The Great Xia Empire's Number One Schemer, Starting as a Deposed Chancellor

Gu Jingzhi, the underground king of the archaeology world, transmigrated into the eldest legitimate son of the Marquis of Ning in Great Xia. He was bullied at every turn. Not only had the position of heir slipped from his grasp, but even the official honor he was about to earn looked set to be snatched by his younger brother under pressure from his parents and siblings.

With nowhere left to retreat, Gu Jingzhi flipped the table.

His stepmother said, "My father is the prime minister, the foremost among all officials. With a thousand-year-old aristocratic clan backing him, the world is ours to rule..."

"..."

The prime minister? The foremost among all officials? Ever heard of Hu Weiyong, the great man who brought an end to the millennia-old system of prime ministers?

You haven't?

Never mind. As long as the emperor likes it, that's all that matters!

He entered officialdom through the civil service examinations while still a youth, securing the frontier through the power of the written word.

He offered ruthless strategies, fought the officials, navigated the court, and destroyed the foundations of the aristocratic clans!

He reformed public conduct and the bureaucracy, weighing the talents of all under heaven!

He determined who would rule, becoming the greatest power behind the throne in history!