Imperial Ascent: From Farmer's Son to Grand Scholar

When a modern man awakens as a lowly farm boy in ancient China, he faces a harsh truth: no golden fingers, no cheat codes, just backbreaking poverty. Dreams of revolutionizing the era with inventions? He's all thumbs. Philosophical domination? He barely remembers high school history. Left with one path to escape his fate, Lin Jingxuan commits to the brutal imperial examination system. Starting from scratch in a world where scholars rule and peasants starve, he must claw his way from the bottom rung of society to the highest echelons of power—one exam at a time.