Catalog only. The chapter bodies were not read. No quoted lines, no free-preview paste, no claim that a welcome row, a restarted chapter 1, or the newest button is the first door.
Search The Number One Scholar or 状元郎. The Qidian page does not print an English title. The mobile book page is book 1044394624, author 三戒大师.
There is no 作品相关 shelf. Two volumes share the name 屋陋藏经卷，家贫子向学. The second of them starts at 第六十三章 也算第一. The story volume is named 屋陋藏经卷，家贫子向学 and opens on 第一章 朝为田舍郎. The newest row is 第一零九零章 海上决战. 342.06万 characters is the shelf label. The mobile page said 连载, updated 2026-10-15, category 历史·两宋元明. The catalog listed 1126 rows.
Start at 第一章 朝为田舍郎
Open 第一章 朝为田舍郎 on Qidian and follow that catalog from 屋陋藏经卷，家贫子向学, not from the newest button. The Chinese original, 状元郎, is the book page. On 15 October 2026 the mobile page called it 连载, author 三戒大师, category 历史·两宋元明, updated 2026-10-15, with 342.06万 characters. The catalog listed 1126 rows. The public pitch was not copied here.
The newest button is not the door
The newest timestamp points at 第一零九零章 海上决战. 342.06万 characters is a shelf label, not a dare. You are deciding whether 第一章 朝为田舍郎, filed under 历史·两宋元明, is your door. 连载 is a status.
Who should start here
Try it if a search for The Number One Scholar or 状元郎 sent you and you want this Chinese original by 三戒大师, on book 1044394624. Same writer, the Ming door people already ask for: The Young Grand Secretary.
Leave it if you want a newcomer’s first chance at training, checked scene by scene. That door is the RMJI opening guide. The shelf is the The Number One Scholar reading series. The index is where to start.
Sources and limits
Checked on 15 October 2026, from public Qidian pages only. The desktop book URL returned an anti-bot stub; the mobile book page and catalog loaded. No chapter body was copied. The character total is the 总字数 on the book record.