A Poor Scholar's Path Through the Officialdom

Xiang Ruiyuan enters government through the imperial examinations. With his intelligence and political savvy, he plays the fool in officialdom and rises step by step. After being reborn, he becomes even more cautious, using the experience and wisdom from his previous life to overcome crises and climb ever higher. He meets a princess, and with her help, he succeeds in becoming a powerful minister who holds sway over the court.

Xiang Ruiyuan has read his Four Books and Five Classics to tatters, but still can't bear to put them down. They are the only "leisure reading" he borrowed from a neighbor. Everything in his home that could be pawned has been pawned, and he's about to find himself with nothing left to read. For a poor scholar who sees the imperial examinations as his only way out, this is nothing short of a disaster. "Ruiyuan, are you home? My master wants you to come over." The visitor's harsh, snide voice could only belong to the steward of Zhao the Rich Man's household.

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