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- 51 A Transmigrator's Son in a Farming Family: Supporting the Family and Climbing the Imperial Exam Ladder 穿越农家子，养家科举青云路 [Two male leads + farming and infrastructure building + imperial examinations + transmigration + 1v1 romance + the growth of ordinary people] A cunning, warmhearted, protective younger brother × an optimistic, proud, devoted older brother Ye Changyan has barely transmigrated into the household of a small landowner when a family split breaks out. His grandfather dies, and his father, a concubine-born son, is thrown out by his grandmother and uncles. The family of five gets only five mu of land 440Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 52 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 8kReads8.4Score89414d adds
- 53 Great Ming: From the Imperial Exams to Absolute Power 大明：从科举到权倾天下 Li Ji accidentally transmigrates back to the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty, becoming the illegitimate son of a minor gentry family in Jiangnan! For ten years, no one knows he exists. His father dislikes him, and his elder half-brother and the servants bully and beat him at will. What a miserable life! No System, no inherited memories, just a completely new life... In the Great Ming, where everything else is beneath contempt and only scholarship is worthy, Li Ji originally only wanted to study, p 12.5kReads8.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 54 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
- 55 The Return to the Void Across All Realms 诸界归虚 Programmer Lu Yunfan unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a dying good-for-nothing youth. In a cultivation world ruled by the law of the jungle, he relies on a modern way of thinking and a mysterious jade disc fragment to forge a path to the heavens, reversing his fate amid the ruins of the Myriad Worlds. Worldbuilding: The Myriad Worlds were once a single whole, known as Guixu. After an ancient cataclysm, they shattered into countless planes. Cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation E —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 My Chief Councilor Father Is on His Last Legs, and the Whole Court Says I Bought the Top Scholar Title 首辅爹快挂了，满朝都说我买状元 Zhang Maoxiu woke up to find himself seated at a Qionglin Banquet in the imperial palace of the Great Ming, a large red flower pinned to his chest. He had become the top scorer in the imperial examinations. Before he could even celebrate, the second- and third-place graduates led the jeering. Officials of the upright faction pointed at him and called him an incompetent fool who had bought his title through shady dealings by his father, the Grand Secretary. Zhang Maoxiu was speechless. He and his 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Imperial Exam Comeback: From Farmer’s Son to First-Rank Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：从农家子到一品阁老 A modern young man transmigrates overnight and becomes a farm boy, descended from generations of farmers. Other people who transmigrate get a golden finger or a System. But when he takes a look at himself, he has nothing at all and is one of the lowest-ranking people of this era. He wants to invent things and change the age, but he's hopeless with his hands. He wants to master Neo-Confucianism and stand above the world, but, well, he knows nothing... Sigh, he'd better face reality. After thinkin 4.7kReads8.8Score35514d adds
- 58 Queen of the Business World: Reborn to Turn the Tables in 2003 商海女王：重生之逆袭2003 At the height of her career, top investment analyst Lin Wanzhao was set up by the two people she trusted most: her husband and her best friend. They not only seized the business empire she had spent years building, but also arranged an "accident" on New Year's Eve that killed her. Only as she lay dying did she learn that the friend she regarded as family was her husband's first love. The two had been plotting together since college, all so they could take everything from her. When she opened her 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 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
- 60 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
- 61 Prince of Yan of the Great Tang: I Am Wu Zetian's Most Beloved Son 大唐燕王：我是武则天最宠的儿子 My name is Li Xuan. I am the youngest son of Wu Zetian. My name does not appear in the history books. After Li Dan, Empress Wu gave birth to another son, who died in infancy, nameless and forgotten until I transmigrated into this dying body and managed to survive. On the first night after I woke, my mother personally gave me water. The imperial physician who knelt outside the palace that night was nowhere to be seen the next day. My mother said only one thing to me: “Xuan’er, you must live 4kReads—Score27814d adds
