Novels like I Had to Live Off My Wife to Study for the Imperial Exams
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- 1 The Soldier's March East 兵痞向东 In his previous life, special forces king He Xiangdong was killed fighting criminals. When he opened his eyes again, he had been transported to a parallel world in 1978. Here, the three great powers of Xia, Qiu, and Dong battled for global dominance, while war clouds gathered along the southwestern border. All-out war was only six months away. Yet the 215th Division, where he was stationed, was still working the fields on a farm. What he found even harder to accept was this: a twelve-man infantr 620Reads6.8Score10914d adds
- 2 My Days of Waiting in Line for an Official Post in Great Song 我在大宋排队等官的日子 Huang Mo, 23, is a senior history major. After grinding through the final level of the game "Eternal Famous Ministers", he transmigrates. He becomes a poor scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty who can't even afford rent. The good news is that the game System he knows so well has come along with him. The imperial examinations, official evaluations, merit points, and faction influence are all displayed for him. The bad news is that the game is set to hell difficulty from the start: you have to tak 5Reads—Score12114d adds
- 3 A Country Gentleman in the Late Ming 明末乡绅 A young man transmigrates to Huai'an Prefecture in Jiangnan, during the mid-to-late Wanli era, and starts living the life of a wealthy Jiangnan clan. With the peasant rebel Zhang Xianzhong and the Jurchen cavalry ravaging the land, he decides to sell firearms and provisions to Liaodong. The Ming dynasty has none? No problem, he’ll head to the South Seas. What, there are Spaniards and Portuguese there? Everyone should get along and do business. Peace and harmony are the way to go. They w 368Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Powerful Chancellor: From Humble Adopted Son to Ruler of the Realm 权相：从卑微养子，到权倾天下 Meng Wuji, a business tycoon who had just weathered the hardships of starting a company, unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate dynasty and becomes an adopted son of a powerful family whose future is far from secure. Survival, duty, family, friendship, the nation and the realm... After cutting through layer upon layer of mystery, he discovers that he can only march toward a fated showdown. When two rivals meet on a narrow road, neither can escape. If the emperor must be replaced, so be it! 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I Transmigrated to the Han Dynasty and Made a Fortune with My Gambling Tricks! 穿越大汉，我靠千术赢麻了！ [No System + Alternate History + Supreme Gambling Skills + Scheming + Overwhelming Firepower] Chen Qian transmigrates to the Han Dynasty as a down-and-out young master. Keeping up the playboy facade, he quietly builds his strength with his unparalleled gambling skills. While secretly investigating the mastermind behind the Chen family’s downfall, he becomes entangled in a shocking scheme. An ordinary man may be blameless, but possessing a treasure invites disaster. But Chen Qian doesn’t just pos 2.4kReads8.0Score17014d adds
- 6 Transmigrated to the ’70s, My Wife Is the Landlord’s Darling Daughter 穿越七零，我老婆是地主家娇小姐 [Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [Built-in Skills] [Family Life] [Building a Fortune] Zhou Jiacheng was an antique enthusiast, especially fond of ancient jade. But just after buying a jade gourd pendant, he was laid off by his company and received compensation worth N+1 months of salary, totaling over a million yuan. His joy turned to disaster when he got drunk and a falling liquor bottle struck him on the head, awakening the space inside the jade gourd. Thinking the apocalypse might be comin 7.4kReads8.3Score59914d adds
- 7 Reborn in Great Ming: Mastering Finance 重生大明玩金融 A top Wall Street hedge fund trader dies suddenly at his desk. When he opens his eyes again, he has become the disowned son of a bankrupt merchant in the twentieth year of the Wanli era, beaten and left for dead. There are no price limits or regulatory agencies in this savage age where silver is hard currency. He turns the quantitative thinking from his previous life into an invisible blade and launches a four-hundred-year-distant assault with an overwhelming technological advantage. 303Reads6.7Score10214d adds
