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- 51 Top Scholar: I Blundered Into the Imperial Court, and Now I Rule the Realm 状元我误闯天家，少年郎权倾朝野 [Transmigration + Imperial Examinations + Officialdom + Political Scheming + No Romance + Clever Wish Fulfillment] After dying suddenly, economics master Qi Yu becomes the emperor of the Great Yong dynasty’s young nephew, who had been lost among the common folk and raised by a farming family surnamed Li. His adoptive grandmother has no idea that his late father was the emperor’s own elder brother. She plays favorites to an absurd degree, forcing the six-year-old boy and his widowed mother to sup 8.2kReads8.4Score90114d adds
- 52 A Poor Scholar’s Rise Through the Exams: My Father in the First Volume, Me in the Next 寒门科举，上卷老爹下卷儿 A rise from poverty + imperial examinations + farming + political intrigue After transmigrating to ancient times, Gu Suifeng, a single man who just wants to lie flat, becomes the deadbeat father of three children. How can he keep living a quiet, carefree life with a family this poor? Huh? His father and all three children are pretty clever! Hahaha, then he'll just rely on them. Push them to work hard and have them back him up! 793Reads8.8Score10514d adds
- 53 Back in Ancient Times to Become the Top Scholar 回到古代当状元 [Imperial examinations in the early chapters, everyday life, then court politics] After accidentally transmigrating to an ancient, fictional dynasty, he discovers that he has a photographic memory and fights his way up through the imperial examinations. With a way of thinking unlike that of the people of the past, how will he find a way of life that suits him in this ancient world? 612Reads7.7Score10714d adds
- 54 The Scholar's Robe Rises from the Dust 青衿起微尘 Shen Wenyuan, a modern graduate student in history, suddenly transmigrates into the Great Zhou Dynasty and becomes the eldest son of a poor farming family. His grandparents favor his second uncle's family and mistreat and exploit his own. His father finally grits his teeth and splits from the family. A few acres of poor farmland and a dilapidated hut are all they have. Though mired in hardship, Shen Wenyuan refuses to accept his fate. Drawing on what he learned in his previous life, he studies t 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Imperial Exam Life of a Poor Military Household’s Son 寒门军户之子的科举日常 [Imperial Exams + Everyday Life + Alternate World + Farming + Cozy + No Romance] The Wang military household has served in the army for generations, and every child is strong and healthy, rarely falling ill from a young age. Only the youngest son, Wang An, is different: weak, adorable, fair-skinned, and delicate, as if a single punch could kill him. Ask him to work in the fields? He’d faint before long. Ask him to help grind beans? He’s too small to manage it. His mother reluctantly chooses a pa 2.6kReads8.8Score35014d adds
- 56 You Were Supposed to Take the Imperial Exam, So You Used a Phone to Copy Your Way to Top Scholar 让你考科举，你拿手机抄出个状元 [Transmigration + A Slight Golden Finger + No System + No Female Lead + Imperial Examinations + Everyday Life + Somewhat Slow-Paced + Lighthearted] Modern-day underachiever Zhao Rui, carrying a mobile phone, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a child prodigy in the Northern Song Dynasty. From the start, Bao Zheng forces him to take part in the Millennial Dragon and Tiger Rankings, and he has to come first in the palace examination too? His original body's mother turns out to be a transm 143Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 57 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—14d adds
- 58 A Cunning Official in Great Qian: Making My Way as Chief Minister 大乾苟官丶混在大乾当宰辅 A friendly reminder: This is a work of pure alternate history and has no connection to real history. After my soul transmigrated into a scholarly family in Great Qian, I brought with me the learning of a thousand ages, seeking only warm wine, peace of mind, and a beautiful woman by my side. I deliberately kept my exam scores low, hoping to land some undemanding government post and stay clear of political strife. But things rarely go as planned. Great Qian’s prosperity was only a facade. Corrupt 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 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—14d adds
