High-Quality Ancient-Era Imperial Examination Novels Worth Rereading Again and Again 高质量文，古代，科举，N刷
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Even a Useless Son-in-Law Knows the Art of War 废物赘婿也懂兵法
The Qin Empire's Fourth Prince is a spoiled wastrel. He marries into the family of the wealthy landowner Li as the third daughter's husband, becoming the Qin Empire's first prince consort. Determined not to be looked down on, he joins the army and rises from squad leader to ten-man captain, hundred-man captain, thousand-man captain, colonel, commander, marshal, and emperor. In the end, he unifies the world and leaves everyone stunned.
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The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂
To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon.
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The Alien Dog and the Five Blessings Pig 外星狗五福猪
Dad, you can't just lie flat all the time! Sweetie, you can't blame me. Wealth never lasts beyond three generations, so you have to live in poverty! No, Dad, I have a secret weapon. I'm going to save you from this misery! Don't, sweetheart. I've already tried my best. It's all your mom's fault for being too outstanding! What weapon do you have? Dad, you're so silly! The secret weapon is me! Sweetie, don't kid me. Without that little puppy, you'd be nothing!
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Transmigrated as a Useless Young General, I Sweep All Before Me 穿成废物少将军，横扫天下
After transmigrating by accident, he becomes Qin Feng, the useless son of a general. From the start, he gets beaten up and is forced to marry Su Wanqing, the capital's most talented beauty and the Chancellor's daughter. The entire capital is waiting to laugh at him. Until he takes to the battlefield Modern military training, infantry formations, ambush tactics, improvements to military manufacturing... Enemy forces of every kind are crushed underfoot! The useless heir makes a comeback, and a God
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The Mengjin Crossing 盟津渡
Also known as The Awakening of the Ferry Boy. Wu Heyuan, a young man from a Yellow River ferry crossing, suffers the massacre of his entire family, and his younger sister goes missing. After delivering a letter to the Weishui Alliance for a mysterious stranger, he becomes Jiang Shang’s disciple and embarks on a path of political intrigue. When his sister is trained to become an enemy nation’s assassin, when his beloved tastes poison to save him from the brink of death, and when his master gives
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Reborn as a Simpleton, I Became a Billionaire by Collecting Scrap 重生二傻子，靠收破烂成亿万富豪
A ninety-three-year-old man from another timeline transmigrates to 1982. His soul takes up residence in the body of a high school student nicknamed Ersha, or “Second Fool.” The student is known as the king of repeaters. At twenty-three, he is still in high school. The original owner of the body, Wu Dazhi, was nicknamed Gouzi as a child. Despite his towering build and weight of over two hundred pounds, he was timid by nature and afraid of trouble. People bullied him constantly, but he never dared
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How Cao Cao Was Made 曹操是怎样炼成的
Everyone calls Cao Cao the disgraceful offspring of a eunuch's concubine, the remnant of a eunuch clan, and says his birth makes him the laughingstock of the realm. Born amid the chaos at the end of the Han dynasty, he starts with every disadvantage: no family connections to back him and people looking down on him at every turn. No one could have guessed that the child everyone scorned on the streets would spend half his life fighting and, through his own efforts, pacify the Central Plains, domi
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Zhang Sangou’s Get-Rich Journal 张三狗发财笔记
A comedy novel with absolutely no pretensions. A poor boy from the mountains refuses to settle for an ordinary life and ventures out into the world, carving out a place for himself through his own efforts. The cast of bizarre characters will have you laughing out loud. It gets more and more exciting as it goes. San Gou grows more mature and more cunning, with more and more schemes brewing in his head. In the end, he makes it! He becomes a billionaire. His journey is a whirlwind of chaos and laug
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Saving My Family Through the Imperial Exams: I Win Top Honors with My Talent 科举救家：我靠才华状元及第
Zhao Yan, a doctoral graduate, pulled an all-nighter and died suddenly. When he opened his eyes, he had become a sickly child from a poor family in Great Zhou! His scholar father had been framed and had the tendons in his hand severed. His mother had cried herself dry, and his sister traded embroidered handkerchiefs for rice to keep the family fed. Then the Ma family’s thugs came to force his father to kneel and sign a contract, trampling a scholar’s dignity into the mud! Zhao Yan clenched his f
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I Am the Prince of Qin of the Great Tang 我是大唐秦王
We’re all transmigrating to become the sly ones, but I’ve barely arrived when I run into Li Shimin and give myself away. Should I keep my head down and bide my time, or hit back with swagger? Now that I’ve transmigrated, what’s there to hesitate about? Make money, train troops, and achieve unification so I never have to learn a foreign language again. Woman, don’t get in the way of this prince drawing his blade! Auntie, I was wrong. I won’t do it again! They say the future starts with the young.
