Starting with a Bowl, I Write Poems and Rise to Greatness

Name: Starting with a Bowl, I Write Poems and Rise to Greatness
Author: Half a Sheet of Ink Smoke

开局一个碗，抄诗上青云

by Half a Sheet of Ink Smoke (半纸烟墨)

Status: Completed
Length: 493k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 3y ago
Source: Fanqie

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5.8kReads

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Synopsis

Yun Yi somehow transmigrated to the Great Zhou dynasty and became a poor scholar with an empty house and barely enough to eat. He had planned to use simple, homespun techniques to earn a little money and support his family. He never expected to attract the attention of powerful figures at court. To protect himself, Yun Yi outwitted the powerful men, with help from his confidante, and eventually caught the emperor’s eye through a twist of fate. Once he stepped into the court, the emperor wanted to use him as a blade, the princes treasured him, the Confucians saw him as a scourge, the common people treated him like the source of their livelihood, and the barbarians both loved and hated him. But the new emperor had an even grander ambition... New Emperor: “My dear Yun, everywhere the sun and moon shine, everywhere the rivers flow, is Han land belonging to my Great Zhou. What do you say?” Yun Yi: “All I wanted was to be a carefree little landowner...”

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