The Whole Clan Supports My Rise to the Heavens, So I Reward Them with Official Robes 🚩全族扶我青云志，我赠族人朱紫袍
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The Imperial Examination: Starting by Talking My Parents into Splitting Up the Family 科举，从忽悠爹娘分家开始
Li Yunzhi was born in a province known for its fierce competition in the civil service exams. Millions of people sat the exams every year, and under his parents' urging, he kept taking them year after year. At last, he stood out from the crowd and secured a civil service post. But before he could tell his parents, he was in a car accident and transmigrated to a dynasty called Great Wei. Looking at his family of impoverished peasants, their bare cupboards, and several downright awful relatives, L
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I Make My Scumbag Boyfriend Take the Imperial Exams 我逼渣男考科举
Xie Wanqing was so infuriated by the utterly despicable male lead in a novel that her heart and lungs ached. She lost focus while crossing the street and got into a car accident. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had entered the novel! And she had even brought along a Scumbag Reform System! Thinking of Gu Hengyu, the despicable man who abandoned his wife and child, informed on his father-in-law, fawned on the powerful, and embezzled public funds, Xie Wanqing rubbed her hands tog
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Siheyuan: I Rely on the Villagers to Crush the Vermin 四合院：我靠村里人碾压众禽
The whole village chewed tree bark to send me to school, so I’ll take the entire village to live in a courtyard compound! During a famine, Zhang Zhongmin transmigrated with the Pinduoduo System, but couldn’t activate it because he wasn’t in a courtyard compound. To repay the villagers for hunting wild boars and selling grain so he could get a factory job, he clutched his golden finger that let him buy grain cheaply and tearfully headed to the city. Whenever grain went on flash sale, he bought it
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A Humble Scholar's Road to the Exams, Starting with My Sister Beating the Young Master to Tears 寒门科举，从我妹揍哭少爷开始
In his previous life, Su Ping’an was battered by hardship and tormented by illness. After struggling for years, he was finally defeated by his disease. He looked up at the sky, ready to curse, but in the blink of an eye, he discovered he had been born into a poor family in ancient times. His new family came with poverty, a domineering mother, a miserly grandmother, young siblings, and a grandfather obsessed with becoming an official. Changing the family’s fate through the imperial exams was ever
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I Find the Top Scholar So Charming 我见探花多娇媚
Jing Bao has three wishes: First, protect the family estate of the main branch; second, enter the Imperial College, place third in the palace examinations, and bring honor to the family; third, keep living as a man in disguise until the end. Lord Gu has three wishes too: First, help someone protect their family estate; second, help that someone place third in the palace examinations; third, bring the disguised top scorer home and make her the mistress of the household.
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- 56 From the Start, Disguised as a Man, I Rose to First Rank Through the Imperial Exams 开局女扮男装，我靠科举官居一品 [Disguised as a man + imperial examinations and court intrigue + rises to the highest office + one heroine, focused on her career] When Xie Qingfeng opens her eyes, she's handed a nightmare of a life: a house with bare walls, and a woman forced to disguise herself as a man. In an age when everything is considered inferior to scholarship, if she doesn't fight for her place, she'll be crushed to pieces. Since she's here, she'll give it everything she's got! As a woman, she enters the imperial cour 48kReads9.3Score5.9k14d adds
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My Ancestors’ Graves Started Smoking from the Start: Disguised as a Man, I Take the Imperial Exams 开局祖坟冒青烟，女扮男装科举忙
Xie Yuheng transmigrates from the Apocalypse to a farming household, where a tyrant rules the land. With no other choice, she disguises herself as a boy. As she grows older, everyone in the surrounding villages comes to know that the Xie family's prodigy has an exceptionally clever mind. Too bad he's a sickly weakling who can't lift a finger or carry a load. Bystander: “You're so noble, so impressive! Your sickly family member just kicked someone through a wall!” The Xie family: “Does the head o
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- 58 I Strive for the Imperial Exams, But My Slacker Dreams Never Change 努力考科举，咸鱼梦想从未改变 [Imperial exams + everyday life + lighthearted] Lu Yang, a rich second-generation heir, wakes up one day as the youngest and most cherished son of the Lu family. This youngest son is a scholar, yet selfish and self-centered, turning a blind eye to his family's sacrifices and caring only about his own future. Lu Yang may be a slacker with little conscience, but he knows who's good to him. He keeps his dream of being a slacker tucked away and works hard to pass the imperial exams, hoping to become 17.6kReads9.1Score1.8k14d adds
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From Seventh-Rank Official to the Top: The Strongest Female Chief Minister 七品逆袭：最强女首辅
