I Took the Imperial Examination in Ming Dynasty

Lin Hao traveled to Chongzhen for seven years and became a poor scholar with a poor family. The world is about to be in chaos, bandits are everywhere, and the Jurchens outside the Pass are watching eagerly - but he just wants to lie down. In order to make ends meet, he decided to take part in the imperial examination. His goal was simple: to pass the imperial examination, find a job as a county magistrate, and live a stable life with a salary. As a result, in the first county examination, in order to save paper money, he wrote the answers densely and drew diagrams - the examiner thought it was some great new strategy and reported it to him overnight. In the second rural examination, he thought the test questions were boring, so he casually drew an "ideal county town planning map" as a draft paper - he was regarded by the examiner as a man of practical ability and sent directly to the capital. After entering the Hanlin Academy, he just wanted to get off work on time every day, but because of a few suggestions he "accidentally" made, he was targeted by Chongzhen. "Lin Aiqing, please tell me how to change the tax?" "Your Majesty, I just want to... Rest." "That's right, I'll rest after you say it." So Lin Hao was forced to be "promoted" all the way, from a seventh-rank official to a minister in the cabinet. Everyone felt that he was hiding something deeply and that every move was a shocking chess game. Only he himself knows - he is really just fishing!