Please Recommend High-Quality Historical or Alternate-History Novels with Highly Intelligent Characters 跪求历史，架空，高智商，高质量的小说
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- 51 The General Is Fierce 将军好凶猛 In the fifth year of the Tianxuan era of the Great Yue, Wang Bing, Vice Censor-in-Chief, is demoted to Tangzhou for disrespect. On his way there, he passes through the Tongbai Mountains and is pursued by assassins sent by his political enemy, Cai Ting, the Privy Councilor. Xu Huai, a brave but simple-minded youth, suddenly awakens to a fragment of unfamiliar memories from a later age. By some strange twist of fate, he frightens off the assassins and is drawn into the treacherous assassination pl 15Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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Ming Dynasty: My Years as Zhu Yuanzhang's Heckler 大明，我给老朱当喷子的那些年
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
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- 53 Muzi’s Life in the Northern Song Dynasty 木子的北宋生活 The author tells the story of an ordinary person in ancient times in a lighthearted, humorous style, aiming for a plot that makes sense and trying to avoid the usual clichés. Give it a try and see what you think. 8.2kReads9.0Score903Shelves
- 54 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 234.7kReads9.4Score27kShelves
- 55 My Father Is Emperor Wu of Han! 家父汉武帝！ [Winner of the National Library writing contest] [Top-tier historical storytelling + no System + rebellion + political intrigue + a love-hate relationship between father and son] Reborn in the womb as Liu Ju, the eldest legitimate son of Emperor Wu of Han. His father is Liu Che, the most powerful carbon-based life form on Earth in the second century BCE! And his maternal family’s lineup is even more outrageous! His mother is Wei Zifu, his uncle is Wei Qing, his cousin is Huo Qubing, and his youn 88kReads9.2Score8.3kShelves
- 56 My Entire Family Was Loyal to the Nation, Yet the Emperor Forced Me to Rebel 满门忠烈，皇帝却逼我造反 [Alternate History] War + political scheming + play the pig to eat the tiger + passion He is the son of a great general and the future master of the hundred-thousand-strong Xiao Army. The common people despise him, and everyone calls him a wastrel. Yet all of this is just a facade, meant to let him keep to his corner in peace. Unfortunately, a prince grows wary of him, and an assassination attempt follows. From then on, he no longer holds back. Once he sheds his disguise, he is a dragon among me 2.2kReads8.2Score137Shelves
- 57 The Song Dynasty's Greatest Warrior 大宋第一武夫 Di Qing, the great general of the Song dynasty: What fearsome might he showed on the battlefield! What glorious deeds he accomplished! Yet he lived in constant terror, unable to find peace, and died in fear! The Song dynasty's troubles are close at hand. Someone has to turn the tables! Di Yong has arrived to change everything! Ouyang Xiu, Bao Zheng, Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Zeng Gong, Su Shi, Su Zhe... This is the flourishing age of the Song. Ride down the Tanguts, crush the Khitan, subdue the Ju 14.9kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
- 58 Beyond Price 贵不可言 The protagonist is an ordinary, unremarkable person. He spends his whole life risking it to protect what he has, what he cherishes, and those he loves... (This isn’t a wish-fulfillment novel. The protagonist plays it safe at times, but the story is excellent. It needs your support.) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 The Art of Facing South 南面术 “Power is solely controlled by the ruler.” Imperial authority is supreme, and anyone who wants to become emperor must be prepared to turn against their own family. Fathers and sons, uncles and nephews, brothers: all slaughter one another without mercy. Everyone knows how Qin Er Shi killed his brothers, how Yang Guang of Sui killed his father, and how Zhu Di, Emperor Chengzu of Ming, killed his nephew. Didn’t even the supposedly “wise beyond compare” Li Shimin unleash a bloodbath at Xuanwu Gate? 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Chaos in Yanyun 燕云乱 A humble youth, solitary as a wolf, struggles to survive amid the turmoil of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, coveting, longing, and betraying in the desperate splendor of Great Chen. In this chaotic age, a young outsider with no connections travels from north to south, hoping to make his name through military achievements. In Southern Chen, a kingdom deeply shaped by the traditions of great aristocratic clans, he risks his life only to pave the way for others. The friends he hopes to protec —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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Five Dynasties: Iron Cavalry Unstoppable 五代：铁骑纵横