- 60 The Lame Farmer's Rise to Power 跛脚农家子的权臣之路 Reborn as a lame peasant boy in ancient times, in an era when no one believed in him, Gu Cichuan overcomes one obstacle after another to claim the position of The Outcast. He seeks no great power, only to stay true to himself and do right by the world. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 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—14d adds
- 62 My Precious Grandson's Journey to the Imperial Exams 宝贝孙子的科举之路 My grandma is what everyone calls a nightmare, but she absolutely dotes on me and gives me anything I want. In that case, I'll make sure she gets to live a life free of worries, with fine clothes and plenty to eat. (No romance between people of the same sex. None. Any mentions of it early on are just a misunderstanding.) 4Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 63 Rising Through the Imperial Exams: Changing My Family's Fate 科举兴家：带着全家改换门庭 [Imperial examinations + transmigration + farming + no golden finger] [Romance included. The male lead is devoted to one woman. The heroine appears less often, and romance is not the main plot.] [The male lead is talented, but he still has to work hard. He climbs the ranks one step at a time.] A top student who had just graduated suddenly transmigrates into the body of a farmer’s son in ancient times. Determined not to spend his whole life farming, he embarks on the long road to the imperial exa 9.7kReads6.9Score71914d adds
- 64 You Mock My Clan for Never Passing the Imperial Exams? What Are You Crying For Now That I Passed All Three with Top Honors? 笑我全族不中举？三元及第你哭啥 Zhang Yan, the top scholar of nine provinces, has just earned his doctorate when he opens his eyes and finds himself in a poor village in the Great Yong Dynasty. His clan has spent generations taking the imperial examinations, but after decades, not one of them has even passed the first degree. They have become the laughingstock of the entire village. But Zhang Yan sees the clan elders' good intentions. People say studying is hard, but how can it be harder than farming? He secretly swears, “Sinc 313Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 65 A Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor in Ancient Times: My Frail Husband Works His Way Up to Grand Secretary 中医穿古代：病弱夫君卷成首辅了 [A romance-averse, emotionally steady physician of traditional Chinese medicine x an unlucky, beautiful, fragile scholar] [Transmigration + System + Medicine + Imperial Examinations + Heartwarming + No awful characters] Li Nanxing transmigrated as an ancient girl with the same name as her own, and even got bound to a medical System. Thanks for asking. I'm in ancient times, just transmigrated, and from the start I've been given a “skinny dog” of a fiancé. His father died young, his mother died of 2kReads8.8Score28714d adds
- 66 You Asked Me to Ghostwrite a Love Letter, So Why Did My Words Make a Great Scholar Weep? 让你代写情书，你落笔惊哭大儒？ [Imperial Exams] [Poor Family] [Love Letter Ghostwriting] [Farming] [Ensemble Cast] [Political Intrigue] Gu Ci, a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature, opens his eyes to find himself transmigrated into the body of a nine-year-old boy in the Great Feng Dynasty. His family is destitute from the start! His father and uncle have both failed the county exams. His little sister is crying for food, while his mother and older sister toil away weaving cloth! With nowhere else to turn, Gu Ci grabs a wri 110.1kReads8.5Score8.7k14d adds
- 67 When the Clan Got a Cheat 当宗族开了外挂 In 1841, the twenty-two-year-old scholar Mo Wenhua of Ning Tan Town in Lingnan accidentally binds himself to the Doubao System. The Taiping Rebellion is already brewing in the shadows, and the small Mo clan is in grave danger. Tailored to the realities of mid-to-late Qing-era Lingnan, the System provides plans for agricultural improvements, resource management, military training, and anticipating crises. With its help, Mo Wenhua begins by resolving the clan’s struggle to survive, then gradually 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 A Farmer's Rise: From Gathering Rice to Becoming Prime Minister 农家逆袭：从捡稻谷到当宰辅 Shen Yanzhi, a postgraduate history student, opens his eyes to find himself in the body of a country boy in ancient times named Goudan, the only child the Li family had waited ten years for. His great-grandfather once held high office, but so what? After being exiled to Lingnan, the whole family still had to rely on farming to survive. Just as he gets used to life in an ancient village, he’s bound to a bizarre System. Other transmigrators get Systems that help them conquer the world, but his tas —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Great Traitor Is Reborn: What’s the Point of Becoming the Top Scholar in the Imperial Exams? 