Novels Set in the Ming Dynasty, No Chongzhen Emperor 明朝小说（不要崇祯皇帝的）
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Reviving Great Ming, Starting from Childhood 中兴大明，从娃娃开始
[Ming dynasty + no System + reform + political scheming + struggle for supremacy] Zhu Yijun, a descendant of Ming founder Zhu Yuanzhang and a teacher sent to the borderlands, transmigrates back to the Longqing era after an accident and takes over the body of the future Wanli Emperor, Zhu Yijun. Though his body is only nine years old, it houses the soul of an adult. And he arrives on the eve of Zhang Juzheng's sweeping reforms. See how Zhu Yijun takes on powerful ministers, purges corrupt eunuchs
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- 2 I, Zhu Houzhao, Slaughter My Way Across the Land from the Start 朕，朱厚照，开局大杀四方 A history major who barely passed his exams transmigrates into the newly enthroned Ming Emperor Wuzong, Zhu Houzhao. His father has just died, the civil officials want to make him a puppet, his maternal uncles are running roughshod over the people in the capital, and Mongol cavalry are watching for an opportunity at the border. The fifteen-year-old emperor gives a cold laugh. “You want to control me? Ask the blade in my hand first!” He beats corrupt servants to death, imprisons his maternal uncl 64Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 3 Reborn as Zhu Gaochi, the Sun of the Great Ming! 重生朱高炽，做大明的太阳！ Whoa, whoa, whoa~ I transmigrated! To the Ming dynasty! And I’m the eldest prince, no less! Looks like I won’t have to work hard anymore! But damn it, I’m Zhu Gaochi, the eldest son of the Prince of Yan! The guy whose father lived so long that he spent twenty years as crown prince but only one year as emperor, and whose descendants later kicked him out of the Imperial Ancestral Temple! The guy his younger brothers bullied constantly when he was crown prince! No, no, no~ Sure, being crown prince 47Reads—Score—Shelves
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Great Ming: Zhu Yuanzhang Fakes His Death, and I Choose to Ascend the Throne! 大明：朱元璋假死，我选择登基！
[No System + Meticulous + Emperor + Scheming + Twists + Political Intrigue and Wits + Logical Plot] In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuntong, who had transmigrated into this world, discovered that Old Zhu had kicked the bucket ahead of schedule. All the better. Letting Zhu Yunwen sit on the Dragon Throne would be a waste, so I’ll take it! But Zhu Yuntong had no idea. Zhu Yuanzhang had only faked his death to test Zhu Yunwen. “What? Zhu Yuntong has ascended the throne?!” “He wants to aboli
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- 5 My Grandpa Is the Daoist Emperor 我爷爷是道士皇帝 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...” 71.8kReads9.0Score7.3kShelves
- 6 The Great Ming's Number One Troublemaker 大明第一搅屎棍 [No System + No cheat abilities + Saving the Ming + Farming + Hegemony + Colonization + Lie-flat lifestyle] He transmigrates to the spring of Chongzhen Year 11 and becomes the youngest son of the Duke of England's household, doted on by everyone. Having been given a second life, Zhang Shikang refuses to work himself to the bone again. All he wants is to live honestly as a wastrel. But the Ming dynasty is doomed to collapse in just six years, and his whole family will perish without a trace. For 4kReads8.8Score321Shelves
- 7 Liu Shan Transmigrates Into Chongzhen and Joins Zhuge Liang to Rebuild the Ming Dynasty 刘禅穿越崇祯，与诸葛亮再造大明 [Political intrigue + court politics + comedy + world conquest, no System] Liu Shan transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and becomes the newly enthroned Emperor Chongzhen, but has none of Chongzhen’s memories. His constant refusal to play by the rules leaves all the ministers baffled, yet accidentally brings balance to the imperial court. The ministers exclaim, “Your Majesty’s tactics are truly brilliant!” Meanwhile, Zhuge Liang transmigrates here too. After a thousand years apart, the Prime Minist 1.5kReads7.6Score159Shelves
