The Road to Power: From Provincial Chief’s Top Aide to the Pinnacle of Power

What is a career in government? It is both a political career and a righteous path. As long as a person holds firm to righteous convictions, an undying light and an undying ideal in their heart, they have already set foot on the righteous path. Only by following the righteous path can one build a career in government. The Great Way is simple: victory lies in justice. Keep the people, the law, and the Way in your heart. Let conscience and justice never die within you. Revere the laws of Heaven, all living things, and nature, and you can accomplish great things. Three rules for climbing the official ladder: great wisdom, influential benefactors, and incredible luck. This is the wild, turbulent, life-or-death history of a secretary, and even more, the story of a secretary's rise. The protagonist starts out as an ordinary junior secretary, keeping righteous convictions in his heart, walking the righteous path, seeing justice in all things, and embodying integrity. Though petty people frame him time and again, and he repeatedly seems on the verge of falling into an abyss from which he can never rise, he ultimately stands back up from the valley of darkness through sheer devotion to justice and an unshakable faith. Deng Yongfei, the son of an ordinary working-class family, is given a leg up by the veteran Li Mingqian and promoted by provincial official Zhong Litao. With his remarkable perceptiveness, sharp judgment, and unwavering ability to execute decisively, he overcomes one crisis after another and welcomes a new dawn. In the end, he reaches the pinnacle of power.