- 62 Ling Yun: The Celestial Venerable 凌云：天尊 Ling Yun, an outer disciple of the Qingyan Sect, was born with blocked meridians and branded the sect's good-for-nothing. He suffered endless bullying. By chance, he activates his ancestor's inheritance, the Chaos Heavenly Venerable Art, and awakens the Supreme Divine Bone. In a single day, he rises to power and shocks the sect! He tramples prodigies, defeats powerful foes, seizes divine treasures, and defies the heavens! From a humble mortal, he climbs step by step to the Ninth Heaven, sweeps a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Marquis's Son Takes the Imperial Exams 侯府子科举 When fortune’s winds are fair, I’ll seize their strength and climb the ladder above the crowd. Before the palace gates, whips crack; the road to the clouds is lined with seven beams of purple jade. I have mastered the Four Books and Five Classics, and trained with blades, spears, swords, bows, and halberds. If I will not give myself to the realm, then what was the point of all my self-cultivation? A single-heroine story. Many thanks to all my readers. 422Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 64 The Child Bride Urges Her Husband to Take the Imperial Exams 童养媳的我怂恿夫君科举 [Farming] [Imperial Examinations] [Family Life] [Both Leads Are Chaste] [Fleeing Disaster in a Famine Year] [Love Grows Over Time] Xia Zhi transmigrated after dying from three nights of working overtime. When she woke up, she found she’d been sold to a family as a child bride, and her husband was a newborn baby. Well, since Xia Zhi had never been in love in her previous life, she took on the task of raising a child. Fortunately, she had accumulated plenty of knowledge in her previous life, which 5.5kReads8.1Score57214d adds
- 65 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
- 66 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
- 67 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
- 68 The Road to the Imperial Examinations Begins as a Student 科举之路从童生开始 Lin Ying transmigrates. He had been researching the history of the imperial examination system at a research institute, but one careless moment sends him to ancient times, where he becomes the son of a farming family on his way to sit the exams. What else can he do? For the sake of a better life, he can only give it everything he’s got! On the long road to success in the imperial examinations, Lin Ying sets himself a small goal: first, pass the entry-level exam and become a student! 457Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 69 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
- 70 Story of Minglan: Sun Zhigao's Struggle Through Life 知否：孙志高的奋斗人生 Born into the Sun family as the only son of its third branch, he loses his father in an accident and watches the family fall into decline. His mother, however, has the foresight to insist that he continue his studies. In ancient times, when society ranked scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants in that order, studying for the imperial examinations was the only way to earn people’s respect. Later, he realizes he has transmigrated into the world of The Story of Minglan. No matter. The story is 1.2kReads8.4Score10214d adds
- 71 I Became an Evil Ghost in the Western Jin Dynasty 我在西晋当恶鬼 In 311 AD, the fifth year of the Yongjia era under the Western Jin. Two university students from the twenty-first century transmigrated through time during a hiking trip and fell into the darkest abyss in Chinese history. More than a hundred thousand Jin soldiers were surrounded and slaughtered by Jie cavalry. Their bodies piled up like mountains. And Chen Yuan and Shen Zheng, naked and unarmed, stood in the very heart of that slaughterhouse. This is an epic about staying alive. Shen Zheng chose 9.8kReads7.4Score85814d adds
- 72 I Pursue Sea Power in the Late Ming Dynasty 我在明末搞海权 He wakes up to find himself a poor thousand-household commander in southern Liaodong on the eve of the Battle of Sarhu, with the military garrison so rotten that only a list of phantom soldiers remains. Lin Yi just laughs. First, he cleans out the corrupt officials and introduces “performance reviews,” then wins over the eunuch inspector with seafood hot pot. The Later Jin cavalry are fierce? He’ll use coastal artillery and economic warfare to fleece Huang Taiji until he’s bankrupt. Who says the 167Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The New Dynasty's Turmoil Begins with a Poor Scholar in Yuezhou 新朝风云，从岳州寒门开始 Lin Yue, a graduate student and a battle-hardened special forces king, dies in the line of duty and awakens in a war-torn era reminiscent of the late Yuan. He is now a poor young man on the verge of death in Yuezhou. In his previous life, he excelled in both letters and arms; in this one, he has nothing. He studies ancient characters and goes into business; he recites the classics and strengthens his body. Drawing on both his knowledge and his own abilities, he rises through the county, prefectu 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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
