Your Family Has Been Bandits for Generations, and You Want to Become a Top Scholar?

Xiao Zhijie, a Shandong native preparing for the civil service exam, is on his way to teach in a rural school when a landslide strikes. When he wakes, he finds himself transmigrated into the body of a bandit stronghold’s young chief! He has the soul of a Shandong man. How could he not earn a degree and secure a government job? He is just about to settle down and study for his government post when he learns that the hostage his father abducted is none other than Zhu Yuanzhang, founding emperor of the Ming! Trapped in the stronghold, Zhu Yuanzhang soon discovers that this place is anything but ordinary. Its houses are built of reinforced concrete, water-powered machinery is used to forge steel, and it boasts hundreds of acres of fertile fields with abundant harvests. “This fellow is a talent. I have to bring him into my service!” When Xiao Zhijie finally passes the imperial examinations and kneels before the Son of Heaven, he looks up in shock to see that the man on the Dragon Throne is none other than Mr. Li, who used to ask him every day in the stronghold, “How much does this thing cost to make?” Their eyes meet. The newly appointed jinshi is left dumbfounded, while the emperor strokes his beard and smiles. “My dear subject, I’ve been waiting ages for you to pass the civil service exam and join my government.”