In the 16th year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty held its last examination of economics.
Shen Yan, who traveled through time and space, left five strategies on the test paper: pacifying Liaoning, rescuing famines, rectifying wages, and reassuring the people. He also drew a set of plans for the modification of flint-haired muskets.
However, the [Mountains and Rivers Life Book] bound to him only recognized military pay and military merit.
Without military pay, he could not survive more than three days.
So Shen Yan concealed his name after handing in the papers, replaced a death row prisoner, and was taken to Shanhaiguan to be used as cannon fodder.
Ten days later, the examiners from the fifth room rushed into the Hanlin Academy holding the same person's papers.
Chongzhen summoned six important ministers overnight, and the Jinyiwei came out of the capital under the order, searching all over the world for the genius who could save the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, Shen Yan was eating molded rice and shoveling horse manure in the Guancheng stable under the name of death row prisoner Gu Jiu.
Baihu whipped him on the back: "How dare a sinner who died as a scapegoat ask me for payment?"
Shen Yan glanced at the three days left to live, and then looked at the smoke rising outside the pass.
"You won't be paid, right?"
"Then I have no choice but to get the military merit myself."
