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- 1 Transmigrating to a Farming Family to Take the Imperial Exams, I Gradually Ascend to Heaven 穿越农门考科举，我逐步登天 [The animated dramas From Farm Boy to General Who Pins Down the Xiongnu, The Imperial Examinations of a Farm Boy, and Sixfold Top Honors are now available. Give them a try!] [The early part of this book focuses on the imperial examinations, the middle on reclaiming lost territory, and the later part on expanding overseas.] In his previous life, Lin Yun died suddenly from overwork. He never expected to be reborn into a poor farming family in the Great Jing Dynasty. From being mocked by his aunt f 37.7kReads8.4Score2.9kShelves
- 2 The Second Son of a Duke, I Pass the Imperial Exam from the Start 我国公次子，开局中举人 After transmigrating, he becomes the second son of a duke. His father is powerful and influential, his mother indulges him in everything, and his older brother dotes on him. Beautiful concubines surround him, and his family’s riches are beyond measure. Who could resist such temptation? Su Yan, an ordinary corporate wage slave in his previous life, takes a little time to accept his new reality, then completely loses himself in the wealth and comfort of this ancient world. See how the duke’s secon 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Imperial Exams: I Am Lu Ming, Bound for the Top 科举：在下陆鸣，直指青云 (Historical setting + transmigration + alternate world + imperial examinations) Lu Ming, a Chinese-language major, is reborn into a farming family. His father keeps them fed by working the land, his mother supplements their income by weaving, and he has an older sister who is always bickering with him. To change his family's circumstances, Lu Ming has no choice but to pursue the imperial examinations. At six, he tells the story behind the phrase “astonish the world with one brilliant act,” amazi 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Imperial Exam Journey of a Poor Scholar in Ancient Times 古代寒门的科举之路 A modern grassroots civil servant, deeply interested in history, literature, and management but frustrated by his lack of success, unexpectedly transmigrates to the middle and late Ming Dynasty. He takes over the body of a poor scholar with the same name, who has just lost his father to illness and is about to sit the entry-level imperial examination. 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Imperial Exam: A Powerful Minister’s Rise Begins with a Five-Year-Old Prodigy 科举，权臣之路从五岁神童开始 [Alternate History + Ancient Setting + Farming + Business + Imperial Exams + Child Prodigy + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Fan Xian, a PhD in political economy from Huaqing University, one of Huaxia’s top universities, suddenly dies and transmigrates into the body of a five-year-old boy named Fan Xian in the Great Xia dynasty. He finds himself in an official family that has fallen into utter decline over three generations. The year before he arrived, the family had been forced to move from the county 173Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 A Hunter from a Humble Family: From the Start, My Whole Family Backed My Imperial Exams 寒门猎户：开局全家供我科举 [Transmigration + Imperial Examinations + Daily Life + Farming + No Golden Finger + Rise from Poverty + Political Intrigue] I’m Zhang Fan, a top student from a prestigious university who was killed by a drunk driver just after landing a stable job. When I open my eyes again, I’m Lin Qingshi, an eight-year-old hunter’s son. Our home is bare, the rice jar is almost empty, and my lame uncle’s family is leeching off us! My parents would do anything to protect me, and my sisters are warmhearted and s 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old Dumpling: I Want to Be the Top Scholar 三岁半小包子：我要当状元 If the three-and-a-half-year-old little dumpling knew that the bite of locust blossom cake he was munching on at the threshold of the clan school would change the fate of the entire Dasheng dynasty, he would probably just blink his big eyes and ask, “Can I have an egg with it?” In Bluestone Alley, cooking smoke curled into the air as the little dumpling and his grandmother scraped by with a battered pot. His mother embroidered by lamplight, each stitch like a line of poetry, while his grandmothe 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Imperial Examination Is the Only Way 科举才是硬道理 See how a scholar who dreams of the modern world turns his life around, step by step, in a feudal society where social ranks are rigidly enforced. I'm a novice author. In truth, I wanted to make up for things missing in my own life, so I gave the story a warm family and a united clan. Many of the characters in the book are based on my own relatives. What I don't have in my own life, I'll make happen in this book. 150Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 I Won't Suffer Through the Famine Years: I'll Build a Fortune and Become a Landowner 穿到荒年不受苦，发家当地主 (Early on, she works to earn her startup capital; midway through, she buys property and builds her business! Later, she meets the original heroine.) After a lifetime of hard work and diligence, Ms. Dong, a high-powered executive who had it all and had just achieved financial freedom, transmigrates into a book while traveling. And she isn’t the heroine! She’s a bit player with only a few hundred words in the entire story!!! Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and her chi 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Transmigrated as a Farmer's Posthumous Son? I'll Take the Exams, Exams, Exams, Exams, Exams, Exams, Exams 穿成农家遗腹子？考考考考考考考 In a single turn, Xie Ang, a PhD in Chinese language and literature, transmigrates into the body of a six-year-old farm boy in the Great Zhou dynasty. His family has nothing, and to make matters worse, he is the son of a convict. Everyone mocks him for his lowborn status, saying he'll never amount to anything. Xie Ang simply says, "What's there to fear? Since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it!" If fate wants him dead, he'll defy heaven and change his destiny! From the moment he i 711Reads—Score110Shelves
- 11 What? I'm a First-Rank Minister? The Emperor Is a Transmigrator 什么，我是一品大臣？皇帝是穿越 What? I’m a First-Rank Minister? No System + no romance Lin Qinghe is baffled. He was just a farmer’s son who was good at tending crops. How did he go from a licentiate to a First-Rank official, one step at a time? Even stranger, the emperor keeps saying things he can’t understand: “stimulating the economy,” “scientific animal husbandry,” and “modernizing agriculture.” The emperor also can’t stop staring at the high-yield potatoes and sturdy oxen Lin Qinghe has bred. One day, the emperor dis 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Reborn in Ancient Times: Farming with My Pocket Dimension, Marrying a Beauty, and Taking Concubines 重生古代，我靠空间种田娶美纳妾 [Farming] + [Multiple heroines] + [Conquest] Shen Qi transmigrates to ancient times and discovers that the original owner was a spineless pushover, drained dry by his entire family. Fortunately, Shen Qi comes into possession of an incredible pocket dimension imbued with the power of the five elements. It can contain all things and wield the powers of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth to transform soil and water sources, make powerful tools and weapons, and grow crops as delicious as the Peache 10Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 13 Acing the Imperial Exams and Making Money: I Become the Richest Person in Ancient Times 科举搞钱两不误，我在古代当首富 [Quietly getting rich + reluctantly drawn into the imperial examinations + stirring up the court] Jiang Fan transmigrated. He found himself in the body of a notorious “delinquent youth” in the Great Xia Dynasty. He hadn’t enjoyed any of the original owner’s eating, drinking, gambling, and carousing, but he’d inherited all the beatings. No cheat System, plus ten taels of debt: a disastrous start. Give up? Never. Fortunately, Jiang Fan had been a civil servant in his previous life. Three years wor —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 You Were Hired as a Page, but You Took the Young Master’s Place and Passed the Imperial Exam 让你当书童，你替少爷科举中状元 They Made You a Young Master's Attendant, but You Helped Him Become the Top Scholar 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Gone Mad on the Road to the Imperial Exams? Watch Me Make a Fortune! 科举路上疯了？看我发家致富！ [Imperial Exams + Business + Daily Life] [A light romance, mainly plot-driven] The day before the college entrance exam, Xu Qingfeng woke up as the Xu family's beloved third son. Unable to accept that all his hard studying had gone to waste, Xu Qingfeng wanted to go back and did everything he could to die. Everyone in the village thought he had studied himself crazy. To help him regain his senses, his parents arranged a marriage for him, hoping it would bring him good luck. Once he accepted real —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Imperial Exams: The Best in the Land Is a Woman! 科举：天下第一是女郎！ [Disguised as a Man | Imperial Examinations and Officialdom | A Genius's Growth | Court Intrigue | Slow-Burn Romance] On the night Xie Mingze was born, two cries rang out in the delivery room, one after the other, yet the Xie family reported only one boy. Her twin brother didn't survive the night. The girl who lived was entered into the male register by her grandmother. Inside the family home, she was her mother's daughter; outside, she became the Xie family's only young master. She has complet 382Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Imperial Exam? I’m a Top Scholar in the Classics, So Why Can’t I Take the Military Exam? 科举？我文状元考个武状元合理吧 [Ripped Scholar Exams]+ [Transmigration]+ [Alternate History]+ [Humor]+ [Wish Fulfillment] When he woke up, top science student Xu Jie was completely bewildered! He had been one of Huaguo's leading science minds, devoted to research. But then he suddenly died in his sleep and, damn it, transmigrated straight into the body of a spoiled rich kid with muscles all over! On his wedding night, one hard squeeze of his bulging muscles left his petite new bride, who had been swapped in as a bride of good 280Reads—Score109Shelves
