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  1. 101 EN Reborn as Zhu Yunwen: Forging a Mighty Ming 大明:我重生成了朱允炆 Historical4.3M WordsOngoing In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang passed away. Zhu Yunwen, the imperial grandson with a soul from a later age, ascended the throne! “Since I've become the Son of Heaven of the Great Ming, then... sorry, Zhu Di, you'll just have to be a capable minister who brings peace to the realm!” “Let's set up a cabinet, build a military academy, open a state-owned bank, develop the commercial tax system, and make nine years of compulsory education universal...” “Send Zheng He to S 39Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  2. 102 With Me, the Ming Dynasty Is Invincible 大明有了我就无敌 Historical450k WordsCompleted Wang Bawang'er suddenly fell into a cave while climbing a mountain. He crawled out of the cave and transmigrated to the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma, and Zhu Biao all revolved around him, and the Ming dynasty rose to power at an astonishing pace. 55Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  3. 103 Reborn as Zhu Youxiao of the Great Ming! Who Says the Ming Dynasty Is Doomed? 重生为大明朱由校!谁说大明要亡国了? Historical999k WordsCompleted Everyone dreams of becoming emperor, but who can truly guard the nation’s borders and die for the realm? Only the Great Ming! When Zhu Youxiao awoke from a great dream, he found himself in the darkness before dawn. Faced with an undercurrent of turmoil at court and dangers lurking in the inner palace, the Red Pill Case was already unfolding and the Palace Transfer Case was about to begin. As imperial and ministerial power clashed, Zhu Youxiao was left bewildered. What was he to do? The Great Min 3.9kReads8.4Score202Shelves
  4. 104 I Run a Restaurant Along the River of History 我在历史长河中有间餐馆 Historical5.0M WordsOngoing No female lead, with a System Ren Xiaotian, a gig worker, transmigrates to a parallel world. A shady System forcibly binds itself to him. Ren Xiaotian is forced to host emperors from various dynasties in his own courtyard. What amusing things will happen between them? (This is an entertaining, history-themed story. It may stray a little from the official historical record, so please don't hold it against the author. Just enjoy yourselves.) 11.2kReads7.8Score726Shelves
  5. 105 Great Ming: From Book Boy to the Strongest Imperial Guard 大明:从书童到最强锦衣卫 Historical1.1M WordsCompleted Zhou Chu transmigrated to the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty. To survive, he was sold to the Lu family as a page. Just as Zhou Chu was helping the family’s second young master study and make steady progress, disaster struck the Lu family. Its members were thrown into prison. Zhou Chu took the Lu family’s only daughter with him, earning money while bribing the guards to make life in prison more comfortable for the family. Then Zhu Houzhao died, and Zhu Houcong took the throne, changing the era n 45.5kReads8.9Score5.1kShelves
  6. 106 What If the Ming Dynasty Had Taken the Qing Dynasty's Place 把明朝放在清朝位置上的那些事儿 Historical367k WordsOngoing [The main story is complete. Extra chapters are updated on the last Friday of every month.] What would happen if the Ming Dynasty were pushed back 276 years and placed where the Qing Dynasty once stood? Xu Da facing off against Dorgon, Zhu Di leading a personal campaign against Galdan, Zheng He reaching Europe... Qi Jiguang battling British colonists, Zhang Juzheng launching modernization reforms, Xu Xiake traveling across the globe... (This book doesn't create history. It just carries history t 129Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  7. 107 Great Ming: Transmigrating with Old Zhu 大明:带着老朱去穿越 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Over thousands of years of history, countless unforgettable events have taken place on this land. Some rose to prominence, some turned the tide against overwhelming odds, some spent their entire lives unfulfilled, and some could only weep, unable to serve their country. If you had the chance to return to the past and change history, would you choose to undo those regrets? I think I would! 10.1kReads8.8Score484Shelves
  8. 108 Great Ming: The Village's Little Top Scholar, Whom Old Zhu Absolutely Adores 大明:乡村小状元,老朱贼稀罕我 Historical2.0M WordsCompleted During the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Qiniu, an ordinary four-year-old farm boy, accidentally comes across a silver bell. From then on, he dreams every night of entering a room filled with books: the Thousand Character Classic, the Hundred Family Surnames, the Four Books and Five Classics, collections of successful candidates’ exam essays from every dynasty, and more. With his golden finger and relentless effort, he becomes the top scholar before the age of ten. Beloved by Old Zhu, Litt 18.8kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
