What Are the Best Song Dynasty Historical Novels on Tomato Novel? 番茄最好看的大宋历史文，有哪些
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Water Margin: After Breaking with Song Jiang, I Became the True Overlord 水浒：决裂宋江后，我成了真霸王
Modern man Zhou Tong transmigrates into the world of Water Margin and becomes the despised, good-for-nothing “Little Tyrant” Zhou Tong, one of the Earthly Fiends! Just as the Double Ninth chrysanthemum banquet gets underway, Song Jiang sings a rousing song about accepting imperial amnesty in front of everyone. Zhou Tong knows that accepting amnesty is a death trap! And seven years later comes the Jingkang Catastrophe, when the Central Plains will fall! At this critical moment, the Warring States
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- 102 Reincarnated as the Song Imperial Uncle, I Became the Top Boss of Water Margin 魂穿大宋皇叔，我成水浒总瓢把子 [No System] [Not a brainless story] [Rebuilding Liangshan's strongest lineup] [Deep brotherhood] [Song Jiang, Li Kui, Sun Erniang, Wang Ying... none of them will be recruited] Zhao Yue's soul transmigrates to the Northern Song dynasty, where he becomes the uncle of Emperor Huizong, Zhao Ji, and a direct descendant of Emperor Taizu, Zhao Kuangyin. His nephew on the throne always looks at him with suspicion, while the treacherous ministers at court regard him as a thorn in their side. Fortunately, 101.7kReads8.6Score8.5k14d adds
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The Song Dynasty's Twenty-Third Prince 宋之二十三皇子
A young blacksmith in a smithy, on the Vermilion Bird Avenue in Lin'an in the thirteenth year of the Shaoxing era. Snow still clung to the fur coats of the Jin envoys, while the Jurchens' arrogance and the Song people's cowardice set off a strange tale of hidden origins. After learning the truth about his past, the young blacksmith stormed the Court of Judicial Review alone, driven by the injustice he felt over Marshal Yue Yun. What path will Marshal Yue Yun lead him down? With his burning passi
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- 104 This Blade Is Named Lu 此刀姓陆 Lu, a surgeon, worked himself to death in the operating room. He was practicing with a scalpel in his dream, but when he woke up, he had cut off Gao Yanei's little worm. From the start, being in Bianjing put him in a no-win situation. He longed to flee to Cangzhou, only to sever ties with Lin Chong. Joining Liangshan was out of the question... Let's see how this junior military surgeon manages to get by. Sometimes shameless, sometimes righteous, sometimes cunning, what heights will he reach in t 312Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 105 Water Margin: I'll Help the Heroes Become High Officials! 水浒：我带好汉们当大官！ [Climbing the Ranks] + [Big-Spender System] + [Imperial Exams] + [Underworld Bosses]! When others transmigrate into Water Margin, they form sworn brotherhoods and rebel. When I transmigrated into Water Margin, the System told me to lead the heroes into high office! The higher my brothers’ posts, the bigger my rewards! “Ding! Thanks to your efforts, Wu Yong has passed the metropolitan exam. Reward: the title ‘Mastermind’!” “Ding! Chao Gai has become the county commandant of Yuncheng. Reward: the 53.8kReads8.5Score5.7k14d adds
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Transmigrated to the Southern Song Dynasty as a Beloved Consort 穿越南宋做宠妃
[Sweet Historical Romance] [A Little Revenge] [Devoted Love, No Harem Intrigue] [The heroine will return after faking her death and leaving the palace] Xie Ning, an intern illustrator, was struck by lightning and transported to the Shaoxing era of the Southern Song dynasty, where she became Yue Yinping, General Yue Fei's daughter. In this new world, Xie Ning had two wishes: First, she wanted to see the famous painting A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains, housed in the Shaoxing Painting Academy
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Yan Qing, the Prodigal Hero 浪子燕青
After transmigrating into the world of Water Margin as Yan Qing, he learns Lu Junyi's peerless martial arts, receives guidance from Luo Zhenren, and steals Song Jiang's destiny. He changes not only the fates of many Water Margin heroes, but also the fate of the Song dynasty. In the end, his power far surpasses everyone else's. He not only preserves the legacy of the Han people, but also conquers the Liao, Jin, and Western Xia with overwhelming force...
