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Living in Turbulent Times, I Pretend to Be a Top Clan from the Start 人在乱世，开局冒充顶级门阀
In the final years of the Great Qian dynasty, warlords carved up the realm. Shen Yan, a PhD in history, transmigrates into the body of a condemned prisoner who deserted the army. He's sentenced to be executed from the start! No System? The knowledge in his head is the ultimate cheat! With nothing but a broken jade pendant, he passes himself off as the eldest legitimate grandson of the most powerful clan in the realm. A contest of knowledge? He can recite ancient codes and institutions backwards,
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Transmigrating Across Dynasties: From the Start, Li Er Takes Over Liu Shan 万朝穿越：开局李二穿刘禅
Wang Xu inexplicably obtains the Myriad Dynasties Transmigration System. With it, he can send emperors, civil officials, military generals, talented scholars, and beautiful women from any dynasty to any parallel era. And so… Li Er: My father is dead, I have no older brothers, and I'm the sole heir. With Chancellor Zhuge to help me, this is a heavenly start! Everyone, don't panic. Watch me turn the tide! Liu Shan: I woke up and don't know what's going on, but the man in front of me keeps saying w
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Southern Song: What If Liu Shan Transmigrated to Become Zhao Gou? 南宋，如果刘禅穿越成为赵构
Foreword, please read: The author of this book is a newcomer with poor writing skills! The writing isn't good, so please go easy on me. Also, this story has a System, so if you don't like System stories, don't read it. If Liu Shan were Yue Fei's ruler, would he listen to Qin Hui? That's right, it's that supposedly hopeless Adou, Liu Shan. After Liu Shan died in 271 AD, his spirit wandered beyond the mortal world until the 21st century, when he heard someone say, “If Yue Fei had Liu Shan as his r
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Three Kingdoms: General, Who’s More Beautiful, Your Concubine or the Empress? 三国：将军，妾身与皇后，谁更美
By a twist of fate, he transmigrates as Cao Ang, Cao Cao's eldest son, who was supposed to die in the Battle of Wancheng. At death's door, he activates the “Life-Prolonging Talent System.” Only by winning over the peerless beauties of history can he extend his lifespan and unlock talents. Along the way, Cao Ang uses the System to win over beauties and prolong his life, while secretly building up his strength: curbing Liu Bei's rise, blockading the waterways of Jiangdong, and breaking up enemy al
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The Steel Seventh Company of the Western Route Army 西路军之钢七连
Yin Xinjun transmigrates into the body of a soldier in the 39th Regiment of the Red 13th Division, Red Fifth Army Corps, during the later stages of the Red Army’s Long March. He joins the Western Route Army on its expedition west, earning one merit after another. Later, he fights across the Northeast and becomes a formidable commander in the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. The Ma clique has sent a cavalry regiment? Send the Seventh Company! They’ll be more than enough! The Japanese have sen
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No Three Kingdoms After the Han 汉后无三国
Liu Xia transmigrates to the end of the Han dynasty, but refuses to become emperor or king. With fifty cavalrymen, he slaughters five thousand Xiongnu. Beneath Xiapi, one strike of his halberd leaves Lu Bu crippled. He casually tosses aside the Imperial Jade Seal: "Just a broken stone. Can it put food on the people's tables?" His motto is: "Whoever dares threaten our mighty Han, no matter how far away, must be destroyed!" "The people are the true masters of the Han. The Son of Heaven is just the
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Daiyu Has a Younger Brother, and the Red Chamber Is in Chaos 黛玉有弟红楼乱
Lin Jingyan, the eldest son of the Lin family, returned to the age of three. After lying unconscious in bed for two years, he woke just before his elder sister left for the Rongguo Mansion. In his previous life, after he died, he stayed by his sister’s side and shared her entire life. He saw that even the Lin family’s immense wealth could not keep their only daughter safe. So this time, I’ll do it myself! But don’t cry, Sis. My head hurts.
