Great Tang: From Poor Scholar to Top Graduate, Taking on the Local Tyrant

Yang Xiao transmigrates into the Tang Dynasty with knowledge from both ancient and modern times, and at just nineteen places first in the imperial examinations, earning the title of top graduate. To uphold his father’s principles, he refuses to curry favor with powerful families and tears up an engagement made to secure their patronage. By imperial order, he takes up a post as a low-ranking county magistrate in Qinghe. On his first day, the local Huang family bullies openly block the city gates to assert their authority and make trouble for him at every turn. Gifted with extraordinary skills and protected by loyal, formidable servants, the young magistrate fears no powerful clan. He establishes himself in this small county, cracks down on crime, improves the people’s lives, and crushes every challenger!