I Became the Top Scholar in the Second Year of Jiayou

Spring breezes caress the proud horse, and a single day is enough to see all the flowers of Chang'an. Zhao Heng, a modern-day corporate drudge, suddenly found himself transported to the Northern Song dynasty in the second year of the Jiayou era, becoming Zhang Heng, the top scorer on the imperial examination's Dragon and Tiger Roll, a list that had shaped scholars' fates for a thousand years.

Of the 388 successful candidates, three were among the Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song, two were grandmasters of Neo-Confucianism, and others would later become influential reformers in Northern Song politics.

Su Shi, Su Zhe, Zeng Gong, Zhang Zai, Cheng Hao, and Lü Huiqing all lost to him.

Zhao Heng: What have I done to deserve this...

Originally, whenever Su Shi was repeatedly banished to Huangzhou, Huizhou, or Danzhou, he would look up to the sky and cry, "Little brother, save me! Ziyou, save me!"

Now he had another person to call on for help. Su Shi shouted, "Big brother, save me! Ziping, save me!"

Zhao Heng: Coming! Saving Su Zizhan is my mission, and I'll see it through.

Theme: A harmonious family makes everything prosper