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Zhuge Village Fool, You're Scheming Against Me Again 诸葛村夫，你又算计我
[No System + Not Invincible + Aiding Liu Bei + Neither Glorifying nor Denigrating + Early-Round Conquest + Mid-Round Farming + Late-Round Sainthood] The first three chapters show the protagonist testing Liu Bei with his words. Pay attention to the title: his advice is supposedly offered, but it’s all fake. Fake advice. Volume One: Head north to save Xu Shu’s mother... Volume Two: Infiltrate Xiangyang to recruit talent for Liu Bei... Volume Three: Make early plans for Yi Province... Volume F
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Xu Chu in the Late Han: I Seize the Southeast from the Start 汉末许褚：开局坐断东南
[Three Kingdoms] [Late Han Dynasty] [Slow Burn] [Farming] [Politics] [Conquest] [Scheming] [Political Maneuvering] [Unresolved Regrets] [Transmigration] A modern overworked office drone transmigrates into the late Han Dynasty as Xu Chu, and refuses to accept the fate of being called the “Tiger Fool.” Cao Mengde, you hold the emperor hostage, but did you know my troops, supplies, and wealth can make the warlords bow to me, too? Liu Xuande, you preach benevolence and righteousness, but did you kno
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Party Struggles Throughout Chinese History 中国历代党争
Chinese Factional Struggles Through the Ages is a history of power struggles between factions, between factions and imperial authority, and between individuals. Using strategy as its thread and history as its fabric, it recounts a host of tangled stories. Covering three thousand years of factional strife, from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods through the Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, the book details major events, rises and falls, triumphs and humiliations, and
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Controlling the Ancestors: Creating a Millennium-Old Clan from the Chu-Han Contention 操控祖宗：从楚汉争霸创千年世家
A story of a millennium-old clan and its ancestors After graduating from university, Chen Cheng gained the ability to travel through time, going back and forth across history to control his own ancestors! If he can't get rich in the present, he'll start in ancient times! He takes a leg from Xiang Yu during the Chu-Han Contention, becomes Emperor Wen of Han's tutor amid the Lü Clan Disturbance, pushes through reforms in Emperor Jing of Han's era, and turns the tide in the late Eastern Han! The Ji
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The Three Kingdoms: A World of Gods and Demons, Watch Me Conquer It 三国之神魔世界，看我如何称霸？
What is a god? What is a demon? Who is righteous, and who is evil? The rules of this world are nothing more than a game of chess written by the victor... Original titles: Three Kingdoms: The World of Gods and Demons, Watch Me Claim the Throne! and The New Three Kingdoms of Gods and Demons Wen Fengqing transmigrates to the late Eastern Han dynasty, only to discover that his beautiful teacher has come along with him. And that is not all. He is not the first person to transmigrate... What's more, t
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Great Qin: My Frail and Delicate Worthy Minister 大秦：我那身娇体弱的贤臣
Female transmigrates as a man + no romance + focused on building a career Zhang Yuanqing transmigrates into the body of a down-on-his-luck noble from the State of Chu during the Warring States period. “System for Great Ministers of the Ages activated. Host, work hard to become one of history's greatest ministers!” Wait, wait, wait. Having a System is a good thing, but what does it mean to become one of history's greatest ministers? It's a given that King Zheng of Qin will unite the six states. A
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With My Blood, I’ll Save These Mountains and Rivers 我以我血挽山河
[Not a Power Fantasy + Slow Burn + Multiple Storylines + No Golden Finger + Passionate Conquest of the Song] At the end of the Northern Song dynasty, Bianjing was under siege, and the realm was falling into enemy hands. After his soul traveled nine hundred years through time, Gu Yuan found himself on the snowy plains outside Bianjing, where he and a band of fleeing soldiers happened to rescue the reborn Princess Zhao Yingluo. Through careful planning at every turn, he rose to become the era’s gr
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A Survival Guide to the Eastern Han Dynasty 东汉求生指北
Late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms era + no System + a male lead who grows over time The story of Han Su, an ordinary man’s gradual rise during the final years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After two rulers have died, Han Su finally becomes the greatest ruler of them all.