- 18 Xu Erlang's Road to the Imperial Exams 徐家二郎的科举之路 After an accident, Xu Xu, a modern university student majoring in traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrated to an ancient farming family. To give himself and his family a better life and keep them safe, he embarked on the long road of the imperial examinations. He passed and became a county magistrate in a remote region, eventually rising to the highest ranks of government. 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 At Hoeing Time Beneath the Midday Sun, I Fell for the Imperial Exams 锄禾日当午我和科举处 [Imperial examinations + daily life + romance, with a male-female pairing; the protagonist is still a child at this stage] Su Yan transmigrates into a new life as an infant in swaddling clothes, born premature and frail into a family with nothing but four bare walls. He’d already lived freely enough in his previous life, and now, everything goes black before his eyes. He just wants to give up and be reborn as soon as possible. But each time he’s on the brink of death, he narrowly survives. He ch 2Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 20 The Imperial Examinations: Rising from a Humble Background 科举：从寒门开始崛起 Watch as Yang Yi rises from an ordinary commoner, step by step, to the pinnacle of power. The first part focuses mainly on his journey through the imperial examinations, while the later part follows his career in government. The more he suffers early on, the more wildly he strikes back later. 68Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 21 Saving My Family Through the Imperial Exams: I Win Top Honors with My Talent 科举救家：我靠才华状元及第 Zhao Yan, a doctoral graduate, pulled an all-nighter and died suddenly. When he opened his eyes, he had become a sickly child from a poor family in Great Zhou! His scholar father had been framed and had the tendons in his hand severed. His mother had cried herself dry, and his sister traded embroidered handkerchiefs for rice to keep the family fed. Then the Ma family’s thugs came to force his father to kneel and sign a contract, trampling a scholar’s dignity into the mud! Zhao Yan clenched his f 365Reads7.2Score100Shelves
- 22 Striving Forward 奋进 This is not an accident, nor is it the end. It is a brand-new beginning. Only by continuing forward can we find hope. Not everyone enjoys hardship and toil. You need a goal in your heart to keep moving forward. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 You Broke Off Our Engagement When I Failed the Exams. Now I've Topped Them, So Why Are You Crying? 落榜你提退婚，我高中状元你哭啥 Imperial examination story + fallen child prodigy + good-for-nothing’s rise to success + no System + nonstop thrills! The child prodigy Fang Zhongyong could write poetry at five and passed the county-level exam at eight, earning fame far and wide! The wealthy Zhou family came to curry favor with him, arranging for their daughter Zhou Liuliu to be betrothed to Fang Zhongyong. Under the pretext that their family had a private tutor to teach him, they tricked him into moving to their home. But they 909Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 24 The Whole Family Transmigrates: I Take the Imperial Exams with Dad and Become a Rich Heiress 全家穿：随爹科考后，我成了白富美 [The Whole Family Transmigrates + Imperial Exams + Business + An Adorable, Silly Male Lead] Other people transmigrate alone. The whole Liu family comes along, and even their big yellow dog makes the trip, becoming a talking parrot. As soon as the Liu family arrives, they waste no time splitting up the household! Liu Zhizhi also kicks her cheating scumbag of a fiancé to the curb! After the split, the house is drafty on every side and they have nothing. They’ll have to start from scratch. But don’ 69Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 25 The Imperial Examinations of a Farming Family 农门科举 [Turbulent Court, Speaking Up for the People] After an accident, Zhang Ping transmigrates to an impoverished farming family in ancient times. Scene One “To establish a path for the people, preserve the lost teachings of the sages, and bring peace to all generations: this is our mission. Even if we die nine times, we shall have no regrets.” Zhang Ping asked, “Teacher, isn't this the original aspiration of us scholars?” Scene Two He never forgot his original aspiration. After great hardship, Zhang 98Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 26 Civil Service Exams in a Troubled Age: A Farmer's Son's Road to Glory 乱世科举：农家子的光耀门楣路 The Li family had a young rogue who stole chickens, picked pockets, loafed around, and never learned a thing. After stealing a bellyband and making advances on a young woman, he was beaten to death. With no food at home and his father paralyzed, he faced a hopeless start. His weathered, stooped grandfather stood by as the young man picked up a book and entered the imperial examinations. Everyone in the village waited to laugh. The notorious Li Rogue passing the exams would be the biggest joke of 60Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 27 I Wanted to Be a Butcher, So Why Are You Making Me Take the Exams to Become Top Scholar? 