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Imperial-Examination Stories About Scholars From Poor Families

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I’ve been seriously looking for books about impoverished scholars taking the imperial exams, but none of them quite satisfy me. The writing is actually good, but the characters are too meek. Are there any with strong personalities, where people give as good as they get? It drives me crazy when characters swallow their grievances just because of gossip or the pressure of their elders’ status and family ties.

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101 The Poor Family Respects Me as Their Teacher, While Qingliu Angrily Denounces the Heresy and Misleads Others. Fairy SkinHistorical150k WordsOngoing —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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Can modern people who travel through time really fully recognize the ancient rules? The male protagonist in this book is not one who wants to take revenge, and will not inherit the bad things left by the original owner. He is career-controlling, and will slap him in the face easily. He will write down bad things about him and will never give him a chance to get attached to him.
102 Commoner Prime Minister's Shrimp Return to RuinsHistorical898k WordsOngoing 508Reads—Score—Shelves
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I have received a lot of suggestions from readers recently. I will start from the beginning and make slight adjustments to the content of each chapter. Please take a look. If you have any good suggestions, please feel free to give them. Thank you!
103 Ming Dynasty Natives Versus Transmigrators Would You Dare Say Yes?Historical3.7M WordsOngoing 98Reads8.2Score—Shelves
104 Xiaoyaojun from a Humble Family Young Master XiaochunHistorical302k WordsOngoing 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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The main character is a bisexual young man who has a lot of fun. I like the irrational humor in it.
105 A Farmer's Counterattack Curry Seafood ChickenHistorical469k WordsOngoing 77Reads6.5Score—Shelves
106 The Rise of a Poor Family Starts with Studying Break ThroughHistorical358k WordsOngoing —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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From a poor family, from a peasant family
107 Traveling Through the Yu Dynasty: I Want to Be a Famous Official WuyoujunHistorical266k WordsOngoing —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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It's an imperial examination article, but the protagonist's background is pretty good!
108 The Whole Family Hopes That You Will Be a Scholar, but You Won Six Yuan in a Row? A Little Green EarHistorical1.5M WordsCompleted 17.7kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
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🐬🐬In the imperial examination + daily life + relaxation + temple, Shen Zhou, who has congenital diseases, suddenly became a peasant boy. Good news: good health and sound limbs. Bad news: I'm in debt and failed three times. Shen Zhou: A bad start. The master asked Shen Zhou to go home and figure it out before going to school. He returned to school, but became a nightmare for his classmates. Family members, who knows, this person works hard for a while. The most annoying thing is that he is still on the list! The classmates burst into tears. Shen Zhou spread his hands helplessly: He didn't want to be ranked in the imperial examination, and he was not a hooligan.
109 You Told Me to Take the Imperial Exam, So I Passed as Top Scholar and Raised My Family’s Status Jiang HeAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 6.9kReads8.5Score605Shelves
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He is a woman wearing a man's clothes. If you don't want to watch it, I suggest you not watch it.
110 The Boy in Black Clothes Is Now Unknown, and He Retakes the Imperial Examination to Zhenmenting Holding an Umbrella, Seeking the DaoHistorical64k WordsOngoing —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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Then this book is very comfortable!
111 From Foolish Son to Literary Sage: I Build My Own Family Tree Through the Imperial Exams Fang JinxiHistorical2.5M WordsOngoing 17kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves
112 Transmigrated to the Countryside: A Young Farmer's Road to the Imperial Exams Zhang RubaiAncient Romance2.5M WordsCompleted 30kReads8.7Score2.8kShelves
113 Kill the Relatives First at the Beginning, and the Number One Scholar in the Imperial Examination Kills the Whole Court YunhuangHistorical578k WordsOngoing 380Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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Let's take a look at this book. It's a unique time-traveling imperial examination story. A child from a poor family has become a master early in life, but accidentally makes his family rich. When he wins the first prize in the imperial examination, he can reach the top of the world and become famous [admiration] [laughs]
114 Beheading to Start? a Poem Consecrates the Gods! Change Your Destiny Against the Will of Heaven! Huano HuajingxuanEastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing 1.2kReads5.8Score—Shelves
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You can read this [shy]
115 Reborn, the Farmer Starts Planning to Go to Private School Running on a SnailHistorical266k WordsCompleted 41Reads—Score—Shelves
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Imperial examination essay, slow-burning, very good
116 I Join the Army for My Younger Brother, and When I Return Home After a Successful Career, You Are Told That I Am a Commoner? A Big TomatoHistorical724k WordsCompleted 386Reads7.6Score106Shelves
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This good-looking friend has a good rhythm
117 I Transmigrated, and They Made Me Emperor! Zhou Big TomatoHistorical2.2M WordsCompleted 850Reads8.6Score102Shelves
118 The Poor Scholar One Stroke DownstreamHistorical902k WordsOngoing 47Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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A six-year-old beggar passed the imperial examination with a pen! The reincarnation of a great Chinese scholar, and the counterattack from a humble family is so exciting! His uncle sucked blood, the county magistrate framed him, and powerful people trampled on his face—Chen Yan had a miserable start and had no chance of survival! Who would have thought that he had thousands of years of knowledge hidden inside him! The county test crushes the powerful ministers, the government test outsmarts the old fox, and the court test shocks the emperor! He climbed from the mud to become the number one scholar, crushing contempt and tearing apart hypocrisy. Every chapter of the counterattack makes you stomp your feet with joy! This is a cool article and I won't cry without reading it!
119 I Just Traveled Through Time and My Father Is Gone. Can I Take the Imperial Examination? Qingfeng LiuziHistorical552k WordsCompleted —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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It's up to you whether it's good or not.
120 My Ancestors’ Graves Started Smoking from the Start: Disguised as a Man, I Take the Imperial Exams Jiang SuiwanAncient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 18.2kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves
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🍬①If you are from a poor family, you will not lose money if you invest in it! ! ✨In this era when the gentry couldn't afford the royal family, Zhao Quan walked into the school with the hopes of his family on his shoulders🤓. It is impossible to farm🌾. The village chief's family has no food leftover😜, so he can only take the imperial examination and become an official😝😝!
121 A Farm Boy's Imperial Exams: My Dad Turns Out to Be the Ultimate Study Machine Long, Long, Long, Long HairAncient Romance789k WordsOngoing 5kReads9.2Score492Shelves
122 Imperial Examination: from a Three-Year-Old Peasant Boy to an Imperial Teacher Shadows of Flowers Under the LampHistorical297k WordsOngoing 30.3kReads—Score56.6kShelves
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In the scene where the teenagers go into business together and share the money, the children's reaction to the large amount of money is realistic and not as sophisticated as the adults.
123 Imperial Examination? It's Just Another Place to Take the Public Exam! Braised Braised PorkHistorical196k WordsOngoing —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
124 Years of Famine in Ancient Times: Hunting for Imperial Examination and One Wife and Eight Concubines! Nan Nan RuHistorical256k WordsCompleted 134Reads—Score—Shelves
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Where is this? What a chaff!