Recommend Historical Novels About Brilliant Strategists Who Shape the World 历史高智商布局天下的交出来
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Heaven-Defying Comprehension: An Eight-Year-Old Corrupt Official Stuns Zhu Yuanzhang 悟性逆天：八岁贪官，震惊朱元璋
Zhu Chen opens his eyes and discovers that he has transmigrated to the Hongwu era, awakening a heaven-defying comprehension System. [You observe the imperial examination results and understand the exam system, becoming unbeatable at the tests!] [You observe merchants doing business on the street and understand the way of commerce, becoming a business magnate!] [You observe troops drilling on the battlefield and understand the art of war, gaining the training method for the Great Snow Dragon Ride
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Lone Loyalty in the Vast Sea 沧海孤忠
The Solitary Loyalist of the Vast Sea: The Complete Biography of Zheng Chenggong is a heroic elegy that delves deep into the heart and probes the soul. This book seeks to go beyond a simple tale of monument-building and portray a real man struggling amid the upheavals of his age. He was the son of a pirate, of mixed Chinese and Japanese heritage, and a Confucian scholar with the world in his heart. He was the "Lord of the Imperial Surname," personally named by the Longwu Emperor, and a lone mini
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- 903 The Ming Dynasty (2 Volumes) 大明王朝（共2册） The novel of the hit drama Ming Dynasty 1566, rated 9.5 on Douban, is essential reading for Taiwan’s political circles and a political reference book for Singapore’s cabinet. It is the celebrated work of Liu Heping, screenwriter of Yongzheng Dynasty and author of No War in Peking. Centered on the downfall of the powerful official Yan Song, the book tells the gripping story of a complex anti-corruption campaign in the Ming Dynasty. It uncovers the mystery behind Jiajing, one of the most unconvent 43.1kReads9.6Score7.7k14d adds
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The Art of the Steal 捡漏
One glance spans a hundred years, and I am reborn in the modern city. A golden age of art, a world of antique collecting. Qin Dynasty steles and Zhou Dynasty ritual vessels, ancient inscriptions and paintings. Bronze and blue-and-white porcelain, jadeite and precious gems. Every rare treasure under heaven is in my hands. Reborn in the modern city, Jin Feng relies on his peerless eye for antiques to rise, step by step, to the top. He will carry forward the nation’s most time-honored culture and p
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The Former Dynasty's Tyrant: He Took the Throne by Living Off Women 前朝暴君，他靠吃软饭登基
[Tyrant's Revenge] [Son-in-Law's Rise] [Political Schemes and Rivalry for Power] [Household Strife - Battlefield - Court] I, Situ Jun, was a ruthless tyrant who unified the realm, only to be betrayed by my own kin and burned alive. When I opened my eyes again, I had become Murong Jin, a good-for-nothing son-in-law whom everyone in the Yongning Marquis's household of Great Zhou could bully. Impotent? Useless? Even the maids dared spit at me. My spoiled wife forced me to write a divorce letter
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- 906 I Use a Coin to Rule the World 我用一枚硬币玩转规则世界 [Rules-based horror + not a power fantasy + no System + no national survival game + no livestreaming + no tired tropes + horror + deduction and puzzle-solving + suspense + fictional setting + requires some brainpower] (A fairly unusual first-person narrative, but easy to read and more immersive.) The university I’d eagerly looked forward to turned out to be a bizarre academy. It was full of all kinds of strange rules: Dormitory rules, campus rules, competition and event rules, mission rules… You 7.5kReads8.8Score55314d adds
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No Retreat for the Lone Army: Shi Dakai Leads His Troops into Sichuan 孤军不北渡：石达开兵出四川
How many Chinese people still feel a pang of regret over Shi Dakai’s defeat at the Dadu River? Tang Shu, who made his home wherever he went and devoted himself to water conservancy, had never understood why his father gave him the name Shu, meaning “garrison.” Then one day, he transmigrated to the banks of the Dadu River in 1863 and took over Shi Dakai’s body. Only then did he understand that he was destined to face a calamity. How could he avoid being sliced apart piece by piece like a salmo
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The Entire Court Is Loyal, Yet You Want Me to Be a Tyrant! 满朝忠烈，你竟然让我做昏君！
Lin Ye transmigrates to another world and becomes its emperor. He looks around. Every minister at court is a loyal patriot. Among the civil officials is Zhuge Liang. Well, he seems to have worked himself to death. No matter. There are still Zhang Juzheng, Wang Anshi, Du Ruhui... and many others. Among the military men is Yue Wumu. Well, he’s getting on in years. No matter. There are still Wei Qing, Li Jing, Guan Yu... and many others. “I’ll be an emperor for the ages!” Lin Ye declares, brimming
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Dream of the Red Chamber: The Peerless Jade Young Master 红楼：无双玉公子
