The Founding-Era Imperial Exams: I Cheat My Way to the Top

Yang Youwei transmigrates to a remote town in Shandong in the fourth year of the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty!

That year, Emperor Taizu of Ming, Zhu Yuanzhang, announces that he will hold an inaugural imperial examination to bring fresh talent into the bureaucracy for his beloved eldest son.

That year, Yang Youwei travels alone to the capital to sit the imperial exam, all for the chance to marry his childhood sweetheart, Wang Susu.

With a bit of plagiarism, he easily snags the title of top scholar and basks in sudden fame, only to get caught up in the conflict among the Huai Xi nobility of the Ming Dynasty without even realizing it.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Zhu Biao, my dear eldest son, Yang Youwei is a talented man. You should do your best to win him over."

Founding general Xu Da: "Yang Youwei, do you want a wife? I'd like to betroth Miaoyun to you."

Wang Susu: "Brother Youwei, I heard you want to get married?"

Li Shanchang: "Yang Youwei and I won't rest until one of us is dead."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.