What was the main content of the book?

" The Story of officialdom " was a satirical novel written by Feng Menglong, a novelist of the Ming Dynasty. It mainly told the story of the corrupt local government officials and the dark bureaucrats who used their power to cheat their superiors and deceive their subordinates, and even joined forces to enforce the law and suppress the people during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The protagonist of the novel was a county magistrate named Li Qing. Although he held a high position, he always upheld justice and refused to abuse his power to fight against corrupt officials. Through describing the complicated relationship between Li Qing and other officials, the novel reveals all kinds of hypocrisy and darkness in officialdom, and also reflects the drawbacks of feudal society and the ugliness of human nature. The novel was full of irony and fable, with the struggle between the righteous officials represented by Li Qing and the corrupt officials represented by Wang Gui as the main line, interwoven with a large number of official rules, the ways of the world, power struggles and other plots.