Looking for a Novel Where the Male Lead Is a Legitimate Son or Grandson of the Ming Dynasty's Founding Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang 求男主是明朝太祖（朱元璋）嫡子嫡孙的小说

1. 51 开 From the Start, I Beg Zhu Yuanzhang for a Mandate, Protecting Great Ming for Three Hundred Years 开局讨封朱元璋，庇护大明三百年 Peaceful as a Distant Mountain安如远山Historical220k WordsOngoing Zhang Chen transmigrates and becomes a snake! Luckily, he's bound to a System that lets him devour things and cultivate! After a hundred years of hard cultivation, he finally reaches the point where he can undergo tribulation and transform into a dragon! But the System warns him that spiritual energy is depleted in this world, and the death rate for those who take human form during the heavenly tribulation is as high as 99%! Zhang Chen grits his teeth and decisively chooses another way to transf 2.3kReads6.2Score10514d adds
2. 52 回 Back in the Ming Dynasty as the Emperor's Grandson 回到大明当皇孙 Tea Books and Goldfish茶书金鱼Historical1.2M WordsOngoing My name is Zhu Yingying. I am the eldest legitimate grandson of the Great Ming. My grandfather is Zhu Yuanzhang, founding emperor of the Great Ming. With a single thought, flowers bloom, and I rule over the capital, forging a glorious Great Ming unlike any other. (This is not a transmigration story. Zhu Yingying simply gains a set of memories from a later age, and this is a story of the Great Ming told from his perspective.) 187Reads8.9Score—14d adds
3. 53 我 My Grandpa Is the Daoist Emperor 我爷爷是道士皇帝 Bald Li San光头李三Historical3.1M WordsCompleted His grandfather practices Daoist arts and seeks medicinal remedies. He won't live in the imperial palace, preferring a Daoist temple... His father is a womanizer who stays in the palace, working tirelessly as a busy little bee in the imperial harem... Young Zhu Yijun quietly watches them perform from the sidelines, thinking to himself, “Now that you're done, it's my turn to put on a show...” 69.6kReads9.0Score7k14d adds
4. 54 隆 The Longqing Restoration 隆庆中兴 Resting Cloud休息的云Historical5.4M WordsCompleted I transmigrate as Zhu Zaihou, but I won’t be a little sycophant. For the sake of tribute and trade, I dare to wage righteous war. I open the passes and command the four seas, my proclamations reaching the eight directions. The people receive sweet rain, and the dynasty flourishes forever. Alas! I would rather be a man of the Longqing era than aspire to rule like Yao and Shun. 8.4kReads8.5Score71414d adds
5. 55 挽 Saving the Ming: The Great Ancestor of the Ming 挽明：明圣祖 Scholar's Holy Envoy朴学圣使Historical1.6M WordsCompleted Li Min, a history enthusiast, unexpectedly transmigrated into the Ming dynasty as Zhu Youxiao, the carpenter emperor. He panicked. Even a history ignoramus knew that the Ming dynasty had only a little over twenty years left. Worse still, he would rule for only seven years, then die under mysterious circumstances. What was he supposed to do? Would he accept fate, or fight back? See how he struggles to survive in the waning years of the Ming dynasty. 45Reads6.6Score—14d adds
6. 56 明 Late Ming: Dawn Drives Out the Night 明末，天明驱夜 The Skipping Rabbit溜溜的兔子Historical2.7M WordsOngoing [Traditional historical fiction] [No System] [Not pure wish fulfillment] [The unique power struggles of the Ming Dynasty] [Unraveling how power shifts and collapses] At the end of the Ming Dynasty, demons and monsters run rampant. Civil officials cling like parasites and drain the country dry; military nobles scheme over national policy; the emperor is consumed by lust for power; border garrisons are little better than bandits; the central court is riven by intrigue; local officials take their 2.6kReads8.7Score24214d adds
7. 57 大 The Great Ming’s Netherworld Tribunal! Zhu Di: Who the Hell Started the Rumor That I’m Not the Legitimate Heir? 大明阴间会审！朱棣：谁他娘的造谣朕不是嫡子？ Farmland Reformer农田改造者8k WordsCompleted A Great Ming tribunal in the underworld! Zhu Di: Who the hell spread the rumor that I wasn’t the legitimate heir? 7Reads—Score—14d adds

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   I came across a short story that described Zhu Di's background as if it were the real thing!

8. 58 崇 Chongzhen: This Great Ming Is Surprisingly Powerful 崇祯：这个大明有点强 A Dreaming Young Man一个有梦想的少年Historical564k WordsCompleted [Ming Dynasty + satisfying power fantasy + mass troop recruitment + System + wild imagination] In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Zhu Youjian begins by drawing a Shenying Battalion. He rebuilds the Ming Dynasty, expands its military, purges treacherous officials, subdues Jiangnan, cuts down the powerful clans, and wins the people's hearts. He launches an eastern campaign against Japanese pirates, presses the Russians in the north, wages war across the southern seas, and conquers Per 2kReads7.7Score14314d adds

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   Highly recommended captivating Ming Dynasty novels.