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In the First Year of Jingkang, He Survived the Flames of War 靖康元年，他从战火中活了下来
After an accident, Wang Xun is thrown into the most brutal meat grinder of the Northern Song: the siege of Bianjing. Outside the gates, a hundred thousand foreign troops seethe with bloodlust. Inside, the absurd court tries to defend the city with "magic spells." He has no System or cheat, knows no peerless martial arts, and can barely make sense of the local dialect. His only bargaining chip is the vivid memory in his mind of the cataclysm about to unfold. The day the city falls, wails fill
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Li Yunlong Reincarnates in the Song Dynasty and Leads Yue Fei to Conquer the World 李云龙魂穿大宋，带岳飞征服全球
If Li Yunlong had never been born, the Great Song would have endured a century of darkness. Sweep away the Jin, pacify Xia, drive back the Mongols. Let firearms shake heaven and earth. March east to Fusang and destroy the Japanese invaders. Plant the banner in the South Seas and subdue Western Europe! When he wakes, Li Yunlong, commander of the Independent Regiment, has transmigrated into Zhao Ji, the artistic emperor of a dynasty counting down to its fall! Jin troops surround the ci
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Tyrant Song: I, the Liangshan Stronghold Chief, Will Restore China! 霸宋：我，梁山寨主，匡扶华夏！
Wang Tie, a modern-day veteran special forces soldier, unexpectedly transmigrates as the son of Wang Lun, the first leader of the Water Margin stronghold. What? Lin Chong is going to kill Wang Lun tomorrow. Is his life as good as over? He’s a seasoned special forces soldier, armed with all sorts of survival skills and intimate knowledge of the Water Margin plot. How could he possibly die on the spot? He recruits Lin Chong, takes over as leader, kills Chao Gai, outmaneuvers Song Jiang, and stockp
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- 111 Water Margin: I Became Wu Dalang from the Start 水浒之开局成了武大郎 After a car accident, Wu Da, a PhD in history, discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of Water Margin. And he’s become Wu Dalang! From the start, Pan Jinlian is feeding him medicine, but Wu Da takes her virginity first and transforms into the most handsome man under heaven! He kills Ximen Qing, bathing the Mandarin Duck Tower in blood! He brings the 108 heroes of the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends to heel, pacifies the Liao, campaigns against Fang La, and wipes out the Jin army! 1.1kReads8.2Score10314d adds
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The Great Song Coroner, Part Three 大宋提刑官第三部
At the end of the Southern Song, Song Ci, the founding father of Chinese forensic science, resigns from office and retreats into seclusion after losing all faith in the court. He devotes himself to completing the work of a lifetime, The Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified. But the tides of the age will not let him stand apart. Mongol cavalry rides south, and the realm is shattered. In his twilight years, Song Ci is forced to return to public life. From a corruption-murder case at the Jianyang
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- 113 Transmigrating to Water Margin: The Hero Who Crushes the Bandits 穿越水浒之荡寇枭雄 A modern young man transmigrates to the Li family estate on Dulong Ridge in the world of Water Margin. By a stroke of fate, he saves Li Qingzhao, the greatest female poet in history. Later, he enters the imperial court through Li Qingzhao’s vast network of connections... He serves in the court, but his heart belongs to the outlaw world. At court, he is a brazen, domineering traitor who brings ruin to the country and misery to its people. In the martial world, he is a great hero who champions the 3.7kReads8.6Score21414d adds
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Tales of the Northern Song 北宋那些事儿
After the Tang dynasty fell, China went 72 years without anyone in charge. Five dynasties took turns ruling the north. Emperors served an average of four years, and their death rate was higher than that of war correspondents. Ten small kingdoms in the south lay flat and watched the spectacle from across the river, making it history's greatest double act. Then Zhao Kuangyin arrived, with a cup of wine and a distinctive face, and put an end to the farce. This book is about the Song dynasty, but th
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The Great Qi Marquis of One Step 大齐一步侯
[Alternate history, airtight logic, a treat to listen to, multiple heroines, lighthearted daily life, the jianghu and court politics, love and hate, national and family vendettas...] A modern-day criminal investigator transmigrates into the body of a minor official in the State of Qi. At first, his only dream is to stay alive. But when foreign barbarians invade the Central Plains, slaughtering and pillaging until the kingdom falls and families are torn apart, he has no choice but to enter the fr
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Transmigration: The Road Ahead Is Shrouded in Fog 穿越：前路一片迷茫