[Haven’t read Dream of the Red Chamber? You can still enjoy this story!] On Qin Keqing’s wedding night, a modern young man suddenly appeared under the covers... From then on, everything in Dream of the Red Chamber changed because of him. He takes on vicious servants, punishes foolish women, and puts spoiled brats in their place. Who says a son born to a concubine has to be treated as inferior? He places first in the imperial examinations, rises to high office, and takes control of power. The Jia
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Transmigrating to the Great Ming: One Book Is All I Need to Conquer the World 穿越大明之一本书打天下
My name is Zhu Shouming. I am the twenty-sixth-generation descendant of Zhu Shouqian, Prince of Jingjiang in Guilin. In the twenty-first century, that identity is worth nothing more than a joke about how my ancestors used to be rich. Apart from the founding ancestor, every other name in the family genealogy has been ground to dust by history. The boat lurched on the Li River, and I tumbled into the water with my backpack. When I woke, there was no ambulance, only the smoke of war in the fiftee
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I Switched Sides to Zhang Han and Rebuilt Great Qin, Leaving Liu Bang in Tears 我转投章邯再建大秦，刘邦哭麻了
Zhao Long transmigrates to the end of the Qin dynasty and joins Xiang Yu’s eight thousand Jiangdong troops. When Xiang Yu insults him after he offers a strategy, Zhao Long switches sides to Liu Bang and renders outstanding service. After the fiefdoms are assigned in Xianyang, Liu Bang is dissatisfied with the division of power. Secretly wary of Zhao Long’s achievements and suspicious of his identity, he angrily drives Zhao Long away and plots to kill him. Xiang Yu looks down on him, and Liu Bang
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After the Snowy Night Coup, I Became the Leader of Humanity 雪夜逼宫后，我成了人族共主
The loyal die first, the brave follow, and the wise and sincere all become bones in an age of chaos. Once every idealist has fallen, all that remains is the ultimate contest between hypocrites and true villains. In the fourteenth year of Yonglu, in Longyou of the Great Jing. A clear-eyed soul from the modern era awakens in the body of a dying youth as a bowl of blood sacrifice is raised to his lips. He finds himself in a world of despair: the loyal die betrayed, the idealists sink beneath the ri
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- 913 The Idle Man of the Tang Dynasty 大唐闲人 This is the rags-to-riches story of Xu Miao, an ordinary modern man whose soul returns to the Tang Dynasty! He’s fine with being made a marquis, but he wants no part of becoming a chancellor. This young master just wants to live comfortably as an idle man! He clings to Li Er’s coattails, watches the changing fortunes of the Zhenguan era with a smile, enjoys life, and takes in the sight of the Tang Dynasty conquering the world! 1.7kReads8.7Score19214d adds
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Farming: From Sect Tenant Farmer to Supreme Across the Myriad Worlds 种田：从宗门佃户到万界独尊
[Farming] + [Ensemble cast] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Satisfying wish fulfillment] Zhang Guiyuan transmigrates to a parallel world at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he becomes a tenant farmer growing spiritual plants for a sect. He awakens the strongest Lord System and obtains an unparalleled book: Postpartum Care for Sows He settles into a fine life of farming, raising pigs, and teasing his wicked sword cultivator little sister. But then a calamity that comes once every tho
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- 915 EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 557.8kReads9.3Score70.2k14d adds
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The Martial Emperor of Great Zhou 大周武皇
[No System, no harem, traditional fantasy, humanity’s revival] The imperial house falls into chaos, and people across the land rise in revolt. Foreign races invade, leaving the people of China in misery. Zhou Zheng, a commoner from the streets, has a blocked qi sea and no hope of cultivation. By a twist of fate, however, he sets out on an unconventional path of cultivation. The road to cultivation is perilous, and the foreign races are formidable. I, Zhou Zheng, will overcome them with martial p
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The Chronicle of Xihe 羲和志
I usher in the Industrial Age in 200 BC!!! During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han, the Xiongnu threaten the northern frontier, watching like tigers ready to pounce... The feudal lords within the passes are also stirring restlessly... The author has tried to base this story on historical records. Readers, please point out anything that may be inaccurate! The book is divided into four parts: Beacon Fires and Smoke, A Long Song of Han Towers, The Nine Provinces and Four Seas, and All Und