9. 59 大 The Ming Dynasty's First Deposed Empress 大明第一废后 The Bright Moonlight of the Great Ming大明的白月光Female-Channel Fanfiction399k WordsOngoing This is a historical romance and a tale of legend. Why was Hu Shanxiang, the renowned virtuous empress of the Ming Dynasty, deposed? Did Zhu Zhanji truly not love her? And how did Sun, later condemned as “an evil empress of her age,” still manage to seize power and become empress? When time returns to the night Zhu Di captured Nanjing, how many people and stories left unrecorded in history are still waiting for later generations to imagine and uncover...? But a novel is only a novel, entirely fi 118Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The love-hate relationship between Zhu Zhanji and the virtuous Empress Hu Shanxiang overturns traditional views on Zhu Zhanji and the infamous Empress Sun, and can be read as unofficial history.

10. 60 杀 I Killed Zhu Yuanzhang and Conquered the World 杀了朱元璋，我征服了世界 No Love in This World, Crossing the Mortal Realm人间无爱渡红尘Ancient Romance32k WordsCompleted I Killed Zhu Yuanzhang and Conquered the World 42Reads—Score—14d adds

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11. 61 家 My Ancestor Is Zhu Yuanzhang: From the Start, I Teach Li Shimin to Be a Father 家祖朱元璋，开局教李世民当爹 Yue Shengmunan月生木南Historical131k WordsCompleted In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the Ming imperial heir Zhu Xiongying fell into the water and lost consciousness. His spirit mistakenly entered a blue jade incense burner, carrying him into a dream of the Tang dynasty during the Zhenguan era. In the dream, a little princess crouched before him, tilted her head, and asked, “How did you die your way in here?” “I am Zhu Xiongying. I’m not dead yet.” “My father is the emperor. He’s super powerful!” “Oh, my grandfather is an emperor too. He started w 25Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The eldest grandson of the emperor fell into the water and fell into a coma, his soul transported to a dreamlike Tang Dynasty. There he encountered a Tang princess who had been dead for hundreds of years, squatting on the grass and asking him, "How did you get in here?" "Not dead yet." Later, Li Shimin was taught how to be a father, Wei Zheng was taught how to curse more effectively, and Cheng Yaojin, after hearing his words, gave away the sword he had carried for twenty years. Meanwhile, in Yingtian Prefecture, Zhu Yuanzhang was flipping through the *Zizhi Tongjian*, investigating a Tang Dynasty princess named Sizi.

12. 62 双 Two-Way Travel to the Ming Dynasty: Zhu Xiongying Comes to My Home 双穿大明：朱雄英到我家 Bitter Melon Stewed with Snow Pear苦瓜炖雪梨Historical549k WordsOngoing A single Hongwu Tongbao coin brought Zhu Xiongying, the legitimate heir of the Ming Dynasty’s third generation, to the home of a modern man named Zhu Huan. It also revealed to Zhu Huan that he could travel to the Ming Dynasty himself. And so Zhu Huan’s quiet single life changed. He began teaching Zhu Xiongying modern knowledge, playing games on his phone with him, treating him to delicious food, and taking him on trips, satisfying the boy’s curiosity about the modern world. Zhu Huan also got the 15.2kReads6.8Score1.4k14d adds

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    Zhu Xiongying +1

13. 63 大 Ming Dynasty: My Years as Zhu Yuanzhang's Heckler 大明，我给老朱当喷子的那些年 Qing Suisui卿岁岁Historical1.4M WordsCompleted If there’s anything you think could be improved, please point it out gently. I’ll make changes. Thank you. The protagonist’s official career: Investigating Censor, Supervising Censor, County Magistrate, Inspecting Censor and Deputy Censor-in-Chief, Censor-in-Chief, Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Grand Secretary of the Hall of Cautious Diligence and Minister of Personnel. Gu Chen opens his eyes and finds himself in the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, as a low-ranking remonstrance official. He ha 49.1kReads9.1Score3.4k14d adds

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    Gu Chen transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and becomes a minor official. He just wants to coast along but ends up getting involved with Hu Weiyong. To protect himself, he uses his wit and intelligence to see how he makes a comeback in the officialdom. Come and see!