(A woman disguised as a man in an ancient political intrigue story) Qin Yuan first met He Lin in the summer of Jingli Year 29. The cicadas shrilled in the trees, and the heat was suffocating. In a dark, filthy prison cell, she sat in a corner, her face smeared with blood. Without a word, he left her a handkerchief to wipe the blood from her forehead. When they met again outside the prison, she was no longer in such a wretched state. Dressed in a vivid red official robe, her bright eyes blazing,
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My Imperial Exams Went Poorly, and Grandma Blames the Family Grave 科举不顺，我奶说是祖坟出了问题
Chen Bufan repeated his senior year three times, winning the provincial top-scorer title for his alma mater each time and making himself a tidy three million yuan in the process. He was one tough guy. But fate had other plans. A sudden accident, and that was the end of him! When he opened his eyes again, he had become Yaozu, a young man in a poor, remote village in the Great Xia Dynasty. The place was so wretched it made him want to stay up all night writing "A Humble Thatched Cottage". Even bei
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A Woman Transmigrates as a Man: A Farmer’s Road to the Imperial Exams 女穿男：农家子的科举青云路
[Female-to-male transmigration + imperial examinations + romance later on + remembered in history + founding the family tree] In her previous life, Qin Huan grew up in an orphanage and worked her way into a university degree. She landed a job at a major company and was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of success. Her only regret was never having much family to speak of. When she opened her eyes again, she had traveled from modern times to the past, and from a woman to a man. She had become
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What?! I Transmigrated into a Farmer's Son from the Start, and Now He Wants to Take the Imperial Exams 惊了！开局穿成农家子，他要科举
[Famine + transmigration + System + farming + imperial examinations + daily life] Shen Yu woke up one morning to find that he had transmigrated. It was bad enough for a science student to end up in ancient times, but he’d arrived in the middle of a famine, with his family having nothing to their name. Luckily, he unlocked a red packet group. Without it, how could he possibly survive in this strange world? The Shen family had one daughter after another. At last, the third son’s family had a bo
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The Abandoned Heir Places First in the Imperial Exam, and Ten Thousand Riders Storm the Marquis’s Mansion 被弃世子中状元，万骑踏平侯府门
[Imperial Examinations + Reborn in the Womb + Court Politics + Revenge + System] Shen Shufan was reborn in the womb as the heir to a marquis’s estate, only to be knocked unconscious and thrown into a river. No problem: ever heard of the Proficiency System? The impoverished Shen family, a humble family of scholars, found a poor child in a freezing river. Little did they know he was an imperial-examination genius! Other families considered it a blessing from their ancestors if even one person pass
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- 64 A Farmer's Son, the Imperial Exams, and Officialdom 农家子，科举，做官 [Born into the womb + imperial examinations + farming + daily life + public works and infrastructure, with a couple, little romance] [No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger] [He starts looking for a teacher in Chapter 38. If you’re short on patience, you can start reading there.] Shen Huai is born into an ancient world and becomes the only boy in his family. The good news: he can take the imperial examinations. The bad news: they’re poor, very poor, desperately poor. Born into a 5kReads8.5Score38814d adds
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The Poor Scholar's Rise 寒门贵子
After transmigrating into the body of a penniless scholar, Jiang Feng thought about how his computer science degree from his previous life was utterly useless here… Then it occurred to him: “Of all pursuits, studying is the noblest. I’ll just have to grit my teeth and take the imperial exams!” He kept going, and when he suddenly looked back, he had risen to the highest offices, expanded the empire’s borders, and built an unprecedented legacy! P.S. The new book, A Poor Scholar of the First Rank,
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- 66 The Imperial Exam Path to Success 科举助吾上青云 After transmigrating into a family of farmers who also valued education, Bai Zimu had grandparents, parents, uncles, and aunts to support, as well as seven older sisters whose dowries had to be prepared. To escape the fighting on the border, the entire family moved back to their hometown. Along the way, they lost two of his sisters, and he himself nearly died. He wasn't strong enough to carry heavy loads or even lift much. In this underdeveloped world, Bai Zimu thought it over and realized that 3kReads9.0Score23614d adds
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Selling Vegetables and Studying, Then Becoming the Top Scholar 卖菜读书，结果高中状元
