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

253 替 Taking My Father’s Place in the Imperial Exams, Starting at Six 替父科举！从六岁开始 Dreaming Back to Childhood Songs梦回童歌Historical366k WordsCompleted No corvee labor, no land tax. Crossing the class divide feels amazing! No wonder my father was willing to do anything to pass the imperial exams! The exams broke the aristocratic clans' monopoly on official careers under the Nine-Rank System, which had been in place since the Wei and Jin dynasties. With examinations at their core, they gave ordinary scholars a way to rise above their station. The appeal of the exams went straight to the heart of people's everyday concerns. Once scholars passed t 700Reads7.3Score10014d adds

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🍉🍉①The eldest brother, like a father, forced his younger brother onto the path of the imperial examinations despite his limp—simply because it was the only shortcut for poor families to escape exorbitant taxes. Their father died while taking the exams, leaving behind a destitute family. The lame older brother sold everything he owned to support his brother's education. His brother guided his brother's ambitions, and the younger brother went from resistance to dedicated study, struggling between the examinations and making a living. Every step he took was a testament to the lower classes' unwavering desire for a better life.

256 女 A Woman Transmigrates as a Man: An Unwed Father’s Journey to the Imperial Exams 女穿男，未婚成爹我要科举考状元 Good Little Sea Bream鲷鱼乖乖Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted She was a bona fide college student, and transmigrating into another body was one thing, but becoming a woman in a man's body and suddenly a father was another. And as if that weren't enough, they expected her to find them wives. She was utterly speechless. She didn't even have a wife herself. “I... Your dad's chest hurts. Help me to my room so I can lie down.” On the first day, her eldest son, Li Qingzhou, asked her that night, “Dad, why do you take a lamp to the latrine?” “...Can’t I go look 992Reads8.8Score10214d adds

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Li Yu is a girl who wears a boy's clothes, and is "happy to be a father" at the beginning. She also becomes the laughing stock of the whole village because her son lights up the lamp to go to the toilet in the middle of the night and is asked by her son, "Are you looking for shit?", "",,! Hilarious imperial examination road, sick father counterattacks with his baby!

257 苏 Eunuch Su's Road to the Imperial Exams 苏公公的科举之路 Singing Alone for Joy笙歌独欢Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Chief eunuch Su Weisheng had finally endured his way to retirement, only to die unexpectedly. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a five-year-old child a century later, and all his enemies were dead! His relatives were unkind, and his parents were weak. Su Weisheng consoled himself: At least in this life, I won't have to be a eunuch. I can live with that! He takes on the worst of the family, manages the household, and studies for the imperial examinations. Only after achieving fame and 8.7kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds

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The eunuch Su Weisheng, after retiring and dying, is reborn a hundred years later as a poor five-year-old boy from a humble family. His elders are unkind, and his parents are weak, but thankfully he no longer has to be a eunuch. Using his wisdom from his previous life, he battles awful relatives, manages the household finances, and passes the imperial examinations. Only upon achieving success does he realize he can marry and have children, so he eagerly embarks on his journey to find a wife. With a well-developed character and a captivating plot, come witness his rise from humble beginnings to greatness!

258 我 I Passed the Imperial Exams and Made the Honor Roll in Ancient Times 我在古代考科举金榜题名了 Xuan Yan暄妍Ancient Romance681k WordsCompleted Zhao Qiaoyue, an ability-user from the apocalypse, transmigrates into a book as Zhao Qiaoyue, the ill-fated, illegitimate daughter of the Zhao family in the Great Rong Dynasty. She and her birth mother, Xia Niang, are banished by the Zhao family to a small village. Xia Niang loves her daughter and wants to secure her future, so she sends her to study for the imperial examinations. But when someone schemes against her, Zhao Qiaoyue fights back by giving them a taste of their own medicine! The Zha 134Reads8.5Score—14d adds

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💐💐A supernatural being from a post-apocalyptic world transmigrates into a book as the illegitimate daughter of a jinx. Her birth mother schemes for her future, sending her to study and take the imperial examinations, only to be betrayed. She retaliates in kind. Faced with the Zhao family's refusal to pay child support, she becomes self-reliant, earning money to support her family while diligently studying. After ten years of hard work going unnoticed, she achieves fame and success, ultimately passing the imperial examinations with flying colors and embarking on a new journey with her mother.

259 曾 Zeng Guofan: Ambition Amid Chaos 曾国藩：乱世青云志 Jin Huoyan金火炎Historical274k WordsCompleted Zeng Guofan was born into an ordinary farming and scholarly family in Xiangxiang, Hunan (today's Heyezhen, Shuangfeng County). From a young age, he studied hard and longed to enter officialdom through the imperial examinations so he could fulfill his ambitions. He faced many setbacks on the exam path, failing several times before finally passing the jinshi examination and entering the bureaucracy. 232Reads—Score—14d adds

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🌈Amidst chaos, his unwavering spirit leads to great achievements [Note]: The protagonist comes from an ordinary family and studies diligently from a young age. Despite repeated failures in the imperial examinations, he never gives up and, through extraordinary perseverance, finally passes the exams and enters officialdom. Facing the infighting at court, he navigates step by step, rising from a lowly official to a powerful minister, turning the tide in a chaotic world.

260 满 The Entire Court Is Forcing Me to Become a Literary Sage 满朝文武逼我当文圣 Thunder and Rain Bring Peace雷雨升平Historical301k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast and wild speculation + imperial examinations + no System + wish-fulfillment + lighthearted comedy + no romance + protagonist’s transformation + ancient reform] This is an ensemble story that follows the protagonist’s psychological journey as he changes. Take your time reading, and you won’t regret it. Transmigrated as a gambling addict, I’m kicked out by my clan from the start and hunted by creditors? Lin Xian: Thanks for asking, but I’m not doing that again! At the county exam, h 20Reads—Score—14d adds

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The protagonist transmigrates into the body of a gambling addict, kicked out of his family and chased by creditors—what a dramatic start! Then, in the county exam, he recites the multiplication table from memory, prompting the county magistrate to exclaim, "The God of Literature has descended to earth!" In the prefectural exam, he throws out a "Nine-Character Mantra," leaving the prefect kneeling in despair. And in the imperial court, his antics continue unabated, with him being imagined as a literary sage—purely wishful thinking? No! This time, he's going to make it real...

263 穿 I Was Reborn in a Farming Novel, but I Don't Want to Pass the Imperial Exams on Talent 穿进种田文里，我不想靠才华科举 Autumn Has Always Been Here丛来是秋Historical1.6M WordsCompleted Su Congli transmigrated. To stay alive, he studied day and night and threw himself into the imperial examinations. Who could have guessed? At the provincial exam: “What are you staring at, chief examiner?” At the metropolitan exam: “Why do these examiners all seem so strange?” At the palace exam: “Oh! Isn’t that guy sitting in the throne hall the one who stares at me every night?” Emperor Qiyuan prided himself on being a wise ruler of his age, blessed with extraordinary fortune. Who knew he’d ru 10.8kReads8.9Score88914d adds

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The male protagonist transmigrates into cannon fodder, studying diligently for the imperial examinations to survive. But the examiners look at him strangely! And the one he "gazes deeply" with every night is none other than the one on the dragon throne! From then on, this lazy bum is forced into action, constantly criticizing everyone, including his elder brother, the emperor. Imperial examinations + court intrigue + hilarious brotherhood—a story of starkly contrasting characters!