14. 64 正 Emperor Zhengde 正德大帝 Carefree Son of Heaven 66逍遥天子66Historical749k WordsCompleted In the fifteenth year of Zhengde, the Ming dragon flag was still hemmed in by the Great Wall and the coastline. But Zhu Houzhao, returned from the dead after falling into the water, is going to plant that dragon flag across the globe! In the north, Mongol cavalry raid the passes year after year? I’ll train a modern army and sweep the steppes with firearms and artillery, turning the Mongol grasslands into Ming grazing grounds! In the southeast, Japanese pirates and sea raiders harass the coast? 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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15. 65 石 Star in the Stone 石中星 Carefree Son of Heaven 66逍遥天子66Mystery315k WordsCompleted After finding a Sacred Spirit Stone and awakening his potential, he cracks the first campus cold case and takes his first step from “invisible nobody” to “anonymous detective.” A young detective’s one-of-a-kind experience. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 66 道 Daoist Zhu Houcong 道爷朱厚熜 Distant Spring Mountain春山远Historical429k WordsCompleted I transmigrate to the Ming dynasty and become the future Jiajing Emperor before his accession to the throne. As a transmigrator, I reform the capital's army, suppress the power of civil officials, destroy Japan, and conquer Jiaozhi. Since ancient times, all lands beneath the sun and moon, and all places reached by rivers, have belonged to Han soil! In the end, I, the Daoist priest, made it! The Ming dragon banner flies across the seas! The blurb doesn't do it justice. Read the story! 3Reads6.0Score—14d adds

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    These are all pretty good.

17. 67 嘉 Jiajing's Second-Generation Emperor: My Great Ming Rules the World! 嘉靖的帝二代：我大明天下无敌啊 They Call Me Liu Kele俺叫刘可乐Historical1.3M WordsCompleted He transmigrates and becomes Zhu Zai Zhen, the Jiajing Emperor’s fourth son, Prince Jing. Jiajing: What? I told you to fight the Japanese pirates in the southeast, and you conquered Japan? Jiajing: What? I told you to provide disaster relief, and the more you give, the more money the treasury has? Jiajing: No more fighting! Everywhere I look, it’s all Ming territory! 4kReads8.8Score27614d adds
18. 68 盛 The Flourishing Ming Dynasty 盛世大明 I Have Heard of High Antiquity朕闻上古Historical1.6M WordsCompleted [Historical fiction contest] In the main hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Zhu Hou, whose soul had transmigrated into the Jiajing Emperor, sat regally on the Dragon Throne in his imperial robes, smashing walnuts with the imperial seal. Huang Jin put on a fawning smile and said, "Your Majesty, Chief Grand Secretary Yang is here!" "You idiot! Why didn't you say so earlier?" "..." On the northern frontier of the Great Ming, Anda Khan's forces had grown dramatically in power. As he attacked Xua 481Reads8.1Score—14d adds
19. 69 大 Great Ming: I Am Wanli's Father 大明：我是万历他爹 Keyhole钥匙孔Historical825k WordsCompleted (No System + transmigration + history + reform and struggle + conquest) My father is the Jiajing Emperor. My son is the Wanli Emperor. My teachers are Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, and Xu Jie. My ministers are Hai Rui and Qi Jiguang. My name is Zhu Zaihou. I am the eleventh emperor of the Great Ming, the Longqing Emperor. I will change history. This time, no one will ever trample Huaxia underfoot again. We will never fall behind again. We will never miss out on the Age of Exploration again. Heaven bl 557Reads7.3Score10514d adds
20. 70 疯 Are You Crazy? A Three-Year-Old Beat Zhu Yunwen to Tears? 疯了吧！三岁揍哭朱允炆？ A Touch of Ink from the Past往昔一墨Historical156k WordsCompleted Zhu Yongzhao is reborn as an abandoned infant during the Hongwu era. He has just activated a sign-in System at an Earth God temple when Zhu Yuanzhang, traveling incognito, finds him and brings him back to the palace! He had planned to lie low until adulthood with the help of his System, but his talents are accidentally exposed: he talks back to the princes, beats up Zhu Yunwen, and even dares to tease Zhu Yuanzhang! At three, he has read the classics cover to cover and solved murder cases with e 2Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 71 铁 Iron-Blooded Ming: One Man's Fury Stains the Land with Blood 铁血大明丶匹夫一怒血溅山河 Youngster from Lingnan岭南小后生Historical330k WordsOngoing Dear readers: Are you tired of late-Ming power fantasies where the protagonist's domineering aura sweeps over everyone from the start, recruiting famous ministers and fierce generals without a thought, then settling down to farm safely in a garrison? Great! This time, let's take the hard road instead, and write a tale of blood and battle for men of grit! The third year of Chongzhen, fifth month. The year 1630. A severe drought grips northern Shaanxi. A thousand miles of scorched earth, bones exp 107Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's quite good. At first, I didn't think much of it, thinking it was just hype from people who were looking for something to read, but it turned out to be really good.