我想杀猪，为何逼我科举考状元？ [Aimed at male readers. Don't read if that's not your thing.] [Imperial examinations + transmigration + butcher + pocket dimension + political intrigue] Xie Qingzhuo, head of obstetrics and gynecology, was on the verge of becoming a deputy hospital director when he died from overwork. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated. As the eldest grandson of the Xie family, Xie Qingzhuo was doted on. Thinking of how hard he'd worked in his previous life, Xie Qingzhuo decided to lie flat and enjoy 411Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 28 Who Can Out-Grind Me in the Imperial Exams? 科举卷王谁怕谁 Six-year-old Chen Yong'an lies sprawled across the trunk of a large willow tree by the river, his head and limbs dangling limply as he drifts in and out of consciousness. His whole body feels cold and soaked, and something is digging into his chest and stomach. He tries desperately to turn over, but can't summon any strength. His stomach churns, and he chokes up another mouthful of murky river water... Chen Yong'an has just graduated from his master's program when he transmigrates to a farming 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 A Poor Scholar’s Road to Becoming the Top Graduate 寒门子弟之状元之路 Chen Fan was an utterly ordinary college student in the modern world. By chance, he transmigrates to ancient times. Watch as he leads his family to prosperity while taking the imperial exams and trying his hand at becoming a top scholar. 61Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 30 The Imperial Exams: A Farmer’s Son Rises to the Heavens and Enjoys Everyday Life 科举：农家子登天纵享日常 [A farmer's son pursues the imperial examinations + farming without a System + everyday food] A modern orphan wakes up in ancient times in the body of a true farmer's son. Starting from the very bottom, he pursues the imperial examinations and defies fate. He discovers all kinds of medicinal herbs in the mountains, prepares them, and sells them for money. He teaches his family to make cassava noodles, malt sugar, and tofu, and develops instant noodles, distilled liquor, soy sauce, and more... He 2.5kReads7.1Score161Shelves
- 31 I’m the Star of Literature Incarnate! You’re Selling Me Off to Fund Your Stepson’s Imperial Exams? 我文曲星下凡！你卖我扶持继子科举？ [History + imperial examinations + book attendant + play the pig to eat the tiger + passionate power fantasy] Shen Yang, a PhD in literature, transmigrates to ancient times, only to become a book attendant sold into servitude. From the start, the difficulty is set to hell! An evil stepmother is waiting for him up front, and a tyrannical young master is on his heels. Worse still, every book attendant before him met a mysterious and untimely death! Fortunately, his mind holds the greatest treasure 281Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 32 The Peerless Bookworm Who Became the Top Scholar Overnight 绝世书童，摇身惊变状元郎 [History + Book Boy + Imperial Exams + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Invincible] Shi Mo, a professor of ancient literature on Blue Star, transmigrates into the body of a farm boy in Great Qian who shares his name. His father doesn’t care for him, his mother doesn’t love him, and he’s sold to the Zhuang family to work as a page. See how he passes the imperial exams and comes first as a page, enters the imperial court, battles treacherous officials, upholds justice, and climbs step by step towar 121Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 33 Three Generations Paved the Way, and His Name Resounded Across the Realm 三代人托举，科举名扬天下 [Imperial Exams + Transmigration + No System + Farming + No Female Lead] Wang Changqian, who needed to find 365 girlfriends, transmigrates into the body of a farmer’s son. The good news: he’s no longer an orphan, and his family is warm and loving. The bad news: his family is so poor they can hear their own stomachs rumble. His grandfather is obsessed with the imperial exams and will do anything to force his two cousins to keep studying. With the family on the verge of starvation, Wang Changqian 702Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 34 Don't Mess with My Dad. His Son Is a Six-Year-Old Prodigy 别惹我爹，他儿子是六岁神童 Transmigrated into the body of a six-year-old farm boy, Gu Zi'an has one ultimate dream: eat his fill, wait to die, lie flat, and give up on everything. But from the start, he's in hell mode: his grandparents favor the others so blatantly it's practically coming out of their armpits, while his uncle's family are bloodsuckers who want to squeeze his family dry to fill their bottomless pit. Gu Zi'an is furious: “If you won't let me lie flat in peace, then none of you are going to live!” And so, th 461Reads6.4Score107Shelves
