of the robbery, and from then on, the course of his fate begins to change! 13.5kReads8.0Score1.3kShelves
- 91 Country Tough Guy's Fifth Book 乡村扛把子的第5本书 A new story is out! You can read my work 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! 729Reads5.8Score100Shelves
- 92 Reborn in the Political Arena: My Road to High Office 重生官场：我的青云路 This story may take a little while to get going, but trust me: the more you read, the more hooked you’ll get, and the more satisfying it becomes. This is an ensemble power fantasy centered on officialdom. Please bear with the author if you encounter any illogical or awkward parts. I’ll keep doing my best (ง ˙o˙)ว. He was reborn, returning to 2004. Cancer hadn’t ended him; instead, it had given him eyes that could see through people and a backbone strong enough to crush every thorn in his path. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 I'm Just a Bystander Here, and You Want Me to Catch Corrupt Officials? 我一个吃瓜群众，你让我抓贪官？ [Transmigration + System + Officialdom + Urban Fantasy + Anti-Corruption Epic + Revenge on Every Grudge + Lighthearted Comedy] (The author has completed two novels of over a million words each, so you can read with confidence.) Zheng Haoran is a high school student and a typical onlooker who loves watching the drama unfold. By chance, he transmigrates ten years into the future and becomes the son of a high-ranking official, awakening a System along the way. He thinks it’s a godsend, but never ex 29Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 94 Don’t Mess With Him in Politics: When Trouble Comes, He Shows Up for Real 官场之中别惹他，他有事，是真上 The official career ladder has ten rungs. Liu Yuxian returns to 2006 and, with the advantage of knowing what lies ahead, decisively seizes the right moment and opportunities, starting out as a grassroots discipline inspector. In this life, Liu Yuxian must make full use of his abilities and do good things for ordinary people. In this life, Liu Yuxian must make up for some of the regrets he had in his previous life. 452Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 95 A Scion's Path to Power 世家子之官道 He single-handedly helps his father's, uncles', and brothers' generations rise to prominence. He isn't the legitimate crown prince, yet he can toy with all sorts of princelings at will. The companies he controls never last more than a year, yet he possesses astonishing wealth. Why be reborn? To take a different path from his previous life and reach the very pinnacle of power. 606Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 96 Villain: The Young Master of Beijing's Elite Circle Dumps the Airhead Campus Belle 反派：京圈太子爷，怒甩脑残校花 Gu Jiuxie transmigrated into a high-martial-arts world and got stuck with the identity of a super simp. The young master of the capital’s most powerful family, yet treated like a simp by a campus belle pretending to be aloof? The sole heir to the top financial dynasty; The only young master of the most powerful family; The sole heir of the greatest martial arts clan; With a background this impressive, let anyone who wants to be a simp take the job! From the start, the campus belle ordered Gu Jiu 580Reads7.2Score102Shelves
- 97 Officialdom: A Reborn Playboy’s Ascent to the Top 官场：纨绔重生跨越巅峰 [Reborn + officialdom + political struggles + economic development + patriotism] A spoiled young heir weathered a lifetime of setbacks. Reborn, he used his foresight to lead his family out of hardship. In finance, he guided his brothers to sweep all before them. In politics, he dodged one open and covert attack after another. In the economy, he selflessly served his country and its people. Follow Li Linxuan through the heart-pounding world of officialdom as he devotes his passion to millions of 704Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 98 The Corrupt Official's Unchecked Power (Absolute Power) 官场之权势滔天（绝对权力） After losing power, Lin Feng was exiled to a remote township. He thought he would spend the rest of his life there, forgotten until the day he died. But he seized an opportunity in the policies handed down from above, and step by step made his way back to center stage, becoming the youngest person ever to hold power. 10kReads8.5Score308Shelves
- 99 You Exile Me and Still Expect Me to Form an Investigation Team? I'm the Leader 发配我还要成立调查组？我是组长 6.8kReads8.6Score591Shelves
- 100 At the Pinnacle of Power: The Making of a Political Star 官声之巅峰权力 Her superior was under investigation, his girlfriend cheated on him, and he was bullied and forced to take leave. Cheng Zhu faced his darkest hour from the start. But after three years as his superior’s personal secretary, he knew the city leader had been framed, and that he himself was nothing more than collateral in a power struggle. To change his fate, he decided to rely on his own abilities to get the city leader out. What Cheng Zhu didn’t know was that he was about to face a shocking st 59.8kReads8.6Score3.7kShelves
