The Imperial Exams: Even a Farmer’s Son Can Rise to the Highest Ranks

Name: The Imperial Exams: Even a Farmer’s Son Can Rise to the Highest Ranks
Author: Tan Axing

科举：农家子也能笔落朱紫

by Tan Axing (谈阿幸)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 354k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 9d ago
Source: Fanqie

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(Born into the body of a newborn; no System; alternate history) First the imperial exams, then court intrigue. He began his studies at seven, but didn't pass the metropolitan exam as a second-tier jinshi until he was thirty-three. Thanks to an unexpected opportunity, he stayed in the capital for a government post. Before he could make a name for himself in the capital, the opportunity he'd seized fell through. He had just arranged for his eldest daughter to marry a colleague's son when he was abruptly sent away to serve in the provinces a few days later. He was sent to Jinghe County, the very place where the jinshi whose position Gu Zhang had taken over was assigned. So he'd actually seized an opportunity within an opportunity? After three years of evaluations, he was assigned to the same county for another three years. Three years turned into another three, and he stayed for six years. Gu Zhang had already planned to work there until retirement. Then a letter from home shattered his retirement plans. His eldest daughter was dead? Had she been abused to death? His granddaughter was the only one left. It was because he had no power or influence and had been forgotten by the court that his daughter had been abused to death. He spent the night awake, crying and coming to a realization. He had lived two lives. How could he keep looking over his shoulder and be afraid to soar to the top? He would rise to the highest rank, be made a marquis and chancellor, and become a powerful minister.

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After reading Chapter 18, I can responsibly say that it is the most refreshing of the Tomato Imperial Examination articles I have read recently! The biggest highlight is breaking the sense of suspension of "flying the whole family". In many novels, family members are like tool people, just waiting for the protagonist to reward them with food, but the family relationships in this book are very restrained and real. The protagonist's kindness to his family is not a transaction in exchange for the reputation of "filial piety", but a complex emotion based on blood and returning to human nature. There is no pleasure for the sake of pleasure, only real struggle and life, highly recommended! This kind of restrained brushstrokes makes the protagonist's struggle while studying hard in a cold window more powerful.
12 likes3mo ago
It's quite good to read. To be honest, there aren't many imperial examination papers that I can insist on waiting for updates. Many of them I just don't want to read. This one is quite good, and it doesn't have any serious flaws. It's just that the author is not good at updating. I hope there will be more.
5 likes2mo ago
The writing is okay, the plot is compact, and the rhythm of warmth, unity, and progress is integrated, and there is not much sense of violation. Although there is no rating at the moment, it is still very comfortable to read, and I have the idea of continuing to read.
4 likes4mo ago
This can't really lead to the death of the biological daughter as mentioned in the introduction, right?
1 like18d ago
The story is compact and there are not so many cliche plots. Is the author going to stop updating it?
1 like3mo ago
Beautiful, well written and immersive
1 like3mo ago
The characters are well created and the writing is good, but the imperial examination part is unsatisfactory.
1 like4mo ago
Great, the writing is very detailed and beautiful, unconventional, please ask for more, faster and more
1 like4mo ago
It's beautiful. It's super beautiful. I want to watch it again.
27d ago
Nice writing, cheers⛽
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