[Transmigration + No Romance + System + Ancient Setting + Wuxia + Ensemble Cast + Plot-Driven] Modern-day Lin Yundan is saved by the System Xiaoyu after a car accident, but something goes wrong when she transmigrates to ancient times. The System Xiaoyu uses up all its power saving her, and in the end gives her an incomplete copy of the Exquisite Divine Art. After Yundan wakes up, Yue discovers her practicing martial arts. Yundan then teaches the skills she has learned to all the children in the
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Who Can Understand My Unfulfilled Longing? 谁能解我意难平
Chen Feifan transmigrates, arriving on New Year's Eve in the eleventh year of the Shaoxing era, outside Fengbo Pavilion! At this moment, the great general Yue Fei is about to be strangled to death, and an injustice for the ages is unfolding before his eyes. The System awakens, granting him the divine skill [Words Become Law] from the start! “Break the bowstring meant to kill him!” “Fuse me with the soul of the Hegemon-King of Western Chu!” That night, he becomes the Hegemon-King reborn. Holdin
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An Observer of the Song Dynasty 大宋的旁观者
[Alternate History] The old tavernkeeper Laoshuan of the Zuixian Tavern outside Bianliang’s Vermilion Bird Gate has lived for over a thousand years. He witnessed the blood-red moon on the night Zhao Kuangyin staged the Chenqiao Mutiny, helped Gao Qiu cover up a plot during a cuju match, and even switched the poisoned wine meant for the Liao envoy on the eve of the Chanyuan Treaty. The achievements of emperors and ministers across the ages are no more than reflections in the dragon-patterned wine
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- 119 Pan Jinlian Leads 108 Heroes to Become Empress 潘金莲统领108好汉成为女帝 Lin Wei transmigrates into the past to clear Pan Jinlian's name. She will no longer be a poison-wielding woman anyone can scorn. She poisons Ximen, wins over Wu Song, and crushes Liangshan. As a woman, she takes command of all 108 heroes. Through strategy, she unites the army; with iron cavalry, she breaks through Bianjing, topples the rotten Song dynasty, and ascends the throne. From then on, there is no licentious Pan Jinlian, only the female emperor of the Great Liang, who unifies the realm a 61Reads—Score—14d adds
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I Transmigrated to the Great Song and Became Su Shi's Brother-in-Law 穿越大宋，我是苏轼小舅子
[Invincible and immensely satisfying]+ [Multiple heroines]+ [The Story of Minglan]+ [Water Margin]+ [Autumn Leaves and Begonias] Lu An transmigrates into the body of a sixteen-year-old prodigy in the Northern Song dynasty, who passed the imperial examination and was personally given a courtesy name by Emperor Renzong at the Qionglin Banquet. Knowing exactly how history will unfold, Lu An flees in the middle of the night. Over the next forty years, Emperor Renzong dies, Emperor Yingzong reigns br
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- 121 Who Tops the Imperial Exam? Your Daddy's Here to Save the Song Dynasty 状元榜上何人？洒家来拯救大怂 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝：帝朝崛起
This is the legendary life of God's agent, entrusted with shepherding His flock! From a modern transmigrator to a medieval infant, he relied on the Mount & Blade System and his own strategic brilliance to break free from constraints, defend the Holy City, establish an empire, and change the course of history for both the Crusaders and the Islamic world. (Early game: using Mount & Blade to break through; mid-game: political scheming; late game: cyberpunk space opera)
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- 123 The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂 To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon. 1.7kReads—Score14414d adds
- 124 Water Margin: I Transmigrate as a Menial, Seize Liangshan, and Refuse to Surrender 水浒：穿越杂役占梁山，绝不招安 [Everyday Farming] [Building and Developing] [Winning Women and Conquering the Realm] [Decisive and Ruthless] [The System Isn't All-Powerful] [Multiple Heroines] Liang Xuan, a university history student, transmigrated into a world blending classic works such as Water Margin. He started out as a tavern hand. Using his knowledge and the System's talents, he first took control of Yanggu County to build up his strength, then attacked Liangshan Marsh, raised his banner, and gathered men under it. He 2.7kReads—Score24214d adds
- 125 Water Margin: How Dare These Traitors Call Themselves Heroes? 水浒：乱臣贼子也配自称好汉？ [Northern Song + Water Margin + Officialdom + Multiple Heroines + Power Over the Court] A corporate wage slave defies fate and transmigrates to the Northern Song dynasty, becoming Wu Song, also known as Wu Erlang, of Qinghe County. Join Liangshan? Become a bandit? You've got to be kidding! Go begging a spineless thug for an official post? I'll kick Gao Qiu and punch Cai Jing myself! You can call me Erlang in private; I won't hold it against you. But what should you call me in the palace hall?! E 52Reads—Score—14d adds
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I Transmigrate as Lu Zhishen 穿越鲁智深
Programmer Lin Zhao's soul travels to the Northern Song, where he becomes the Flower Monk Lu Zhishen. He gathers heroes, crushes Zhujiazhuang, seizes Zengtou, and wins over surrendered generals. Using modern thinking to forge an iron army, he sets off a storm across Liangshan that overturns history.