22. 72 天 The Heavenly Khan, Beginning with Study Abroad in Oirat 天可汗，从留学瓦剌开始 Little Crab from Mai Island麦岛小螃蟹Historical592k WordsCompleted Political intrigue + colonization + pioneering + expansion + war + the struggle for supremacy! No System! No dumbed-down characters! Decisive and ruthless! The Tumu Crisis: an axe is at his throat! Zhu Qizhen opens his eyes to find himself a prisoner of the Oirats, with the throne about to pass into someone else's hands. With no golden finger to bail him out, he can only rely on his learning to “study abroad” on the steppe... Tame the unruly tribes and become lord of the steppe; lead an elite ca 90Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This one is pretty good.

23. 73 皇 Ming Dynasty Natives Versus Transmigrators 皇明土著大战穿越众 Would You Dare Say Yes?叫你敢答应吗Historical3.7M WordsOngoing Current plot: A newcomer to officialdom enters the inner circle as a pawn, but refuses to settle for mediocrity and wants to break free of his constraints. By chance, he gets caught up in turmoil on the frontier, where three hundred battered soldiers rout thirty thousand northern invaders. Zheng Zhi, a household retainer of the Zhen Ding Guard under the Ming rear army's Governor's Office, dreams of himself sixty years in the future. From then on, the Ming Dynasty gains a peerless talent in both 170Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    Learn from time travelers, rob time travelers, trample time travelers to death.

24. 74 大 The Great Ming Crown Prince Reborn: A Battle for Power 大明太孙重生之权谋天下 Hong Song鸿淞Historical521k WordsCompleted Special forces soldier Lin Yi transmigrates into the body of Zhu Xiongying, the Ming dynasty’s eldest legitimate grandson. With the Dragon Soul Cauldron at his side, he can see into people’s hearts at a glance. He only wants to keep a low profile and stay alive, but his imperial grandfather is nearing the end of his life, and undercurrents are stirring in the court. Zhu Xiongying quietly pulls out penicillin, flintlock rifles, a world map… Zhu Yuanzhang slams the table on the spot. “Why wait to 7Reads—Score—14d adds

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25. 75 穿 Transmigrated as Zhu Yuanzhang: Rebuilding the Hongwu Dynasty 穿成朱元璋：重铸洪武 A Lost Lamb in This Mortal World尘世间一个迷途的羔羊Historical540k WordsOngoing Programmer Zhang Ziyang was pressed against the wall of his rented apartment, eavesdropping on the couple next door. His hand trembled, his vision went black, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself before a dragon throne, dressed in a dragon robe, with Ming officials kneeling all around him. He had become Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor, the Son of Heaven of the Great Ming. Before he could even celebrate, he learned something even more terrifying: it was the fifteenth year of Hon 34Reads—Score14814d adds

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    This book is completely in line with

26. 76 胎 Reborn as Zhu Xiongying, I Can Let Grandpa Hear My Thoughts 胎穿朱雄英，爷爷能听到我的心声 Jinling Big Carrot i金陵大萝卜iHistorical1.7M WordsCompleted Zhang Wei, a young man from modern times, transmigrates into the early Ming dynasty and is born as Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest legitimate grandson. Zhu Yuanzhang can hear his grandson's thoughts. Using those insights, Zhang Wei cracks the Hu Weiyong case and changes the fates of Chang Shi, Empress Ma, and Zhu Biao. He drives technological innovation, builds a navy to expand maritime influence, defeats the Japanese pirates and conquers Japan, establishes provinces to secure Liaodong, and ushers in an 37Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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27. 77 穿 I Transmigrated into an Invincible Ming Dynasty Emperor 穿越成无敌的明朝皇帝 Fresh Ideas Make Literature More Exciting标新愿文学更精彩Historical530k WordsOngoing A thrilling historical tale, with no frustrating setbacks, beautiful women, and a hero who plays the pig to eat the tiger... Zhu Shaolong, a college student with a day job and an invincible Celestial Venerable, carries the memories of his previous life as an Immortal Venerable into the body of Zhu Youxiao, the carpenter emperor of the late Ming! Six hidden treacherous ministers scheme in secret, laying traps at every turn. The Tianqi Explosion is imminent, factional infighting is tearing apart t 135Reads9.5Score—14d adds

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    A simp's rise to power! Transmigrated into a carpenter emperor, I blew up the Ming Dynasty! Ten years of sincere devotion to a gold-digging woman? The more I think about it, the more frustrated I get! I open my eyes to find myself as the short-lived emperor of the late Ming Dynasty, with both immortal magic and advanced technology as my cheat codes! Corrupt officials return their ill-gotten gains, vassal kings relinquish power, and holy maidens from all nations come to pay homage! From a nobody in the workplace to a top figure in the seven realms, the feeling is exhilarating! Click to see, the Ming Dynasty's 500-year extension is absolutely amazing!

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