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Great Ming: Your Highness, Please Ascend the Throne 大明：殿下请登基
[No System, not a wish-fulfillment story] Zhu Qiyu's soul transmigrates into the Ming dynasty, where he becomes the Jingtai Emperor, a man with the same name. Facing the Tumu Crisis, Zhu Qiyu says: “This is hilarious. As long as I don't ascend the throne, the Oirat exchange student will never make it back.”
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- 2 The Splendor of the Ming: Defeating the Demon Empress Sun and Kicking Out the Gate-Crashing Emperor 大明凤华：除孙妖后，踹叫门天子 [Transmigration + fictional Ming dynasty + no pocket dimension or System + a prince’s favorite concubine + harem and household intrigue + male lead has had previous partners + clear-headed heroine, no angst + he only dotes on her in the middle and later parts] Content warning: Zhu Zhanji is reborn as the heroine’s son; Wang, the Noble Consort, is villainized; Zhu Qizhen is abused; Empress Dowager Sun and others get taken down. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Li Changxi came across a video a 1.9kReads9.0Score130Shelves
- 3 Film and TV Crossover: A Shi 综影视：阿十 World 45: Tang Dynasty, Li Mao (ongoing...) The Great Dao gives rise to fifty, of which forty-nine are manifest, while the last remains elusive. Those controlled by fate give everything they have for a chance to change their destiny and rewrite their lives. This time, at last, they find the perfect ending! World 44: The Glory, Yin Yuji World 43: Chong Zi, Wen Zi World 42: Story of Yanxi Palace, Chen Bi World 41: The Knockout, Jiang Nianyi World 40: A Dream Behind a Crystal Curtain, Wang Lvp ping 40.7kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
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Great Ming: My Father Is Zhu Tumu, and I Seize the Gate from the Start! 大明：家父朱土木，开局夺门之变！
The eighth year of the Jingtai era. The spirited Emperor Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu, is gravely ill and has little time left. The increasingly unhinged former emperor Zhu Qizhen is trapped in the Southern Palace, waiting desperately for his chance. The once-radiant Empress Qian is old, crippled, and impoverished, forced to weave cloth to support the former emperor. Wan Zhen'er, favored above all the women in the palace, still waits alone for her Prince of Yi, uncertain of what lies ahead. That year, Yu Q
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- 5 Ascend the Throne? Ask the Crown Prince, Brother. It's Not Like You Don't Have a Son 登基？找太子啊皇兄又不是没儿子 [Ming dynasty + Zhu Qiyu + Emperor Daizong of Ming + Jingtai Emperor + Ming dynasty war god + Zhu Qizhen + the emperor who called for the gates to be opened + Oirat exchange student + transmigration + Emperor Bao + Prince of Xiang + Zhu Zhanshan] Zhu Qiyu wakes up one day to find he has transmigrated into the body of Zhu Qiyu, Prince of Cheng, younger brother of Zhu Qizhen, the emperor who called for the gates to be opened. It is already the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the fourteenth y 653Reads5.6Score106Shelves
- 6 Jingtai of Great Ming: I Am the Tyrant 大明景泰：朕就是暴君 On the night of the Coup at the Gate, Emperor Jingtai held an AK-47 in both hands. “Zhu Qimen, get out here and eat a whole magazine!” A hot-tempered young man from the twentieth century transmigrates into Emperor Jingtai on the eve of the Coup at the Gate. Watch as he punches the Oirat exchange student Zhu Qimen, kicks the various Oirat tribes into submission, and turns the Japanese pirates into fish food! 121Reads8.2Score102Shelves
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Great Ming: I, Zhu Qiyu, Am No Stand-In Emperor! 大明：我朱祁钰不是代班皇帝！
[No System] + [No Harem] + [No Extremes] + [No Dumbing Down] + [Farming] + [Tumu Crisis from the start] The crown prince's death was suspicious, and the coup that put him on the throne went all too smoothly. In the end, it went so smoothly that his good-for-nothing elder brother, Zhu Qizhen, who did nothing but call for the gates to be opened, the so-called War God of the Ming, seized the throne and restored his rule. Such an absurd turn of events is one of a kind in all of history. Kindness is
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- 8 I Was a Dog in My Previous Life 前世是一条狗 (Tales of the Ming Dynasty!) Huang Quan, a city boy crushed by his family of origin, the college entrance exam, and other pressures, goes through every day in a daze... When he sees pet dogs being cared for better than people, he really wishes he could be a pampered dog in his next life. But a freak lightning strike sends him back 580 years, into his past life during the Zhengtong era of the Ming Emperor Yingzong. And in that past life, he really was a dog: a Taihang hound belonging to a mil 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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Jingtai’s Diary 景泰日记
Lu Huochou, a bankrupt young man down on his luck and living on the streets, and Zhu Qiyu, a timid and spineless prince of the Ming Dynasty, begin a conversation across several centuries through a book called The Jingtai Diary. The two passionate young men from different eras help each other across time. One helps the other repel foreign invaders, grow the economy, and purge corrupt officials, turning him into a ruler of great talent and ambition. The other helps him regain his confidence and fi
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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