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- 918 The Tale of Prince Liang 凉王传 In the seventh year of Yuangeng, Zhao Beihuan, ruler of the Beichen dynasty that had unified the Central Plains, died of illness. The new emperor was young and had no firm foundation. He was surrounded by treacherous officials, while Prince Wuling, Li Lan, held the court in his grip. The officials lined their pockets, indifferent to whether the common people lived or died. Resentment spread through the land, and life was unbearably hard. The former forces of the Ten States of Qingxiang rose up i 8.6kReads8.5Score82614d adds
- 919 Free and Easy Wanderings 逍遥游 Through a twist of fate, he mistakenly entered the Tang Dynasty. Here was the handsome Li Chunfeng, as well as the sly and secretly scheming Yuan Tiangang. Here was the peerlessly charming Xiao Gaoyang, as well as the thirteen-year-old Wu Meiniang. Since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. Follow Li Yulang, who transmigrated with a jaunty swagger, as he laughs his way through the Zhenguan era and turns the Tang Dynasty upside down with favors, grudges, romance, dreams, promises, a 5.9kReads8.2Score1k14d adds
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The Princes Vie for the Throne, but I Have My Eyes on the World 皇子夺嫡，而我志在天下
After transmigrating, he becomes a prince of the imperial family. He should be enjoying wealth and honor, yet instead he is caught in the struggle for the throne. But the protagonist has no interest in that paltry throne. His ambitions lie in the vast world beyond. He has been here, and he has seen it all. The poems and classical Chinese passages in this story are all original, so enjoy without worry.
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My Lord, It's Cold. Put on a Yellow Robe! 大人，天冷了加件黄袍吧！
Zhou Yi transmigrated to an ancient dynasty. As a transmigrator, he didn’t do anything particularly momentous. He simply made sure the laborers conscripted to repair the city walls got steaming bowls of rice porridge with pickled mustard greens every day, and that the border troops could enjoy braised beef noodles and pickled cabbage noodles. He also expanded the territory by a thousand li and captured the invading Xiongnu Chanyu along the way. Zhou Yi never imagined that his subordinates would
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Three Kingdoms: Liu Biao’s Conquest of the World 三国刘表之鲸吞天下
The late Eastern Han dynasty split into three kingdoms. See how Liu Biao, the renowned and learned governor of Jingzhou, turns the tide and revives the Han dynasty three times! The story features such heroes as the ambitious Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, who is steadfast in his resolve to conquer the west for the Han, and Sun Jian, the fierce tiger of Jiangdong. Enjoy!
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- 923 New Song (15-Book Edition) 新宋（全15册） No discussion of alternate-history fiction is complete without mentioning The New Song! Fifteen years in the making, the 3.6-million-word novel The New Song has officially reached its finale! Highly recommended by Ma Boyong, Luo Zhenyu, and Han Song! An encyclopedia of the Song dynasty! Its customs, etiquette, clothing, architecture, and institutions have all been meticulously researched. The author worked tirelessly to earn a PhD in history from Sichuan University while writing The New Song. Ma —Reads8.5Score—14d adds
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The Second Year of Chongzhen: Saving the Heavens 崇祯二年，挽天
A new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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Enemy Princess: I Can't Take It Anymore, Princes, Take More Concubines! 敌国公主：受不了，皇子多纳妾吧！
[Harem + Flirting + Struggle for the Throne + Rousing + Political Intrigue + Conquest + No System] Xiao Chen's soul transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing prince. From the start, his older brother frames him, and he ends up sleeping with the enemy kingdom's supposedly hideous princess! But it turns out the princess is a peerless beauty in disguise! His brothers regret it so badly they practically break their third legs slapping them! Forced to marry the princess and exiled to the bitt
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The Provincial Graduate’s Son, the Sixfold Champion Grand Secretary 举人之子，六元首辅
[A novel that puts you right in the imperial examination hall] Modern history PhD Zhou Huai dies unexpectedly, only to wake up as Pei Zhiwei, a twelve-year-old boy in the Great Yan Dynasty. Though born into a family of scholars, he faces trouble on all sides: his father passed the provincial exam at twenty, but repeated failures at the metropolitan exam left him disheartened, drowning his sorrows in drink and neglecting himself. His birth mother is the daughter of a fabulously wealthy merchant,
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Transmigrated With a Pocket Dimension 穿越附带随身空间
A university student from the capital of Huaguo on Earth was watching the sunrise on Mount Tai with a friend when he was struck by lightning. His soul transmigrated to the Shenwu Continent and entered the body of Lu Tian, the only heir to the Lu family, whose patriarch was the great marshal of the Wei Kingdom. Thus began a sweeping, legendary adventure.