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  9. 109 Late Ming: Your Majesty, the Crown Prince Has Rebelled 明末:陛下,太子殿下造反了 Historical1.1M WordsCompleted No System + a transmigrator in the late Ming + rebellion from the start + killing corrupt officials + wiping out the Manchu A 21st-century overworked office drone transmigrates into the body of Zhu Cilang, the Crown Prince at the end of the Ming dynasty. After transmigrating, he tries to talk Emperor Chongzhen into seeing reason, but the emperor refuses to listen and instead punishes him by ordering him to reflect behind closed doors and forbidding him to leave. His reputation is ruined, too, an 5kReads7.9Score288Shelves
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  10. 110 I Sent Aid to Northwestern Shanxi from the End of the Ming Dynasty 我从明末支援晋西北 Urban713k WordsCompleted (Late Ming dynasty) + (Bright Sword) + dual-world portal. A modern man transmigrates into Mao Wenlong, the man the Manchu invaders hate most, and gains a golden finger: a portal between two worlds. The other side of the portal leads to the world of Bright Sword. Mao Wenlong rushes off to find Li Yunlong and buy machine guns. He plans to take guns and cannons back to the late Ming dynasty, build up his forces, and restore their former glory… But Li Yunlong can’t bear to sell his machine guns, or 464Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  11. 111 Great Ming: A Nine-to-Five Life in the Hongwu Era 大明:人在洪武,朝九晚五 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Hongwu era, Yue Lin, the county magistrate of Fengyang, is impeached for corruption by the powerful minister Hu Weiyong! The emperor is furious and goes undercover to investigate. Naturally, Old Zhu, mistaken for a nouveau riche, receives a warm welcome from Yue Lin. “This is a breech-loading rifle. Buy one, and the Northern Yuan barbarians will be wiped out. Everyone will have to show you some respect!” “This is a craft workshop. Ten-year-old children can play marble 372Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  12. 112 The Heroes of Bright Sword Transmigrate to the Early Qing 亮剑群英穿清初 Historical251k WordsCompleted When Li Yunlong transmigrates to the late Ming and early Qing. When the heroes of Drawing Sword transmigrate to the early years of the Kangxi reign. In an era when the realm has fallen into ruin and nearly all resistance to the Qing has been wiped out, how will the heroes of Drawing Sword embark on a new journey? 227Reads7.5Score—Shelves
  13. 113 A Commoner Conquers the Nine Provinces 布衣镇九州 Historical2.3M WordsCompleted Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye 26.2kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
  14. 114 I Vie with Jiajing for the Throne 我与嘉靖争皇位 Historical445k WordsCompleted He gets into a car accident on his way to the graduate school entrance exam interview and transmigrates back to the Ming Dynasty, only to find himself in the body of a seven-year-old cowherd from a remote village, the son of a landlord. He's all alone, with no one to rely on. He thinks this is how his life will be, until he discovers that his previous self was the illegitimate son of the Zhengde Emperor! After Zhengde dies, Zhang Yong, one of the “Eight Tigers,” comes to take him back to inherit 3.2kReads8.4Score180Shelves
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  15. 115 The End of Dayan: Winds Rise in Hanzhou 大衍末路:邯州风起 Historical800k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate to the Late Ming] [Imperial Son-in-Law] [Not Mindless] [Not a Power Fantasy] [No System] [New Book] In the first year of the Chongzhen reign, at the end of the Ming dynasty, there are no golden fingers, no System, and the story unfolds at a measured pace. Zhao Yanzhi, a modern office worker, transmigrates by accident and becomes the illegitimate son of a landowning family in Handan during the early years of the Chongzhen reign. The realm is on the verge of chaos, bandits roam every 1.2kReads—Score117Shelves
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  16. 116 Transmigrating to the End of the Yuan Dynasty, I Vie with Chongba for the Realm 穿越元末,我与重八争天下 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted I transmigrated to the end of the Yuan dynasty, when war blazed across the land! My father is Guo Zixing, known to later generations as one of the founders of the Ming dynasty. My sworn younger brother is Zhu Chongba, the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty! To protect myself, Zhu Chongba and I go from working together to competing against each other, and in the end I seize the Ming realm for myself! The Ming dynasty I establish is far greater than Zhu Chongba’s. Zhu Chongba, if I don’t die, yo 9.3kReads8.0Score693Shelves