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The Top Scholar Is Real, and So Is the Beggar 状元是真的，乞丐也是真的
Shen Mo, a Peking University history professor, wakes up one day as a nameless beggar. No household registration, no food, no shoes, and only a yellow dog so thin its skin clings to its bones. He spent thirty years studying the imperial examinations in his previous life, yet in this one he cannot even get near an exam hall. From a ruined temple to the Golden Throne Hall, from eating tree bark to earning top honors. The top scholar is real, and so is the beggar.
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A Resignation Letter and the First Bouquet 辞职信与第一束花
The Resignation Letter and the First Bouquet
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Tang Dynasty Civil Service Exams: With Policy Essays in Hand, the Aristocratic Clans Tremble 大唐考公：申论在手，门阀颤抖
The day Fang Fang came ashore, he died on the eve of his first day at work. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a failed candidate in late Tang Chang'an, one who had failed the imperial exams three times and starved to death in the streets. Chang'an was still ablaze with lights, the songs and dances of Pingkang Ward went on without pause, and the nobles behind vermilion gates were still discussing poetry and literature. But Fang Fang knew that Huang Chao would eventually march into C
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I Write Novels in the Great Ming, and the Emperor Keeps Hounding Me for Updates 我在大明写小说，皇帝居然来催更
I transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty hoping to survive by writing novels. I never imagined I would end up changing the Ming emperor’s mind and setting him on the path to immortality. If the emperor reads your novel and decides to seek immortality, have you ever thought about the consequences?
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The Ming Dynasty’s Literary Champion 大明文魁
In the third year of the Xuande reign, Lin Wenyuan, a top history student, unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a poor scholar in Kunshan County, South Zhili, Ming China. When he woke, he found himself in a home stripped bare, with a frail body left behind by the original owner's high fever after being caught in the rain. In an era when the imperial examinations were the only path to success, he had neither an illustrious family nor exceptional talent. All he could rely on was knowledge f
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In the Sequence Corps, I Have Both a Potion Maker and a Mechanic Sequence 序列车队我有药剂师机械师双序列
Lin Quan transmigrated into this eerie, apocalyptic world on Blue Star. From the start, he awakened two sequences: a first-tier potion-maker apprentice and a first-tier mechanic apprentice. With five fiercely loyal subordinates at his side, he began his path of conquest.
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Casting Aside the Golden Hairpin: A Female Chief Councilor's Journey 弃金钗：女首辅成长日记
[Strong female lead] [Ensemble cast] [Political intrigue] [Long-form] [Civil service examinations] [The male lead appears in Volume Two. He is the male lead because the heroine chooses him.] At a tender age, she exchanged her painted brows for a scholar's robe; as a young scholar, she held a book and questioned the fate of the realm. She swept through the civil examinations, taking top honors at every stage, then met a silver-bell-wearing young man in a dance. Daring to reveal her true face in
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The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】
[Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He
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After Awakening My Memories, I Tear Through the Imperial Exams 觉醒记忆后科举路杀疯了
[Dad Space + Daughter System + Imperial Examinations] Also known as The Max-Level Expert Awakened His Memories, and Now the Whole Village Is on Its Knees One-sentence synopsis: After awakening memories of his past life, he is either stirring up trouble or on his way to stir up trouble. Other reborn male leads come back to slap the faces of their awful relatives. Fan Qingyan came back and got on his knees first. He knelt on the frozen earth at the village entrance. His father struck the ground b
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After I Became the Top Scholar, the Entire Court Could Hear My Thoughts 考上状元后，满朝威武听我心声
Shen Shixu had just been named the top scholar when his golden finger, eighteen years late, finally arrived. In his previous life, he died saving a child who had fallen into the water, passing away far too young. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in the Great Qian Dynasty, a kingdom that had never existed in history. He now had loving parents and an older brother who doted on him. Wanting to repay his family for their love, he studied hard, hoping to earn a good rank and bring hono
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The Rise of the Late Ming: A Reborn Man’s Celebration 明末崛起：重生者的狂欢
What should you do after arriving in the late Ming dynasty? The last unified feudal dynasty founded by the Han people was already nearing its end. Productivity was low, there was no industry, most people couldn't even read, and there was a severe imbalance between men and women. The only solution was to give the people land so they could eat their fill, then build schools where children could learn to read and do arithmetic. Next, establish a system that could be continuously improved, rebuild p
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The Unpolished Inkstone Chronicles 砚拙记
In the winter of the seventeenth year of the Jiajing reign, Shen Yanzhi was born in a small two-courtyard home in the southern part of the city. His grandfather was an honest official who owned no land and built no grand house. He spent his entire lifetime's salary on ten thousand volumes of books. The family was poor, but books were their companions, and they never lost their integrity. His grandmother was gentle, his mother managed the household, and with one servant and one attendant, their d
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Chronicles of the Mystic Origin Dao 玄元道途录
Watch how Lin Xuan grows from weak to strong. Welcome, everyone! If you spot any shortcomings, please point them out. I’m grateful to you all. Your encouragement is the source of my inspiration.