After Shen Qingfeng dies alongside the Zombie Emperor in the apocalypse, he transmigrates to an alternate dynasty called Great Chu and becomes a child in Ning'an Village. The boy, nicknamed Dog Egg, is frail from birth, suffers from heart disease, and has a lowly name. Luckily, his proper name is Shen Yu'an. After studying for a few months with the elders, Shen Yu'an decides to take the imperial examinations, only to discover that his ancestors were exiles, and the descendants of exiles for thre
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I Was the Top Liberal Arts Student in the College Entrance Exams, So Taking Three Top Honors Is Only Natural 我高考文科状元，连中三元很合理
Shen Ping, the top liberal arts student in the national college entrance exam, accidentally transmigrates and becomes the wastrel heir of a marquis's estate. His elder sister is a favored consort of Great Chu, wielding power throughout the imperial harem. His father is the Marquis of Pingyang, a high-ranking official serving as Vice Minister of Revenue. His status and background could hardly be more illustrious, and Shen Ping is perfectly content with his life. He had planned to spend his days a
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- 69 A Transmigrator's Son in a Farming Family: Supporting the Family and Climbing the Imperial Exam Ladder 穿越农家子，养家科举青云路 [Two male leads + farming and infrastructure building + imperial examinations + transmigration + 1v1 romance + the growth of ordinary people] A cunning, warmhearted, protective younger brother × an optimistic, proud, devoted older brother Ye Changyan has barely transmigrated into the household of a small landowner when a family split breaks out. His grandfather dies, and his father, a concubine-born son, is thrown out by his grandmother and uncles. The family of five gets only five mu of land 440Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 70 I Transmigrated into a Poor Family and Turned My Fate Around Through the Imperial Exams 穿越寒门，我考科举逆袭 [A clever tale of power and strategy] Su Wen, a university student majoring in Chinese literature, transmigrates to ancient times and is born into a poor family. Relying on the brilliant poetry and literary culture of China, he makes a stunning comeback and passes the imperial examinations as the top scholar. A princess of the imperial family, a chancellor's daughter, a wealthy merchant's daughter, the top courtesan in the pleasure quarters, a charming maid... all admire his peerless talent. “ 17.7kReads8.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 71 Poet Immortal, Confucian General, Chief Minister? It All Starts with the Top Scholar! 诗仙，儒将，首辅？从状元开始！ Lin Yuan, a Chinese language and literature major from a top-tier university. He transmigrated into the body of a poor scholar in ancient times, orphaned at a young age. By a twist of fate, he became the contractual husband of Miss Su from the Weiyuan Escort Agency. He thought he'd have a comfortable life, but even the landlord's family was running out of food. One copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms sent paper prices soaring in Jinling, and his talent for statecraft caught the attention of em 14Reads6.6Score—14d adds
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I Couldn't Bear to See My Parents Taken Advantage Of, So I Became the Top Scholar 心疼爹娘太老实，科举考个状元郎
Male lead: Shen Qingshi The male lead has no System or pocket dimension, but comes with PUA skills. Even the most arrogant can be turned into a lackey. In his previous life, Shen Qingshi had just achieved financial freedom when his soul transmigrated into the body of a peasant boy in ancient times. His grandparents doted on no one, his parents were both doormats, and his third uncle was a leech who couldn't even pass the examination to become a scholar. Fine, whoever wants to be a doormat can be
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My Family Has Been Butchers for Generations, and You Want Me to Take the Top Scholar Exam? 我家世代屠户，你偏要我考状元？
Chen Dao transmigrated! The good news: His family owned property and a shop, a pork stall at the vegetable market. The bad news: His father shoved a butcher's knife into his hands and said, “If you can't pass the exam and become a licentiate, you'll come back and take over the family business!” Hell mode from the start: The Analects in his left hand, a cleaver in his right. He recited classical phrases while cutting pork belly for customers. At the county exam, sons of generations of Hanlin scho
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The Imperial Exams: I Conquered the World with Poetry 科举，我靠诗文名动天下
[Imperial examinations + no romance + alternate world + poetry and prose + fortune-telling by characters + sixfold honors in the imperial examinations + infrastructure + political intrigue] An imperial-examination story. Sheng Yu transmigrates to ancient times as a three-and-a-half-year-old child. He begins his studies right away, enters the finest academy in Jiangnan, then advances through the prefectural school and a tribute recommendation to the Imperial Academy. Step by step, he grows up and
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Carrying My Whole Family to Success: I Passed the Imperial Exams at Eight 带飞全家：我八岁考状元