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Scheming in the Three Kingdoms 谋算三国
[Political Intrigue] + [Passionate Action] + [No System] In a chaotic age, the world is a game of chess, and every move hides a blade! The battlefield runs red with blood while schemes churn behind the scenes. From within the command tent, strategies unfold, and with a laugh, enemy ships are reduced to ashes. The highest form of warfare is to defeat an enemy through strategy, without spilling blood. But if anyone dares defy me, I’ll leave them strewn across the land, with rivers of blood flowing
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The Mighty Phoenix Ode: Li Shimin 威凤赋之李世民
In the waning years of the Sui dynasty, warlords contended for supremacy, matching wits and fighting with everything they had. Emperor Taizong and Empress Zhangsun were young newlyweds who supported each other and brought peace and prosperity to the people. Adapted from history, this is not an alternate-history novel. It features political maneuvering, warfare, and noble ideals. It vividly recreates the four major battles of Li Shimin's career and shows how, before the Xuanwu Gate Incident, this
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Transmigrating as Qin Er Shi, Hu Hai: Turning the Great Qin Empire Around 穿越成秦二世胡亥：扭转大秦乾坤
[No System, intricate plotting, historically researched, and a serious tone] Qin unites the land, building a mighty wall stretching ten thousand miles, with imposing passes and highways. High ramparts defended by powerful crossbows, sharp arrows and sturdy spears. Great generals hold the fortifications, leaving the enemy no chance to breach them. War carts guard the cities, encircled by layer upon layer of defenses. The Second Emperor surveys the realm and sighs, “My Great Qin shall endure
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The Great Yan Dynasty: Reborn from the Ashes 大炎王朝之涅槃重生
Treachery and rebellion plague the court, while famine leaves the land strewn with corpses. The fires of war rage, and the Great Yan dynasty teeters on the brink of collapse. He was a prince with no chance of inheriting the throne, but through a twist of fate, he became emperor. After ascending the throne, he purged treacherous ministers at home, crushed bandits abroad, fought the Rouran in the north, opened routes to the Western Regions in the west, marched on Goryeo in the east, and brought th
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Join the Army, Get a Wife? I'm Definitely Saving This Ming Dynasty! 当兵送老婆？这大明我救定了！
[Ming dynasty + special forces soldier transmigrates into another body + conquest + multiple heroines + seizing money, food, and women + no System] Transmigrating into the late Ming dynasty, he starts off so hungry he has to chew tree bark! Just as despair sets in, he hears the authorities are recruiting soldiers, offering full meals and even wives! Long Aotian, the special forces king from his previous life, lights up and rushes over to grab the recruitment clerk. “Sir, let me ask you first: ar
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Reborn in the Great Song: He Becomes Emperor in Place of the Wrongfully Executed Di Qing 魂穿大宋：他替冤死的狄青当帝君
In the second year of Jiayou under the Northern Song (1057), the court official faction frames General Di Qing, the tattoo-faced warrior. He dies with his name in disgrace, and the Song loses its great northwestern bulwark! Di Qing, a twenty-first-century military engineer, transmigrates back to the start of his frontier service at Qingjian, returning with the power of modern military engineering! No System, no cheat abilities: he takes on the world with nothing but hard-earned strategy! Refuge
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I Transmigrated into Dream of the Red Chamber as the Heir of Prince Zhongshun 穿越红楼之我是忠顺王世子
Zhao Yunqi's soul transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, where he becomes the emperor's most trusted nephew and the retired emperor's most beloved grandson. He also has a beautiful, gentle mother. His only regret is having Zhongshun for a father, but that's all right. At least he has a wonderful maternal grandfather, and his life is much happier than it was in his previous life. Most importantly, he now has a little fairy he can't help thinking about all the time.
