Transmigrated from the Start: I Turned My Exam Success into a Rise to Grand Secretary

Archaeologist Ye Linyuan transmigrates into a refugee and, from the start, witnesses a powerful minister slaughtering disaster victims. He hides in a ruined temple and finds a jade pendant that could save his life. With the imperial exams on the verge of reform, he plays the pig to eat the tiger, using modern knowledge to rise against all odds. On the road fleeing famine, he meets Shen Wanqing, a woman posing as a traveling peddler. Together, they navigate one crisis after another. He exposes exam fraud, battles powerful ministers, and passes the provincial exam, while the court’s intrigues grow more perilous by the day. Gu Heng obsessively cultivates forbidden arts, while Ye Linyuan uses science to shatter superstition. From refugee to chief minister, he blazes through the ancient bureaucracy with one satisfying triumph after another.