Reborn as a Down-and-Out Scholar, I Used Mathematics to Shake Up the Imperial Court

Transmigration, alternate history, rebirth, imperial examinations, court politics, farming, technology-focused

[A modern math professor transmigrates into the body of a debt-ridden scholar. His mother is ill, his family is ruined, and a local bully is at the door!]

Chu Xiongan discovers that the tax records of this era are a hopeless mess, while every construction project depends on whatever a corrupt official claims.

Fortunately, he awakens the [Civilization Inheritance System]. Need to survey farmland? I have grid-based surveying! Need to calculate a construction project? I have formulas for planning and optimization! Want to root out corrupt officials? Come on, this scholar will calculate exactly how much it’ll cost you: your head!

Starting with a homemade slide rule, he surveys farmland, reforms the bureaucracy, and develops irrigation, turning mathematical formulas into the sharpest of swords.

See how a poor scholar, relying neither on poetry nor on currying favor with the powerful, uses nothing but mathematics to stir up the world and shake the entire imperial court!...