A Minor Official of the Northern Song: From County Office to Prime Minister

Transmigrating to the Xining era of the Northern Song Dynasty, amidst Wang Anshi's tumultuous reforms, factional strife, corrupt local governance, and widespread suffering. Gu Weizhang finds himself in a desperate situation from the start! As a lowly clerk in Qingyang County's tax bureau, he is framed by a corrupt senior clerk for a deficit of three hundred strings of cash, facing dismissal and exile. In this dire strait, he uses his modern financial auditing skills to expose false accounts, uncover the conspiracy, and clear his name in court. Gaining the favor of the county registrar, he takes charge of the tax bureau, rooting out corruption, reforming administration, setting fair taxes, and curbing exploitation. Seeing the flaws in the new laws—harmful green sprouts loans and neglected water conservancy—he personally oversees the construction of ten thousand mu of irrigation canals, benefiting tens of thousands of villagers and winning their hearts. From a county clerk to a prefectural capable minister; from a transport commissioner to a force in the Bianliang court: he suppresses factional strife, reforms the new laws, streamlines bureaucracy, strengthens the military, and secures the borders. He eradicates centuries-old abuses, curbs land annexation, eliminates the seeds of future turmoil, and prevents the Jingkang humiliation. A humble commoner, step by step, through practical action, he rises to govern the empire and restore the glory of a powerful Song dynasty.