- 75 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
- 76 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
- 77 A Qi, the Nameless Petty Official 无名小吏阿七 A Qi, a low-ranking Tang dynasty post-station clerk, is so poor he can’t afford medicine for his sick wife. Forced to smuggle contraband salt, he soon learns every loophole in the post-road system. Through the tangled web of power and money, he rises from a lowly nobody to an invisible force. But when the An Lushan Rebellion breaks out, his vast fortune becomes a disaster overnight. When the treacherous eunuch Li Fuguo throws the realm into chaos, this once-greedy, death-fearing little man does 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Poor-Born Child Prodigy: At Five and a Half, I Face-Slap My Entire Clan in the Imperial Exams 寒门神童：五岁半科举打脸全族 [Genius child from the start, satisfying comeback, putting every skeptic in their place!] Xu Fei is a five-and-a-half-year-old farm boy who was born into an ancient era, yet is treated as a “nobody” by his family. His biased grandmother makes him work and feed the chickens, while every egg goes to his thirty-year-old uncle, a licentiate who has yet to pass the imperial exams, and his “child prodigy” cousin! Xu Fei is furious: Pretend to be a prodigy? I can do that, too! He recites poetry in publ 4.5kReads8.0Score32614d adds
- 79 Transmigrating to an Unmanageable Life in Ancient Times 穿越之躺不平的古代生活 [The rating has just been posted and will rise] Ancient life + Slow-burn story + Studying and imperial exams + Devoted love + One heroine + Gradual pacing Chen Wen'an grew up in an orphanage and worked his way through college, graduating while holding down a job. After joining the workforce and becoming one of the office drones, he was walking home from work when he got distracted by a phone call and failed to notice a truck running a red light. Just like that, he became one of the transmigratio 24.8kReads7.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 80 My Whole Family Supports My Imperial Exams, and I Rise to Great Heights 全家供我科举，而后青云直上 One heroine + no System + lighthearted pacing A bird must flap its wings before it can soar; a person must study before they can get ahead. Huang Zhiwen unexpectedly gets another chance at life, bringing the memories of his previous life with him as he slowly adapts to this new world. Here, he finds new people to care about and a new family. The Huang family is warm and close-knit, and they will do everything they can to support Huang Zhiwen in the imperial examinations. That leaves all the pres 783Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 81 My Clan Funded My Exams, So I Won My Dog an Imperial Title 全族供我科举路，我赠族犬诰命身 In her previous life, Fang Ziqi was a PhD in science at one of China’s top five universities. In this life, she transmigrates into a farming family in the Great Liang dynasty! A poor household, a father who secretly studies, a biased grandfather, and an uncle who has failed the exams ten times… In an age when everything is inferior to studying, Fang Ziqi has no choice but to tighten her belt and embark on the imperial examination path! She begins her studies at six! Takes the exams at eight! Pas 22.1kReads7.8Score2.2k14d adds
- 82 An Ordinary Person’s Daily Life Taking the Imperial Exams in the World of Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼背景下路人科举日常 A second transmigrator appears because the plot requires it, but he'll be written out soon. If you don't like that, don't read! Wang Xin, a mediocre university student, transmigrates to an unknown ancient world. His family owns only a few acres of good farmland. His father, Wang Cheng, is a former playboy who doesn't know how to run a household, while his mother, Madam Zhang, is cheerful and outgoing. His grandfather spends every day reminiscing about the time their family was affiliated with a 6.3kReads8.3Score55014d adds
- 83 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