- 35 Transmigrated: I Found Happiness in Ancient Times 穿越之我在古代有了幸福生活 An unexpected transmigration turns Li Xu’s life upside down. At last, his parents are alive, and he even has a wife and a child, just as he always wanted. But why does everyone call him a hooligan and treat him with contempt? Even his wife acts like a stranger. How can he let such a wonderful life go to waste? Follow Li Xu as he tries to build a happy, fulfilling life in ancient times. 192Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 36 I Transmigrated with AI to Take the Imperial Exams and Won Six Titles! 带着AI穿越去科举，连中六元！ [One heroine + imperial examinations + limitless knowledge + transmigration + daily life + court politics later on] Programmer Xiao Jingzhe dies suddenly while working overtime on an AI program, only to transmigrate! The AI program he designed comes along with him, as if it has become a second brain! What do you do when your head is filled with nothing but knowledge? He never expected that, after transmigrating, he would get a sexy, beautiful wife for free. But before he can even celebrate, he d 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 A Literature Professor Taking the Imperial Exams? Let’s Crush the Competition! 文学系教授考科举？卷死众人吧！ [Farming + imperial examinations + court politics + heartwarming everyday life + fictional setting + marriage and children, though they play a small part] Xu Heng had just been appointed a professor in the Literature Department of A University. Before he could celebrate, he transmigrated into the eldest grandson of the Xu family's main branch in the Great Xia dynasty. The Xu family is a harmonious one, where parents are kind and children filial. Though they live in poverty, they pool all their r 460Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Transmigrating Onto the Ancient Imperial Exam Path 穿越古代科举路 A girl from modern society arrives in ancient times. Though she sometimes wished she could become a man, now she really has turned into one. To make a good life for himself in ancient times, he first has to pass the imperial exams. So he has no choice but to keep taking them, again and again. 2Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 39 Reborn as Cannon Fodder in a Farming Family? A Science Prodigy Crushes the Imperial Exams 穿成农家炮灰？理科状元卷穿科举 After pulling an all-nighter on his research, He Cheng'an, a top science student, dies suddenly and wakes up in a novel as a doomed cannon-fodder character, and an inferior foil to the protagonist, no less? He calmly spreads out the exam paper. Then I'll outwork you all until you question your lives! Others study hard for ten years; he memorizes all the primers in a day and passes the entry-level scholar exam at eight. Others tear their hair out over eight-legged essays; he writes like a god, so 7Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 40 Top Scorer in All Six Imperial Exams, and You Call Him a Good-for-Nothing? 六元及第，你说他是废柴 Cheng Ye, a modern inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, was reborn into the Great Qian dynasty, a realm unrecorded in history. In an age when everything was considered inferior to scholarship, watch him use the knowledge he gained in his previous life to lead his family from utter poverty to becoming the richest in Great Qian, and rise from a farmer’s son to the dynasty’s chief minister. P.S. There is no female lead. The story features plenty of delicious food and many forms of intangible 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Eight-Gui Clan 八桂世家 In the early years of the Xianfeng Emperor's reign, the fires of war spread across Guangxi as the Mo clan beneath Mount Zijin was swept into the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement. To preserve the ancestral shrine and keep the family rites alive, clan leader Mo Wenhua maneuvers between Qing forces demanding provisions and Taiping troops recruiting soldiers. Some young men in the clan join the Taiping army in search of a way forward, while others stay behind to guard the ancestral home and protect —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Mo Clan Rises Amid the Tumult of the Late Qing 烽起清末莫氏崛起 In the twenty-ninth year of the Daoguang reign, a severe drought struck Guangxi. The land was strewn with the dead, and the flames of rebellion were already spreading in secret at Jintian. Mo Zhenbang, a modern graduate student of Qing history, opens his eyes to find himself a scholar of the Mo clan in Beiliu County, Wuzhou Prefecture. He inherits a complete mess: “eight hundred mu of poor fields with