From Dividing the Family to Becoming the Chief Minister

(Reborn + ancient setting + fictional world + imperial examination) Reborn as Liu Hong, the son of a peasant family in the Jing Dynasty, he opens his eyes to a pair of biased grandparents and a sharp-tongued aunt. Though only four, he carries the memories of his former life as an archivist. He disguises them as a miraculous encounter with ancient books, outsmarts his awful relatives, and gets a plot of wasteland and a dilapidated house in exchange for a written family-separation agreement. He makes soy sauce, dyes, and delicious food. His first pot of gold ensures the whole family has enough to eat and warm clothes to wear. He enters the village school, wins first place in the county exam, then passes the county, prefectural, and provincial qualifying exams in succession, winning over his classmates and teachers with delicious food and solid knowledge. He earns first place in the provincial examination, studies under a renowned teacher in the capital, and is unexpectedly taken on as the Minister of Personnel's personal disciple. He passes the metropolitan and palace examinations, taking first place in all six exams and becoming a legend of the imperial examination system! The emperor personally arranges his marriage. He weds his mentor's beloved daughter, unaware that his bride is the emperor's granddaughter. From then on, this son of a farming family steps into the political fray. The Southern faction tries to suppress him? He boosts harvests with agricultural books and gives them a taste of their own medicine! The nobility obstructs technological reforms? Their schemes crumble in the face of hard data! From compiling books at the Hanlin Academy to serving as an inspector in the north, from making waves at the Ministry of Works to pushing for reforms to the imperial examinations, Liu Hong is determined to follow a path no poor scholar has ever walked: using knowledge, good food, and a sincere heart to forge his own road to power amid both lighthearted daily life and treacherous political intrigue!