- 84 A Farmer's Son, the Imperial Exams, and Officialdom 农家子，科举，做官 [Born into the womb + imperial examinations + farming + daily life + public works and infrastructure, with a couple, little romance] [No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger] [He starts looking for a teacher in Chapter 38. If you’re short on patience, you can start reading there.] Shen Huai is born into an ancient world and becomes the only boy in his family. The good news: he can take the imperial examinations. The bad news: they’re poor, very poor, desperately poor. Born into a 5kReads8.5Score38814d adds
- 85 I Was Already Eight When Grandpa Finally Passed the Provincial Exam 我都八岁了爷爷才中举 The transmigrator has a smaller role in the early chapters. The protagonists are Liu Lin and the transmigrator Liu An. I, Liu An, have been transmigrated for eight years, and only now has Grandpa passed the provincial civil service examination! In the thirteenth year of the Wanli era of the Great Ming, forty-two-year-old Liu Lin passes the provincial examination. Years later, Liu Lin gazes at the plaque reading “Four Jinshi from One Family” and falls into deep thought. Follow the protagonist’s g 2.8kReads6.9Score22414d adds
- 86 Farming Didn’t Work Out, So I Made My Fortune Through the Imperial Examinations 种田不成，只好科举发家 After being transmigrated into a womb, Song Yingzhi was reborn too. In his previous life, Song Yingzhi had been born into the body of a child in a dirt-poor farming family. During the day, he worked in the fields with the men of the household. At night, he slept in the pigsty. When he was sixteen, his grandmother decided to sell the family’s pigs so Song Yingzhi could marry a wife, then cleaned out the pigsty and turned it into his bridal chamber… After getting married, Song Yingzhi became even 3.8kReads7.4Score44814d adds
- 87 From Little Kid to Top Scholar, I Cheat My Way to the Top 从幼童到状元，我一路开挂 [Alternate-history fiction + imperial examinations + slice of life + no golden finger] Here, clan ties are more important than life itself, and clan rules take precedence over the law. When Qin Haoran was three, his father was killed in a bloody fight over water rights. According to clan rules, the entire clan was supposed to raise the family that had lost its breadwinner. But fate's cruelty was far from over. Three years later, his young mother, unable to bear a life of loneliness and widowhood 58.5kReads8.6Score4.4k14d adds
- 88 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
- 89 The Su Family's Castoff Tops the Imperial Exams, and the Whole Clan Begs for His Protection 苏家弃子中状元，全祖哭求我庇佑 [Historical fiction + humble beginnings + imperial examinations + power plays + satisfying revenge + intellectual duels + high-IQ protagonist + cunning + ruthless] On a snowy night, I, Su Yan, was cast out of the family and expelled from the grand estate, abandoned like a pawn. I was an illegitimate son who should never have been born, a thorn in my legitimate mother’s side and dirt beneath my elder brother’s feet. They thought I would freeze and starve to death that winter. Little did they know 79Reads6.7Score11114d adds
- 90 From Pauper to Grand Secretary 穷小子到阁老 Zhu Yuanyuan was a highly educated young woman of the new era, ready to make her mark and serve her country. But before she could, she was shot on the school sports field... After becoming him, she threw herself into the imperial examination system, striving forward for herself and her family. From a village student to a presented scholar, from a farming household to the imperial court, she carved out her own path in life, one step at a time... 430Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 91 Wen Tianxiang, the Great Song’s Lone Loyalist 大宋孤忠文天祥 As the Southern Song teeters on the brink, its lands lie shattered beneath the ravages of the Yuan army. The Loyal Son of the Great Song: Wen Tianxiang tells the tumultuous story of Wen Tianxiang’s life. He excelled in the imperial examinations at a young age and was determined to serve his country. Though faced with corruption at court, he never wavered from his original ideals. When the Yuan army advanced, he stepped forward, gave away his entire fortune to recruit volunteer troops, and went t 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 A Floating Life in Blue Robes [Female-to-Male Transmigration] 青衣浮生【女穿男】 Reader’s note: A woman transmigrates into a man, marries, and there is one couple throughout. The story is low-key, with no major twists, no inner-courtyard scheming, and only basic political machinations. Please read only if you’re okay with all that. I was a modern-day overworked teacher who suddenly died and transmigrated