大奸臣重生后，科举当状元算什么 [Alternate Universe] [No Female Lead] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Villain] [Slow Burn] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Early: Imperial Exams] [Middle: Infrastructure] [Late: Political Intrigue] Content warning: There is no female lead, but there is a political marriage. It involves no romantic entanglement, only an alliance of interests, and the person I marry will die. (For details, see the author’s note at the end of Chapter One.) [The blurb is in first person; the 37Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 70 A Poor Scholar's Noble Son-in-Law: From the Start, I Find the Duke's Daughter 寒门贵婿：开局捡到国公府千金 A modern professor transmigrates into the body of a young farm boy preparing for the imperial exams. On the road to the examinations, he casually saves someone, only for the spoiled young lady of a Duke’s household to latch on to him! Everyone in the capital knows Lu Qingyan as a “phoenix man” who climbed the social ladder by relying on women. He only smiles silently, then is personally named the top candidate in the palace examination by the emperor. His spoiled wife is domineering? He dotes on 399Reads7.6Score10214d adds
- 71 The Hunter's Son and His Life as a Scholar in Ancient Times 古代猎户子的科举生活 Imperial examinations + everyday life + realistic fiction After an accident, Lu Yuan, a modern agricultural science student, transmigrates into the body of a newborn baby who had just stopped breathing. Other people either transmigrate as nobles and high officials or get a cheat power through a System. But Lu Yuan ends up the son of a hunter who can barely afford enough to eat. Make the most of what the mountains and rivers have to offer: modern knowledge is his greatest asset. Follow Lu Yuan as 7kReads8.0Score62114d adds
- 72 A Concubine-Born Son’s Road to the Imperial Exams 庶子科举路 Gu Yan, an illegitimate son of the Marquis of Yongning’s household, lost his birth mother at an early age and was treated as a thorn in his stepmother’s side. From the start, he was kicked awake and made to kneel before his marquis father. In a military family, having a scholar for a son was a joke. His stepmother sneered, “You’re not cut out for studying,” while his legitimate elder brother mocked him: “Can a bookworm put food on the table?” Gu Yan didn’t argue. He simply went from the marqui 2.2kReads6.9Score15714d adds
- 73 Regretting My College Entrance Exam in My Past Life, I Fulfill My Wish in the Imperial Exams This Life 前世高考之憾，今世科举得愿 No System, no golden finger, and no womanizing. A soul disillusioned with modern life is reborn in a body in the Great Xia Dynasty. In his previous life, he made a living delivering food; in this one, he intends to give this decaying dynasty a chance at rebirth. The dynasty's institutions closely resemble those of the late Ming. Its deep-rooted ills are compounded by corrupt officials wreaking havoc within and powerful enemies circling beyond its borders. Chaos reigns, and the people suffer. Wit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 I Bled My Family Dry in My Past Life, Now Six Yuan Makes Me a God 前世吸光全家血，今生六元来封神 [Farming]+ [Imperial examinations]+ [Making a fortune]+ [Power fantasy]+ [Lighthearted comedy] Lin Yunzhou spent half his life working his way up to the rank of interstellar marshal. He never expected to transmigrate to an ancient era with not a trace of technology... The good news: He went from being an orphan to the most doted-on youngest son in the family, and fell in love at first sight with a young lady. The bad news: His parents play favorites, his brothers are blindly filial, and his olde 5.9kReads8.0Score42314d adds
- 75 The Noble Son of a Farming Family 农门贵子 He never imagined that one day he would transmigrate into the body of a fifteen-year-old peasant boy who had died in an examination hall. To take control of his own fate in this dynasty, all he can do is study hard. Studying changes one's fate, and can pave the way to success… 39Reads7.4Score1514d adds
