A Farmer’s Son’s Journey Through the Imperial Exams

Please add my upcoming novel *The Imperial Exams in the Countryside* to your reading list! = Mei Heshishi transmigrates into a novel about the imperial exams, becoming a cannon-fodder character. The reborn male lead frames him for cheating, leaving him with a ruined family and a tragic end. The very day Mei transmigrates into the book is the county-level exam. The male lead has already planted a crib sheet in Mei Heshishi's exam basket. Mei Heshishi has no intention of repeating the same fate, so he slips the crib sheet right back. After the county exam, Mei Heshishi returns home and lies awake all night in a drafty, earthen-walled house. The next day, clutching the family's only string of copper coins, he heads to the county academy. A farm boy at dawn, a court official by dusk. Bring peace to the realm, usher in a golden age, soar to the top, and reach the highest office! = Upcoming novel: *The Imperial Exams in the Countryside* Shen Jie transmigrates into a rural farming family as the eldest son. His parents are fierce and fiercely protective. His younger brother was born with incredible strength and spends his days chasing cats and dogs and causing trouble, but he listens to everything Shen Jie says. Shen Jie grows up carefree until the age of seven, when he learns by chance that the Shen family is a throwaway family mentioned only in passing in an imperial-exam novel. The county magistrate's son tyrannizes the people. When Shen Jie's younger brother stands up to him, he earns the boy's hatred. One fire is all it takes to leave the whole Shen family of four dead in the flames. Shen Jie watches his younger brother beat a ten-year-old chubby boy until he wails, then spends the night deep in thought. The next day, he stuffs a pouch full of copper coins and heads to the county academy. Of all pursuits, studying is the noblest. For his family, he has to earn a title, no matter what! Years later, Shen Jie passes all six imperial examinations in first place, rises steadily through the ranks, and becomes a marquis, the youngest Grand Secretary in the Great Ning Dynasty. His younger brother comes first in the military examinations and becomes a great general, expanding the nation's borders and earning countless honors. The Shen family rises from rural obscurity to become one of the capital's most prominent families. Two exceptional brothers in one family, unmatched by anyone! = Other upcoming novels with similar themes: *My Dad Is the Villain in an Imperial Exam Novel*: A domineering dad and his precious child *The Little Dragon Protagonist Decides to Lie Flat*: He lies flat, then becomes the highest-ranking official *Noble Scion (Imperial Exams)*: The legitimate eldest son of a marquis's household and his daily life preparing for the exams *Five Years of Imperial Exams, Three Years of Practice Tests*: After transmigrating, he fills the world with students *Imperial Exams, but I Rebel and Take the Throne*: Pass the exams, become an official, overthrow the dragon, and take the throne Completed novels with similar themes: *Taking the Imperial Exams After Transmigrating into a Book*: Blow up the exam hall with my brother *The Legitimate Son's Road to Success in the Imperial Exams*: The legitimate son's path through the exams *He Became the Highest-Ranking Official After His Golden Finger Was Stolen*: From nothing to the highest office *She Became the Highest-Ranking Official After Disguising Herself as a Man*: A heroine is no less than a hero, daring to rival the sun and moon *A Novel About a Woman Disguised as a Man Taking the Imperial Exams*: The daily struggles of an ambitious person Theme: Stay true to your original purpose, and you'll see it through to the end.