I Want to Be the Grand Secretary

I Want to Be the Grand Secretary
Alternative Title: 我要做阁老
Author:  一袖乾坤
Status: Completed
Chapters: 170 chapters
Added: 2025-09-26
Updated: 2025-09-26
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In the 26th year of the Jiajing era, the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty is wholeheartedly seeking immortality through refining elixirs and practicing Taoism.

Xia Yan and Yan Song are fiercely competing openly and covertly for the position of Chief Grand Secretary, neither willing to yield.

Portuguese pirates and Japanese wokou bandits are taking turns ravaging the southeastern coast.

Qi Jiguang, who has recently inherited his ancestral post, is still expressing his aspirations through poetry in Dengzhou.

Zhang Juzheng passes the imperial examination, Altan Khan seeks tributary status, Chou Luan is imprisoned, Lu Bing is impeached...

In this destined extraordinary year, the young man Xu Yan from Dinghai County in Ningbo Prefecture climbs high and gazes into the distance, secretly vowing in his heart: I want to be the Grand Secretary!

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Chapters

Chapter 1 Japanese Invasion (2025-09-26)
Chapter 2 Righteous Act (2025-09-26)
Chapter 3: Disciple (2025-09-26)
Chapter 4: God-level Prodigal Son (2025-09-26)
Chapter 5: All things are inferior except reading (2025-09-26)
Chapter 6: The County Master Invites (2025-09-26)
Chapter 7: It is impolite not to reciprocate (2025-09-26)
Chapter 8: Expressing One's Aspirations Through Poetry (2025-09-26)
Chapter 9: Strategies for Improving Coastal Defense (2025-09-26)
Chapter 9: Strategies for Improving Coastal Defense (2025-09-26)
Chapter 10: The Spirit of a Patriot (2025-09-26)
Chapter 11 Grandpa is in Trouble (2025-09-26)
Chapter 12 Heading to Hangzhou (2025-09-26)
Chapter 13 Seeking an Audience with the Governor (2025-09-26)
Chapter 14: Those who do evil will eventually perish (2025-09-26)
Chapter 15 Mr. Xushan (2025-09-26)
Chapter 16: Lonely Mountain Is Not Lonely (2025-09-26)
Chapter 17: Students with Unique Subjects (2025-09-26)
Chapter 18 Qian's Tutorial Class (2025-09-26)
Chapter 19: Sun Qing is arrested (2025-09-26)
Chapter 20 Return to Ningbo (2025-09-26)
Chapter 21 Registration and Preparation for the Examination (2025-09-26)
Chapter 22 Dinghai County Examination (Part 1) (2025-09-26)
Chapter 23 Dinghai County Examination (Part 2) (2025-09-26)
Chapter 24: First Place in the County Examination (2025-09-26)
Chapter 25: Earnest Teachings (2025-09-26)
Chapter 26 White Turtle (2025-09-26)
Chapter 27: Offering Auspiciousness (2025-09-26)
Chapter 27: Offering Auspiciousness (2025-09-26)
Chapter 28: Xu Xiaolangjun's Overall Perspective (2025-09-26)
Chapter 29: Journey to the Capital City (2025-09-26)
Chapter 30: Cixi Chen Maoli (2025-09-26)
Chapter 31: The Japanese invasion resurfaces (2025-09-26)
Chapter 32: The Inescapable Ningbo Government Office (2025-09-26)
Chapter 33: Don’t try to guess what the prefect is thinking (2025-09-26)
Chapter 34: Unraveling the Mystery (2025-09-26)
Chapter 35: Top Students vs. Top Students (2025-09-26)
Chapter 36 Ningbo Prefecture Examination (2025-09-26)
Chapter 37: It's all about the background (2025-09-26)
Chapter 38 Someone is coming to the palace (2025-09-26)
Chapter 39 Everyone is happy (2025-09-26)
Chapter 40: Learning Should Be Prioritized (2025-09-26)
Chapter 41: Jane in the Emperor's Heart (2025-09-26)
Chapter 41: Jane in the Emperor's Heart (2025-09-26)
Chapter 42: First Place in the Provincial Examination (2025-09-26)
Chapter 43: Disciples of Wang Xue (2025-09-26)
Chapter 44 You Don't Deserve It (2025-09-26)
Chapter 45: Man Proposes, God Disposes (2025-09-26)
Chapter 46: Mr. Xu's Business Skills (2025-09-26)
Chapter 47: Xu Wenchang Comes to Surrender (2025-09-26)