Wang Yanting, an ordinary man, transmigrated to the chaotic late Tang dynasty. He had no golden finger and no powerful patron to rely on. He could only survive through his own efforts. In this age, rites and music had crumbled, and moral principles had been cast aside. Whoever had soldiers could do as they pleased. But in this same age, the soldiers under your command could turn their weapons on you at any moment. Li Keju, military governor of Lulong, had a subordinate general, Li Quanzhong, who
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- 62 Restoring the Kingdom 复国 After the Great Marquis Dynasty falls, the story follows the Third Prince, Hou Yunce, as he fights his way through bloodshed to restore it. 279Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡
"The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten
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- 64 The Imperial Examinations: Rising to the First Rank of Officialdom 科举之官居一品 Synopsis: A scholar in the morning, admitted to the imperial court by night. The protagonist begins as a young scholar from a farming family and rises step by step through the imperial examination system. In the end, he earns a place on the honors list, becomes a jinshi, and enters the ranks of officials. After becoming an official, he works his way up through the bureaucracy until he reaches the highest rank and governs the realm as chief minister, guiding Chinese civilization to become the mos 2kReads7.6Score101Shelves
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Ordered to Marry My Mortal Enemy 和死对头奉旨成婚
[Arch-enemies + an imperial betrothal + loving and fighting each other] [1v1, both leads are pure] Gou Yunzhuang's surname was Gou. No matter how you said it, it always sounded like an insult. Everyone in the capital knew that the Princess of Jiangdong and Prince Jin couldn't stand each other. As children, they fought from the imperial palace's royal garden to Taiye Lake, then from Taiye Lake to Empress's Zhaoning Palace. They knelt before the Empress and made peace, only to walk outside, roll i
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Spring Poems from the Capital 上京春赋
[Signed for print publication under the title Spring Rhapsody in the Capital] [Pure historical romance, not reborn + a long-planned scheme + a touch of coercive seduction + devoted pampering and flirting + emotional push and pull] [Completed; the original title was Spring Rhapsody in the Capital] [Sweet romance, both mutually inexperienced: brave and gentle young princess x sinister, fanatical powerful minister] A conspiracy landed Mo Yuan’s father and brother in prison, their lives at the mercy
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- 67 The Tyrant Uncle Who Visits My Dreams Every Night 夜夜梦见未婚夫的暴君叔叔 (Both leads are chaste + she’s his one and only) Yun Si is the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, raised in seclusion. She is gentle, refined, reserved, and proper. After coming of age, she gets engaged. Her fiancé is her cousin, a gentle and refined gentleman, and the current emperor’s nephew. They are a perfect match in status, talent, and beauty. On the night of their engagement, Yun Si dreams of a man pinning her down on a mandarin-duck quilt. His gaze is burning and brazen, as thoug 9.4kReads9.0Score909Shelves
- 68 The End of Qin: A Royal Descendant of Han, Contesting the World with Chu and Han 秦末：韩国王孙，与楚汉争天下 At the end of the Qin dynasty. The protagonist transmigrates into the body of a twelve-year-old descendant of the Korean royal family, Han Ying, courtesy name Wangsun. Han Ying gathers heroes and men of talent while waiting for his chance. “A gentleman keeps his weapons close and waits for the right moment to act. If I play my cards right, I may yet be able to destroy Han and Chu, then make myself emperor.” “A real man should be astride a horse with a spear in hand, commanding a hundred thous 5.2kReads8.4Score321Shelves
