The Struggles of a Poor Family in the Song Dynasty
宋代寒门的奋斗史
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- Completed
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- 1.1M Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Historical & Ancient
- Updated
- 7mo ago
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Other names
- How a Civil Official Helped Recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun看文官如何助力收复燕云十六州Former title · until Oct 2026
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Looking for Imperial Exam Stories with No Romance! Absolutely No Romance!!!
I want to read books similar to "Armed with the Famous Ministers System, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times." Please do not recommend anything with a pairing. I just want a no-pairing novel, sisters. No ambiguous romantic scenes either.
A Male Lead Who Transmigrates to Ancient Times During a Famine
Looking for books like "Kicked Out of the Family, I Start by Breaking the Ice to Catch Fish".
High-Quality Imperial Examination Novels
Looking for books similar to "From Passing the Imperial Exams with Top Scores to Running the Government". Wonderful fellow readers, can you recommend some high-quality imperial-exam novels? Something like "A Noble Son from a Poor Family" or "Running the Government" would be great.
Looking for Imperial Exam Novels with No Romance!
Looking for books similar to "I Passed the Imperial Exams with Top Honors in Ancient Times". Stories about a woman disguising herself as a man to take the imperial exams would be great. Stories like "I Passed the Imperial Exams with Top Honors in Ancient Times", where both men and women can take the exams, are also fine. The key is that there should be no romance, and the female lead should be capable, talented, and self-reliant.
Any Good Imperial Exam Novels? The More, the Better
For imperial examination novels, don’t make the golden finger too powerful.
Looking for Stories About the Only Boy in the Family or a Long-Awaited Son, Doted on by His Mean Grandmother
Looking for Ancient-era Imperial Exam Novels. No Effortless Top Scores in Every Exam, Please!
Looking for books like I, Sun Shan, and the Imperial Exams.
I Want to Read Imperial Exam Stories, Preferably With the Protagonist Reborn in the Womb or Starting as a Child and Climbing the Ranks Step by Step
Looking for books similar to After Being Bitten by Leeches While Farming, I Stayed Up All Night Studying for the Imperial Exams.
Devoting One's Life to the Liberation of Humanity
Looking for books similar to That Time I Went Guerilla Warfare in Another World. Please recommend stories with tight logic that show the power of working together. It'd be even better if ordinary people rise to the occasion in desperate situationsヾ(^▽^*)))
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.
Imperial Exam Novels Like Comrade Sun Shan: Sound Logic, No Overpowered Golden Finger
Looking for books similar to "I, Sun Shan, and the Imperial Examinations". I want a story focused on studying for the exams, followed by genuinely working to improve the country. Keep the romance minimal, and don't make the golden finger ridiculously overpowered. The exams are fiercely competitive, after all, and with a different body of knowledge, someone who time-travels back isn't likely to sweep all six exams with ease.
Recommend Good Imperial Exam Fics With a Morally Upright Male Lead, Whether He Comes From a Poor or Aristocratic Family
I don't want one where they get married right at the beginning. I want it to start when they're children.
Can We Get Some Normal Imperial Examination Historical Novels?
Imperial Exam Novels, Must Be Good~
Looking for good novels about the ancient imperial examinations...
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.
The Whole Clan Supports My Rise to the Heavens, So I Reward Them with Official Robes
📚 Imperial exams / history / transmigration / hard work / comeback / literary world / political schemes / officialdom
What’s the Novel Where All Nine Crown Princes Die in Battle and the Princess’s Consort Is a Reincarnated War God?
Any Stories About Poor Scholars Taking the Imperial Exams, Like Rise of the Poor?
The protagonist is devoted to the imperial examinations, speaks up for the people, protects their family, has a functioning brain, and isn't a womanizer.
Looking for Imperial Exam Stories. Please Help, I'm Out of Books to Read!!
Looking for stories like Disguised as a Man, I Became a Great Official in a Male-Oriented Imperial Exam Novel. A poor scholar or farmer as the protagonist; either a woman disguised as a man or a male lead is fine. I don’t want too many golden fingers; the protagonist should mainly rely on their own abilities. It should be highly rated, with intelligent characters and sound logic. Redemption...
Looking for a Story That Goes From Child Scholar to Scholar, Provincial Graduate, Palace Graduate, and Beyond, All the Way to Sainthood
A world of scholars and literary talent, with battle poems, poetry, and prose.
Looking for Imperial Examination Novels!!!!