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The Chronicle of Xihe 羲和志
I usher in the Industrial Age in 200 BC!!! During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han, the Xiongnu threaten the northern frontier, watching like tigers ready to pounce... The feudal lords within the passes are also stirring restlessly... The author has tried to base this story on historical records. Readers, please point out anything that may be inaccurate! The book is divided into four parts: Beacon Fires and Smoke, A Long Song of Han Towers, The Nine Provinces and Four Seas, and All Und
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Tales of Strange Happenings in Chang’an 长安妖异志
In the first year of Shangyuan, thirty years after Xuanzang returned from his journey to fetch the scriptures, Chang'an was prosperous as a painting. A string of fox-demon murders drew Li Xuanwei, a junior astrologer in the Astronomical Bureau, into a deadly maelstrom. As he investigated, he discovered that the monsters' mischief was only the tip of the iceberg. The Wu clan was secretly laying a magical formation to siphon away the Li Tang dynasty's dragon veins and redirect its fortune. Li Zh
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A Startling Glimpse in the Eternal Lanes 永巷惊鸿
In her whole life, she saw him only nine times. The first time, he was a young general walking toward her against the light at a corner of Weiyang Palace. The last time, he was the peerless hero in a coffin, never to awaken again. A Yao entered the palace at fourteen as a maid assigned to sweep and scrub. Day after day, she wiped the green bricks in the humblest corner of the Yongxiang. She thought her life would be like those tiles she could never finish cleaning: gray and dull, with no end in
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A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫
[No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga
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Reborn as the Crown Prince’s Wicked Girlfriend 睁眼！太子爷的恶毒女友重生了
(Publication deal signed) Vanity-Driven, Selfish, Silly Beauty X Love-Obsessed Young Master of the Capital's Elite | Neither Is a Good Person | The Young Master Becomes Her Dog | HE Rong Jiqiao had a pretty awful death in her previous life. For three years, she deceived Duan Yan, the young master of a powerful Beijing family who had been lost as a child, and pretended to be the person who had saved his life, enjoying his affection. But when the real savior returned, he kicked her aside, leaving
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A Pen That Shapes the Nation: From Township to Provincial Government 笔定山河：从乡镇到省府
Lin Chen, a talented student from a poor family in southern Hunan, brings his gift for writing to a remote township in the north and begins his career as a grassroots civil servant. The confusion of living in a strange place and the infighting at work never dim his original ideals. With his solid writing skills and practical sense of responsibility, he distinguishes himself through challenges such as flood relief and rural revitalization, earning the support of benefactors like Zhao Deshan and L
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Crowned by the Way of Letters: A Sage from Humble Beginnings Subdues the Heavens 文道冠冕：寒门至圣镇诸天
This is a world of literary cultivation, where poetry can slay enemies and essays can bring peace to the realm. The Holy Academy controls the ranks of literary scholars; ten kingdoms vie for power, the barbarians threaten the borders, and the demon race runs rampant. With no new Sage in a hundred years, the way of literature has fallen silent. Su Mo, an orphan from a poor family, unexpectedly binds himself to the Literary Inheritance System and unlocks the poems and timeless essays passed down t
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