- 8 The Great Pirate of Late Ming 明末大海贼 The protagonist, Liu Shaokang, accidentally finds his soul sent back to the final years of the Chongzhen reign, where he becomes a pirate. Who says pirates can only raid merchant ships? He plans to lead his men in plundering the entire world, flying his banners across every sea and placing Huaxia at the very top of the world... No System, strategy, and a struggle for supremacy 31Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 9 Great Ming: I Transmigrated into the Founder's Portrait 大明：我穿越成了太祖画像 (History + Ming Dynasty + System + transmigration) After showing off on a whim, Li Chen transmigrated to the end of the Ming Dynasty. He became a portrait of the Great Ancestor, Zhu Yuanzhang, and was bound to the fate of the Great Ming! It was the first year of the Chongzhen reign, and Zhu Youjian had only recently ascended the throne. To stay alive, and to make up for the regrets of the Ming Dynasty’s final years, Li Chen decided to do everything he could to extend the Great Ming for another t 8kReads9.2Score590Shelves
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My Years in the Great Ming 我在大明那些年
[The first long-life novel set in the Ming Dynasty on the entire internet] Li Qing transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty and, through a twist of fate, becomes a disciple of Zhang Landa. He lives a carefree life for years. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Empress Ma falls gravely ill, and by chance, Li Qing becomes her attending physician. From then on, Li Qing begins his journey through the Ming Dynasty. He experiences the bloodshed and turmoil of the Hongwu era and gets caught up in t
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- 11 Promote the Ming 扬明 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, the court grows increasingly corrupt, factions spring up everywhere, and political infighting rages on. Beyond the passes, the Jurchens are ambitious and hungry for power. Zhu Youxiao decides to do something, to save the Ming Dynasty from the brink of collapse and prop up its crumbling foundations! 12.5kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 12 Longevity: I Was Picked Up by Xu Da in the Ming Dynasty 长生：我在大明被徐达捡回家 [Longevity] [Healing] [Feel-good power fantasy] In the fifth year of the Hongwu reign, Yang Xuan met Xu Da, who had returned from a failed northern campaign. To fill his belly, Yang Xuan agreed to become Xu Da’s disciple, beginning his years in the Great Ming dynasty. He lived through the bloodshed of the Hongwu era, witnessed the nations paying court during the Yongle era, and saw the prosperity of the Ren and Xuan reigns. He was Zhu Biao’s close friend and confidant. He was the person Zhu Di t 21.5kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves
- 13 My Grandfather Is Zhu Yuanzhang 我祖父是朱元璋 I have the most illustrious name: Zhu Yuntong. I am the legitimate grandson of the founding emperor of Great Ming, and the legitimate son of Crown Prince Zhu Biao. My mother is the daughter of Chang Yuchun, and my maternal granduncle is Lan Yu. I am the most illustrious imperial grandson in Great Ming, and the most influential and legitimate heir to the throne. I will usher in a different Great Ming, magnificent beyond compare, its sun and moon shining bright. It will embrace all rivers and welc 236.3kReads9.4Score27.6kShelves
- 14 Great Ming: From the Start, I Reveal Zhu Yuanzhang's Future 大明：开局剧透朱元璋 Xu Qing transmigrates to the end of the Yuan dynasty and happens to arrive during a battle between the rebel army and the Yuan forces. Guo Zixing’s rebels mistake him for a spy and throw him in jail. As it turns out, his cellmate is Zhu Yuanzhang. “Brother Zhu, what’s your dream?” Zhu Yuanzhang: “A wife, kids, and a warm bed.” Xu Qing: “Why not dream bigger? Like becoming emperor.” Zhu Yuanzhang: “???” Xu Qing: “I can see that you’re destined for greatness, Brother Zhu. One day, you’ll surely be 19.9kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