- 76 A Scholar from a Humble Family in the Zhu Household 朱门寒士 A family of scholars, but who deserves a bowl of chicken soup? Climbing out of poverty: how many can fit on that narrow path? During the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming, the Zhu family hall in Zhuhe Village hosted a silent contest every night. The chicken soup's oily sheen floated only in the bowl of the eldest grandson, Zhu Yawen. The whole family tightened their belts to support a promising young scholar who had struggled for more than a decade without even passing the county-level examinatio 216Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 77 Cast Out of the Marquis's Residence, I Rise from Poverty to Become the Top Scholar 被逐出侯府，我寒门崛起成状元 The score was just posted, so it’ll gradually go up as the story progresses. [Imperial exams and farming] + [Fictional ancient setting] Jiang Huai unexpectedly transmigrated into a book and became the second young master of the Marquis of Yongning’s household. Unfortunately, he wasn’t the Marquis’s biological son, so Jiang Huai was sent along with the original owner to live in the impoverished countryside. His new home had nothing but bare walls. They were dirt poor. No matter. He wrote popular 2.2kReads7.8Score16814d adds
- 78 From the Start, I Was a Lowly Illegitimate Son, but the Imperial Exams Carried Me to Success 开局低贱庶子，我靠科举步步青云 Transmigration, imperial examinations, illegitimate son, political intrigue, court politics, play the pig to eat the tiger, male-oriented, historical, one female lead When Lin Yan transmigrated, he became an inconspicuous illegitimate son of the Lin family. He harbored no deep-seated hatred and had never endured relentless bullying. All he knew was how to keep his talents hidden, guard his heart, and live quietly. While others studied hard for the imperial examinations, he already had a firm gr 20.4kReads6.7Score1.7k14d adds
- 79 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—14d adds
- 80 A Name in the Unofficial Histories: The Young Prince's Unorthodox Path to Office 名留野史，小世子的另类为官路 An unconventional farming-and-imperial-exams story: transmigration and rebirth, with no pocket dimension, no System, and no golden finger. He's simply absurdly lucky. In his previous life, Jiang Ruyan was bedridden and paralyzed for fifteen years. He never imagined that after closing his eyes and opening them again, he would transmigrate. He spent twelve years wandering the world with his parents, who were always chasing poetry and distant horizons, before they finally sent him off to school. 893Reads—Score11014d adds
- 81 A Wild Monk and a Stinky Cook? No! He's the New Top Scholar 野和尚臭厨子？不！他是新科状元 [Family life] [Imperial examinations] [Farming] [Lighthearted] Jiang Zhuo transmigrates and becomes a young monk kicked out of the monastery by the abbot. With no other choice, he returns home and resumes secular life. But the moment he steps through the door, he’s confronted by an entire family of oddballs. A spineless father, a meek mother, grandparents who play favorites, and a brother who loves to show off... Jiang Zhuo: Fine, fine! This messed-up transmigration life boils down to one t 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Imperial Exam: A Transmigrator's Road to Reversal 科举，穿越人的逆袭之路 [Everyday Farm Life | Exam-System Comeback | Court Intrigue | No System] After a car accident, a modern soul is reborn as Sun Dingyun, a two-year-old boy in an ordinary farming family in ancient times. The only grandson in the family, he is cherished by his parents and protected by his elders. His family is well-off, and there are no nasty relatives stirring up trouble. He has no System, no photographic memory, and no golden finger. He is just an ordinary person. With his whole family backing 3.5kReads7.8Score22514d adds
- 83 A Late-Born Son of a Farmer Takes the Imperial Exam and Leaves the Emperor Stunned 农家老来子考科举，强到朕傻眼了 Also known as The Late-Born Son of a Farming Family Takes the Civil Service Exams, and Grows So Powerful Even the Emperor Is Stunned; I Entered Government Through the Civil Service Exams and Became a Powerful Minister of Great Qian; Song Yuan, a rising star in the legal world, dies in a car accident and transmigrates into a farming family in Great Qian, becoming the late-born son whom the whole village mocks. With disasters striking one after another and his family mired in poverty, his life fro 12.1kReads8.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 84 My Imperial Exams Went Poorly, and Grandma Blames the Family Grave 科举不顺，我奶说是祖坟出了问题 Chen Bufan repeated his senior year three times, winning the provincial top-scorer title for his alma mater each time and making himself a tidy three million yuan in the process. He was one tough guy. But fate had other plans. A sudden accident, and that was the end of him! When he opened his eyes again, he had become Yaozu, a young man in a poor, remote village in the Great Xia Dynasty. The place was so wretched it made him want to stay up all night writing "A Humble Thatched Cottage". Even bei 42.7kReads7.3Score6.3k14d adds
