Shen Zhinian was a modern civil service exam tutor whose students had a zero percent pass rate. After he was fired, he drank to drown his sorrows and died suddenly.
When he opened his eyes again, he had become a poor scholar in an alternate ancient world and was bound to the [Exam Prediction System].
He breezed through the prefectural, provincial, and metropolitan examinations. At the palace examination, he turned down both the top scholar title and an official post, then opened an outrageously expensive examination academy in the capital.
“Ten thousand taels of silver, and I'll guarantee you'll pass the highest exam.”
The entire court was in an uproar, and the powerful scrambled for a place. For decades afterward, every top scholar in the realm came from the Shen school.
Then barbarian invaders came, and the nation's fortunes teetered on the brink. His students knelt outside the academy:
“Teacher, please save this land.”
Shen Zhinian set down his ruler and entered the court.