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- 127 Lu Zhishen Triggers the Great Song Singularity 鲁智深按下大宋奇点 Synopsis of The Monk Presses the Great Song’s Singularity (360 characters) A modern soul transmigrates by chance into Lu Zhishen, the tattooed monk of Liangshan. Once he awakens, his heaven-defying comprehension of martial arts skyrockets, and his tough, battle-hardened physique reaches its peak. From then on, he dominates the martial world and sets his sights on becoming the greatest under heaven. No longer confined by the narrow confines of monastic life, he ventures across the Great Song with 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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Ancients Come to the Island as Special Appointees, Rewriting China’s Unfinished Stories 古人来岛当特聘，改写华夏意难平
Focused on building a career, rewriting regrets, and an ensemble cast. Ning Ye is stranded on an island. After transmigrating and being reborn, he overcame seven terrifying brushes with death and finally activated a god-tier System. The good news: He became the island lord. The bad news: At the moment, he’s the island’s only resident. Just as Ning Ye is about to run away, the System tells him it can summon resources from across the heavens to help build a theme park spanning myriad worlds. To th
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The Song Dynasty Textile Worker 大宋纺织工
This story takes place in an era very much like the historical Northern Song dynasty. Its physical world is also very similar to Earth as readers know it, composed of the elements on the periodic table. There is no spiritual energy and no ghosts. The only invisible thing is electricity. The protagonist’s golden finger is the ability to gain knowledge, though he needs some kind of medium to obtain it. This is a story with multiple female characters. It explores feelings, but not romance. There is
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Water Margin: My Father Is the Prime Minister, Yet I Become an Outlaw 水浒：父亲是宰相，我却落草为寇
Li Shi transmigrates into the Liao Dynasty as a man who shares his name, and finds himself with a Favorability System. Unlike his former self, a corporate drone, Li Shi of Liao is the son of the prime minister and a member of a powerful clan. Since he’s already transmigrated, he decides to make the best of it. Li Shi originally plans to use the System to defy fate and bring the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun back into the fold of China. But then he discovers that he’s in the world of Water Margin
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I Enlisted in My Brother’s Place, but After My Triumph, They Called Me Illegitimate? 替弟从军，功成归来说我是庶出？
(Historical power fantasy + decisive and ruthless + transmigration to ancient times + modern technology) Su Qin transmigrates to an ancient world and becomes the eldest son born to a concubine in the Marquis of Yan's household in the State of Ning. Because his mother was born a slave, he has endured nothing but hardship. Just as Ning is at war, the marquis orders him to enlist in place of his younger brother. Su Qin expects to die on the battlefield, but instead he uses modern knowledge to defea
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- 132 I Transmigrated, and They Made Me Emperor! 一朝穿越，我被黄袍加身了！ Also known as The Finest Young Master from a Humble Family One month after transmigrating, a woman I've never even met wants to be my wife? And she wants to have my babies! What does it matter if the dynasty is in chaos and the times are turbulent, even if I'm out in the countryside, far from the centers of power? Foreign enemies are invading and want to take my money? Dream on! 830Reads8.6Score10214d adds
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Choose a Hero to Change History? Hold On, Let Me Try First 选英雄改变历史？等等，我先逝逝
When a major figure of an era runs into serious trouble, history is left with regrets. To set history right, the protagonist, Xi Zixin, is basically useless, so he has to rely on historical figures summoned from other eras to turn the tide and resolve those lingering regrets. The White-Haired Army of the Tang Dynasty, the Battle of Baoning in the Southern Ming, the First Emperor burning books and burying scholars...
