With No One to Help Me Reach the Clouds, I’ll Win Glory for My Family Myself

In his previous life, Su Mo earned a master’s degree in Chinese language and literature. In this life, he was a farmer’s son in the Great Ye Dynasty. A poor family, a lame father, a partial grandfather, and an uncle who couldn’t even pass the entry-level imperial exam... In an age when everything was deemed inferior except scholarship, Su Mo had no choice but to devote himself entirely to the imperial examinations. He began his studies at six, took the county exam at eight, and passed the imperial examinations at fourteen. By twenty, he held military power and guarded an entire region. He fought the Xiongnu in the north, the Baiyue in the south, and forced the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions to bow their heads. Su Mo: “Every land touched by the sun and moon, every place reached by rivers, belongs to the Han.” The young emperor: “Imperial Father, it’s getting cold. Put on a coat.”