Chapter 48 Treating Him with the Courtesy of a Patriot (2025-09-26)
Chapter 49 Farewell to the Past (2025-09-26)
Chapter 50: Fame (2025-09-26)
Chapter 51: Going to Hangzhou Again (2025-09-26)
Chapter 52: Peaceful Years (2025-09-26)
Chapter 53: Xiaoyingzhou outside Yongjin Gate (2025-09-26)
Chapter 54: Qiantang Hong Family (2025-09-26)
Chapter 55: The Hong Family's Daughter Grows Up (2025-09-26)
Chapter 56: Lonely Mountain Poetry Society (2025-09-26)
Chapter 57: Competition for Ningbo's Most Talented Person (2025-09-26)
Chapter 57: Competition for Ningbo's Most Talented Person (2025-09-26)
Chapter 58: Little Xu Shixian (2025-09-26)
Chapter 58: Little Xu Shixian (2025-09-26)
Chapter 59: First Disciple (2025-09-26)
Chapter 60: Wonderful People and Wonderful Books (2025-09-26)
Chapter 61: The tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind (2025-09-26)
Chapter 62: Testing and Baiting (2025-09-26)
Chapter 63: Old Fox (2025-09-26)
Chapter 64: Taking Advantage of the Situation (2025-09-26)
Chapter 65: Unscrupulous Booksellers Destroy Books Tirelessly (2025-09-26)
Chapter 66: Dumb Loss (2025-09-26)
Chapter 67: Verbal Criticism (2025-09-26)
Chapter 68 I have never seen such a shameless person (2025-09-26)
Chapter 69: Apologizing (2025-09-26)
Chapter 70 I Want It All (2025-09-26)
Chapter 71: Encounter with the Grandmaster (2025-09-26)
Chapter 72: Teacher-Student Relationship (2025-09-26)
Chapter 73: Reporting to the Police (2025-09-26)
Chapter 74: Court (2025-09-26)
Chapter 75 The Dust Settles (2025-09-26)
Chapter 76 This is the inheritance (2025-09-26)
Chapter 77: Enlightenment on Solitary Mountain (2025-09-26)
Chapter 78 The Tenderness of That Embrace (2025-09-26)
Chapter 79: Really Fragrance (2025-09-26)
Chapter 80: Good Doctor Gao Zhizhai (2025-09-26)
Chapter 81: Fatherly Love and Filial Son (2025-09-26)
Chapter 82: Urgent Letter from Magistrate Zhao (2025-09-26)
Chapter 83 Urgent Issues (2025-09-26)
Chapter 84: Storm is coming (2025-09-26)
Chapter 85: Advance to Retreat (2025-09-26)
Chapter 86: Han Yushi's Achilles' Heel (2025-09-26)
Chapter 87: Disciple Shen Yiguan (2025-09-26)
Chapter 88: Grand Master Arrives (2025-09-26)
Chapter 89: The Three-Level Examination (2025-09-26)
Chapter 90: Secret Actions (2025-09-26)
Chapter 91: Cherishing Talent (2025-09-26)
Chapter 92 Grandmaster Interview (2025-09-26)
Chapter 93: How to Settle the Hetao (2025-09-26)
Chapter 94: First Place in the College Examination (2025-09-26)
Chapter 95: Feast and Enjoyment (2025-09-26)

Chapter 96 Engagement with Mrs. Hong (2025-09-26)
Chapter 97: Writing the Peony Pavilion (2025-09-26)
Chapter 98: Little Brother Yang Pengju (2025-09-26)
Chapter 99: Telepathy (2025-09-26)
Chapter 100 New Year's Eve (2025-09-26)
Chapter 100 New Year's Eve (2025-09-26)
Chapter 101: Qiu Luan is Imprisoned (2025-09-26)
Chapter 102: All Things Are New (2025-09-26)
Chapter 103: Changes in the Court (2025-09-26)
Chapter 104 Xu Yan Offers Advice (2025-09-26)
Chapter 105 Recommending Qi Jiguang (2025-09-26)
Chapter 106: Brother-in-law Hong Yu (2025-09-26)
Chapter 107: Turbulence in Wulin Sect (2025-09-26)
Chapter 108: Zhao Wenhua, the Lackey (2025-09-26)
Chapter 109: The Spring of the Yan Party (2025-09-26)
Chapter 110: The King's Heart is Unpredictable (2025-09-26)
Chapter 111: Zhao's Evil Deeds (2025-09-26)
Chapter 111: Zhao's Evil Deeds (2025-09-26)
Chapter 112: The feud is formed (2025-09-26)
Chapter 113: A Dream on the Lake (2025-09-26)
Chapter 113: A Dream on the Lake (2025-09-26)
Chapter 114: Framing Loyal and Good People (2025-09-26)
Chapter 115: Keep Your Innocence in the World (2025-09-26)
Chapter 116: Zhao Wenhua's Dog (2025-09-26)
Chapter 117 Dilemma (2025-09-26)
Chapter 118: Zhao Tongzheng (2025-09-26)
Chapter 119: The People of Shuangyu Island (2025-09-26)
Chapter 120: Murderous Intentions (2025-09-26)
Chapter 121: Moving to Ningbo (2025-09-26)
Chapter 122: Estrangement (2025-09-26)
Chapter 123: Those who challenge the might of the Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are (2025-09-26)
Chapter 124 Celebration Banquet (2025-09-26)
Chapter 125: Good News from Shuangyu (2025-09-26)
Chapter 126 Tribute Troubles (2025-09-26)
Chapter 127: Boiling the Frog in Warm Water (2025-09-26)
Chapter 128 The Power of Public Opinion (2025-09-26)
Chapter 129 Emperor Daojun (2025-09-26)
Chapter 130: Rule by Doing Nothing (2025-09-26)
Chapter 131 Initial Results (2025-09-26)
Chapter 132: Birds of a Feather (2025-09-26)
Chapter 133: Impeachment (2025-09-26)
Chapter 134: Strange Fire (2025-09-26)
Chapter 135: Lure the Enemy with Yourself (2025-09-26)
Chapter 136 The Emperor's Attitude (2025-09-26)
Chapter 137: Zuo Shunmen Court Stick (2025-09-26)
Chapter 137: Zuo Shunmen Court Stick (2025-09-26)
Chapter 138: A Trustworthy Person (2025-09-26)
Chapter 139: Divide and Break (2025-09-26)
Chapter 140: Decisive Killing (2025-09-26)
Chapter 141: Everything for the Provincial Examination (2025-09-26)