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The Carefree Imperial Son-in-Law 逍遥驸马爷
(Set in a fictional world, drawing mainly on the Ming and Tang dynasties and the Three Kingdoms era) Qin Feng, a doctor skilled in every field, transmigrates into the body of an unwanted illegitimate son in the Grand Tutor's residence. He only wants to become a secret tycoon in this dynasty and find a chance to establish his own household. Unexpectedly, he becomes a royal son-in-law, entering a sham marriage with a princess. Each gets what they want from the arrangement, and Qin Feng only has hi
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- 70 This Top Scholar Plays by His Own Rules 这个状元路子有点野 [Farming + imperial examinations + alternate history + lighthearted] My Parents Flipped the Table and Quit, So I Want to Take the Imperial Exams Too Just as Wang Xuezhou was about to reach the peak of his life, he transmigrated. The good news: in this life, his parents were loving, and his siblings got along. The bad news: the whole family was pinching pennies to fund his eldest uncle's studies. They had next to nothing and were living on coarse grain and wild greens. But before he could flip t 52.4kReads8.9Score6.5kShelves
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The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令
[Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave
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- 72 The Warlord of Late Ming: Starting as a Tenant Farmer 明末枭雄：从佃农开始 Since Heaven has given me this chance, I will lead my army to conquer a vast territory. 403Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 73 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 40.3kReads9.7Score6.3kShelves
- 74 Great Ming: Emperor Zhu Secretly Reads My Diary and Can't Keep a Straight Face 大明：老朱偷看我日记，绷不住了 Lin Hao transmigrates to the Hongwu era and becomes a low-ranking official in the capital. All he has to do is write in his diary every day and record his daily life to receive rewards. It’s a pretty sweet deal, lazing his days away so easily. But Zhu Yuanzhang has a copy of Lin Hao’s diary, too, updated in real time. [My official rank is so low, yet I still have to attend court every morning. This old Zhu is really making life miserable!] [It’s just the imperial examinations, so why have a Sout 6.3kReads8.3Score474Shelves
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Gold Grows from Fertile Soil: He Returns to the Countryside 沃土生金：禾归乡野
Golden Harvests from Fertile Soil: Grain Returns to the Countryside
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- 76 I Strive for the Imperial Exams, But My Slacker Dreams Never Change 努力考科举，咸鱼梦想从未改变 [Imperial exams + everyday life + lighthearted] Lu Yang, a rich second-generation heir, wakes up one day as the youngest and most cherished son of the Lu family. This youngest son is a scholar, yet selfish and self-centered, turning a blind eye to his family's sacrifices and caring only about his own future. Lu Yang may be a slacker with little conscience, but he knows who's good to him. He keeps his dream of being a slacker tucked away and works hard to pass the imperial exams, hoping to become 17.9kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
- 77 Unorthodox Martial Arts: I Sweep Aside Fierce Beasts with Ridiculous Tricks 整活武道：我靠骚操作横扫凶兽 Martial Arts Mayhem: I Sweep Aside Ferocious Beasts with Outrageous Tricks 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 My Wife Is Actually a Female Demon Lord 娘子竟是女魔头 After transmigrating, Wang You found himself married on the spot. Not only did he become a county magistrate, he also got to marry a beautiful bride... But on their wedding night, he was poisoned and carried away. His wife's family are a band of local tyrants, every one of them a peerless martial artist. In a tiny county yamen, there are more than ten people scheming against one another. The maid who is always smiling can take down more than a dozen burly men. His wife practices martial arts eve 35.7kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