- 15 Striving in the First Year of Hongwu 奋斗在洪武元年 The good news: I transmigrated. The bad news: I transmigrated to the first year of Hongwu. Who else can relate? I, Young Master Yang, got press-ganged right from the start and became one of Emperor Zhu Chongba's proud wage slaves. 14kReads8.9Score863Shelves
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Late Ming: After I Expose Myself as a Transmigrator, Wei Zhongxian Breaks Down! 明末：自曝穿越后，魏忠贤哭了！
After transmigrating to the end of the Ming dynasty, Liu Yu becomes a seventh-rank censor. Looking at the Great Ming ship on the verge of sinking before him, he drops all pretenses! Liu Yu: “Zhu Youjian, do you believe me now when I say I’m a transmigrator?” Zhu Youjian: “I suppose I do... What do you think of Wei Zhongxian?” Liu Yu: “Wei Zhongxian is the most loyal subject in all of the Great Ming. You must not kill him, Your Majesty!” Wei Zhongxian: “If you don’t reject me, my lord, I’d be hon
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Riding Across the Great Ming 策马大明
The great river surges east, wave upon wave! For three hundred years, the blood of heroes has flowed without end! In early April of the fourth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Great Ming, a new recruit arrived at the Eastern Camp of Qingzhou... He would give his life for his country and family, and never regret it, even if he had to die nine times over!
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- 18 The Emperor's Hegemony in Great Ming 帝霸大明 In the late Ming Dynasty, natural disasters struck one after another and the government was corrupt. After waking up as Zhu Youxiao during the final years of the Wanli Emperor's reign, he faced the Three Major Cases of the late Ming and the disastrous defeat at Sarhu. Faced with such a complicated situation, how will this young emperor turn things around? 18.4kReads8.9Score841Shelves
- 19 The Ming Dynasty: A Picturesque Realm 大明之江山如画 Flying-fish robes, embroidered-spring sabers. Those who betray the country: kill! Those who embezzle and take bribes: kill! Those who disrupt the court: kill! Those who form factions for personal gain: kill! The splendor of a flourishing age is like willow fluff drifting in the wind. Currents churn beneath the court, treacherous officials lie in wait, and threats loom at the borders. Clad in a flying-fish robe and armed with an embroidered-spring saber, Xue Zhenyue serves as a Jinyiwei guard, w 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Tenth Year of Wanli: Taking Up My Post in Liaodong 万历十年：就藩辽东 The tenth year of the Wanli reign was a watershed moment for the Ming Empire. A host of upheavals converged that year, sending the dynasty down a path wholly different from the one laid out by history. Zhang Juzheng, the “Duke of Jiangling,” passed away. With the reformer who had upheld the “Wanli Renaissance” gone, a pillar of the empire collapsed. His unfinished reforms came to an abrupt halt, and old abuses in the bureaucracy returned. Ma Fang, a renowned general on the northern frontier, die 3kReads7.5Score194Shelves
- 21 Fourth Uncle, Are You Going to Pacify the Rebellion in Feng Tian Too? 四叔，你也要奉天靖难？ In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, the Eastern Palace falls into disarray, and the position of Crown Prince remains undecided. Zhu Yuntong, the legitimate grandson of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, watches helplessly as his grandfather favors the refined and gentle Zhu Yunwen. He knows that, as a “hardheaded sort,” he has no chance of becoming heir. Rather than let himself be manipulated at court in Nanjing, he decides to request a fief in distant, remote Little Ryukyu. Claiming that he “wishes to d 136Reads—Score104Shelves