In his previous life, he was a PhD in archaeology at a top 985 university, learned in the classics. But during an examination of an ancient tomb, he accidentally transmigrates and becomes an eight-year-old boy in a poor family in ancient times. When he opens his eyes, this is what greets him A dilapidated thatched hut with drafts blowing through it, an almost-empty rice jar, and creditors blocking the door; His pregnant mother, belly swollen, still struggling with the housework, her face sallow;
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- 76 Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old Dumpling: I Want to Be the Top Scholar 三岁半小包子：我要当状元 If the three-and-a-half-year-old little dumpling knew that the bite of locust blossom cake he was munching on at the threshold of the clan school would change the fate of the entire Dasheng dynasty, he would probably just blink his big eyes and ask, “Can I have an egg with it?” In Bluestone Alley, cooking smoke curled into the air as the little dumpling and his grandmother scraped by with a battered pot. His mother embroidered by lamplight, each stitch like a line of poetry, while his grandmothe 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 An Eight-Year-Old Top Scholar Becomes a County Magistrate, Driving Zhu Yuanzhang Mad 八岁状元当县令，朱元璋气疯了 He transmigrates to the Great Ming, reborn as a poor scholar, and awakens an astonishing gift for understanding from the start. At ten, he becomes the top scholar in both the civil and military examinations. Old Zhu is stunned and exclaims, “Heaven blesses our Great Ming!” Faced with such a prodigy, Old Zhu decides to have him start out as a county magistrate and groom him gradually. From then on, Xin'an County goes completely off the rails. The people live and work in peace, the army is well-tr 862Reads6.9Score10614d adds
- 78 A Five-Year-Old from a Poor Family: Six Top Exam Honors Shake the Court 五岁寒门，科举六元震朝堂 A PhD in Chinese language and literature transmigrates into the body of Gu Yanzhi, a destitute five-year-old boy. After three days without food, when his third uncle tries to seize their grain, Gu Yan recites the Classic of Filial Piety and puts the clan chief in awe. At seven, he takes the exam for child scholars. The examiner berates him for writing too little, then spends the night verifying his answers before kneeling to present them to the prefect. The five words "Establish the heart for He 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Imperial Exams Are No Easy Feat, So I’ll Take My Whole Family to the Azure Sky 科举不易，我携全家共青云 Lin Shu opened his eyes and found himself reborn as a newborn in a farming family in Xiaolin Village, Great Yong. In his previous life, he was alone, bedridden and sick. In this life, his family gathered around him, their home warm with lamplight. His frail mother embroidered money for books by lamplight. His silent father used his own back to open the way for him to study. His gentle older sister poured her girlhood into the soup she made for him. Even the eggs his grandparents secretly slipped 17kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 80 My Emperor Father Can Read Minds 我的皇帝父亲会读心 [Infrastructure Building Focus ✚ Mostly Comedy ✚ Not Historically Accurate ✚ No Romance] Emperor Wei prided himself on being a wise ruler. His ministers served him well, his harem was harmonious, and his children were clever and filial. That is, until he was struck by lightning. Afterward, he gained the ability to read minds, and finally learned that everyone around him was two-faced, saying one thing while thinking another! Emperor Wei was devastated. So he had been such a failure as an emperor 56.5kReads9.3Score5.3k14d adds
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After Marrying a Sweet Young Wife, I Worked Hard and Took the Imperial Exam 迎娶小娇妻后，我奋发图强考科举
One heroine + no System + lighthearted pacing A thorough understanding of the world is knowledge, and social savvy is good writing. Ren Junjie, a history graduate, suddenly finds himself in an unfamiliar world as the eldest legitimate son of the richest family in Xinchang County. A former wastrel, he turns over a new leaf and marries a lovely young wife. He rests every other day and works on the days in between, studying harder and striving to improve. With his deep knowledge of history, he purs
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- 82 My Stepfather Set Me on the Road to Success 继父扶我青云路 His scholar father died when Xie Qingshan was three. His widowed mother took him and remarried that very night, and he thought a hard life under someone else’s roof lay ahead. But his stepfather was kindhearted, his step-grandmother warm and caring, and they even gave him the sweet little name Xu Chengzong. The whole family doted on him! With a modern soul in his body, he helps his family eat well and stay warm, then returns to his studies, hoping to pass the exams and become a minor official. 26.3kReads8.1Score1.9k14d adds
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To Avoid Planting Rice, I Work Hard to Pass the Imperial Exams 为了不插秧，努力考科举
[The short drama adaptation is now streaming] A modern SSS-rank researcher dies suddenly and transmigrates to the Great Xing Dynasty. His health is so poor that he's not allowed to pick rice in the fields until he's six. Sunstruck and light-headed, Li Jing decides that farming with this body is a risky business, so he immediately resolves to study for the imperial examinations. That's what he's good at; the transplanting can be left to the professionals! The following year, now named Li Yiqing,