- 8 The Disgraced Concubine-Born Son Takes the Hanlin Exam, and the Duke's Estate Is Reduced to Ruins 除谱庶子考翰林，国公府夷废墟 [Transmigration] + [imperial examinations] + [wits and strategy] + [never forgiving] + [no redemption] + [farming] + [court intrigue] Su Lingyun is reborn in the body of a concubine-born son in a duke’s mansion. With his father’s indifference, his grandmother’s neglect, his stepmother’s hatred, and his legitimate elder brother’s beatings, he has no choice but to do everything he can to escape. He studies hard and takes the imperial examinations, facing endless obstacles and attacks from the duke 408Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 9 I'm a Qing Dynasty Tycoon 我在大清当财阀 Shen Yi, an elite investment banker, opens his eyes to find he has become Yin Qi, the Kangxi Emperor's fifth son! Faced with the bloody struggle among the nine princes for the throne, he grins. “Fight for the throne? What a headache! Wouldn't it be better to become a financial magnate in the Qing Dynasty?” With The Maritime Power Strategy in one hand, he opens ports and promotes trade. With the Great Qing Huitong Bank in the other, he turns finance into a game. His rouge shop uses limited-editio 188Reads—Score10114d adds
- 10 A Scholar Turns Soldier: Right or Wrong, You’ll Have to Listen 秀才变成兵，有理没理你都得听 [No System + Transmigration + Alternate Setting + Farming + Face-Slapping + Devoted Husband and Father + Everyday Life + Slow Pace] A battle-hardened soldier transmigrates into the body of a spineless scholar. After the original owner passed the county-level imperial examination, he divorced his virtuous wife and insisted on clinging to the village beauty, a two-faced green tea. Who could have guessed that he would drink himself to death and become a laughingstock throughout the village? Just as 35.8kReads8.4Score3.5k14d adds
- 11 Reborn at Yashan: I Lead the Great Song Dynasty to Glory 崖山新生：朕带大宋崛起 A modern engineer transmigrates into Zhao Bing, the last emperor of the Southern Song. The moment he opens his eyes, the Battle of Yamen is underway, and Chancellor Lu Xiufu is holding him, ready to jump into the sea. He grabs the chancellor by the collar. “Don't jump! There's hope as long as we survive!” Starting from a deserted island, he uses modern knowledge to crush the opposition with cannons, flintlock guns, cement, and more. He builds cities, trains a new army, conquers Japan, and atta 2.6kReads6.9Score26314d adds
- 12 The Imperial Exams: I Grinded My Proficiency to Become a Sixfold Laureate 科举：我肝熟练度六元及第 Su Chen transmigrated as the useless youngest son of a family of imperial exam laureates. Three generations of his family had been framed, cutting off their path to the exams, and he had even been kicked in the head by a donkey, leaving him unable to remember even the Three Character Classic! It wasn’t until he activated the [Top Scholar Proficiency Panel] that he discovered the secret: the imperial exams could be played like this! The Four Books and Five Classics are too long to memorize? No pr 3kReads8.1Score36014d adds
- 13 The Imperial Exam Grind King: I Paved a Road to Success Through Hard Work 科举卷王，卷出一条青云路 Tang Yin, a modern-day overachiever, transmigrates to the ancient Great Qian Dynasty and finds himself caught up in the miserable tale of three generations of one family taking the imperial examinations together. The mockery around me is deafening, but I have no time to pay it any mind. I just keep my head down and study. County, prefectural, and academy exams: I take them on one by one! Provincial, metropolitan, and palace exams: I break through every stage! I study my tutor bald, drive my riva 13.4kReads7.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 14 The Junior Clerk of Bianjing 汴京小押司 [A million-book review campaign! Please leave a review and join the discussion!] [Promotion + case-solving + political intrigue | No System, just brains] A top law student from a prestigious university transmigrates into the son of a clerk in Bianjing during the Northern Song dynasty. The good news: He can write, read case files, and understands the law. The bad news: Song law forbids the children of clerks from taking the imperial examinations. The highest position he can ever reach is clerk. S 4.1kReads7.5Score40514d adds
