Of course, there was! I'll recommend you a few novels about officialdom: " Counting the Famous People " is a book about the cultivation of officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty and the half-empty history of the Red Chamber. Old Zhu Catches People According to My Fictions was a historical officialdom article of the Ming Dynasty; Struggle in the New Ming Dynasty was a historical officialdom article of the Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties; The Best Guye was a historical officialdom article of the end of the Sui Dynasty; and The Marquis's Children was a historical officialdom article of the end of the dynasty. I hope you like my recommendation.π