Wei Xiaobao eventually changed from a grassroots to a DPRK official, and his experience was actually a rookie's promotion. And judging from his promotion process, he first needs to win the favor of his boss, which should be regarded as the primary secret of his promotion. At that time, he was able to live freely in the palace because he had a good relationship with Kangxi, who trusted him very much. Even if he can't read after that, it won't delay his promotion. Without the trust of Kangxi along the way, he would have died long ago.

Then there is a group of people with North Korean officials. Although Wei Xiaobao was deeply trusted by Emperor Kangxi at that time, he was not proud and was kind with other officials, so no matter what kind of officials, they were trying to please him and hoped to become brothers with him. At that time, in the Qing Dynasty, it was normal to rely on fellow villagers or familiar relationships if you wanted to gain a foothold in North Korea.

Another very important secret is that you are willing to spend money. After all, everyone likes money, and Wei Xiaobao himself is very generous, so he has always been generous to the people around him. For example, when he cheated Wu of his money, he gave half to others. After meeting Wu Sangui, he blackmailed him again, but this time he didn't leave any money in his hand and gave it all to the DPRK officials.

In the Qing Dynasty, money was everything that could be done, and officials had to give red envelopes when doing things. Therefore, it can be seen from Wei Xiaobao's promotion all the way that although he didn't study for a few days, he knew all about those things in officialdom, so he was able to go up in officialdom.