- 22 Ming Dynasty: Mu Ying 大明沐英 The way I train troops, with coordinated formations, a staff system, and volleys of firearms, won't exist for another six hundred years. But right now, it's the late Yuan dynasty, in the twelfth year of Zhizheng. Outside Haozhou, an eight-year-old boy wakes among a pile of corpses. His father has just been cut down by Yuan soldiers. His name is Mu Ying. But inside this body is a soul from six hundred years in the future. In his previous life, he was a veteran who grew up in the countryside. He l 32Reads—Score—Shelves
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His Name Is Zhu Youtang 他叫朱佑樘
There are so many emperors in the Ming Dynasty. Everyone writes about Hongwu, Yongle, Jiajing, and Chongzhen, but I insist on writing about Zhu Youcheng. A nearly perfect emperor, with one point deducted for dying young. Zhu Youcheng: Being crown prince is so hard. My mother died early, I didn't meet my father until I was six, and my position as heir is hanging by a thread. Noble Consort Wan: I am a good person. I've never hurt anyone. I'm not some wicked viper! Zhu Jianshen: I am a good emperor
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The Ming Dynasty Reborn: At Three Years Old, I Ascend the Throne and Become Emperor 大明重启：年方三岁，登基称帝
The heavens collapse and the earth splits, while fate is turned upside down. Can a modern soul save the empire as the fires of late Ming China rage? In the sixth year of the Tianqi era, the Wang Gongchang explosion tears open the sky, and history takes a new turn. Zhu Guangming's soul transmigrates into Zhu Cijiong, the infant son of the Tianqi Emperor, only to discover that he is standing on the Ming dynasty's last drifting piece of ice... At seven months, he speaks to his father. At one, he wr
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The Ming Dynasty at Sunset 大明日落
The Ming Dynasty! The end of the Ming! Chen Feng establishes a power base between two mountains, keeping a low profile as he develops. When he runs out of money, he raids the Tartars! He grows stronger little by little, waiting for the day he can soar to greatness and build a prosperous dynasty where everyone has enough to eat! The Ming Dynasty! The Ming era! The end of the Ming!
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- 26 The Iron-Blooded Military Instructor: I Lead the Worst Class to Victory 铁血兵教师：我带差班逆袭 Chen Feng, a veteran of a reconnaissance company, lays down his rifle and picks up a piece of chalk, becoming a substitute PE teacher. His new assignment is Class 7 of Grade 8, the school's notorious troublemaking class. Skipping class is rampant, and class bully Zhao Dalong has his deputy police chief father backing him, letting him run wild. Every teacher before Chen Feng was driven away, and no one has any faith in this substitute. He becomes a tough-as-nails soldier-teacher and takes swift, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Roaming the Martial Arts World, Starting with Laughing in the Wind 从笑傲开始纵横武侠世界 [Myriad Worlds + transmigration + wuxia + System + zombies] After dying from overwork, he became a Jiang Chen zombie, indistinguishable from an ordinary person. He travels through one major wuxia world after another, dominating them all. The Smiling, Proud Wanderer → The Return of the Condor Heroes → Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils → The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty → Ever Night → The Storm Riders → Chinese Paladin 3 → My Date with a Vampire → The Primordial World… Absorb the essence of blood, com 253Reads8.0Score105Shelves