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- 134 Great Tang: Wanyan Gou of Great Jin Didn't Think I'd Still Be Here, Did You? 大唐：大金完颜构没想到我还在吧 For thousands of miles, one lonely fortress, garrisoned by soldiers with white hair. The shame of Jingkang remains unavenged. When will the hatred of loyal subjects be wiped away? Drive our chariots forth and smash through the gaps in Helan Mountain. Let us feast on the flesh of the northern barbarians and drink the blood of the Xiongnu with laughter. Then we’ll reclaim our lost land and pay our respects at the imperial court. The toughest men of Anxi run into the Zhao emperor, whose bones are s 302Reads—Score—14d adds
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The History of the Song Dynasty Is No Mere Smoke 宋史并不如烟
Open this book, The Song Dynasty: A History That Still Lives, and you will immediately shed the sense of distance that comes with “reading history,” stepping straight into the elegant yet impassioned world of the Northern and Southern Song. Open this book, The Song Dynasty: A History That Still Lives, and you will see Zhao Kuangyin receiving the imperial yellow robe at Chenqiao Station, the morning frost still on his fingertips and hopes for good governance in his eyes. Open this book, The Son
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The Heavenly Master's Fate-Changing Water Margin: A Side Story 天师改命水浒别传
With a casual divination, he foresaw the Jingkang Disaster, the Southern Song retreating to the south, and even the hundred thousand soldiers and civilians at Yashan leaping into the sea to die for their country. He saw the fate of the Great Song a hundred years later in its entirety. So he gave up being an immortal and transmigrated into the body of the wastrel Yan Qing, taking matters into his own hands to change the course of history. He saves Pang Wanchun at the martial arts arena, becomes
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Chronicles of the Xuanhe Era 宣和风云录
Turmoil in the imperial palace, factional struggles among the officials. The Tanguts are divided, while the Jurchens watch like prowling tigers. A true man’s heart remains steel to the very end. Let me test my hand and mend the rift in the heavens. I’ll summon the Milky Way’s celestial waves and scour the northwest clean of the barbarians’ sands! The storm is raging.
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I Transmigrated as Lin Chong, So Why Keep Putting Up With This?! 穿越成林冲，还忍气吞声干嘛！
“Shui Hu” means “by the waters.” It alludes to people being driven to the brink, with their backs to the wall, forced to do whatever it takes to survive. That is “Shui Hu.” As the saying goes: Traitorous ministers bring calamity to the land; Heroes are driven to gather in the mountains. When blades and spears fly, the people suffer; Thus begins the tale of Shui Hu. When Lin Chong of the new century transmigrates into the Leopard Head at Duanjin Pavilion, he will no longer be taken in by Wu Yong
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The Novel: Leaving the City 小说离城
[A blood-red gown topples the Three Kingdoms; twin flowers in a chaotic age rewrite the history of emperors] ▲Two heroines, intense angst and political intrigue▲Empress of a chaotic age x princess of a fallen kingdom▲Three emperors, six doomed romances▲Innocence and political scheming locked in an ultimate struggle▲ If I hadn’t taken your place in the imperial selection that day, could we have lived each other’s lives? During the darkest decade of the Great Song, Mo Li and Qingcheng, twin lotus
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I Am Hongli, Building a Golden Age for the Qing Dynasty 朕是弘历打造大清盛世
[Political Intrigue + Harem Rivalries + Factional Strife + Romance + Emperor] Hongli ascended the throne at twenty-five and ruled for sixty years, making him the longest-reigning and longest-lived emperor in history. He governed with diligence, excelling in both civil and military affairs, and led the Qing to the height of its golden age. Yet factional strife raged through the court, conflicts in the deep palace never ceased, and danger lurked behind the splendor. In the end, the golden age ga
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Water Margin: Reborn in Zhu Biao, I Came Home to Find My Entire Family Slaughtered 水浒：魂穿祝彪，出门被屠灭满门
Zhang Yu was a new office worker who didn’t even dare talk back to his team leader. One cup of coffee during overtime sent him into the world of Water Margin. When he woke up, he was galloping on horseback through a rainstorm in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Behind him were Liangshan Marsh’s pursuers. He carried Zhu Biao’s wounds, and his mind was filled with the bloody images from the massacre of the Zhu family estate: people hoisted into the air on spears, hacked into three pieces by battle-
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Empress Dowager Cixi and Her Three Favored Eunuchs 慈禧皇后与她的三个宠爱太监