I'm looking for books similar to My Clan Helps Me Reach the Clouds, So I Gift Them Scarlet Robes. Please recommend a good novel like this one! I can't remember which book Wang Maoping is from, but I remember the name!
Period Fiction, Studious and Self-Reliant, Career-Focused with a Harmonious Family, No Golden Finger
Looking for books similar to After Fighting Back, the Doormat Supporting Character Awakens. The everyday life of ordinary people, their daily struggles, and a whole family working together to build a happy life.
Any Books Like This? Seriously Amazing, I Love Them So Much
Looking for stories similar to Game Invasion.
All the Books These Days Feel the Same. Any Fresh, Engaging Reads? I Need Recommendations ASAP
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The writing is very good, and there are climaxes from the beginning. The fate of the male protagonist is heart-wrenching. His parents are cowardly and foolish, his uncle is vicious and selfish, and his grandmother is partial and authoritarian. The male protagonist cannot change his parents and can only design to be expelled from his home. I like it. I like such a resolute, uncompromising and unholy male protagonist, so what if I am alone? I just want to slap those people including my parents in the face. The fairness and justice of the elders of a family are the most important. If I am chilled, I can only keep the other person away. It is a good article, but the update is slow.
Write quickly, very good. . As long as there are no messy emotional lines and the male is forced to match the female, the male protagonist will not be able to walk away when he sees the female. Without these, this book would be worth 5 stars. It's not that we can't have the heroine, we just brush it off. It would be fine if we had less of her. The writing is so good, don't give the protagonist a mess of girls. Write quickly, update quickly. So slow
I couldn't stand it at first, but later on I felt very real. Other people who met noble people during the imperial examination made inventions and quickly made a lot of money. This one was very hard and poor, but down to earth. It wrote a lot about the hardships of the imperial examination and my own efforts, but it was mixed with warmth. It was easy to get involved, especially when facing the nervousness and embarrassment of the emperor.
Miao Miao Miao~! I have been reading this book for ten years, and after reading it, I have the following feelings. This book is the most ups and downs, thrilling, haunting, tightly logical, and rigorously composed... A good book I have ever read. It contains many great principles of life and teaches people to be kind. It is really the best novel with three correct views. The author is really awesome! It has a strong sense of immersion and is a rare masterpiece.
I have read a lot of similar articles, and I can't put my feelings into words, but I do feel that the characters in this one are more three-dimensional and full, which makes people want to read on.
The book is very good, but the rating is a bit low. If you like to read the group portrait stories told in detail, you can close your eyes and read it. The whole story line is very complete, it is indeed a bit vulgar in the early stage, and the whole pace of entering the imperial examination is a bit fast, but it does not affect the excitement of the later period. The story line starts slowly and correctly after becoming an official, and everything happens until the male protagonist solves the problem. I like it very much, highly recommend! It's a novel that starts low and goes high!
The writing is good, the story is good, and the plot progresses layer by layer. The most important thing is that the male protagonist is no longer the top pick, and the male protagonist has no golden finger. He relies on his own intelligence and diligence to transform step by step. It is particularly good. Come on, author.
A rare breath of fresh air among a lot of cheating and vain fast-food articles, the grand narrative and personal growth are closely intertwined, and the immersive perception has a lot to think about. I think this is the charm of this book. The right path is difficult to follow, with countless collusions of interests and wind and frost swords. However, the protagonist moves forward with courage and determination again and again, like a bright skylight that penetrates the dark clouds, bringing light to all the people in the world.
I didn't read it earlier. I originally wanted to read a few chapters to see if it was good or not. I read a few chapters of the story about the male protagonist who takes the imperial examination. After he became an official, I read chapter by chapter. I didn't skip any chapters. It's quite interesting. There is no obvious female protagonist to appear. It is not the same old number one scholar who goes to the Imperial Academy to study and lecture, but just becomes an official. The male protagonist can be both literary and military. I feel that the memorials and edicts back and forth between the male protagonist and the emperor are quite well written. They are not written in vernacular or rough and succinct. So far, you, the emperor, are quite impressive. It's just that there are too few chapters, but it's quite interesting.
Finally, I have a completed imperial examination essay, no Cp, the male protagonist concentrates on his career, and is of high quality. I hope the author will keep up the good work and never make himself miserable. Do you want to relax while writing? Is the next one already half-written? Will I be able to read the finished one tomorrow? If I am short of books, will I be able to continue reading the next one tomorrow ❤️