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Zeng Guofan: A Distinguished Statesman Who Revived the Late Qing 曾国藩：晚清中兴名臣
Written in an accessible style, this book recounts the remarkable life of Zeng Guofan, the foremost statesman of the late Qing revival. It begins with a baby's cries in a farming household in Xiangxiang in 1811, then follows his grueling path through the imperial examinations. He fails four times but keeps studying until, at twenty-seven, he finally enters the Hanlin Academy. As a capital official, he adheres to the principles of self-cultivation and holds fast to his convictions amid court intr
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Transmigrated to the Countryside: A Young Farmer's Road to the Imperial Exams 穿越之农家独苗苗的科举之路
[Born into the Past + Farming + Imperial Exams + Fleeing Famine + Warfare] The slow-paced everyday life of a boy from a rural family in ancient times! Zhang Ping'an gets a new lease on life when he transmigrates to an ancient farming family. Fortunately, they are fairly well-off, so no one has to go hungry. He has six older sisters, and he is the only boy his parents had long hoped for. His parents favor sons over daughters, and all six sisters are fierce. He thought he was in for a story about
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Qianlong Dynasty: Court Intrigue and the Rise and Fall of a Golden Age 乾隆王朝：帝王权谋与盛世浮沉
This book offers a sweeping portrait of the rise and fall of the sixty-year Qianlong era (1736–1795). From the early reign's efforts to clean up officialdom and reform the transport and salt industries, to expanding the borders and pacifying the Dzungars and the Khojas; from the compilation of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries and the literary inquisitions, to the extravagance of the Southern Tours and the hardships faced by ordinary people; from Heshen's grip on power and corruption i
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My Proud and Talented Lady of the Marquis’s Manor 我的侯府傲娇才娘子
Also known as: “I Just Transmigrated and Picked Up a Proud Marquis Household Heiress” and “One Female Lead” Food gives life continuity. Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and song give it charm. A little wealth, fame, and success give it grandeur. Gu Zhengyan transmigrated and unexpectedly won first place in a poetry competition. He even married a young lady from a marquis’s household, only for the furious marquis to throw them both out. Gu Zhengyan took his wife back to his impoverish
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Great Ming: I Transmigrate as the Chongzhen Emperor, Starting with a Rope 大明：穿越崇祯帝，开局一根绳
[No System + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Ruthless Combat + War] Good news: Zhu Lian transmigrated and became Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming dynasty. Bad news: It was the tenth day of the third month of Chongzhen’s seventeenth year, just seven days before Li Zicheng’s rebels stormed the outer city. The Ming dynasty was already on the brink of collapse, in grave danger. The Jurchens threatened from the north, rebels from the west, with one natural disaster after another an
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Tales of the Northern Song Dynasty 关于北宋的那些事
A new work is here! I hope you'll head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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The Legend of Liu Luoguo, Chancellor 宰相刘罗锅传
Centered on the life of Liu Yong, a renowned Qing dynasty official, this book draws on historical works about the Qing as its factual foundation, while incorporating select stories about upright officials passed down among the people. It offers a sweeping portrait of the legendary career of this “Ink-Brush Chancellor,” from a gifted son of Qilu to a powerful figure at court.
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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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From Eunuch to Emperor 从太监到皇帝
Long Chen transmigrates to ancient times and finds himself in the castration chamber, about to be made a eunuch. Luckily, the man wielding the knife is an old acquaintance, and Long Chen narrowly escapes disaster. Using his wits, he rises step by step to the top and becomes the strongest emperor!
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Zhu Yuanzhang: The Rise and Reign of the Ming Dynasty's Founding Emperor 朱元璋：明太祖的龙兴与治世
This book follows the eventful life of Zhu Yuanzhang, founder of the Ming Dynasty. The story begins in the famine-stricken year of 1344, during the Zhizheng era of the Yuan Dynasty. Sixteen-year-old Zhu Chongba loses his family to a plague and is left alone, enduring the hardships faced by ordinary people struggling to survive. He later joins the Red Turban Army and makes a name for himself amid the infighting in Haozhou. He marries Ma Shi, gathers talented people around him, and gradually build
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Modernizing the Ming Dynasty 明朝的现代化改造