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My Name Is Wu Dalang, Wu as in Martial Arts 我叫武大郎，武术的武
“Prime Minister Wu, it’s time for court.” “What did you call me?” “Prime Minister Wu.” “What Prime Minister Wu?” “The pillar of our Great Song, a chancellor versed in both civil and military affairs, who drives out the northern invaders.” I’m done pretending. I’m coming clean: I’m not taking this medicine! Jin Lian’er is mine! And I’ll be the one to avenge the shame of the Jingkang Incident!
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- 936 Great Tang: Only Defying the Emperor's Order Makes You Stronger 大唐：抗旨才能变强 He transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty and gets a frustrating System: the only way to grow stronger is to defy imperial orders. It's like dancing on the edge of a blade, constantly courting death. Yet, against everyone's expectations, no matter how recklessly he acts, Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun dote on him and indulge his every whim. Even the protagonist himself has no idea why. As it turns out, he is the first child Li Shimin and Zhangsun had together, a poor little boy wh 107.7kReads8.8Score12.8k14d adds
- 937 Half a Step into the Mortal World 半步人间 Ever since Di Xin, humanity has had no more emperors, but a mysterious and inscrutable pawnshop called the Fusheng Pawnshop has appeared. They say that as long as you're willing to pay the price, the Fusheng Pawnshop can grant any request. However, the Fusheng Pawnshop suddenly vanished twenty years ago, leaving behind only the Nine Spirit Fields, where all things are nurtured. A useless young master who should have been dead for twenty years suddenly returns to his family. He begins planting sp 1.6kReads7.7Score11914d adds
- 938 Great Ming: From the Mightiest Imperial Uncle to a Sage of Science 大明：从最牛皇叔到科学圣人 Zhu Siwei's soul travels back to the early Ming dynasty, where he becomes a storyteller. At a restaurant, he is in the middle of a popular telling of Investiture of the Gods when a middle-aged man suddenly comes over and calls him uncle. What? This middle-aged man is Zhu Yuanzhang? I'm Old Zhu's uncle? The highest-ranking member of the imperial clan in the Ming dynasty? Zhu Yuanzhang: “My uncle can make money, wage war, and govern the land. A peerless statesman indeed. Shan Chang, Bowen, you can 37Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 939 All My Disciples Are Great Demons 徒弟都是大魔头 When he first arrived in the fantasy world, he was stuck with a good-for-nothing template. The only way to defy fate and change his life was to take 108 disciples and pass down 108 inheritances of the Great Dao. But Ye Bei reached the end of his lifespan without ever seeing that day come. Three hundred years after his death, all his disciples had mastered their inheritances. He defied fate, changed his destiny, and returned to the fantasy world. But he discovered that the fantasy continent had a 2.1kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
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My Years as a Con Artist 我做老千的那些年
The short drama adaptation of the Old Cheater series is now streaming on Red Fruit and Tomato. Come check it out! I'm a professional gambler. At the table, I can turn the odds on their head. But I want to use my own experience to tell you a simple truth: stay away from gambling. Because nine out of ten games are rigged, and you lose every time!