- 28 Jujutsu Kaisen: Can 83 Tiger Transmigrate Through the Bitter Summer and Save the World? 咒回：83虎穿越苦夏能救世界吗 (Score release record: 3.21) (Two male leads) In 2086, Yuji Itadori, the strongest in Jujutsu Society, is swept up in a temporal vortex and sent back to 2006, to that bitter summer before any of the tragedies had begun. Disguised as an orphan from a branch family of the Kamo Clan and posing as a teacher dispatched by Jujutsu Headquarters, he arrives at Tokyo Jujutsu High. He engages in an intense tug-of-war with the brash young Gojo, guides Suguru Geto before he falls into darkness, and secretly 5.5kReads8.9Score646Shelves
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From the Start: I Begin by Beating Up Zhu Yuanzhang 开局：从揍朱元璋开始
The Myriad Worlds + gritty and intense + heartbreaking regrets + ... In a garden at a manor somewhere in Miami, Zhu Yuanzhang crouched in a corner with his head in his hands, pitifully looking at Zhu Xingzu, who had a cigar in his mouth. “Bro, stop hitting me! I was wrong!” Zhu Biao and Zhu Di massaged Zhu Xingzu’s shoulders and back like a pair of lackeys. “Third Uncle, this won’t teach Father a lesson. How about I go fetch the Zhu family rules and we give him a taste of the cane?” Zhu Xiong
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The Dying Ming: A Desperate Poor Man Falls into Ruin, Then Defends China Again? 残明：坠入舍命穷人，再守华夏？
[Late Ming Dynasty + No System + War + Military Life + Not a Power Fantasy + An Ordinary Man Protects China] To drive out the invaders, he chooses to become a blade, soaring like a hawk through the skies. When he opens his eyes again, the smoke of war has yet to clear, and the land has already changed. There are no advanced weapons and no foreknowledge of history. He can fly a fighter jet through the skies, but he cannot stop the starving from eating one another. He is skilled at armed night swi
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- 31 Ironblooded Late Ming 铁血残明 In the late Ming dynasty, Spain and Japan gradually restricted the outflow of silver, reversing the capital inflow that the Ming had enjoyed since the early sixteenth century. The commercial and smallholder economies that coexisted under the Ming were both hit by deflation. Combined with the effects of the Little Ice Age, one domino after another fell, plunging the realm into chaos. In the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Chongzhen reign, the roving rebels crossed the river south of Mianc 105kReads9.4Score11.1kShelves
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Great Ming: I Climbed into a Coffin from the Start, and Zhu Yuanzhang Begged Me to Claim the Throne 大明：开局爬棺材，老朱求我称帝
In the Ancestral Instructions of the Great Ming, only my name doesn't follow the rules. That would be me: Zhu Xiongying! I am the most exalted imperial eldest grandson of the Zhu family of the Great Ming. … In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Qian transmigrated to the Ming dynasty and became a child. Ten years later, after years of hardship and wandering, he finally arrived in the capital of the Great Ming. But according to history, the Jingnan Campaign would break out in just a few years. Zhu
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A Survival Guide to the Late Ming: From the Start, I Pretend to Be a County Magistrate 明末生存指南：开局假冒知县
[Just Started Getting Ratings] [Multi-Character Dialogue] [Late Ming] [Rise to Power] [Farming] [Dual Transmigration] [Wild Imagination] Lin Mancang transmigrates, starting out as a lowly page. Before his young master can even take up his post, he is shot dead by bandits. Taking the young master's appointment papers, Lin Mancang impersonates him and becomes a county magistrate. But the county seat is crumbling, nine out of ten homes stand empty, and food and money are scarce. By chance, he obtai
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I, Zhu Yingying, Have Returned 我朱雄英回来了
No golden finger, no cutting-edge technology, just an ancient way of thinking applied to making things happen. A different Ming Dynasty, a different Zhu Yingying!!! This isn't a mindless wish-fulfillment story!!!
