The Provincial Graduate’s Son, the Sixfold Champion Grand Secretary

Name: The Provincial Graduate’s Son, the Sixfold Champion Grand Secretary
Author: The Past Is Not the Future

举人之子，六元首辅

by The Past Is Not the Future (过往曾经不是未来)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 552k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 2mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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[A novel that puts you right in the imperial examination hall] Modern history PhD Zhou Huai dies unexpectedly, only to wake up as Pei Zhiwei, a twelve-year-old boy in the Great Yan Dynasty. Though born into a family of scholars, he faces trouble on all sides: his father passed the provincial exam at twenty, but repeated failures at the metropolitan exam left him disheartened, drowning his sorrows in drink and neglecting himself. His birth mother is the daughter of a fabulously wealthy merchant, and his maternal grandfather dotes on his grandson, spoiling him rotten with money until the original Pei Zhiwei becomes a profligate fool in the eyes of his clan, a boy with “the lowly blood of merchants” in his veins. In an age of rigid hierarchy, where scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants each have their place, a vast fortune without political protection is nothing but easy prey for predatory clansmen and corrupt officials. To change his fate and protect his loved ones, Zhou Huai casts off his disguise and resolutely embarks on the path of the imperial examinations! See how a history PhD uses brilliant essays on the classics and statecraft, drawing on knowledge centuries ahead of his time and the literary giants of both the Ming and Qing dynasties, to set the Great Yan examination halls ablaze. He crushes every gifted rival, earns the top honors in all six examinations, and climbs step by step to the pinnacle of ministerial power, dominating the entire court.

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