- 15 The Delicate Young Wife Is Actually from a Future Special Forces Unit 小娇娘竟来自未来特种部队 This is the story of a modern female special forces soldier who uses her overwhelming advantage on an ancient battlefield of cold weapons. It is also a story about using a modern mindset to compete for favor in the imperial court, and, above all, about someone who, after being abandoned by the entire world, relies on no one and climbs step by step to the top. 14.4kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 16 Reborn in the Great Ming: Hongwu's First Uncle by Marriage 魂穿大明：洪武第一国舅爷 [Full of Gags] [Transmigration] [Farming] Ma Xiuying: Our Ma family has a long tradition of poetry and scholarship! Emperor Zhu: Ah! Exactly, exactly! Ma Xiuying: My younger brother is a once-in-a-generation genius! Emperor Zhu: Ah! Exactly, exactly! (Go on, keep bragging. He's a coward.) Ma Xiuying: Zhu Chongba, we've been married for over twenty years. You think I can't tell you don't believe me? Zhu Chongba: (っ °Д °;)っ My dear, I don't. Just hear me out. Ma Chaoqun, surrounded by women on bot 26.3kReads6.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 17 Transmigrated to Ancient Times: From the Start, My Family Split Up, but I Have a Pocket Dimension 穿古代，开局分家，我有空间怕啥 [Farming + famine years + wish fulfillment + storage space + comedy + punishing scumbags + multiple female leads] Synopsis: Yang Qichun rode the wave of the times to amass countless assets, regularly topping the national rich list. But he had no wife or children and lived alone. Sick of the flashy city life, he spent a fortune building a sprawling farm of several thousand mu and settled down to enjoy his retirement. He never expected to wake up and transmigrate to ancient times, into the body of 15kReads7.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 18 The Rogue Scholar and the Farmer's Old Man 痞子秀才田家翁 A border defense special forces officer was killed by shellfire during a counter-narcotics operation. He was reborn in a remote mountain village in the fictional Great Qian dynasty, in an alternate history, into a family with generations of scholarly tradition. Starting out as a poor young hunter, he gradually worked his way up, passed the county-level scholar exam, and eventually became the head of a household. Settling in one corner of the world, he lived a rich and colorful rural life. 1.6kReads8.5Score11614d adds
- 19 The Great Song’s First Minister: My Years as an Official in the Northern Song 大宋第一臣：我在北宋当官那些年 Shen Xi was the top speechwriter at the provincial government office. He worked through the night writing reports, died suddenly, and woke up as a county commandant in the Northern Song’s Yuanyou era. No System, no golden finger, and no powerful patrons at court: he was a transmigrant with none of the usual advantages. His superiors tried to dump their problems on him, while his colleagues waited for him to make a fool of himself. Shen Xi sighed. “Fine. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I’ll pl 86Reads—Score414d adds
- 20 My Family Has Been Butchers for Generations, and You Want Me to Take the Top Scholar Exam? 我家世代屠户，你偏要我考状元？ Chen Dao transmigrated! The good news: His family owned property and a shop, a pork stall at the vegetable market. The bad news: His father shoved a butcher's knife into his hands and said, “If you can't pass the exam and become a licentiate, you'll come back and take over the family business!” Hell mode from the start: The Analects in his left hand, a cleaver in his right. He recited classical phrases while cutting pork belly for customers. At the county exam, sons of generations of Hanlin scho 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Died Childless in My Last Life, but Now I’m Reborn to a House Full of Descendants 上辈子绝后，重生我儿孙满堂 The rating just came in. It'll go up later. The male lead, Chen Fan, is an 80-year-old bachelor. After meeting a woman who swindled him out of his bride price, he falls and is reborn in 1968, just before his uncle frames his family and their property is confiscated. Using the advantages of being reborn, he brings down his uncle's family, then heads to the countryside and finds the twin sisters who saved him in his previous life. 6.3kReads7.9Score68314d adds
- 22 The Happy Life of the Number One Scholar 探花郎的幸福生活 A cozy imperial examination story. The male lead works hard to get ahead and repay the kindness shown to him. His parents give him their full support, and his relatives help him along the way. The whole family works together to rise in status. One heroine. In this life, the male lead is young and successful, lives in wealth and splendor, and has no regrets! 1.3kReads6.9Score10414d adds
