From Scholar to Warlord

A modern-day wage slave transmigrates into Barton Eaton, who failed the imperial examination fifty times. Learning the Host was bullied, he quits exams. He fights corrupt officials. He recruits troops, builds power, punishing Magistrate, rescuing commoners, opening granaries. He subdues bandits. They become an army, fighting corrupt officials, treacherous merchants, and the decadent Imperial Court! They kill corrupt officials, reclaim land, conquer cities, and march on the capital!