Alternate History + Imperial Exams + An Absolutely Addictive Power Fantasy + Farming + Political Intrigue
The Lin family served as soldiers under the previous dynasty. As a result, they were branded as lowly commoners and condemned to a life of servitude for generations, suffering discrimination and humiliation. They were forbidden from studying for the imperial exams or marrying ordinary people.
Lin Xiu transmigrated to the Great Jing Dynasty. In his previous life, he had been clever from a young age, teaching himself to read and write at just five. When the clan head heard that a hundred taels of silver could persuade the county magistrate to remove Lin Xiu's lowly status and let him study for the imperial exams like an ordinary person, he seized the opportunity.
The entire Lin clan pawned everything they owned and borrowed from loan sharks to scrape together those hundred taels. They wanted Lin Xiu to rise to greatness through the imperial exams, rewrite their fate, and lead the whole clan out of misery.
But despite spending the money, they got nothing in return. His predecessor died of depression, allowing Lin Xiu to transmigrate into his place.
Faced with the hopes of the entire Lin clan, Lin Xiu reveals his talent and makes powerful connections. From then on, he rises to the top, frees the whole clan from their lowly status, and becomes a marquis and chancellor!
This book is also known as The Whole Clan Helps Me Rise, So I'll Repay Them with Ten Thousand Taels of Gold, Lowly Commoners Can't Take the Imperial Exams, So How Did He Become the Top Scholar?, and My Family Has Been Lowly Commoners for Generations, Yet I Made the Honor Roll!
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