- 23 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 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 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
- 25 You Dropped Out to Work, So Why Are You Giving Me an AK? 辍学打工，你给我AK干嘛？ Yao Ping’an was just an ordinary guy. He was an average student. After finishing high school, he went away to work to ease the burden on his family. On his first day in the big city, a System fell from the sky and handed him an AK and a box of ammunition. “Hey, hey, I’m just here to work. Don’t get me into trouble!” Yao Ping’an might not have been a good student, but he wasn’t stupid. The big city had laws, after all. But he couldn’t unlink the System, and if he did, he’d die. What was with this 224kReads8.7Score28.2k14d adds
- 26 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
- 27 From Humble Official to Mountain Immortal 寒门仕途到山中真人 Water conservancy engineer Wang Zhiming opens his eyes again and finds himself a newborn farmer’s son in Wangjia Village, Li Country. His family has only six mu of poor farmland, owes two dan of autumn grain, and his father has been put on the roster for winter river works. Forget studying for the imperial examinations. It is questionable whether the family can even make it through the winter! He has no System and no pocket dimension. All he can rely on is the knowledge he gained over thirty- 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 After Years of Hard Study, I Rise Ninety Thousand Miles Into the Sky 寒窗苦读多年，扶摇直上九万里 [Male POV, born into a new life as a baby, farming, imperial examinations, court politics] When the second son of the Chen family died unexpectedly, he left behind an unborn child. Zhao, who had already given birth to three daughters in a row, hoped this time for a son. The day she gave birth, the baby arrived prematurely, and there were twins. The villagers all said the children wouldn't survive. They waited and waited, and the child grew up. They named him Dongsheng. Dongsheng went to school. 42.7kReads6.5Score3.4k14d adds
- 29 The Lowborn Grand Secretary 贱籍阁老 Transmigrated as the illegitimate son of a salt merchant in Great Zhou, Zhou Mingxuan was born into the lowest social class. A registered salt-household status was the only path to success for someone from a humble family. From the family estate and study halls to the imposing imperial court, he used his writing as his vessel, conquered the civil service examinations, pacified border troubles, and opened up the seas. From the Crown Prince's close friend to a trusted minister charged with safegua 626Reads8.0Score10514d adds
- 30 A Commoner Boy: Disciple of the Son of Heaven 布衣少年：天子门生 The novel finally received its rating on July 5. The rating has just opened, so it will rise later. [Young political intrigue | Redemption for all | Reform for the people | Women's awakening | Passionate ensemble cast | Imperial examinations | Xu Zhiyan] The Great Jing court was rigidly stratified. For a hundred years, no commoner from a humble family had risen to the top overnight and caught the emperor's attention. Xu Zhiyan was the first. He came from Xu Family Village in Huzhou, Zhejiang. 4kReads8.1Score29214d adds
- 31 Five Years After My Father Died in Battle, He Returned, and I Followed My Mother into a New Marriage 亲爹战死五年归来后，我随母改嫁 Zhao Xun died. He was only twenty-six. Cause of death: While dissecting a corpse, he provoked the resentment of the deceased's family, got stabbed to death, and transmigrated. Well, if he had to transmigrate, why did he have to be reborn as a baby? Hah, being reborn as a baby is great! Being reborn as a baby is wonderful! Being reborn as a sickly child is just perfect! Zhao Xun figured he might as well have stayed dead. At least he wouldn't have to suffer like this. But Heaven wouldn't let him d 42.9kReads8.5Score3k14d adds
- 32 The Great Zhou’s Number One Villain Raises a Top Scholar 大周第一奸臣，养出了个状元郎 [Transmigration] [Imperial Examinations] [Court Politics] [No Golden Finger] The short drama is now streaming on Fanqie under the title The Playboy Takes Up His Brush to Protect the Realm (Season 1). After transmigrating to Great Zhou, Gu Chang'an finds himself the son of a treacherous minister, reviled by everyone. His father, Gu Mingyuan, wields immense power at court. He purges the court and suppresses the scholars, earning the condemnation of the realm's literati as a traitor to the nation 109.7kReads8.6Score12.4k14d adds