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Great Ming: From the Imperial Exams to Absolute Power 大明：从科举到权倾天下
Li Ji accidentally transmigrates back to the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty, becoming the illegitimate son of a minor gentry family in Jiangnan! For ten years, no one knows he exists. His father dislikes him, and his elder half-brother and the servants bully and beat him at will. What a miserable life! No System, no inherited memories, just a completely new life... In the Great Ming, where everything else is beneath contempt and only scholarship is worthy, Li Ji originally only wanted to study, p
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- 85 An Ambitious Country Boy's Life in Ancient Times 农家小子的古代上进日常 After transmigrating into the body of a farmer's son in ancient times, a poor student had no choice but to embark on the long road of the imperial examinations to improve his family's life. He sought neither wealth and status nor a high salary or lofty office in this life. All he wanted was to protect his family and give them a peaceful life. 40.2kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
- 86 Rising Through the Imperial Exams: Changing My Family's Fate 科举兴家：带着全家改换门庭 [Imperial examinations + transmigration + farming + no golden finger] [Romance included. The male lead is devoted to one woman. The heroine appears less often, and romance is not the main plot.] [The male lead is talented, but he still has to work hard. He climbs the ranks one step at a time.] A top student who had just graduated suddenly transmigrates into the body of a farmer’s son in ancient times. Determined not to spend his whole life farming, he embarks on the long road to the imperial exa 9.7kReads6.9Score71914d adds
- 87 A Guide to Surviving as a Lowborn Son in Ancient Times 古代庶子生存指南 [The male lead transmigrates without a golden finger; domestic family life; studying for the imperial examinations; the female lead appears late; fictional historical setting] After transmigrating as the concubine-born son of a civil official in an unknown dynasty, Huaize planned to take life easy and be a contented freeloader in the ancient world. But Huaize had hoped to keep to himself, only to discover that in an age when collective punishment was common, everyone in a prominent family had 7.7kReads8.5Score56814d adds
- 88 Imperial Exam Triumph: The Strongest Female Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：最强女首辅 After finally becoming the first female heir in her family, she opens her eyes and finds herself back before the revolution. Her father is dead from the start, leaving her with a frail mother and three beautiful older sisters. She is the only son who can carry on the Cheng family line... Cheng Qing looks down at her slightly developed chest, wondering what on earth went wrong. Surrounded by scheming wolves, Cheng Qing, now with a new soul in her body, sets herself two small goals: First, keep pr 8.2kReads9.5Score1.3k14d adds
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The Daily Life of a Minor Official's Son Preparing for the Imperial Exams 小官之子科举日常
[Woman Transmigrates into a Man + Imperial Exams + Farmer's Son + No Problematic Family Members + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger] Lin He, a graduate student in history, transmigrates into the Great Qi, a dynasty that never existed in history, and goes from being a woman to a man. His family has nothing to its name: his father is a catlike academic prodigy, his mother a tigerlike farmer, and Lin He's life is a constant struggle. Fortunately, his father earned the jinshi degree early on, a
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- 90 After My Mother Remarried, I Made Three Rules with My Stepfather 随母改嫁，我跟继父约法三章 I was born into this family, and before I was two, my father had an accident on his way to take the prefectural exams. No one ever saw him again, alive or dead. My grandfather died of grief that very month, and my grandmother was bedridden for two years before leaving us with a mountain of debt and passing away. A few years later, my mother could no longer shoulder the burden of making ends meet and decided to remarry. Fine, she could marry again. I wasn't going to do anything foolish, but I had 71.1kReads9.2Score9k14d adds
- 91 I Came First in the Imperial Exams and Became a Just Official in Ancient Times 科举成状元，我在古代当青天 An ordinary female college student is reborn in an imaginary ancient dynasty, where she becomes a man. As he struggles to adapt to this era, he sees the hardships of the common people, the extravagance of the powerful elite, the integrity of scholars, and the opportunism of politicians. This is a society ruled by a brutal class system. Unluckily for him, he has been reborn here, and all he wants is to live with dignity. Study, take the imperial examinations, become an official. At first, he only 1.1kReads8.5Score10114d adds
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Born into the 1970s: I Make My Whole Family Rich Through Studying 胎穿七零：我靠读书带全家致富