Yu Cheng unexpectedly gains the ability to transmigrate to ancient times. At first, he only wants to make a fortune as a merchant and enjoy life, but people keep taking him for an easy mark. To protect himself, Yu Cheng has no choice but to climb the ladder step by step. Watch as Yu Cheng rebuilds the old realm, transforming these ruins into a modernized Ming dynasty. Zhu Youjian: I'm about to hang myself from a branch in the southeast, and you're still livestreaming over there. Have you no mann
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The Three Peach Garden Brothers Are Reborn in the Three Kingdoms 桃园三兄弟重生三国
[Reborn Three Kingdoms Novel] [No System] [Battlefield Strategy] The story begins with Liu Bei entrusting his adopted son to Zhuge Liang at Baidi City, then dying soon afterward. Unable to let go of his countless regrets, he is reborn before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, back when the three brothers swore brotherhood in the Peach Garden. Even more astonishingly, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have also been reborn. As Liu Bei marvels at the great mercy of Heaven, he watches his two brothers weep with joy
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Three Kingdoms: Eight Million for the Governorship of Ba Commandery 三国：八百万买巴郡太守
(Power struggles, farming, daily life, modern knowledge, with occasional alternate history for the sake of the plot!) In the third year of Guanghe, the Western Garden sells official posts at clearly marked prices. The great clans of Yingchuan fight over the post of governor, the governor of Ba Commandery launches a rebellion, and for half a year, no one wants the job, even for eight million. Jiang Lin, a transmigrator, arrives in the late Han dynasty along with his delivery van and makes more th
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The March to War 从军行
“Where is the Imperial Guard? Who dares ride with me across the battlefields of the northern desert and trample the Yanrong King’s tent beneath our horses?” A general in a red cloak sat astride his horse, saber in hand. “We will go!” the battle-hardened soldiers before him answered in unison. A boy from a small mountain village joined the army only to spare his family some taxes. All he wanted was to save enough money to marry his childhood sweetheart. As his military achievements mounted, he ro
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You Wanted Me to Be a Treacherous Official, but My Entire Family Is Loyal? 让你当奸臣，你满门忠烈？
Other people transmigrate to the Ming Dynasty and become powerful ministers for beautiful wives, concubines, and authority over the whole court. Mu Zhengju became a powerful minister for the blessings he could earn in the next life after death! To rack up enough blessing points, he lived to a hundred, becoming a living fossil, a veteran of six reigns, and tutor to three emperors. [Ding! You tricked Prince of Yan Zhu Di into successfully launching the Jingnan Campaign. The Ming Dynasty’s military
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With a Scroll of Mountains and Rivers, I Transmigrate Through Time to Chase the Light 我携山河画卷，穿越古今追光
[Historical Transmigration | the Myriad Worlds | Two Powerful Leads and Political Intrigue | Chinese Cultural Heritage | Journeys Through Multiple Dynasties | Satisfying Comeback] Historian Lin Yu accidentally touched an ancient map of mountains and rivers and fell into the real past. From the start, he found himself in a mass grave from the Warring States period, with a rain of Qin arrows bearing down on him. He nearly perished in the wilderness. While others who transmigrated brought Systems
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The Spirit Consort of Tianlan: A Tale of Strange Dreams 天澜灵妃之异梦传奇
[Historical palace intrigue | Strong heroine | Quick transmigration | Three golden fingers | Agent transmigrates | Rise to godhood] Top agent Murong Lingxi transmigrates into the body of a disgraced consort banished to the Cold Palace and unexpectedly unlocks three top-tier golden fingers: mind reading to see through every act of hypocrisy and every scheme, an endless supply of pills and weapons from her portable space, and a life simulator that predicts every mortal crisis. The villains are cr
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After Reincarnating as a Spoiled Heir, I Summon Heroes from Across the Ages 穿成纨绔后，我召来了千古群英
“A wild spirit for a backbone, heroes for blades. A wastrel who insists on conquering an entire age with culture.” “Upon reaching Mount Ling, I’ll bow to no one. I’d rather call the Buddha my brother.” “Are kings and nobles born to rule? Even a commoner can look down on an emperor.” “Don’t mock a scholar for having no weapons. With these hands alone, I can set the course of history.” After transmigrating into Zhen Ye, the wastrel everyone in the capital laughed at, he relied neither on soldier
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I, Zhu Yingying, Have Returned 我朱雄英回来了
No golden finger, no cutting-edge technology, just an ancient way of thinking applied to making things happen. A different Ming Dynasty, a different Zhu Yingying!!! This isn't a mindless wish-fulfillment story!!!
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A Late Ming Revolutionary Reorganizes the Ranks and Handcrafts a Mortar 明末觉醒分子重组，手搓迫击炮
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?
