So Poor I'm Eating Dirt? After I Transmigrated, I Set My Sights on the Top Imperial Exam!

[Farming + Imperial Exams + Face-Slapping Satisfaction + Comeback]

Zhou Yi, a modern-day academic prodigy, transmigrated to the Great Yong Dynasty as a farmer's son so poor he barely had any pants to wear.

His dad was still the same lazy, gluttonous cripple from his previous life.

His mom was still the same hardworking, fiery woman from his previous life.

Only he had been reborn or transmigrated with his memories intact. Since life was still this poor, he would use his edge in knowledge to build a fortune and work his way to the top.

He was determined to take the imperial exams, but his whole family opposed him, all because he had been born with a stutter in this life.

A stutter was no big deal.

If the doctor was afraid to operate, Zhou Yi would do it himself.

The Zhou clan at the academy: “That Zhou Yi is ruthless! He's ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to himself!”

He worked his useless cousin so hard that the man despaired of life.

He worked his way to the top in the prefectural exams, achieving the top three honors, until one candidate vomited blood right in the examination hall.

And so Zhou Yi kept pushing himself all the way to the palace exam, accidentally snatching the top scholar title that the prime minister had already promised to someone else. He stepped straight into the whirlpool of court politics and began his career as an upright official.

Faced with a faltering emperor and powerful ministers locked in bitter rivalry, Zhou Yi said, “Easy as pouring water.”

If they wouldn't let him have an easy time, then he'd flip the whole table!