Fu Shu is a newly appointed grassroots clerk who carries a Heart-Illuminating Lamp. Rather than sitting in the government office, he makes a point of visiting the neighborhoods, immersing himself in the fields and kitchens, and using practical, down-to-earth methods to connect with the people and resolve their difficulties. Gentle and perceptive, he believes that knowing the people's needs should be the foremost concern of any official. Fu Shu's Heart-Illuminating Lamp is neither a showpiece nor a bureaucratic tool. It shines only in the neighborhoods, revealing the people's genuine hardships. Many problems are not left unresolved because nobody is willing to handle them, but because good policies become distorted as they pass through layer upon layer of intermediaries. By going directly to the grassroots and shining his lamp on the truth, Fu Shu exposes these distortions and sets things right in front of everyone. Real solutions come from reaching the people at the very bottom and illuminating their true needs, not from issuing endless official notices.