The Imperial Exams: From the Richest Man's Study Companion to Six Consecutive Top Honors!

[No Toxic Relatives + Warm, Humble Family + Building the Family Through the Imperial Exams + Top Scholar in Both Civil and Military Exams]

Too poor to afford tuition? Gu Huaiyuan, a dual PhD in literature and history, isn't worried!

Beneath a great camphor tree, he used three strokes of ink to draw a crow and brilliantly solved an Analects problem while settling the accounts. The young master was so impressed that he offered eleven taels of silver on the spot, begging Gu to join him at the academy as a desk mate and study companion!

He studied hard by day to take first place in the local exams, then donned a secret identity at night to write Journey to the West.

He taught his father to build waterwheels and canal locks, earning him a post in the Ministry of Works; helped his eldest brother become the top military scholar; and taught his grandmother to make braised delicacies, earning her an honorary noble title.

Six exams in five years, six victories in a row, and six consecutive top honors. Two top scholars from the same family in the same year!