The Fearsome Scholar

After waking up, Chen Jinnian transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a lowly scholar in the Great Qian Dynasty. Unfortunately, the original owner of his body was a gambler, a drinker, and a womanizer, guilty of every vice and hated by everyone.

So Chen Jinnian uses a few clever tricks, becomes a shady merchant, rises to the imperial court, and leads a poor scholar's rise to sweep across the realm.