- 85 The Fierce Child Bride: Her Underachieving Husband Is Forced to Take the Imperial Exam 彪悍童养媳：学渣相公被迫考科举 [Family Life + Getting Rich + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted, Slow-Burn] A laid-back heroine who’s no farming expert / A male lead who’s bad at school and takes the imperial exams unseriously She transmigrates as a child bride, and the System gives her a husband who’s supposed to take the imperial exams. And he’ll make money! Yan Yan: ??? Her husband is as pretty as a flower. He studies and earns money, while I spend it? What a sweet deal! Then she takes a closer look and realizes her husband is 70Reads7.2Score10114d adds
- 86 My Whole Family Are Bandits, and I’m the Only One Taking the Top Scholar Exam 全家土匪，就我一个考状元 [Imperial Exams + Comedy + Bandits + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Play the pig to eat the tiger] Zhou Jin, a top history student, opens his eyes to find himself the only son in a bandit den, as frail as a chick that has wandered into a bear's lair. His father, the chief of Qinglong Stronghold, has a favorite catchphrase: “Damn it, rob them!” His second uncle, head of the punishment hall, lives by the motto: “Bones won't behave? Break them and put them back together!” His third aunt, the logistics c 66Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 87 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 879Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 88 Top Scholar in All Six Exams, but I Just Want to Slack Off 六元及第，只想摆烂 Su Yan transmigrated and became a frail farmer’s son, sickly since birth. Faced with a poor family and a body that seemed ready to collapse at the slightest breeze, he planned to pass the imperial examinations, secure an easy official post, and live comfortably on his salary. Instead, after placing first in all six rounds of the examinations, he found himself busier than ever. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Wherever I Go, I’m Taking the Civil Service Exam 穿到哪里都要考编 A low-ranking clerk worked overtime until he dropped dead, only to transmigrate into the body of a young master from a prestigious family. Back when I was in government, I had to grovel and scrape. Now, I'm frighteningly powerful. I can thrive without any cheats. 56Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 90 From the Start, Everyone Mistook Me for the God of Literature 开局被当成文曲星 [Woman Disguised as a Man + No Romance + System + Imperial Exams and Political Maneuvering + Building a Strong Nation] Xie Yichu is born into an ancient world, retaining her modern memories and accompanied by the “Imperial Exam God System.” Her grandfather, convinced that the God of Literature appeared to him in a dream, raises her as a boy from birth. She is driven by her determination to “have a page of her own in the family genealogy” and her ideal of “peace and prosperity for all.” From then 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 A Farmer's Son's Road to the Imperial Exams, His Achievements Shining Across the Land 农家儿郎科举路，勋名耀山河！ [Imperial Examinations] [A Farmer’s Son Changes His Fate Through the Exams] Zhou Xu opens his eyes and finds himself in another era! Determined to make his mark in this new age, he looks down at his patched trousers and the endless fields stretching to the horizon. Zhou Xu decides he’d better study. Education can change your fate! His eldest aunt spits and says, “A country bumpkin thinks he can study?” Zhou Xu passes the county-level examination. His second aunt says enviously, “That’s as far as 28kReads8.5Score2.5k14d adds
- 92 A Zhuangyuan Emerges from a Farming Family Through the Imperial Exams 科举农门出了个状元郎 After finally making something of himself as an orphan, he opened his eyes in the darkness and found himself a five-year-old idiot in ancient times. From the start, the Husky System tricked him into going deep into the mountains, telling him to be independent and figure out how to survive there alone. To hell with that! I have a home and a family. There’s just one problem: this family is dirt poor! No worries. Getting rich and passing the imperial exams are well within his abilities! This is a s 345Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 93 The Whole Village Supports Me, a Seven-Year-Old, in the Imperial Exams 全村供七岁的我考状元 [The rating is low because the book just came out. It’ll rise.] Modern engineer Chen Liyan transmigrates into the body of a seven-year-old boy in Shanghe Village, the poorest place in the Great Xia Dynasty. Here, getting an education is an unreachable dream. Then a sudden natural disaster nearly wipes out the village’s last hope. At this desperate moment, Chen Liyan draws on knowledge far ahead of its time to propose a way to fight the disaster and turn the tide. He also improves the tea-making 537Reads7.4Score10614d adds
