Seeking the Way in the Ming Dynasty

In the Dingwei imperial examination of Jiajing's twenty-sixth year, a single exam brought together the future talents of the Ming dynasty for decades to come: Zhang Juzheng, Yang Jisheng, Li Chunfang... A modern history PhD died suddenly after finishing his dissertation on that examination. When he opened his eyes, he had become a scholar about to sit for it. He knew the exam questions, the course of history, who was friend and who was foe, which paths led to high office and which to ruin. But history was quietly changing in ways he hadn't known. Could there be someone else in this world... No one can stand apart from history as a mere observer. Now that he's here, let him test his mettle against the heroes of the age!