Hidden Dragon from Humble Origins: From Ninth-Rank Magistrate to Prime Minister

He was once the top administrative expert of the modern world, but after a single transmigration, he became the most humble scholar from a poor family in the Great Liang Empire. That year, under a torrential rain, his father kowtowed to a country gentleman in the mud for a few hundred coins, his dignity trampled into the dirt. That year, the imperial court launched the 'Hidden Dragon Project,' seeking a last glimmer of hope for the empire under the腐朽 rule of the aristocratic families. Lu Yuan, armed with two thousand years of administrative logic and game theory, resolutely embarked on this perilous path to power. He did not study dead texts; he only valued reality, not authority. At the grassroots, he used modern economic models to crush local bullies and resolve long-standing abuses. At the prefectural level, he used data to dismantle resource allocation, silencing the city's scholars. In the capital, he faced the Grand Princess and the entire court, challenging the thousand-year-old gentry alone. 'I once bowed low in the rain and witnessed the cruelty of the rules,' he said. 'Now, I will sit at the highest council table and become the one who holds an umbrella for the humble and the common people.' From a ninth-rank magistrate to the greatest prime minister in history, this is an epic tale of power, ideals, and a crushing advantage in officialdom.