[Great Ming] My Brother Is the Grand Secretary

Zhou Shangqing transmigrated into the body of a sickly bookworm in the Jiajing era of the Ming dynasty. His parents had both died, leaving him penniless and homeless. Just when he was at his wit's end, he met an old friend of his late mother and ended up living with the Zhang family in Jiangling.

The good news: He had already passed the county-level examination and become a young scholar, the envy of every household.

The bad news: The next exam, the infamous provincial examination, was only ten months away!

Zhou Shangqing: ...

Help, that familiar countdown to the college entrance exam?!

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At first, Zhou Shangqing only knew that the boy living next door was called "Bai Gui."

Apparently, he'd also passed the scholar examination at the age of twelve. He was incredibly bright, but had a strange temperament: cold, aloof, and solitary, never initiating conversation with anyone. When his gaze swept over you, it was like being scanned by a heartless machine.

Zhou Shangqing had planned to keep his distance from this oddball. But the next moment, his eyes fell on the signature on the copy of The Book of Songs that the boy had reluctantly lent him, frowning all the while. The handwriting was neat and flowing, elegant and graceful. It clearly read "Juzheng"!

Could this stiff, unsociable boy really be Zhang Juzheng, the future Grand Secretary who would rise to power during the Wanli era?!

Zhou Shangqing, who had failed to recognize a great man, instantly teared up. "From today on, we're brothers who share everything, even though we're not related by blood!"

Thinking of his three biological brothers at home, Zhang Juzheng looked up in confusion: ?

·Written ahead of time

Theme: The rises and falls of officialdom, and building strength through patience