Tales of the Realm

I am neither reborn nor transmigrated, yet I can still thrive in the Great Qing! Meet Xu Wei, a man of humble origins and mysterious heritage. Starting out at the very bottom of Great Qing society by selling contraband salt, he uses his extraordinary wit and incredible luck to enter officialdom and rise steadily through the ranks, eventually becoming a prince. Step by step, he reaches the pinnacle of the Great Qing bureaucracy and makes history as one of the few men of a different surname to be enfeoffed as a prince during the dynasty, alongside the Three Feudatories, including Wu Sangui, and a handful of Mongol nobles in the early Qing. He and Heshen are known as the Great Qing's two vermin, the kind that gnaw away at the state! The money he embezzles is every bit as much as Heshen's. One is the “outer minister,” the other the “inner minister.” In any case, they effectively control the Manchu empire, with disciples and former subordinates spread across the land. They fight for a lifetime, evenly matched to the end! Now let Young Master Lin Hao show you the stories of the Qing dynasty! The entertaining ones! The rise of an ordinary man, and a sweeping anti-corruption drama set throughout the Qianlong era! A super-corrupt official who waves the banner of fighting corruption! The historical accuracy is as high as 99.99%, purer than gold. Any discrepancies are purely coincidental! Some of the books consulted for this novel include Draft History of Qing, Biographies of the Qing Dynasty, Chronology of the Qing Dynasty, Comprehensive Mirror of the Qing Dynasty, Veritable Records of the Qing Dynasty, Comprehensive Institutions of the Qing Dynasty, Mirror of the Qing Dynasty, Archives of Imperial Edicts from the Qianlong Era, Daily Records of the Qianlong Era, Miscellaneous Notes on the Qing Dynasty, Great Compendium of Unofficial Qing History, and Laws and Regulations of the Great Qing, among others.