The Chief Grand Secretary Takes the Unconventional Road
A young woman from a modern political dynasty falls to her death and transmigrates to the storm-tossed Great Jing, becoming Shen Weiyu, an orphaned farm girl with no relatives in Hexi Village.
Her parents are dead, and her vicious second uncle’s family covets her inheritance, closing in at every turn and trying to sell her off.
Just as she is at her wits’ end, the Great Jing National Strength System suddenly activates!
Its four branches, agriculture, commerce, finance, and military, unlock together, and a spirit spring dimension comes with it. As the nation grows stronger, she can unlock improved seeds, farming techniques, strategies for governing the country, and plans for border defense.
If she wants to survive in peace, she has no choice but to defy fate and change her destiny.
She ties up her long hair, dresses as a man, and takes the name of her twin brother, Shen Keyan.
She clears land in the countryside and cultivates new crops, easing hunger in the region;
She makes a living in the county seat, writes popular fiction, and saves enough to establish herself;
She studies by lamplight, enters the imperial examinations, and rises all the way to court.
People say that scholars from humble backgrounds have a hard road ahead, and that officials can only follow the rules.
But this Chief Grand Secretary, who rises step by step, is determined to forge a path no one else dares to tread.
She encourages farming and land reclamation, opens trade routes, reforms taxation, and modernizes the military.
At the same time, she establishes a passage between the two worlds so she can support her family from her previous life, with both sides striving to do their best for their respective countries.
As a dynasty on the brink of collapse grows ever more prosperous, the officials filling the court have no idea that the woman who holds power over the court and commands the realm is the Chief Grand Secretary!
Tags: No romance | Woman disguised as a man | National Strength System | Farming and imperial examinations | Female protagonist who governs the nation
