Cast Out and Split from the Family? I'll Pass the Imperial Exams and Start My Own Lineage

Name: Cast Out and Split from the Family? I'll Pass the Imperial Exams and Start My Own Lineage
Author: Le Jinhong

被弃分家？我靠科举单开族谱

by Le Jinhong (乐锦鸿)

Status: Completed
Length: 357k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 1y ago
Source: Fanqie

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His eldest uncle had failed the imperial exams for eighteen years straight, yet he relied on their grandfather's favoritism to drain the whole family's hard-earned savings. Even the betrothal gifts were taken to cover his family's “expenses for cultivating exam connections.”

His cousin wanted to study too, but the family couldn't afford it. So their grandfather ordered everyone to borrow money to support the uncle and his son!

Grandfather even declared that only the legitimate eldest son and legitimate eldest grandson were allowed to study. The rest were unworthy!

“A farmer's son thinks he can sit the imperial exams? Give you three years, and you still won't pass!”

Those were the exact words of his uncle and cousin!

Li Chen refused to accept that, and vowed to pass the exams just to prove them wrong!

On the day of the county exam, he exposed his uncle's bribery and cheating on the spot, forcing the education commissioner to personally reopen the case.

His uncle was barred from taking the exams and had to wait another three years.

Li Chen came first in the county, prefectural, and academy exams, then went on to earn the top honor in all three stages of the imperial examinations, achieving an unprecedented Triple First.

He reclaimed wasteland, farmed, and built infrastructure, while saving money, studying, and doing business, never letting one pursuit hinder another. The largest commercial houses in the country all belonged to him.

Three years later, the newly crowned top scholar Li Chen shook the court with his Ten Policies on Taxation and Treatise on Reforming Military Supplies and Armories.

The state has no money? The state is weak? We don't dare go to war?

Li Chen: Who says the people have no money? Your Majesty, would you care to take a look at the imperial treasury? Which neighboring country is richer than us? We are now the strongest power in the world! Everything they said we couldn't do, we've done!

Other names

The Chief Minister Who Rose from a Mountain of Silver银钱堆里考出的首辅Alternate title on Fanqie

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