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Transmigrating to the Late Ming: From Tightening Screws to Farming 穿越明末：从打螺丝到种田
Transmigration to the late Ming dynasty + Peasant Rebellion + Resistance against the Ming and Qing! (Respecting history + No cheats + No System + Slow-paced + Not a power fantasy!!) Wang Tie is an ordinary man with no particular skills. By a twist of fate, he transmigrates to the late Ming and early Qing, a chaotic era that is practically a living hell. How will he find a way to survive in this turbulent age?! And once he reaches the pinnacle of power, where will he lead this people and nat
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The Great Ming's Lord of the Seas 大明镇海王
[Ming dynasty, soul transmigration, saving the Crown Princess, saving Zhu Ying, saving Zhu Biao, saving Empress Ma, saving Xu Da, saving Lan Yu] Zhang Wuxian transmigrates to the eleventh year of Hongwu. He plans to lie flat and do nothing, but his severe obsessive-compulsive disorder won’t let him tolerate anything “illogical,” so he has to fix it all. Even more absurdly, he has a System in his head that automatically provides solutions and supplies every time his compulsions flare up, and it d
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Reborn for a New Life, Tyrant Chongzhen Kills! Kills! Kills! 重活一世，暴君崇祯杀！杀！杀！
The seventh year of the Tianqi reign, eighth month. Zhu Youjian knelt before the imperial bed in the Qianqing Palace, his knees aching against the floor. He did the math in his head: seven years ago, on a late night working overtime, he had died suddenly at his computer. When he awoke, he had become Zhu Youjian, the Prince of Xing. Seven years. For seven whole years, he had stayed in his manor, pretending to be ill, pretending to be a fool, pretending to be invisible. In secret, he had trained e
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The Jiajing Era? The Perfect Time for an Industrial Revolution 嘉靖朝？不正是工业革命的好时机
[History + no System + no golden finger + imperial examinations and political intrigue + technological agriculture] Wang Chengwen, who possesses modern knowledge of materials science, transmigrates back to the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty, and just so happens to be the grandson of Wang Yangming, the great hope for the revival of the Wang School. Step by step, he will rise from an unknown commoner to the top scholar, then from an editor at the Hanlin Academy to assistant prefect of Xuzhou, and
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Ming's God of War, Zhu Di 大明战神朱棣
Why do we love reading about him? Because he lived the way we wish we could: if you don’t like it, fight! If you lose, own it! If you win, don’t brag. He feigned madness, played the fool, and even ate pig feed in a pigsty. Then he fought his way from Beiping to Nanjing and seized the dragon throne with his own hands. Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, was twenty when he was sent to govern Beiping. No one had any faith in this “Fourth Son.” His imperial father suspected him, his nephew trie
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The Hongwu Emperor's Legitimate Grandson: My Father Zhu Biao Guards the Realm Forever 洪武嫡皇孙：家父朱标永镇山河
The story of three generations of the Hongwu Emperor’s family: the most rightful founding of a dynasty, and the most regrets. Zhu Yunthong, the second legitimate son of Zhu Biao, transmigrates and changes Zhu Biao’s fate of dying young. Zhu Yuanzhang becomes the retired emperor, Zhu Biao ascends the throne early, and Zhu Yunthong assists with governance. Excerpt: Zhu Yuanzhang laughed in anger and tugged at his ear. “Nonsense! Your father isn’t made of paper! What’s wrong with a trip to Guanzho
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Great Ming: I'm an Emperor Now, So Why Would I Still Be a Carpenter? 大明：都是皇帝了，谁还当木匠
[No System] + [Passionate] + [Political Intrigue] + [Decisive and Ruthless] With a gravely ill father and a mother who died young, Zhu Youxiao is at a loss in the forty-eighth year of the Wanli reign. Factional strife runs rampant, the court is rotten, the Jurchens are watching hungrily, and the Mongols refuse to submit. Amid internal turmoil and external threats, the tide of the times sweeps along the fates of countless millions. The once-mighty Ming Empire is already in its twilight years. Cal