into the lowly illegitimate son of the Marquis of Daqi’s household. The moment I opened my eyes, I was faced with the terrifying reality of having the wrong gender, and I’d 10.5kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 93 I Passed the Imperial Exam and Gave the Dynasty Three Hundred More Years 科举高中，我给王朝续命三百年 [Imperial Exams + Daily Life + Business + Officialdom + Political Intrigue + No Romance + No System] Xue Zhao, a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrated one day into an abandoned infant who had been taken in and raised by a scholar and his wife. Before his adoptive father died, he urged Xue Zhao to take the imperial examinations, enter officialdom, and bring honor to the family. To fulfill his adoptive father’s dying wish, Xue Zhao embarked on the path of scholarship. From the coun 225Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 94 Passing Myself Off as a Zhuge: Heavens, Why? Rebuild the Han! 冒姓诸葛：悠悠苍天？再造大汉！ In Jianxing Year Twelve, Zhuge Liang, the peerless genius known as the Sleeping Dragon and chancellor of Shu Han, fell ill and died at Wuzhang Plains, lamenting, “Vast heavens, why have you treated me so unfairly?” He had devoted himself completely and worked until his dying day, making six campaigns against Mount Qi in an attempt to restore the Han and return to the old capital. But fate was cruel, his ambitions unfulfilled, and he passed away. Zhuge You, a history undergraduate from the twent 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Great Song’s Hour of Peril 大宋危局时辰 The Song Faces a Crisis: During peace talks between the Song and Liao, a Western Xia assassination group massacres the diplomatic mission. The gold intended for the negotiations mysteriously disappears, and the two states wage war for four years, leaving a hundred thousand dead. A Vice Minister of Rites, a young general, and a mysterious swordsman join forces to investigate, only to discover that a traitor is hiding at the emperor’s side. The gold never left the Great Song! One person’s selfish 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Lazy Little One from a Farming Family Takes the Imperial Exams 农门懒娃娃考科举 Dogwa had terrible luck in his previous life. He worked hard all his life and had nothing to show for it. It was all for nothing. In this life, he just wants enough to eat and drink, and to lie flat until the end. Who knew the Lai family already had a layabout: Dogwa's own father. There was no room for a second one. So Dogwa can only be pushed into improving himself and working hard. (Original title: The Lazy Farm Boy Takes the Imperial Examinations) 659Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 97 Reborn as a Marquis's Bastard Son? Then I'll Take the Imperial Exams! 穿成侯门庶子？科举！科举！科举 [Imperial Exams + Feel-Good Story + Business + Child Prodigy + Everyday Life + Political Intrigue] Song Mingyuan dies in a car accident and wakes up as an illegitimate son in the Marquis of Great Zhou's household. The good news: he has plenty to eat and wear, and maids to look after him. The bad news: his adoptive mother is his father's principal wife. Now that she has a son of her own, she sees Song Mingyuan as a thorn in her side and wants him dead! Song Mingyuan, who has transmigrated into t 17.7kReads8.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 98 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
- 99 The Five Barbarians Ravage China: Starting with a Surprise Attack on Shi Le 五胡乱华：从偷袭石勒开始 No System. [Survival + Comeback + Farming + Political Scheming + Conquest]. In the first year of Yongxing, the Western Jin dynasty collapses, the Five Barbarians ravage the land, and Bingzhou becomes a living hell. Li Yin, who transmigrates into this world, leads a dozen or so battered soldiers to fight for survival in dire straits. With no System and no golden finger, he relies solely on ruthless courage and exceptional cunning to launch surprise attacks on the Hu cavalry, defeating the strong 1.6kReads5.4Score10414d adds
- 100 Chronicle of Zhang Xianzhong’s Capture of Luzhou 张献忠陷庐州纪 A Record of Zhang Xianzhong’s Capture of Luzhou is an important unofficial historical source written by Yu Ruizi, a firsthand witness from the late Ming dynasty. It recounts how Zhang Xianzhong, leader of a peasant rebel army, captured Luzhou, in the area of present-day Hefei, Anhui, in 1642, and the upheaval that followed. Yu Ruizi was a scholar trapped inside the city who witnessed the violence firsthand. He saw Luzhou fall, witnessed the suffering of its people amid the fighting, and observed 17Reads8.1Score514d adds
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