My Official Path to Power

Shen Yuan, a Tsinghua graduate, wakes up as a destitute scholar in the seventh year of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty. With a rain-soaked letter of recommendation, he faces the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian's secret police and the blood of the Donglin Party. Armed with modern knowledge and cunning, he must find a way to save the dying empire before Beijing falls in seventeen years. From a poor scholar to the empire's chief minister, he navigates treacherous politics, outwitting eunuchs and scheming with the Donglin faction. Can he change history? — Description from novelcodex.org