- 79 The Supernatural Constable Gu Tiandao 灵异捕快古天刀 The winding smoke of everyday life rises through the city's urban villages, concealing countless human joys and sorrows, while wronged spirits of the dead roam the streets. Gu Tiandao, a food delivery rider, unexpectedly gains the ability to communicate with spirits and ends up moonlighting as a paranormal detective. He has to keep up with the rent, deliver food, and put up with his station manager exploiting him, all while handling one bizarre case after another: unjustly dead spirits, lingeri 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 136.7kReads9.6Score14.1kShelves
- 81 Wrongfully Imprisoned for Five Years, the Business World's Disowned Son Returns in Triumph 蒙冤五载，商界弃子强势归来 Falsely Accused for Five Years, the Business World's Castoff Returns in Force 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Shocking! The Prodigal Son’s Secret Stash Is Bigger Than the Imperial Treasury 震惊！逆子的私房钱比国库还多 [A short drama of the same name is now streaming on Hongguo. Dear readers, feel free to enjoy it.] After transmigrating into the despised young duke of the Zhenguo Manor, he planned to make a little money, stay out of trouble, and live a carefree life. But everything changed after he got engaged. The emperor wanted him to inherit the throne, and the chancellor's daughter refused to marry anyone else. Tibet wanted his head, and the Liao wanted him dead and buried. But Ye Xinghun only wanted to qu 14.6kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
- 83 The Mad Consort by Proxy: Prince, I Hope You're Well 《替嫁疯妃，王爷别来无恙》 My Replacement Bride Is a Madwoman, Stay Away, Prince! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
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Great Ming: The Cold, Aloof Female Scholar Draws Her Sword and Forces a Marriage? 大明：高冷女诸生？你竟提剑逼婚
(A fusion of the TV series “The Long River of the Moon,” “Zhu Yuanzhang,” and “The Hongwu Case Files”) After transmigrating to the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, he becomes Zhu Yuanzhang’s fifth son, Zhu Su, Prince of Wu. He died suddenly at his desk in his previous life. Heaven gave him a prince’s body and a head full of knowledge from 650 years in the future. Since he’s been given a second life, he’ll make the most of it. The eight-legged essay examination system will ensure Old Zhu never run
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- 85 Martial Arts Recovery System 武道回收系统 Martial Arts Reclamation System 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Saving the Qin Dynasty: Become a King Who Rules Heaven and Earth 拯救大秦：做主宰乾坤的王 A stunt double is accidentally electrocuted and wakes up in the Great Qin dynasty as Fusu. At court, powerful eunuchs and treacherous ministers persecute him; in the martial world, practitioners of yin-yang arts hunt him down. Within the empire, remnants of the Six States are stirring, while beyond its borders, the Xiongnu cavalry watches like a pack of hungry wolves. Can Fusu escape these dangers? And how will he save Great Qin? 307Reads9.5Score113Shelves
- 87 They Stole My Family Home. I Awakened a Truth-Telling System and Gave Those Ungrateful Wretches a Thorough Face-Slapping 老宅被抢，我觉醒真话系统，狠狠打脸白眼狼 My Ancestral Home Was Seized, So I Awakened a Truth-Telling System and Gave the Ungrateful Backstabbers a Thorough Face-Slapping 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Three Kingdoms: I Reveal I'm a Transmigrator Right in Front of Liu Bei 三国：老刘面前我自爆穿越者 The prefectural seat of Xiapi. Chen Zhe transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms and went straight to Liu Bei, revealing that he was a time traveler. He also told the three men what would happen in the future. “Guan Yunchang, you’ll lose Jingzhou through carelessness, and Sun Quan will have you beheaded.” “And you, Zhang Yide, will grieve over Yunchang’s death, drink yourself senseless, and whip your subordinates every day. In the end, your own men will cut off your head.” “As for you, Lord Liu, you’ 399Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 89 Great Qin: The Heroic Ruler Arrives 大秦：雄主临世 Great Qin: The Heroic Ruler Takes the Stage 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 My Aunt Is Yang Guifei 我小姨是杨贵妃 [No System + Fast-Paced Plot + Ruthless] After transmigrating as Yang Guifei's nephew, Pei Hui could have spent his life in luxury, drinking and composing poetry with Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, and the rest, and playing mahjong with his aunt, Yang Guifei. But instead, he has to face the An Lushan Rebellion. He thinks he can make the emperor see An Lushan's true colors and eliminate him before the rebellion begins. But by then, the Tang emperor is already inept and corrupt, and the ent 6.3kReads8.1Score503Shelves