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  17. 117 My Great Ming, Ruling Three Thousand Miles! 我的大明,纵横三万里! Historical2.4M WordsOngoing (The rating just came out! It’ll go up!) With a computer in tow, he transmigrates into the Ming dynasty and starts out as Zhu Xiongying, eldest son of Zhu Biao, the Crown Prince acting as regent. Knowing how history unfolds, he understands that both he and the empire are already surrounded by crises. The vassal princes are everywhere. How can he turn the tide? Corrupt Confucian scholars are ruining the country. How can he root them out? Zhu Xiongying’s answer is just one word: fight! Build fac 5.4kReads7.5Score457Shelves
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  18. 118 The Ming Chronicles: Emperor Hongzhi 大明录之弘治大帝 Historical1.6M WordsOngoing [Transmigration] [Decisive and ruthless] [Expanding the realm] [Wuxia] [Uncovering historical secrets] Protagonist: Zhu Youji He transmigrates into the grandson of the Ming dynasty's God of War. The Crown Prince of the Chenghua era is the eldest son of the Chenghua Emperor and the son of Consort Wan. This story sets history's regrets right, features brain-teasing political intrigue, and is a contest for supremacy. If you can figure out who the final villain is, the author concedes defeat. The Gr 140Reads7.1Score—Shelves
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  19. 119 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! Historical2.5M WordsOngoing [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 4kReads8.2Score478Shelves
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  20. 120 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 Historical2.6M WordsCompleted [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 518Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  21. 121 Jiajing: I Really Am Cultivating Immortality 嘉靖:朕真的在修仙 Historical1.3M WordsOngoing An emperor obsessed with cultivating the Dao? I'm cultivating immortality! After transmigrating into the Ming dynasty as the “Daoist Emperor,” he initially resolves to become the greatest emperor in history. But cultivation is real, and immortality is within reach. With a scroll of the Way of Peaceful Ascension, he concocts the elixir of immortality in a golden age! From then on, new rites flourish, and the Three Palaces stand together. The jade seal passes through the ages, and fortune soars ac 1.8kReads8.7Score102Shelves
  22. 122 Late Ming Chongzhen: I Deserve the Temple Name Shengzu 明末崇祯,朕当得起圣祖庙号 Historical2.0M WordsCompleted Zhu Bao'an is reborn. He never expected to become the Chongzhen Emperor. He's doomed now. Fortunately, it's the first year of the Chongzhen reign, so there's still hope. Watch him rebuild the Embroidered Uniform Guard and Eastern Depot, killing not a single loyal minister and sparing not one treacherous official. He takes charge of the economy, politics, and military, and makes sure all three are strong. Hong Taiji: "That brat Zhu Youjian fights dirty, always going for my kidneys. And now he has 972Reads7.2Score105Shelves
  23. 123 Great Ming: My Brother-in-Law Is Zhu Biao 大明:我的姐夫叫朱标 Historical1.2M WordsOngoing I transmigrated to the Great Ming. My elder sister is the Crown Princess, my elder brother is a founding duke, and my maternal uncle is the Great Ming’s “Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.” Most importantly, my brother-in-law is Zhu Biao. That’s a royal flush from the start! But the current emperor seems rather petty, so to live comfortably, I’ve decided to keep my head down and be a nobody. For ten years, I’ve stayed secluded in the inner chambers, a quiet, handsome young man. Then my uncle brought a sec 39.4kReads7.9Score2.2kShelves
  24. 124 Great Ming: I Have a Spirit-Spring Space 大明:我有灵泉空间 Historical1.1M WordsCompleted From the start, he was born into the womb as Zhu Xiongying, the eldest son of Zhu Biao, the eldest legitimate grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang. While Zhu Xiongying was still in the womb: Zhu Xiongying: Dad, you’re nothing like Grandpa! Zhu Biao: ?? Zhu Xiongying: Why don’t you stand up to him? Why don’t you fight him? Zhu Biao: Good grief, that’s my father. Led astray by his own son, Zhu Biao went around shouting that he wanted to lead an army to sweep across the northern deserts and become the first c 5.9kReads7.6Score416Shelves
  25. 125 Reviving Great Ming, Starting from Childhood 中兴大明,从娃娃开始 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted [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 1.4kReads8.1Score101Shelves