- 33 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
- 34 Joining the Army in 1970: My Mom Is a Resourceful, Well-Connected Lady 七零参军：我妈是神通广大贵妇人 [No System, no spatial storage, hard-core military life, period drama, adapted from real history] Back in the late autumn of 1968, undercurrents of conflict swirl through the compound. In his previous life, his mother went gray overnight and endured a miserable old age trying to protect him. This time, Han Xiao vows to be the strongest support his mother could ever have! Defying fate, Han Xiao enlists and throws himself into the harshest frontier post. Everyone expects him to cry for his parents 144.6kReads8.7Score16.3k14d adds
- 35 Reborn as a Treacherous Official in Great Ming 重生大明当奸臣 (Historical ancient setting + Ming Dynasty history + Political intrigue + No System + Officialdom + One heroine) I am no loyal minister, but a treacherous one. I only lay bricks for the Great Ming. A modern college student is unexpectedly reborn as Yan Shaoqing, grandson of Yan Song, Grand Secretary during the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming. From the undercurrents of political intrigue during the Jiajing reign, to tentative reforms under Longqing, and then the deepening reforms of the Wanli rei 4.4kReads8.5Score32114d adds
- 36 A Farmer's Son Places First in All Six Exams 农家子六元及第了 Father and son, both top scholars; imperial exams; transmigration; an alternate world; satisfying wish fulfillment; one-on-one romance; sixfold top honors. After a car accident, Shen Ce, Henan’s top college entrance exam scorer, transmigrated into the Great Yan Dynasty. Unwilling to take up farming, he used the imperial exams to steadily climb the road to success… 238Reads—Score10214d adds
- 37 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
- 38 A Proper Exam Candidate, and You Want Me to Have More Children, More Blessings? 正经科举人，你让我多子多福？ Imperial exams + System + Brother Cao + Comedy + Court politics + Struggle for supremacy Gu Zhengchuan had it rough. He was a delivery driver who got hit while rushing to finish his orders, and transmigrated to ancient times. He soon discovered that this was a society that valued civil officials far more than military ones, and the imperial exams were the only way for an ordinary person to rise in the world. But how was a vocational-school graduate like him supposed to pass the imperial exams? T 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 I Just Want a Bite of Meat, So Why Make Me Take the Imperial Exam? 只想吃口肉，非要让我考科举 A lighthearted, humorous slice-of-life story. Shen Qingyun transmigrates into the body of a poor farm boy in Qingshan Village, Great Qian, whose family can barely keep food on the table. Instead of using his adult wisdom to turn his life around, he devotes it all to figuring out how to get meat to eat. He tricks his cousin and schemes with the neighbor kids. Other people get beaten up, while he gets to satisfy his cravings. When Grandpa suggests sending a grandson to school, Grandma shows her “k 39.4kReads8.5Score3.4k14d adds
- 40 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
- 41 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
- 42 Even Bad Bamboo Can Grow Good Shoots, An Ge Got into High School! 歹竹出好笋，安哥高中了！ [Imperial examinations + family life + bringing glory to the family + single heroine, appearing later] In the modern world, Li Xing'an was just a struggling comic artist who had never achieved much. He worked himself to death from exhaustion. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself reborn as a poor boy in a remote backwater. The ramshackle mud-brick house leaked whenever it rained. His unreliable father was a useless layabout, and his mother was so furious she stood with her hands on her 2kReads7.3Score13414d adds
