A Commoner

He transmigrated into the body of a marquis who had been stripped of his title and rank. What should he do? Make the best of it! It's not like he can just give up. If he can't get ahead by relying on his old status, he'll make his own way from scratch! Starting out as a commoner, he'll amass the world's wealth, earn the literary world's reverence, toy with the Hundred Schools of Thought, and control the fortunes of rival kingdoms! Decades later, what good is a mere marquis? All he wants is to be a commoner! What? The young emperor wants to make him a duke? No! He wouldn't want to be a prince, let alone a duke! Go ask the young emperor if his mother ever told him who his real father is. A duke? He should be calling me Dad!