The Imperial Exams: A Poor Scholar's Journey
科举，寒门读书郎
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 511k Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Historical & Ancient
- Updated
- 2y ago
- Source
- Fanqie
Synopsis
Other names
- First Place in All Six Exams: A Scholar's Rise to the Clouds六元皆中，青云直上读书郎Alternate title on Fanqie
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Please Recommend High-Quality Historical or Alternate-History Novels with Highly Intelligent Characters
Anything is fine as long as it isn't brainless and the supporting characters don't suddenly lose all their intelligence.
Looking for Male-Protagonist Imperial Exam Novels: No Romance, Just Focused on Becoming an Official
No flirting around. The protagonist should be focused on becoming an official and leading the whole family to prosperity.
Historical Fiction Set in an Imaginary Ancient World, No System
No System, no System, no System. Thanks, everyone.
Imperial Exams, Rural Life, Children, Smart Characters, No Dumbing Down, and Real History
Ideally, something set in the Ming dynasty. That one about Zhu Qiniu was pretty good.
High-IQ Alternate-History Novels
I want something with intelligent characters. No stories that rub my nose in how stupid I am, even if I’m not exactly a genius.
Alternate History, the Struggles of a Farmer's Son, Transmigration and Rebirth in Ancient Times
What is the point of being reborn into life in ancient times?
Male Protagonist, Transmigrate, Historical, Starting from Scratch, Farming and Business Novels
Preferably a longer book that's already complete.
I’m Used to Stories About Top Scholars from Poor Families. Any About Scions of Great Clans Taking the Imperial Exams?
Looking for Stories Where the Male Lead Is the Only Boy in the Family or a Late-Born Son, Spoiled by His Doting Grandmother
No courtyard-house stories, no courtyard-house stories!!!
Highly Rated Imperial-Examination and Historical Novels, Reborn Stories Are Fine, Completed Works Only
Either a male or female lead is fine. No golden finger, but the protagonist should have a space. I really can’t stand protagonists with too many plot-armoring advantages.
Imperial Exam Novels, But Not About a Farmer's Son
At the very least, make him the son of a local gentry family.
Looking for Historical Novels About Someone Who Transmigrates, No System
No System, please. Ideally, the protagonist keeps a low profile and builds up their strength early on.
Looking for a Wish-Fulfillment Alternate History Novel About Someone Who Transmigrates
Ideally, something like "The Carefree Little Scholar" or "The Best House Husband". The protagonist brings modern knowledge to the past and plays the pig to eat the tiger. He just wants to take it easy and coast through life, but the times won't let him.
Looking for Male-Oriented Farming Novels
I mainly like historical stories about developing agriculture, becoming a great landowner, and doing business. It took forever to find a few that weren't misleadingly packaged, and they all turned out to be System stories... I don't mind a golden finger, as long as it's not too outrageous. Please recommend some farming novels, whether fantasy, cultivation, or historical.
Ancient Political Intrigue and the Imperial Examinations, Please Recommend a Few!
Systems and transmigration are fine, but it has to be a classic that’s been building up for a long time, with over a million words!
Ancient-Era Imperial Exam Stories, No System
No System.
Please, I Want a Male Lead in the Imperial Examinations. He Needs to Be Smart, and There Should Be No Horrible Relatives
Looking for books like "Bitten by Leeches While Farming, I Stayed Up All Night Reading for the Imperial Exams".
Imperial Exams, Fleeing Famine, Farming, and Infrastructure Building, Male-Led Stories, No Romance
Looking for books similar to The Marquis's Heir Takes the Imperial Exams. No jarring details or basic factual errors, sound logic, and everything holds together.
Male-Oriented Farming Novels Set in Ancient Times
Looking for ancient-era farming novels, aimed at male readers, featuring a PhD in agricultural science.
A Poor Scholar Preparing for the Civil Service Exams, Who Also Knows Martial Arts
A Transmigrated Copyist in Ancient Times: Poetry, Face-Slapping, Imperial Exams, and a Satisfying Rise to Office
Can We Get Some Normal Imperial Examination Historical Novels?
Transmigrating as a Scholar and Working His Way Through the Imperial Exams
Looking for a story where the protagonist studies, draws on poetry and literature from past lives, passes the imperial examinations, and rises through the ranks. Some fantasy elements are fine too. Thanks!
Looking for Alternate-History Novels with Show-Off Poetry
If you know, you know. Something like The Best Laid Plans of a Fool, preferably not too simplistic. I can't get into those. And by The Best Laid Plans of a Fool, I mean the one by Banana, not some generic God of War Son-in-Law story. Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
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Well, it's very interesting. The author will continue.
I think it's very beautiful. Come on, work hard to update. I can't get enough of it.
The imperial examination in this novel uses the wisdom of the ancestors. If you don't like it, you don't have to take it. (Because some readers are more concerned about it) Well, I personally feel that although the technology used in the article applies the wisdom of the ancestors, the role is very small, so the author omitted it. For example, the male protagonist used some verses, but the author did not write the verses. So I personally don't think it looks weird. So I don't think you need to mind. Then there are some plots and some things that I personally think can be written. And the male protagonist doesn't have any messy relatives, and the family atmosphere is still very harmonious. Then the people in the family are relatively sensible. Very warm. Then the protagonist is also focused on reading and studying all the time. There is no so-called system. The protagonist just has a better memory. There is no such thing as soap or scented soap. It can be said that it relies purely on the protagonist's own efforts and struggles. No flaws so far.
I think it's quite nice, there are no great relatives or neighbors, and the days are bland and warm. The protagonist is dedicated to studying, so I recommend it. Even if you, the author, are so little, can you sleep!!!
A loving hug, is this what cousins in ancient times could say?
I believe you can do it
This book was removed from the shelves, and I couldn't read it to the end because the story was incomplete. I regretfully removed it from the bookshelf. If the author can still read this review, please come on, you wrote it very well.
So far, the novel is good.
You can still read it. I suggest the author write more test content, it is too little. Let's put aside the things in the backyard and hope that the protagonist will inherit the emperor's grace and bring peace to the world.
I've just read Chapter 10. It's very well written. Why is it rated 6.6? Much better than many nine o'clock ones