Transmigrating into a Poor Family, From the Imperial Exams to the Throne

[Imperial Examinations + Entirely Fictional Setting + Political Scheming and Usurpation + Statecraft] In the 21st century, Chen Xian is a humanities doctoral student from a top-tier university, educated in the modern world. On his way back to the capital to report on his duties, he unexpectedly becomes the only son of a poor family in the state of Qi, a country that has never achieved unification in history. [I was born into poverty! Walking from outside the palace gates to the great hall feels like treading on thin ice! Do you think I can make it to the other side this time?]