The Top Pick of the Ming Dynasty: Stuck in the North and South Rankings at the Beginning!

Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, he became a down-and-out scholar. Zhang Ciwen studied hard in a poor family, and finally got the top prize in the examination, but changes happened one after another. In the 30th year of Hongwu's reign, the North-South Ranking Case broke out. As a new top scholar, he naturally could not escape torture. Fortunately, the appearance of Li Jinglong changed the situation, and Zhu Yuanzhang was convinced that he did have real talent and learning. At that time, the aftermath of the Lan Jade case was still unresolved, and the talent in the court was withering. Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that there would be no one behind him, so he spared him. After that, Zhu Yuanzhang tried every means to leave a few more available civil servants for the emperor's grandson. Since then, someone in the Jianwen court finally dared to stand up and say "no".