A Clansman Takes the Imperial Exams

New graduate Pei Yuming transmigrates into the body of an impoverished young scion of the imperial clan. His family has fallen on hard times, and making ends meet is difficult. Apart from studying, Pei Yuming seems to have no other skills, so he has no choice but to keep studying and pursue a future through the imperial examinations. He studies his way to the rare honor of placing first in all three examinations, causing a sensation at court. No imperial clansman in the hundred-plus years since the founding of the Dayong Dynasty has ever accomplished such a feat. Emperor Xihe personally writes a sacrificial address and dispatches an envoy to offer it at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, honoring their ancestors. He thinks his path to success will now be smooth, but the twists and turns of court politics are hard to predict. Caught in a power struggle, Pei Yuming, still a newcomer, is sent to a remote county to serve as deputy magistrate. Since he is already there, Pei Yuming makes the best of it. He does not blame fate, but instead devotes himself to promoting agriculture and sericulture, developing water conservancy, and opening border trade. He transforms a poor county that had long depended on relief granaries into a prosperous region on the frontier. From then on, Pei Yuming begins his meteoric rise. He develops the salt and iron industries, strengthens the army, pacifies the borderlands, opens mutual markets, and establishes maritime trade routes... He expands the realm and achieves unmatched feats, eventually becoming a legendary prince of the realm. The Ding Prince's banner thereafter guards the frontier for centuries, its enduring legacy lasting as long as the Dayong Dynasty itself. * [Contest Entry Reason] The protagonist, Pei Yuming, transmigrates from the modern era to ancient times, becoming an inexperienced young man from a branch of the imperial clan after starting out as a new graduate. His family is struggling, and after careful thought, he decides that studying is the only path to building a future. Pei Yuming strives to get ahead and works hard to find a way to survive. Believing that everyone is born with a talent worth putting to use, he eventually becomes a legend. [Coming Soon 1] "After Transmigrating into a Book as the True Heiress's Phoenix Husband (Imperial Examinations)" Gu Yunping has just finished writing his doctoral dissertation when he transmigrates into a book, becoming the phoenix man who marries the true heiress in a story about a fake and a true heiress. The phoenix man has a rather poor reputation in the capital, and he is even less welcome at the Marquis of Zhennan's estate. The true heiress, who has only recently returned to the estate, is also struggling to find her footing, constantly facing cold treatment and ridicule. Gu Yunping... It is time to show these people what he can do. At the Imperial College poetry and prose contest, Gu Yunping's literary compositions astonish everyone. In the year of the grand examinations, he places first in all three examinations and enters government through the imperial exams. Like a dragon entering the sea, he plans and strategizes until he reaches the highest office, serving as an assistant to three successive emperors. * [Coming Soon 2] "A Daughter of the Imperial Clan (Infrastructure Development)" After working so hard to graduate from university, Mu Nanjia transmigrates into the descendant of a frontier prince, becoming an impoverished clanswoman whose future is uncertain. To survive, she marries Pei Xu, a military household man who already has children but is strong enough to support a family. At first, Mu Nanjia only wants to have a bowl of rice to eat. To earn that bowl of rice, Mu Xiyuan practices medicine, farms, trades, develops infrastructure, and battles at court... Before she knows it, she has become a princess of the highest rank, granted an estate of ten thousand households. Pei Xu is strikingly handsome, as graceful as a jade tree, and of noble birth, yet his fate has been full of misfortune. His entire family has been loyal and righteous, but only he remains, exiled to the frontier with two young children. Pei Xu spends the year at war, while his little children are still crying to be fed. With no other choice, he takes a wife to care for them. At first, Pei Xu lays down three rules for Mu Nanjia: I am marrying you only to help look after the children. Whether you stay or leave in the future is up to you. I will not stop you. Later, Pei Xu, now regent, stays on guard against the wolves and tigers who covet the princess, and knocks on her door every day: "Nanjia, would you let your husband in?" Theme: A life of striving is a life of meaning