- 94 A Farmer's Daughter Disguises Herself as a Boy to Take the Imperial Exams 农家子女扮男装考科举 Zhao Jingsong transmigrated and became the only child in the third branch of the Zhao family. The head of the Zhao family's third branch had died. If she hadn't transmigrated in time, the first and second branches would have gobbled up the entire inheritance. 270Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 95 The Struggles of a Poor Family in the Song Dynasty 宋代寒门的奋斗史 In the blink of an eye, a history PhD from the 21st century becomes the second son of a farming family outside Bianliang City. His family is dirt poor, the elders are shortsighted, and they even have a “precious heir” whom the whole family must support. As the second son of a branch family whom no one takes seriously, watch how Chen He works his way up, crosses class boundaries, and leaps from the farm into a new life. 1.7kReads7.6Score14714d adds
- 96 The Top Scholar and Grand Secretary Keep Carrying Me in the Imperial Exams 科举：状元首辅又带飞朕了 (The rating just came out, so it will rise later) In his previous life, Shen Zhiyan was an engineering PhD at one of China's top five universities. In this life, he transmigrated to a peasant family in the Great Sheng dynasty. A poor household, a grandmother who played favorites, a taciturn father, and a third uncle who failed the imperial exams time and again... In an era when everything was inferior save for studying, Shen Zhiyan edged out his third uncle and set out on the path of the imperia 170kReads8.7Score14.4k14d adds
- 97 I Took a Master, Then Rose to the Highest Office Through the Imperial Exams 拜了个师父，我靠科举位极人臣 Ma Chengli was born into the Ma family, a clan of veterinarians, and grew up in the womb before being born into this world. Then, one day, the newly founded Great Ying dynasty suddenly announced that it would resume the imperial examinations, just eight years after its founding. His father, Ma Dawei, suddenly discovered: “Could my son really have the makings of a child prodigy?” His mother, Lady Zhang, declared with confidence: “My son has been clever and bright since he was little. He should ta 404Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 98 Awakening the Learning System at Three: Study, Take the Imperial Exams, and Become an Official 三岁觉醒学习系统，读书科举做官 [Imperial exams + study System + farm boy + one heroine] (The ratings have only just come in, and the book is still growing. Don’t let them fool you! It’s good, really good, really, really good.) Wang Yuan had just passed the entrance exam for a master’s program at a top university, but before he could bask in the admiration of his whole village, an accident sent him into the womb of a peasant family in ancient times. Fortunately, an earlier transmigrator had established a new dynasty and encour 4.4kReads7.5Score32714d adds
- 99 The Concubine's Son Rises: From the Cold Courtyard to the Chancellor's Seat 庶子青云：从冷院到宰执 When he woke up, modern university lecturer Gu Yanzhou had become the least favored eight-year-old illegitimate son in the Marquis Dingyuan household. His birth mother had died young, his father ignored him, his stepmother was cold, and his siblings bullied him. His former self had even been pushed into a pond and “accidentally” drowned. In his previous life, he led graduate students through academic research. In this life, he’ll make his mark in the imperial examinations of the fictional Shengj 777Reads7.7Score11114d adds
- 100 The Fallen Heir's Road to the Imperial Exams: A Brilliant Future with Beautiful Women at His Side 落魄世子科举路，红颜相伴展风华 [Transmigration] [History] [Ancient Setting] [Imperial Examinations] [Business] [Fictional Dynasty] [Court Intrigue] [One Female Lead] Xiao Yifeng, a history scholar from the 21st century, transmigrates to the Great Liang dynasty and becomes the fallen heir of the Marquis of Yongan. With the marquis's household in decline, Xiao Yifeng sets out to restore its fortunes. "Uncle Fu, we can't let the household sink any further. We have to pull ourselves together!" Uncle Fu agrees to stand by him and 23Reads—Score—14d adds