(I Just Want to Slack Off, but They Call Me a Genius) (Period Piece + Academic Prodigy + Strengthening the Nation + System + No Romance + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy + Pure Wish Fulfillment) After Chen Wang died, he was reborn as the Chen family's only dim-witted grandson. With four older female cousins, the two elders of the Chen family doted on him like a precious treasure, giving him the best of everything. Chen Wang thought he could spend this life slacking off. Who could have gues
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I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, but My Brother Seems Even More Like a Transmigrator Than I Do 穿越古代我哥比我还像穿越者
Alternate World / Ancient Era / Farming / Imperial Exams After a plane crash, Chen Jingming transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a farmer's son. His family is split up because they need to pay for his medical treatment, and his older brother goes missing. Later, the eldest brother returns from a long journey and sends him to school. Eldest Brother: “Little brother, our family's honor rests entirely on you!” But later, as he watches the family estate grow, Chen Jingming realizes that the
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The Commoner Who Became Chief Minister 寒门首辅
When Gu Changliu wakes up, he has become a country scholar. He has no grand ambitions: he just wants to pass the provincial examination, become a minor official, put down roots, and spend his life in harmony with the woman he loves. But the officialdom is no easy place to get by. He had hoped to be a lazy nobody, but the political infighting leaves him no choice but to press forward with all his might. If he can't be a carefree salted fish, then he will take flight like a great roc, rising ninet
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I Turned My Superstitious Father into the Chief Councilor 我把神棍老爹卷成首辅
[Ensemble cast + imperial examinations + daily life + farming + court politics later on] Father and son join forces to build a Ming dynasty on which the sun never sets. Yan Xun transmigrates to the Ming dynasty and discovers that his father can do everything except study. His dad has so many secret identities, like an onion with layer after layer to peel back. Huh! If I push Dad hard enough to make him Grand Secretary, can I become a Junior Grand Secretary? The filial son Yan Xun sells everythin
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A Poor Scholar of Noble Character 一品寒士
[Single heroine, semi-fictionalized Tang Dynasty] In an era when the great aristocratic clans looked down on the imperial family, Zhao Quan was born to a farming family and entered school carrying the hopes of his parents and six older brothers. Farming was out of the question: even the village head’s family had no food to spare… So he had no choice but to take the imperial exams and become an official.
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I Take the Imperial Exams in Dayu 我在大余考科举
Qin Yang was an orphan from Earth. Just when he had a house, a car, and a good life, he was struck by disaster. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated into the body of a farm boy with the same name in the fictional Great Yu Dynasty! This time, he was determined to make up for the regrets and disappointments of his previous life. Watch as he uses modern knowledge and fearless courage to turn this unfamiliar world upside down, stirring up a storm from a humble farmhouse to the imperia
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- 98 I’m Just a Concubine’s Son. Why Should I Take the Imperial Exams? 我一个庶子，考什么科举？ Chu Feng transmigrated into the most miserable illegitimate son in the marquis’s household, and from the start he was about to be beaten to death and sold! Just when all hope seemed lost, a “Hall of Literary Souls” appeared in his mind. Confucius, Li Bai, Guiguzi… He could summon sages from five thousand years of Chinese history! His legitimate brother humiliates him? He summons Han Feizi of the Legalist school to possess him and teach the brat that “the law applies equally to princes and common —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 A Farm Boy’s Journey to the Imperial Exams 农家娃的科举生涯 Li Shan is born into ancient times with memories from before, but he has amnesia. Even so, the belief that he must study, despite growing up poor, is etched into his bones. In the end, this impoverished family, mocked by everyone, really does produce an official. He brings prosperity to the community and grows into a great figure renowned throughout the history books... A heads-up: The author came up with many of the settings, systems, and so on on the spur of the moment. Readers who care about 228Reads6.5Score—14d adds
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You Were Supposed to Take the Imperial Exam, So You Used a Phone to Copy Your Way to Top Scholar 让你考科举，你拿手机抄出个状元
[Transmigration + A Slight Golden Finger + No System + No Female Lead + Imperial Examinations + Everyday Life + Somewhat Slow-Paced + Lighthearted] Modern-day underachiever Zhao Rui, carrying a mobile phone, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a child prodigy in the Northern Song Dynasty. From the start, Bao Zheng forces him to take part in the Millennial Dragon and Tiger Rankings, and he has to come first in the palace examination too? His original body's mother turns out to be a transm
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