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Great Ming: You Punch a Warhorse to Death, and You Say You Want to Be a Civil Official? 大明一拳打死战马你说要当文官？
Chen Dong transmigrates to the Yongle era. During Zhu Di’s first northern campaign, he starts out tending horses in the rear with Yu Qian and awakens the Immortal Civil Official System. Since he is on the battlefield, why is the System’s first reward the strength of a hegemon? What? The System is only active for three days? If he doesn’t become one of Zhu Di’s civil officials within three days, the System will shut down automatically, take back his rewards, and start a death countdown. Just then
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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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Great Ming: From the Start, Yu Qian Asks Me to Become Emperor 大明：开局于谦求我做皇帝
Zhu Qiyu transmigrated to the Ming dynasty and awakened the Educator Training System. He became a teacher, thinking history would be rewritten from scratch. But after the “Ming Dynasty God of War,” the Ming’s greatest fool Zhu Qizhen, was defeated at Tumu Fortress, Yu Qian and the other ministers recommended Zhu Qiyu for the throne. Under pressure from the ministers, who risked their lives to remonstrate, the monstrous Empress Dowager Sun agreed. Zhu Qiyu thus became the regent emperor, ruling t
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- 14 Great Ming: The Strongest Crown Prince in History 大明：史上最强太子 [Great Ming] + [System] + [Invincible] + [Feel-Good Story] He transmigrated as Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son, Zhu Biao, the crown prince with the most secure position in history! He awakened the Fortune Golden Egg System! Once a year, he could smash open a golden egg. The stronger his fortune, the more amazing the prize! A flawless body, peerless swordsmanship, a divine command... With the System's support, he became the greatest crown prince in history! Under Zhu Biao's leadership, the Great Ming 41.9kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves
- 15 Great Ming: I Became Zhu Yuanzhang's Beloved Son 大明：我成了朱元璋好大儿 After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Tao just wants to live quietly as a wealthy gentleman. Unexpectedly, he mistakes Zhu Yuanzhang for his real father, while Zhu Biao becomes his distant cousin. “Dad, something big is going to happen at court soon. Hu Weiyong will probably be eliminated by the emperor, so be careful.” “Cousin, you look frail and weak. I'm afraid you won't live much longer.” “What? You want me to hand over the potatoes I planted? No rush. Let's wait until Zhu Di rebels 5.9kReads8.6Score324Shelves
- 16 Great Ming: From the Start, I Sold Sesame Cakes, and Zhu Yuanzhang Begged Me to Become Emperor 大明：开局卖烧饼，朱元璋求我当皇帝 In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, I arrived in the Great Ming, a bold and martial age. Then I followed my adoptive father and sold flatbreads! And then my adoptive father starved to death in a famine! In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao died, shaking the court and the country. With the help of Old Huang, I opened a little tavern. “Old sir, I’ll take care of you in your old age and see you off when your time comes.” “I can brew Great Ming Yanghe strong-aroma liquor, make comp 34Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 17 Old Zhu, Listen to My Thoughts and Go on a Killing Spree. I'll Just Be a Lazy Fish 老朱听我心声杀疯了我负责咸鱼 He transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and ends up inhabiting the body of an idiot prince. He gets a Slacker System and quietly builds up Slacker Points every day. Little does he know, Zhu Yuanzhang can hear his thoughts. You don’t want to work for me? No chance! You don’t want to be the Crown Prince’s heir? Not a chance! 1.6kReads8.1Score156Shelves
- 18 Reborn: I Become a Prince in Great Ming 重生：我在大明当皇子 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
- 19 The Invincible Imperial Grandson of Great Ming 大明无敌皇孙 I transmigrated as Zhu Yuntong, the biological grandson of Emperor Taizu of the Great Ming. At first, I escaped the palace just to become a carefree merchant. But my useless System led me step by step to the highest position of all. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, after the eight-year-old Crown Prince’s eldest son, Zhu Xiongying, died, Emperor Taizu took an unexpected interest in me and decided to groom me as his next heir. Inside the imperial palace that same year: “You useless lot! You can’t 1.4kReads7.3Score102Shelves
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The Pinnacle of the Noble Consort 贵妃之巅
“A twisted romance” + “palace intrigue” + “a tragedy of the age.” During the Chenghua reign of the Ming dynasty, palace maid Wan Zhen'er spent ten years bringing Crown Prince Zhu Jianshen, confined in the Cold Palace, back from hell to the world of the living. What began as a desperate act of protection warped, under the influence of power, into a twisted symbiosis. Seventeen years older than him, she was his nursemaid and elder sister, and eventually became his only Noble Consort, as well as hi
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- 21 Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty's Dream of the Red Chamber: Does It Make Sense? 穿越明朝红楼合理吗 In the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, six-year-old Jia Huan has mastered the ninth level of the Nine Yang Divine Skill. Are you scared yet? Watch as Jia Huan carefully plans each move, resolves the Jia family’s crises, picks sides at court, earns military honors, helps the new emperor stabilize the realm and crush rebellions. With a sword for slaying foes in hand by day, he rests among beauties by night! 1.8kReads8.5Score114Shelves
