The Poor Call Me Master, While the Righteous Condemn My Heresy

Name: The Poor Call Me Master, While the Righteous Condemn My Heresy
Author: Immortal Old Pi

寒门尊我为师，清流怒斥邪说误人

by Immortal Old Pi (神仙老皮)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 150k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 9mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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[Transmigration + Imperial Exams + Business + Court Intrigue + Daily Life + Rise from Humble Beginnings]

Transmigrating is hell from the start: my mother died young, my father ran off, our family property was seized, and my sick grandmother and I were driven into a shack by our wicked relatives.

How could I put up with that?!

From the start, I split from the family, found powerful allies, and offered business plans that made us a fortune.

I used a modern perspective to interpret the classics, and my teacher made an exception to take me on as his final disciple. Two months later, I topped the county exams.

By then, I had both fame and fortune. With my best friend, I founded the “Humble Scholars’ Academy,” teaching the secrets of the imperial exams and winning the support of countless students.

Once I entered officialdom, the practical theories and new policies for the poor that I championed were attacked by self-proclaimed upright officials, who denounced them as “heretical nonsense.”

They said my talent exceeded my virtue and that I was a menace to the country.

But behind me stood countless poor scholars whose lives had been changed by the academy, and ordinary people who had escaped poverty and found security and prosperity thanks to my policies.

If I can benefit both myself and others, and have people standing behind me, why should I fear a bad reputation?

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