Five Years of Infrastructure, Three Years of Farming

--★Ongoing★--

The Imperial Examination: A Life of Rising Through the Ranks

On this day next year, he will rise to the clouds and become the top scholar in the palace examination.

The early story focuses on the imperial examinations and local development; the later story focuses on court politics and infrastructure!

--★Blurb★--

Jiang Wumian died in the apocalypse. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated into the body of a babbling infant in the Great Zhou dynasty, given a second chance at life.

After that, he studied under a master and spent ten years poring over books. Through endless hardship, he became Great Zhou's top scholar. But after returning home in glory, his mother passed away with a smile, and he had to observe the customary three years of mourning.

Three years later, when he returned to court, his mentor had been demoted, and he himself was sent to Shaoyuan County in Nankang Prefecture, Lingnan Circuit, to serve as magistrate.

It was called a provincial appointment, but was really an exile. The rebels had only just been suppressed, and the people were destitute, suffering everywhere.

Unable to stand by and watch, Jiang Wumian's first act as magistrate was to expose a nest of corrupt officials and hire displaced locals to rebuild the county seat.

Poor harvests and famine everywhere?

Jiang Wumian gathered craftsmen and Daoist priests. The former made new farming tools and built waterworks; the latter refined elixirs into fertilizer to increase crop yields.

People illiterate and not enough workers?

After a night of deep thought, Jiang Wumian brought out two powerful tools: pinyin and simplified numerals. The whole family, young and old, pitched in, and a campaign to teach literacy began.

Pirates raiding the coast, burning, killing, and looting?

Jiang Wumian called on the head of the armory to send the Admiral for Coastal Defense and Suppression of Pirates a range of new naval equipment, including warships, ship-mounted cannons, fire ships, and underwater contact mines.

Want to escape? Not a single person or ship gets away!

Those at court who wanted to suppress Jiang Wumian watched helplessly as his farming toolkit was adopted throughout Great Zhou. Pinyin, punctuation, and simplified numerals were incorporated into textbooks as essential study material for exam candidates, while his new weapons made invaluable contributions to territorial expansion.

From then on, thanks to his achievements in agricultural development, poverty relief, talent cultivation, and military strengthening, Jiang Wumian rose through the ranks to become Grand Secretary, favored by the emperor.

[Little Scene]

Since ancient times, civil and military officials have been at odds, and the relationship between Jiang Wumian and his fellow disciple Bai Chuhan was especially tense. At the slightest disagreement, they would come to blows. Everyone at court knew not to leave the two alone together.

After Jiang Wumian became Grand Secretary, he moved into the Jiang residence bestowed upon him by the emperor. The next day, officials came to celebrate his housewarming.

They watched as Bai Chuhan acted like the master of the house, smiling as he thanked the guests.

Officials: "???"

Weren't the civil and military officials supposed to hate each other and fight?

Bai Chuhan kept a straight face, thinking: How is fighting in bed and making up afterward not fighting?

[Reverse harem starts on 24/05/03. Chapters 22-93. Don't buy if you've already read them.]

--★Reader's Guide★--

Tips:

1. Alternate setting.

2. Updates after each chapter is written.

3. Completed work in my author profile: Stasha's Farm at Maple Leaf Estate [Western Fantasy]

--★Recommendations from My Author Profile★--

1. Completed:

A million-word Western Fantasy farming novel, Stasha's Farm at Maple Leaf Estate (bonus stories updated from time to time)

2. Ongoing:

A similar imperial examination and court-politics novel, The Imperial Examination: A Life of Rising Through the Ranks

3. Three upcoming works:

3.1 Ocean Survival: The Otters Are Building Their Sea Raft

A tale of otters adrift during a nationwide ocean survival challenge

3.2 A Survival Guide for Medieval Life-Sim Players

An alternate-history medieval farming and infrastructure-building novel

3.3 The Wood-Type Ability User Farms in Ancient Times

After transmigrating into the ancient past with a wood-type ability, the protagonist farms, supports the family, cooks, and runs a business

Theme: With a clear conscience before Heaven above and no shame before those below.