  26. 126 Great Ming: Zhu Biao's Little Sidekick 大明:我是朱标的小跟班 Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Zhu Qi arrived in the second year of the Hongwu era, becoming Zhu Yuanzhang's ninth son, who had died young. Most people who transmigrate at least become princes capable of protecting themselves. He had to save himself the moment he arrived. Luckily, he had an elder brother. Seeing how frail Zhu Qi was, Zhu Biao took him under his wing. From then on, Zhu Qi changed Zhu Biao's way of thinking. Until one day... Zhu Yuanzhang: "Biao, you've changed!" Zhu Biao: "Father, you've changed too. Your blad 4.9kReads6.4Score254Shelves
  27. 127 Reborn: I Become a Prince in Great Ming 重生:我在大明当皇子 Historical1.5M WordsCompleted Zhu Ning accidentally transmigrates to the Ming dynasty and becomes the “illegitimate son” his father has been keeping on the side! And his father turns out to be Emperor Hongzhi? Then the guy who calls himself his brother is... Zhu Houzhao? “I was going to get along with you as an ordinary person, but I’m done pretending. I’m a spoiled young master, and I’m coming clean!” (The original spoiled young master of the Ming dynasty) 471Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  28. 128 Late Ming: I Extend the Ming Dynasty’s Life by Seven Hundred Years 明末:我为大明延寿七百年 Historical1.7M WordsOngoing [Political intrigue] [Slow burn] [Ensemble cast] [Conquest] [Clever protagonist] [No System] After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Shuyuan is mistaken for an immortal by Zhu Youjian. Once the misunderstanding is cleared up, he realizes he's standing at a turning point in Chinese history! With that, Zhang Shuyuan resolves to become a fanatical defender of the Xia people! Donglin Party, die. Zhejiang, Chu, and Qi factions, disband. Liaodong? It's been Chinese territory since ancient time 718Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 129 The New Reign 明变 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted The twenty-eighth year of Jiajing was an extraordinary one, a turning point for the entire Ming Empire. That year, Zhu Wan, who oversaw the southeast, faced a storm of criticism. That year, Zeng Xian, the governor-general of the three border regions, was dead, while Altan Khan was poised to make his move. That year, Yan Song brought down Xia Yan and became Grand Secretary. And in that same year, Crown Prince Zhuangjing, who should have died, returned to the stage of Ming power. That year was the 397Reads5.9Score—Shelves
  30. 130 The Great Ming's Lord of the Seas 大明镇海王 Historical2.1M WordsOngoing [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 2.3kReads—Score192Shelves
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  31. 131 Reforming the Great Ming 调教大明 Historical555k WordsOngoing Throughout the Ming dynasty, the empire never sent princesses to marry foreign rulers, paid no indemnities, ceded no land, and paid no tribute. The emperor guarded the gates of the realm, and the monarch died for the state. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Lan Bin transmigrates into the son of Lan Yu, the most notorious man in history for having people skinned and stuffed. Ten years later, his family will be confiscated and exterminated, and he will lose his head. Desperate to stay alive 164Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  32. 132 A Late Ming Revolutionary Reorganizes the Ranks and Handcrafts a Mortar 明末觉醒分子重组,手搓迫击炮 Historical1.8M WordsOngoing History's unluckiest transmigrator starts out as a refugee in northern Shaanxi at the end of the Ming dynasty. Just as he thinks he's about to die on arrival, his “molecular restructuring” cheat comes online! Any substance can be rewritten; any structure can be rearranged! Hungry? Restructure cellulose into glucose and turn weeds into porridge! The original grain seeds yield too little? Induce genetic mutations in the seeds and harvest three thousand jin per mu! The Tartar cavalry is formidable? 44.2kReads8.1Score4.7kShelves
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  33. 133 He Fengzi 贺疯子 Historical1.6M WordsOngoing 1. This is a dark take on the Ming dynasty, centered on rebellion, with grand-scale battles and a brutal, bloody aesthetic. Ming loyalists should read with caution. 2. This is a transmigration story, but the protagonist’s golden finger is deliberately limited, in an effort to stay close to the historical realities of warfare at the end of the Ming dynasty. 3. In this novel, a soul from the future originally intended to possess Sun Chuanting, but through a twist of fate became He Renlong instead. 713Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 134 Smoke and Fire in the Great Ming 大明烟火 Historical5.2M WordsOngoing Zhu Yuanzhang: “A bunch of corrupt lawbreakers! I’m going to kill them all.” Han Du: “Your Majesty, please calm down. Rather than killing them, why not put them to use and squeeze every last bit of value out of them?” Zhu Yuanzhang: ... 190Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  35. 135 Age of Exploration: I Conquer Europe with Food 大航海时代:我用美食征服欧洲 Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigration + food + infrastructure building + Age of Exploration + mutual pampering + 1v1] Min Xi has the bad luck to transmigrate to the Ming dynasty, and even worse, he isn't in the Ming Empire at all. He's in Europe. At this time, the Industrial Revolution hasn't begun. Europe is still in a primitive state of plunder and ruthless expansion, with chaos everywhere and might making right. Luckily, he's not alone: Yun Ji, a young master who can really fight and happens to be 4.4kReads9.1Score758Shelves
  36. 136 Chongzhen: I Am Heaven’s Mandate, and the Ming Dynasty Will Never Set 崇祯:朕即天命,大明日不落 Historical596k WordsOngoing A modern martial arts champion transmigrates into the body of Chongzhen on the eve of the apocalypse. On the very day he ascends the throne, he faces a hopeless situation: the Tianqi Emperor has just died, the Donglin faction is forcing its way into the palace, the treasury is empty, and the Later Jin army is at the gates. There is no meek endurance or nerve-racking struggle at every turn. This formidable emperor immediately shows off his overwhelming strength: he silences a weeping scholar-offi 22Reads—Score—Shelves
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  37. 137 The Great Ming’s Restorer, Emperor Tianshun 大明朝中兴之主,天顺帝 Historical529k WordsCompleted Zhu Qiyong, a loser from the 21st century, drowned his sorrows after a breakup. But in the middle of the night, he woke up needing to pee. He got up to relieve himself, slipped, and drowned in his own urine. He transmigrated as the son of Hu Shanxiang in the TV drama The Story of Minglan, and the elder brother of Zhu Qizhen, the Ming dynasty's famed God of War and a hostage in Wala. And so began a very different story of Minglan... 460Reads—Score—Shelves
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  38. 138 Transmigrating to 1644 穿越1644 Historical823k WordsCompleted It is 1644, the year Li Zicheng storms Beijing at the end of the Ming dynasty. But history changes because of those who transmigrate. Zhao Chen had planned to keep to a quiet corner of the world, but he discovers by chance that there are others who have transmigrated into this era. As crises pile up, what will he choose? Those who transmigrate change the world, yet in ways beyond their understanding, the world changes them, too. As time passes, the transmigrators cross paths. Who can stay hidden 425Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 139 Reborn as Liu Bowen of the Ming Dynasty, I Rely on Feng Shui to Conquer the World 穿成大明刘伯温我靠风水稳赢天下 Historical492k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast + Conquest + Political Intrigue + Feng Shui and Face Reading + No System] Liu Abao, a legendary modern master of feng shui, woke up in another body as Liu Bowen, the Ming Dynasty's foremost strategist. Using feng shui as his game and the world as his board, he commands the dragon veins and breaks deadly formations, directing the realm with a smile and crushing every rival in his path. Zhu Yuanzhang: “We’ll all listen to our lord. My lord, please hurry up and pass the throne to me! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  40. 140 I Transmigrated to the Late Ming and Built a Base 我穿越明末建了根基地 Historical489k WordsCompleted In the late Ming, Li Zicheng's ragtag refugees formed an army, sweeping through everything like locusts. With disasters year after year and starving corpses everywhere, survival was a struggle. Rather than call them rebels for shouting that they would overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming, it would be better to say they were searching for hope of survival. Only hope could unite people. In this age of chaos, there were talented people and those who killed with wild abandon; some protected their 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 141 A Hero of the Seas at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末之海上雄师 Historical8.3M WordsCompleted In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin Tartars repeatedly raided the borders. The Central Plains were engulfed in war, and the Ming court had lost control of the southeastern coast and its maritime power. The empire was on the brink of collapse. Tang Xuezhi, a marine of the Huaxia Empire, transmigrated by accident to the chaotic end of the Ming Dynasty, where he became the son of the great pirate Yan Siqi. Hunted for no reason, he went on to pacify the coastal frontier, fight the 5.9kReads8.2Score594Shelves
