I Am the Most Loyal Minister in the Realm, So Why Force Me to Ascend the Throne?

After transmigrating to ancient Dayeng, Xia Qi became the most spineless seventh-rank county magistrate in Lingjiang County. His superior dumped responsibility on him, his subordinates took advantage of him, and his clerks ran wild. Everyone in the city’s bureaucracy bullied him for being weak. When tax grain went missing, the officials should have taken the blame. Instead, they forced the lowly county magistrate to collect taxes again, making starving people pay their rations a second time. Watching the villagers kneel and beg for their lives, on the verge of starving to death, Xia Qi finally came to his senses: If an official does not protect the people, what good is being an official? He publicly refused to levy the harsh taxes, calmed the people with a few words, then turned around and killed a corrupt registrar who had abused his power. With no authority or backing, he would win the people’s hearts. With no one to rely on, he would rally the people! From then on, a new wind swept through Lingjiang. The once-weak county magistrate established a fearsome reputation, cracked down on corruption, reformed the bureaucracy, and brought peace to the people. With nothing but the rank of a seventh-grade official, he subdued a city full of schemers and governed an entire region!