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Building the Great Ming’s Top Aristocratic Family 打造大明第一豪门
[Feel-good story] + [Business] + [Daily life] + [Romance] + [Conquest] + [Historical event analysis and reconstruction] + [No System] The Emperor Who Knocked on the Gate? The Ming’s Fortress Ancestor? It’s all slander! See how the transmigrated protagonist experiences historical events firsthand and keeps the Ming dynasty’s glory alive. Prologue: The twelfth year of the Zhengtong reign of the Ming dynasty. Inside the Daxing County yamen. A handsome young man was pinned down on a bench by a group
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The Heavenly Khan, Beginning with Study Abroad in Oirat 天可汗，从留学瓦剌开始
Political intrigue + colonization + pioneering + expansion + war + the struggle for supremacy! No System! No dumbed-down characters! Decisive and ruthless! The Tumu Crisis: an axe is at his throat! Zhu Qizhen opens his eyes to find himself a prisoner of the Oirats, with the throne about to pass into someone else's hands. With no golden finger to bail him out, he can only rely on his learning to “study abroad” on the steppe... Tame the unruly tribes and become lord of the steppe; lead an elite ca
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Late Ming: A Ninth-Rank Official and Three Women Throw the Court into Chaos 明末：九品小官带三女扰乱朝堂
As a low-ranking ninth-grade official during the Chongzhen era, Shen Mo kills a human trafficker in the black market from the start and saves a mysterious female physician. He only wants to keep his head down and survive, but is forced into court factional infighting and becomes a double agent. The Donglin faction is hypocritical and ruinous to the country, while the eunuch faction is vicious and corrupt. With the Ming on the brink of collapse, he decides to dance a waltz on the edge of a blad
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The Martial Emperor Comes to Qing: Wielding Dream of the Red Chamber to Restore the Ming 武皇临清：手执红楼复大明
“My empire! Who’s kneeling down and handing it over to someone else?!” Outraged by the late Qing’s incompetence and treachery, Wu Zetian and Zhu Di rise from the dead and travel through time in a fury. With the cipher key to Dream of the Red Chamber in hand, they restore the Ming dynasty…
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The Art of Imperial Politics: The Jiajing Era 帝王心术：嘉靖时代
This novel offers a profound look at Jiajing’s transformation from an energetic reformer into an emperor obsessed with Daoism. Daoist priests such as Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen used mysticism to manipulate his inner world; Yan Song and his son won favor with Daoist prayers and monopolized power for twenty years; Xu Jie bided his time before finally bringing down the treacherous ministers; and Hai Rui risked his life to submit a memorial condemning the ills of the age. Together, these vivid ch
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The Ming Dynasty’s Special Reconnaissance Troops: The Night Watchmen 明朝特种侦察兵夜不收
A battle of wits between elite scouts, a shadow war of espionage full of twists, and a poignant romance between two people caught in forces beyond their control: all this awaits in the legendary tale of the Ming Dynasty’s Night-Rejecting scouts! During the Jiajing era, unrest flares along the frontier as the Mongols and Jurchens watch hungrily from the shadows. An elite reconnaissance unit known as the Night-Rejectors becomes the sharpest hidden blade guarding the Ming border. Shen Yan, the son
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Ming Dynasty Natives Versus Transmigrators 皇明土著大战穿越众
Current plot: A newcomer to officialdom enters the inner circle as a pawn, but refuses to settle for mediocrity and wants to break free of his constraints. By chance, he gets caught up in turmoil on the frontier, where three hundred battered soldiers rout thirty thousand northern invaders. Zheng Zhi, a household retainer of the Zhen Ding Guard under the Ming rear army's Governor's Office, dreams of himself sixty years in the future. From then on, the Ming Dynasty gains a peerless talent in both
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Reborn in the World of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 重生笑傲江湖世界
The protagonist is reborn in the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. What are the Five Mountains Sword Alliance, the Sunflower Manual, or the Dugu Nine Swords compared to doing whatever you please? The martial world is simply a place where people clash with one another.
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Reborn as Zhu Qiyu: You Dare Take My Throne? 重生朱祁钰，你敢夺朕的门？
"No System, No Wish-Fulfillment Story" I transmigrated into Zhu Qiyu just before the Tumu Crisis. I had only just taken charge of state affairs and was preparing to welcome back Zhu Qizhen, the Great Ming's God of War, when I never expected that the Zhu Qizhen of this timeline would be so unyielding that he took his own life. The wicked empress dowager Sun Ruowei tried to have me assassinated while my footing was still uncertain at the start of my reign. I promptly bestowed on her a cup of poiso
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