On the Verge of Being Exposed! A Fake Scholar Becomes the Ming Emperor’s Tutor

[Ming Dynasty + transmigration + political intrigue + secret identity exposed] Modern historian Lu Wang accidentally transmigrates to the late Ming Dynasty and impersonates Lu Xiangzhen, a successful candidate in the provincial examinations from Songjiang. He is drawn into a living hell of factional strife, the imperial guard, natural disasters, and warfare. Using ancient astronomical knowledge to predict a solar eclipse, he wins the trust of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau. Then, by improving firearms, he helps Sun Chengzong, the commander in Liaodong, repel the Later Jin, and even kills Nurhaci ahead of schedule with a cannon, rewriting history with a single shot. Yet the danger of being exposed as an impostor never leaves him. His younger brother, Lu Xianglin, arrives in the capital with the family genealogy to claim him as kin; Wei Zhongxian grows suspicious of his unusual actions, and the Red Pill Case and prison conspiracies follow one after another. Every crisis he resolves earns him only a brief respite, while planting the seeds of greater danger: Jinyiwei officer Xu Xianchun closes in, conservative officials investigate him in secret, and the true secrets of the Lu family gradually come to light. As Lu Wang uses his knowledge to keep the Ming Dynasty alive, he discovers that he can never escape the abyss of being on the verge of exposure.

Can he rise from prisoner to imperial tutor and save the Ming Dynasty before his identity is revealed?

A knowledge-powered power fantasy and a tale of survival through political intrigue, with every chapter packed with thrills and constant twists!

Ming Dynasty + transmigration + political intrigue + secret identity exposed + imperial tutor + firearms + imperial guard + natural disasters + factional strife + power fantasy + history + suspense + comeback + Chongzhen + Wei Zhongxian + imperial examinations + impersonation + technology + saving the nation + twists + political intrigue + celestial phenomena + fake brothers + Jinyiwei + Red Pill Case + Ningyuan cannon battle + Donglin faction + practical learning + keeping the Ming Dynasty alive + historical power fantasy + high intelligence + early industrialization + global supremacy + Ming Dynasty