The Poor Scholar's Daughter Who Became the Top Exam Laureate: A Dali Farm Girl's Path to Chief Minister

[Transmigration + Female top scholar + Political intrigue and farming + Female Grand Secretary + Academic ace + Government service + Opening up sea routes + Commerce + Fighting Japanese pirates]

A Foreign Ministry elite transmigrates into a farming family, using modern knowledge to get her useless father back on his feet, become the top scholar, and serve as Grand Secretary!

One second, Shen Zhichu was on a plane in the Middle East, taking part in international negotiations. The next, an air disaster sent her transmigrating into the body of a farm girl in the Great Li dynasty.

Fortunately, women in this dynasty were allowed to take the imperial examinations and serve as officials. But in a society that favored men over women, who would let a woman do either?

Her father was a down-and-out scholar, her mother a poor embroiderer, and her family had farmed for generations. They had never imagined that a daughter could study and take the imperial examinations.

With a diplomat’s cool head and forward-looking perspective, she:

Rouses her listless father into establishing a village school, gaining the best “mentor” and a staunch supporter;

Conquers the imperial examinations and makes a comeback as the first female top scholar in history;

After entering government, introduces agricultural reforms, improves shipping, and opens up maritime trade, winning over the court through sheer ability;

Joins forces with the empress dowager to break through conservative constraints, rises to the position of Grand Secretary, and leads the Great Li dynasty to its peak!

This is an inspiring story about a powerful woman who rises from a humble farm courtyard and uses her wisdom and determination to rewrite both her personal fate and the history of a dynasty...