- 43 Your Majesty! The Duke's Uncle Passed the Palace Exam in Third Place! 陛下！国舅爷他中了探花！ [Civil Service Exams and Officialdom] [Court Intrigue] [Plenty of Romance] [A Slice-of-Life Leaning] People in the capital say that after taking a thorough beating, the young imperial uncle has finally gotten his old self back, and even passed the exam as a third-place laureate. But no one knows that he has lived two lives, or that he once had a miraculous encounter across time and witnessed the flourishing civilization of a thousand years in the future. Jiang Yan has never understood how he los 46.6kReads8.9Score5k14d adds
- 44 Transmigrate as a Good-for-Nothing: From Playboy to Prince of the North 穿越废柴从纨绔到镇北亲王 A modern veteran transmigrates into the past and becomes Lin Chen, the most useless second son in the Minister of Revenue’s household. A drunkard, a gambler, a coward with no ability, he’s a laughingstock everyone tramples on. But the moment he opens his eyes, his brilliance blazes forth, and no one in the world can stop him! He takes on his elder brother, crushes spoiled brats, and turns the capital’s elite upside down, rising from a good-for-nothing to the most formidable official’s son! The b 10.8kReads8.2Score99114d adds
- 45 The Imperial Exams! After Ten Years of Study, I Pass and Take Down the Nobility 科举！寒窗十年，上岸就斩勋贵 “The autumn wind howls in August, sweeping three layers of thatch from my roof!” The moment Mei Cheng'an opened his eyes, he found himself facing a catastrophe. Framed and cast out of the marquis's household by his own father, he was now being hunted, with his life hanging by a thread. He chose to fake his death and flee south to seek refuge with family friends. On the way, however, he ran into an imperial inspector investigating a case. From the inspector, he learned that his family friends had 7.9kReads8.1Score41614d adds
- 46 The Top Scholar Is Real, and So Is the Beggar 状元是真的，乞丐也是真的 Shen Mo, a Peking University history professor, wakes up one day as a nameless beggar. No household registration, no food, no shoes, and only a yellow dog so thin its skin clings to its bones. He spent thirty years studying the imperial examinations in his previous life, yet in this one he cannot even get near an exam hall. From a ruined temple to the Golden Throne Hall, from eating tree bark to earning top honors. The top scholar is real, and so is the beggar. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Can't Make It as an Actor: Then I'll Start Directing 演员混不下去：那就从导演开始 Fate brought Zhang Yang back to Hong Kong at the turn of the century. Back then, Hong Kong was in decline, while the mainland was booming. Zhang Yang made a decision that left everyone dumbfounded: he would head north, study on the mainland, and build his career there. The future belonged to the mainland. Seizing the opportunity, Zhang Yang became a major figure in the entertainment industry, with one confidante after another by his side... 48kReads7.2Score3.5k14d adds
- 48 Sky Screen: Ranking the Ten Greatest Emperors of All Time 天幕：盘点十大千古一帝 Zhu Yuanzhang: I started out with nothing but a bowl, drove out the northern invaders, and restored China. Just look at how impressive my achievements are. Ying Zheng: I founded a unified empire, conquered the Six States, standardized vehicles and script. Naturally, I’m number one… 448Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 A Bastard Son in the Eastern Jin: From Dowry Servant to Rising Star 东晋庶子：从陪嫁仆从开始逆袭 The comic adaptation just came out. If you’re interested, go check it out. No System + political machinations + comeback + reform + aristocratic clan power struggles + plotting from behind the scenes In the first year of Jianwu, Sima Rui declared himself emperor, while the Langya Wang clan held the court in the palm of its hand. Under the Nine-Rank System, those from humble families had no way forward, as aristocratic clans monopolized the court generation after generation. Lu Heng, a tomb raide 4.1kReads7.7Score36014d adds
- 50 American Crossover: Who Says TV Dramas Have No Human Touch? 美综：谁说美剧没有人情世故？ (Shameless, 2 Broke Girls, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, The Good Doctor, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Rookie, Hannibal, Chicago P.D., Person of Interest...) “My lord, I am merely a private assistant who provides consultations. What my clients do has nothing to do with me, does it?” Russell, the most shameless and brazen gray-market broker in America. In his eyes, the protagonists of American TV dramas are the most useful tools and ATMs imaginable! He forced Caroline and Max to sign explo 216.4kReads9.4Score26.2k14d adds
