From Dividing the Family to Becoming the Top Official

[Reborn + Ancient Setting + Alternate History + Imperial Examination] Reborn as Liu Hong, the son of a peasant family in the Jing Dynasty, he opens his eyes to partial grandparents and a sharp-tongued aunt. Though only four years old, he carries memories of his previous life as an archivist. He pretends to have had a miraculous encounter with ancient books, outwits his awful relatives, and wins a barren plot and a dilapidated house with a single family-separation agreement. He makes soy sauce, develops dyes, and cooks delicious food. His first earnings ensure his family has enough to eat and wear. He enters the village school, takes first place in the county exams, and passes the three minor examinations in succession, winning over his classmates and teachers with delicious food and solid knowledge. He places first in the provincial examination, studies under a master in the capital, and is unexpectedly taken on as a personal disciple by the current Minister of Personnel. He passes the metropolitan and palace examinations, earning top honors in all six examinations and becoming a legend of the imperial exam system! The emperor personally arranges his marriage, and he weds his mentor's most cherished daughter, unaware that his lovely wife is the granddaughter of an imperial family member. From then on, the peasant boy steps straight into the political struggles of the court. The southern faction tries to suppress him? He uses agricultural books to boost yields and prove them wrong! The nobility obstructs technological reform? Their schemes crumble before the data! From compiling books at the Hanlin Academy to serving as an inspector in the northern lands, from making waves in the Ministry of Works to advancing reforms to the imperial examinations, Liu Hong intends to take a path no scholar from a humble family has ever walked before. Using knowledge, delicious food, and a sincere heart, he will carve out his own path to power amid both easygoing everyday life and turbulent political intrigue!