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- 941 The Great Qin Empire: Summoning Heroes to Rule the World 大秦帝国之召唤天下 Reborn in the body of Fusu with a Summoning System, he will create a very different Qin Empire! He’ll vie with Xiang Yu for supremacy and pit his wits against Liu Bang. Is that enough? Not at all! There’s also Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Zhu Yuanzhang, Genghis Khan... And Lü Bu will even battle Xiang Yu before Hangu Pass! Every famous general and strategist from history you can think of is here! 3.7kReads8.2Score32314d adds
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The Jin Army Besieged the City and Jolted Me Awake: The Con Artist Was Me All Along 金军围城惊坐起，神棍竟是我自己
[The animated short series is now available. Search for The Song Dynasty's Immortal Master on the Tomato app to watch it for free.] [Hilarious + Master of Bluffing + Plot-Driven + Scheming + Conquest + No Wild Fantasy + Historians, Stay Away] I must've slept too hard. I wake up in the Northern Song Dynasty. Emperors Huizong and Qinzong force me to perform a ritual to drive back the enemy... It's only after putting on a Daoist robe that I realize I'm Guo Jing? The charlatan Guo Jing, who opened t
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I Am the Great Tang's Deposed Crown Prince 我是大唐废太子
This book is not about Li Chengqian! Transmigration + farming + lighthearted + technological superiority A failed web novelist is reborn as Li Chongrun, the disgraced crown prince of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian. He tries desperately to escape with his life, only to discover that no matter how hard he works, all he can do is become a strong, fat man. Fine, he'll be fat. But why does everyone keep wanting Fatty to kneel? Fatty's legs don't work right. He can't kneel! Fatty's spear is right
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Breaking Your Heart 折君
(Serious drama + healing one another + marriage before love + one partner for life + revenge) After transmigrating fifteen years ago, Yan Hui thought she could live as a contented layabout in a world especially harsh toward women, then marry a good man, support him, and raise their children. But when her parents suddenly died, she and her younger brother became dependent on relatives. For her brother’s future, she had no choice but to make plans for herself while living under someone else’s ro
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Three Kingdoms: A Duckweed in a Chaotic Age 三国：乱世浮萍
(Late Han and Three Kingdoms era + alternate history + no System + snatching opportunities + vying for supremacy + famous generals + renowned beauties): The score is low because it was just rated. The pacing is slow, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion arc is complete. In the second year of Guanghe, winter has come to the wilderness of Jizhou. Chen Mo, a displaced refugee, huddles among dead grass and corpses, starving and freezing, on the brink of death. Just as a bandit's blade is about to fall, d
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Lessons from Ancient History 3 古史今鉴3
The Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, followed by the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. Beginning amid the Sixteen Kingdoms, the story ends with the fall of the Qing. A novel's surface, forged around the bones of true history. A tale of China's loyal heroes, carrying on the legacy of the Han people. In the early third century AD, the Three Kingdoms were reunited under the Jin dynasty, bringing the realm together. But this brief unity was merely the prelude to an even greater catastr
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- 947 The Travels of King Mu of Zhou 穆天子游记 The Travels of King Mu tells the legendary story of King Mu of Zhou, Ji Man, the fifth Son of Heaven of the Western Zhou dynasty. Invited by the Queen Mother of the West, he journeyed west to Kunlun with eight steeds and a company of soldiers, seeking the elixir of immortality. Building on The Tale of King Mu, the novel weaves in numerous mythological episodes, battles between immortals and demons, and elements of Eastern fantasy to create a vast world where humans, gods, monsters, and demons co 10Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Iron-Boned Ming, Zhu Qizhen the Fortress Emperor 大明硬骨头，堡宗朱祁镇
[No System, no golden finger, no overpowered protagonist, no crushing everyone with brute force] On the eve of the Tumu Crisis, he transmigrates as Zhu Qizhen and is emperor for just one day. Why did Zhu Qizhen clear Wang Zhen's name? Was the Zhu Qizhen who returned to power in history really the same man? Did the Ming dynasty truly begin its decline with him? Of the sixteen Ming emperors, how many met a clear-cut end? He must survive first. Only then can he think about anything else. With three
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Liu Bowen: Tides of Fortune in the Imperial Court 刘伯温之宦海沉浮
Liu Bowen: Rising and Falling in the Sea of Officialdom abandons the magical realism commonly used in earlier works about Liu Bowen. Its main approach is realism, with touches of romanticism. Following the ups and downs of Liu Bowen’s official career, and set against the peasant uprisings led by Fang Guozhen, Xu Shouhui, Wu Chengqi, and others, it offers a many-sided portrait of the vibrant world of the late Yuan dynasty. It depicts both the contests of wits and political maneuvering among strat
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Seven Days of Possession 七日着魔
Demons are temptation and desire, chaos and disorder, destruction and upheaval. Demons dwell in the obsessions of all things; anything can become demonic. So long as all things endure, the demonic path will endure. After the protagonist’s corpse lay unclaimed for seven days, he awoke on the seventh day and forged a demonic body. Since Heaven has given me this chance to live again, rather than remain one of the numb masses in this mortal world, I would rather become the one and only primordial de
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