- 91 A Laid-Back Golden Core, Refusing to Ascend 摆烂金丹，拒绝飞升 A Laid-Back Golden Core Cultivator Refuses to Ascend 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Three Kingdoms: When the Chancellor Writes His Memorial, I Lead the Northern Campaign 三国：丞相上出师表，我率兵北伐 In the second year of Jianxing, 224 AD. After the great mourning and the rebellion in the south, Shu focused on farming and grain production, closing its borders to let the people recover. Chancellor Zhuge Liang had established his own office and held supreme authority, devoting himself tirelessly to repaying the weighty trust placed in him as guardian of the heir. In the sixth year of Jianxing, 228 AD. To repay the kindness of the three visits and the heavy responsibility of serving as guardian 348Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 93 The Three Scoundrels of the Market 坊市三贱客 The Three Scoundrels of the Market 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 I Really Didn't Want to Be a Prince 我真没想当王爷啊 Prince + fictional setting + multiple heroines + lighthearted comedy “Spring breezes and peach blossoms, a cup of wine; ten years of lanterns glowing through rainy nights in the martial world.” During the Chenghe era of the Great Ning dynasty, rival powers rise up, the people suffer, and the realm is thrown into chaos. Across three northern and southern dynasties, ministers and nobles, talented scholars and famed courtesans paint a vivid portrait of the realm. The imperial court, the batt 36.5kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
- 95 Urban Demon Martial Arts: Where Martial Arts and Monsters Coexist 都市妖武：武道和妖怪共存 Urban Demons and Martial Arts: Martial Arts and Monsters Coexist 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 The Jiangdu Coup: I Rescued Empress Xiao While Fleeing 江都兵变，逃亡的我捡走了萧后 (A transmigration story of court intrigue and conquest, with one leading lady and a harem) After transmigrating to the end of the Sui dynasty, I became a palace guard in Jiangdu. On the night of the mutiny, I stumbled upon Empress Xiao in a pool of blood... bathing in incense. With her alluring figure and astonishing curves, she beckoned me over. “Take me with you. My life is yours to use.” I believed her. And then She used thirty years’ worth of palace intrigue to help me rise from a bandit to 6.4kReads7.9Score608Shelves
- 97 Fortune-Telling Is Forbidden! 禁止算命！ Fortune-telling is prohibited! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Great Tang: Bestowing the Title of Consort on Yang Guifei from the Start 大唐：开局册封杨贵妃 What's it like to transmigrate and become an emperor? Li Man got struck by lightning just for cursing his ancestor, Li Longji, and, as bad luck would have it, received a one-time Emperor Experience Card. He transmigrated into the body of the elderly Tang Emperor Xuanzong, Li Longji. The one saving grace was that he arrived on the very day Yang Yuhuan was made a consort. So he went into tyrant mode. He hadn't enjoyed himself for long when a name suddenly shattered his life of debauchery: An Lusha 5.8kReads7.1Score245Shelves
- 99 Reborn in 1988: Cutting Off the Pyramid Scheme Storm 重生1988：截断传销风暴 Reborn in 1988: Cutting Off the Pyramid Scheme Storm 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 My Father Is Fang La, and I’ll Break the Deadlock by Wiping Out Liangshan 家父方腊，我从团灭梁山开始破局 Others transmigrate and wake up holding power over the world, with beauties in their arms. I transmigrated as Fang Tianding, Crown Prince of Fang La, just as Liangshan's forces were about to capture him and hack him to pieces. Fang La: The Liangshan bandits are bearing down on us. Our Great Ming is in danger! Fang Tianding: Father, don't panic. Leave it to me. Step one: Retreat. Step two: Dig a pit. Step three: Wait for Song Jiang to jump in himself. Song Jiang jumped in. Dong Ping, Lu Junyi, Qi 4.3kReads7.4Score440Shelves
