The Pei Family's Disowned Son Becomes Chief Minister, and His Whole Clan Begs Him to Reclaim His Ancestry

[Tags] Historical Fiction | Court Intrigue | Imperial Examinations | Cunning Mind Games | Family Regret | Refined Villain | Farming and the Imperial Exams

My father is dead and my mother is gone from the start. My greedy uncle has a forged IOU and is forcing me to sign a contract of indenture. He even wants to seize all my family's ancestral land?!

Why panic? In my previous life, I was a legal historian and a walking archive! I have every law code and history book from the Great Yong Dynasty in my head. Just try laying a hand on me. I'll find a loophole in the law and use my superior knowledge to have you lawfully branded and exiled!

In court, my uncle thought he could get away with anything. I smiled and pointed out that the IOU's seal ink violated regulations and its paper was prohibited. With impeccable legal reasoning, I had him branded and sentenced to three thousand li of exile on the spot, then reclaimed all our family property!

From then on, I set out on the path of imperial examinations and political intrigue. Framed in the exam hall? I use the examination rules to drive the examiner to his death! A renowned Jiangnan scholar tries to suppress me? I bring out a lost, unique manuscript and crush him with knowledge from a higher plane, making him spit blood as his faith in the Way collapses! Political enemies plot against me? I use the founding laws of Great Yong to break them down, step by step!

From a triple laureate in Jiangnan to Great Yong's top scholar, and then to Chief Councillor with power over the entire court! I never use swords or blades. I kill with the rules of the system, all within the law! The clan that once treated me like a pawn and trampled me underfoot now kneels outside the Chancellor's residence, smashing their foreheads against the ground as they beg me to acknowledge my roots!

I smile as I straighten the collar of a fallen political enemy and hand him the verdict sentencing his entire household to execution: You used to make the rules of this world, but now... shouldn't I be the one who decides?!

| Step by Step: The Alternate Title of This Book Is Refined Villain: I Use the Law of the Land to Execute Nobles; A Powerful Minister's Rules: Persuasion Through Reason; From Poverty to the Supreme Chief Councillor; The Great Yong Legal Code: The Chief Councillor's Lawful Murders