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- 42 Great Ming: I Am the True Ruler of the Empire 大明：朕才是帝国之主 [Transmigrated into the Ming Dynasty]+ [Cautious in the Early Stages]+ [Ruthless in the Later Stages]+ [Leading a Rebellion Against Himself]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [No System]+ [No Cheats]+ [Read at Your Own Risk]+ [Antagonists Aren't Idiots]+ [Court Intrigue]+ [Nemesis of Corrupt Officials]+ [Expert at Confiscating Property]+ [Sweeping the Barbarians]+ [Discovering New Continents]+ [Ruling the World] In a dynasty where being emperor is a dangerous occupation, you transmigrate into the body of Zh 56Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 43 The Tyrant of Great Ming: I'm a Carpenter 大明暴君：我是个木匠 The protagonist, Lin Fan, accidentally transmigrates and becomes the Tianqi Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He activates a grassroots emperor-raising System and rises through a series of small missions, growing into a decisive and ruthless ruler. Some in the Donglin faction refuse to submit? Kill them! Some in the eunuch faction refuse to submit? Kill them! Corrupt officials and hidebound bureaucrats? Kill them! In this era, Lin Fan uses his iron-fisted rule to reform the rites and laws and abolish 565Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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The Chronicles of Anton 安东志
When Fang Muchuan was thirteen, he stood on the walls of Lin'an and asked Zhao Wenxiu, “Grandfather, what's beyond the mountains?” “Annan. And beyond that, the sea.” He had no idea that one day he would lead the elite soldiers of the garrison across those mountains. In the tenth year of Chongzhen's reign, the Ming dynasty was battered by storms. Garrison officers embezzled soldiers' pay and seized military farmland, driving soldiers and their families to flee in droves. To the north, the Jurchen
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Reforging the Realm: Diary of the Great Ming's Ying Emperor 重铸山河，大明瀛帝日记
The twenty-fifth year of the Wanli reign, the year of the Fire Rooster. That night, Consort Li Jing gave birth to the emperor’s seventh son. Ten days later, consumed by grief, she departed this world, her youth fading at the age of twenty-one. She was murdered, yet no one spoke up for her. On the night she died, someone cried out for her, but his voice was barely louder than a mosquito’s buzz. I am the newborn child whom Consort Li Jing never stopped thinking of as she lay dying, the one who cri
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Great Ming: My Sister Is Ma Xiuying 大明：我姐是马秀英
I am Ma Shilong. My name may be ordinary, but my status in the Ming is anything but. I am the younger brother of Empress Ma, brother-in-law to Zhu Yuanzhang, founding emperor of the Ming, and maternal uncle to the Crown Prince Zhu Biao, the Prince of Qin Zhu Shuang, the Prince of Jin Zhu Gang, the Prince of Yan Zhu Di, and the Prince of Zhou Zhu Su. I took up a blade and joined the fight at fifteen, earned enough military merit to be made a marquis at twenty, dared to compete with Chang Yuchun f
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- 47 The Ming Dynasty's Ugly Wife Becomes a Princess, and Old Zhu Turns Out to Be My Father-in-Law 大明丑妻变公主，老朱竟是我岳父 [Classic plot-driven story] A month after getting married, I learned that my father-in-law was none other than Zhu Yuanzhang. After transmigrating without a System, Lu Zhibai thought he was doomed. Who knew he’d thrive instead? “Your Majesty, this is terrible! The Crown Prince’s eldest son has a dangerously high fever!” No need to panic. Lu Zhibai applied modern medical principles, combining disinfection, treatment, and nutrition to pull the young prince back from the brink. The lifeline of the 9.5kReads8.3Score695Shelves
- 48 The Great Ming Shrimp Prince 大明虾亲王 Xiaren went to teach in a remote mountain village, but by a twist of fate ended up in the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era as Empress Ma's nephew. A single song about the Zhu family being doomed threw the Hongwu Emperor into turmoil and sent the wheel of Ming history veering onto a different path! 6.7kReads8.6Score340Shelves
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Late Ming: I Cleave Chongzhen with My Blade 明末：刀劈崇祯
In the final years of the Tianqi era of the Ming dynasty, a transmigrator born into a family of loyal ministers rises amid chaos and turns the tide when all seems lost. Then he personally brings down this rotten dynasty, corrupt to its very roots.
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A Ming-Era Deserter: I Wanted to Lie Low, but the Turbulent Times Forced Me to Draw My Blade 明末逃卒：想苟，乱世却逼我拔刀
[No System + Hardcore Survival + Internally Consistent Logic + Meticulous Details + No Mindless Power Fantasy + Relentless Bloodshed] A dung fork from the start, and everything else has to be looted? Wang Feng, an engineering guy who moonlights as a martial arts stuntman, gets knocked unconscious with a club and wakes up in the chaotic final years of the Ming dynasty! There’s no overpowered System, and he has no kingly aura. All he has is a group of ragged, starving deserters. At his side ar
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