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  42. 142 Promote the Ming 扬明 Historical3.7M WordsCompleted 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
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  43. 143 Hegemonic Ming: My Industrial Age 霸明:我的工业时代 Historical2.5M WordsCompleted I am Zhao Zhiwei, the godfather of the Ming Dynasty. In this troubled era, I set off an industrial revolution and changed the fate of the dynasty. I am both mentor and friend to the carpenter emperor, Zhu Youxiao. I call the powerful eunuch Wei Zhongxian my brother, though we are constantly at odds as well. Of course, the Ming Dynasty has plenty of enemies: the Jurchens, who covet the throne; the Donglin faction, whose empty talk harms the nation; corrupt nobles and gentry who infest the land; a 2.5kReads8.4Score173Shelves
  44. 144 Zhu Wuhuang, Emperor of the Ages 千古一帝朱武皇 Historical156k WordsCompleted I've been reading web novels for over ten years, and historical fantasy is my favorite genre. This is my first book, a novel about transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty. It's a slow-burn story, with a power struggle in the early stages, and it may also involve high martial arts and the rise of a dynasty. I hope you'll take your time and enjoy it. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 145 Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty to Become Emperor 穿越明朝当皇帝 Historical1.5M WordsCompleted [Historical Writing Contest] He transmigrates into the body of the Ming dynasty’s last emperor, with less than five months left before the dynasty falls. Zhu Youjian, now with a new soul, is deeply troubled. He can only rely on his knowledge of future history and set out to turn the tide and change the course of events. First, move the capital and make a strategic retreat. Anyone who disagrees gets executed! Next, cultivate the land, carry out land reform, and manufacture guns and cannons. Anyon 371Reads8.8Score115Shelves
  46. 146 Zhu Cilang: I Refuse to Be the Crown Prince of a Fallen Dynasty! 朱慈烺:我不做亡国太子! Historical4.1M WordsCompleted Lighthearted + political intrigue + war + passionate action + no System + no brainless decisions! See how he manipulates the levers of power and wins people’s hearts, outwits civil officials and military officers, and crushes every rival faction! See how he develops the economy and technology, trains his troops into a powerful army, conquers the world, and builds a Ming Empire on which the sun never sets! If they go to war, then their nations will be destroyed and their people wiped out! 4.9kReads8.7Score380Shelves
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  47. 147 Late Ming: Dawn Drives Out the Night 明末,天明驱夜 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 2.6kReads8.7Score242Shelves
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  48. 148 Burying the Ming: My System Is Full of Bugs 葬明:我的系统全是BUG Historical369k WordsCompleted The protagonist wakes to discover that he has become the frail, sickly, and overlooked heir of the Prince of Gui’s residence. He is only fifteen years old. News has just arrived that the Longwu regime has fallen, and Qu Shisi, the Guangxi governor, and others are urging his father, Zhu Youlang, to assume the regency. System Awakening: Thrust into the spotlight amid his terror, he faces a probing attack by the Qing vanguard under Li Chengdong. At this critical moment, a translucent panel appears 34Reads—Score—Shelves
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  49. 149 Blood and Loyalty in the Waning Ming 碧血明末 Male-Channel Fanfiction108k WordsOngoing A hard-core transmigration tale set in the late Ming, steeped in the history of the Southern Ming. I transmigrated to the end of the Ming dynasty, ready to make my mark, but the dynasty collapsed before I could even begin. You want to build guns and wipe out the Jurchen invaders and bandits? Fine, but do you even know how a gun works? Do you know how to cut rifling? I want to make glass and cement. Sure, do you know the ingredients and proportions? I know there are seven continents and four ocea —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  50. 150 The Great Ming Empire: A Flourishing Realm 大明帝国之盛世江山 Historical201k WordsCompleted This book recounts the glory of the Ming dynasty, from Zheng He’s seven voyages to the Western Seas during the Yongle era and the Ren and Xuan reigns to the upheavals of the Zhengtong and Jingtai years. It follows the fortunes of five emperors, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Qizhen, and Zhu Qiyu, and depicts the thrilling history of the voyages to the Western Seas. 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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