falling yields, a thousand clansmen waiting to be fed, and a fifty-tael loan shark pounding on 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 From Modern Times to Ancient Days: From Starving to Ruling the Realm 今穿古：我从食不果腹到指点江山 [Imperial Exams + History + Transmigration + Farming + Political Intrigue] Soldiers can ride out on horseback to conquer new lands, but scholars can also bring peace to the realm with their pens! Lin Jingyan, a fine young man from the twenty-first century, transmigrated into a poor family in the Eastern Great Dynasty. In a countryside where people could barely keep food on the table, he earned a little money and pursued his dreams one step at a time through the imperial examinations! Writing poe 53Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 44 Reborn, I Use the System to Find My Family, Redeem Myself, and Become a Chancellor 重生后，我靠系统寻亲救赎成宰相 Shen Yan was reborn at the age of twelve, on the night his older sister went into a difficult labor. He activated the Family-Finding System, saved his sister, and received lavish rewards. He discovered that the relatives he had lost in his previous life were scattered across the land, all living tragic lives: A nephew whose identity had been switched, a sister humiliated in the palace, a younger sister reduced to a kept woman… Shen Yan rose through the ranks by passing the imperial examinations, 17Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 45 Poor Scholar, Grand Secretary: My Teacher Is Xu Jie 寒门首辅：家师徐阶 The early pacing is fast, with a focus on court politics. The protagonist is poor and under pressure at first, and that part has a few issues. If you find it hard to read, you can skip ahead to chapter 80 for the career-focused storyline. “Before the steps of the Golden Hall, half are the bones of scholars. The other half are the people's marrow, congealed. The alchemical furnace swallows every soaring ambition, then exhales it as frozen lines in the history books.” “By dawn, a farmhand; by dusk 379Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 46 The Struggles of a Young Man Who Failed the Imperial Exams 古代落榜青年的奋斗 This uplifting, inspirational collection of historical stories explores the true lives of thirty famous, highly talented candidates who failed the imperial examinations, from the early Tang dynasty through the late Qing. Through their experiences under the examination system, it brings to life one inspiring tale of a remarkable comeback after another. —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 47 The He Clan's Palace Graduate 何氏传胪 [Imperial examinations + business + farming + native protagonist + romance] Born into a family of scholars and farmers, he comes from a long line of officials. His direct relatives now include a third-rank court official, but his own branch is so distant that they have been excluded from the clan for five generations. To restore the family’s former glory and stop his grandmother and grandparents from being mocked, he has only one path: the imperial examinations. He takes exam after exam, builds 664Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 48 I Take the Imperial Exam Seriously 科举我是认真的 Overnight, he transmigrates and becomes a poor farm boy in the Great Jiang Kingdom, with nothing but the bare walls of his home. His only “golden finger” is the arsenal of skills he learned in his previous life through exam prep and working his way through school. Looking at the thin porridge in his bowl, clear enough to see his reflection, Li Pingbao decides to break through by pursuing an official career through the imperial examinations… 14.8kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
- 49 Top Scorer in All Six Exams, the Emperor Begs Me to Become Chief Grand Secretary 六元及第，皇帝追着当首辅 Chen An was born into another world, where he became the son of a farming family that couldn't even afford a proper meal. His life plan was simple: study hard, earn an official degree, make sure his family could eat white rice, marry a hardworking wife, have two children, and live out his days in peace. To avoid taking unnecessary detours, he casually apprenticed himself to an old scholar who sometimes acted crazy at the village entrance. To earn some good karma, he casually rescued a down-on-hi 4.7kReads8.0Score313Shelves
- 50 After Marrying a Poor Scholar's Daughter, My Son Passed the Imperial Exams and Rose to Power 娶了寒门小娘子后庶子科举成枭臣 [Alternate world + a common-born son’s rise + imperial examinations + farming] Zhao Ce transmigrates to Great Yan and becomes the young master of a landowning family. He thinks he can start a life of wealth and privilege, only to discover that he is an unloved concubine-born son. His legitimate eldest brother, Zhao Qian, is exceptionally capable and adored by everyone. Zhao Ce takes it in stride. The Zhao family is rich, after all, so being a laid-back concubine-born son who can eat his fill and 794Reads7.2Score100Shelves