[Eunuchs + Palace Secrets + Empress Dowager Cixi + Court Intrigue] From the time Empress Dowager Cixi entered the palace to the day she ruled from behind the curtain, she shared an unusual relationship with three eunuchs: An Dehai, Li Lianying, and Xiao Dezhang. They were like master and servants, like friends, and more than anything, like old companions. She doted on the three eunuchs, who relied on her favor to do as they pleased, throw their weight around, and take part in court affairs. This
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Water Margin: At Wild Boar Forest, Dong Chao Turns on Xue Ba from the Start 水浒：开局野猪林，董超怒杀薛霸
After transmigrating into Water Margin, I somehow became Dong Chao, the hapless minor character who doesn't survive more than a few episodes in the original! The [Brotherhood System] bound to me said: If you want to live, you have to swear brotherhood with the heroes. So I turned around and killed my partner Xue Ba, then swore brotherhood with Lin Chong in the Wild Boar Forest. From that moment on, fate went into overdrive, and the whole world of Water Margin went completely off the rails. Lin
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- 144 Traveling Between Two Worlds: First, I Spend Three Years as a Slave in the Apocalypse 两界穿梭：先在末世做奴隶三年 [Apocalypse] [Trading Between Two Worlds] [Personality: Decisive and Ruthless] [Has a Heroine, but Women Don't Derail the Plot] [Traditional Apocalypse Story, Transmigration Between the Real World and the Apocalypse] What is the apocalypse? Zombies? Mutated beasts? No, it's people. It's poison released by people! It's people, those high and mighty ones who control the masses, control resources, and even control genes, all so their own kind can merely live, not truly be alive! Lin Hai is a man wh 3kReads7.2Score26014d adds
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The Shen Clan 沈阀
Shen Yan awakens in the body of a young man, facing a disastrous start: no System, no mindless power fantasy, and no invincibility. There are political schemes to navigate. In the early stages, he uses modern knowledge, arranges a marriage alliance, and avenges his mother. In the middle stages, he enters the imperial court, builds up his power, and advances technology. Later, he unlocks the sulfur-based gunpowder technology tree and fights for dominion over the seas. His mighty ships and cannons
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The Biography of Liu E 刘娥传
The Story of Liu E, Part One: Springtime in Bianjing A creative take on history + the growth of an ordinary person. ☆Not a wish-fulfillment story☆Slow burn☆A rewarding read☆Humorous prose☆Remember! The politics of this dog-eat-dog dynasty have nothing to do with women, so the heroine often disappears from the story in the early chapters! Emperor Taizong of Song really couldn't appoint a crown prince. His eldest son, Zhao Yuanzuo, was made crown prince: he went mad. His second son, Zhao Yuanyou,
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Chronicles of the Wilds 莽丛记
[Wuxia chivalry + the nation in peril + torn between loyalty and righteousness + a tragic song of a turbulent age] The first volume of The Record of the Wilds, winner of the Best Long-Form Book Award at Legends Ancient and Modern, is set amid the Song-Jin wars and paints a vivid portrait of ordinary people caught up in the tides of history. It captures the essence of classical storytelling without sacrificing dramatic force: the wandering swordsman Yan Sheng rescues a secret envoy and obtains a
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Lotus Ashes: Frost and Snow over Bianjing 芙蓉烬之汴京霜雪
The capital of Shu falls, and the whole kingdom is forced to relocate. Fei Rui'er follows Meng Chang to Bianjing, thinking that as a surrendered captive, all she can do is cling to life. But soon after they arrive in Bianjing, Meng Chang dies suddenly, and Zhao Guangyi begins persecuting the Meng family one blow after another. With memories of a later age, she witnesses this succession of calamities with her own eyes. Outside the palace walls, there is no way out.
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- 149 What a Song Dynasty 好一个宋朝 Although the Song dynasty was over a thousand years ago, life back then was not as boring as we might imagine. Keeping cats and dogs as pets was already popular. The entertainment found along Song dynasty streets was not all that different from what we enjoy today. City residents already had access to "running water," and commerce was so developed that people had a strong sense of branding. Some shops even had "lightbox advertisements"... This book is a "documentary" about the Song dynasty. Rea 245Reads9.3Score10114d adds
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I Transmigrate into Emperor Zhenzong of Song and Execute Kou Zhun from the Start 穿成宋真宗，开局先斩寇准
If you asked me, “If you transmigrated into Emperor Zhenzong of the Song dynasty, what would you do?” Obviously, I'd shoot Xiao Daling, that hapless fool, dead with one arrow, then anger Xiao Yanyan, that old witch, to death; recover Yanyun, capture Shangjing, punch the Liao dynasty and kick Western Xia, annex Dali, destroy Jiaozhi, keep a Goryeo maid on my left and trample a Japanese slave underfoot on my right. Better yet, I'd ambush the Arabs on land and openly plunder the red-haired devils o
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