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Reborn into the Marquis’s Household: This Time, I Won’t Be Anyone’s Stand-In 重生侯门：这一世我不当替身
Reborn into the Marquis's Household: This Time, I Won't Be Anyone's Substitute
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Gathering the Talents of the Three Kingdoms to Battle Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing! 聚三国之才，战秦汉唐宋元明清！
What would happen if all the great figures of history lived in the same era? Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng has just unified the six states. Seeing powerful Han, prosperous Tang, Mongol Yuan, cultured Song, and great Ming realms spring up around him, he falls into deep thought. Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, points his sword straight at the peerless Genghis Khan: “If the enemy can come, so can I!” Zhu Yuanzhang silently sets down his bowl. Watching Cao Cao slaughter his way across the land, his eyes blaz
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From Concubine to Empress: Crown Prince, You’re Walking Into My Trap 从娇妾到凤位：太子殿下请入局
From Favored Concubine to Empress: Your Highness, the Crown Prince, Walk Right Into My Trap
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Back to the Song Dynasty to Be a Tyrant 回到宋朝当暴君
In the halls of government, rotten wood holds office. Between the palace steps, beasts feast on their salaries. Men with hearts like wolves and the ways of dogs crowd the halls of power. Toadies and bootlickers fill the ranks of government, bringing the state to ruin and the people to misery! You dare demand to know whether the sword in my hand is sharp?
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I Transmigrated to Chu, but Qin's Army Is at the Gates 穿越楚国，但是秦军兵临城下
An ordinary person accidentally transmigrates back to the Warring States period. Luckily, I have the script. I know this one: Qin is about to unify the realm! Wait, I’m on Chu’s side? [Pre-Qin]+ [Chu]+ [No System]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Slow Burn]
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My Grandpa Is the Daoist Emperor 我爷爷是道士皇帝
His grandfather practices Daoist arts and seeks medicinal remedies. He won't live in the imperial palace, preferring a Daoist temple... His father is a womanizer who stays in the palace, working tirelessly as a busy little bee in the imperial harem... Young Zhu Yijun quietly watches them perform from the sidelines, thinking to himself, “Now that you're done, it's my turn to put on a show...”
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Great Ming: Your Son Zhu Changluo Requests That Wanli Abdicate 大明：儿臣朱常洛，请万历退位
[Not a beginner-friendly read + historical power struggles + no farming + court factional battles. The author is a seasoned political operator who used to work in government, and knows power games inside out.] After transmigrating, he discovers he has become the most pathetic Crown Prince in the Ming Dynasty. For thirty-two years, he has been everyone’s punching bag. His court robes are patched, his mother has been imprisoned until she went blind, and his father lavishes forty thousand qing of f
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Emperor Qianlong (Complete in Six Volumes) 乾隆皇帝（全六册）
In The Qianlong Emperor (Complete Six-Volume Set), after ascending the throne, Emperor Qianlong resolves to usher in the Qing Dynasty's greatest era. He governs with leniency, makes undercover visits among the people, and pursues his ambitions with confidence and determination. He reforms the bureaucracy, strengthens the military, puts down rebellions, and makes seven tours of Jiangnan. In his later years, however, intrigue stirs at court, border crises loom, and his sons scheme against one anot
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Carving a Path Through Blood, from the Kaihuang Era to Zhenguan 杀出血路，从开皇到贞观
No transmigration. No alternate history. No fictionalized retelling. No golden finger. In the eighth year of the Kaihuang era, 510,000 Sui troops launched a massive invasion of Chen from eight different routes, advancing south from Bashu in the west to the Canghai in the east. At the Battle of Baitugang, the Sui cavalry trampled the Chen army. Five hundred elite horsemen stormed Jiankang and captured Chen Shubao alive. Thus Jiangnan was pacified, and the realm was unified. Yang Guang vied for th
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The Descendants of the Hongwu Emperor 洪武朝的子孙们
After an accident, his soul travels a century into the past. On an ordinary day in the seventh year of Hongwu, he is born in the imperial palace of Yingtian Prefecture. He is the most honored child in all of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang’s beloved grandson. Zhu Biao’s eldest legitimate son. And yet, in the history books, he is merely a passing mention: Prince Yu Huai. Looking at the still-healthy Crown Prince Zhu Biao, at Hu Weiyong and the Blue Jade case, which have yet to unleash their blood
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The Longqing Restoration 隆庆中兴
I transmigrate as Zhu Zaihou, but I won’t be a little sycophant. For the sake of tribute and trade, I dare to wage righteous war. I open the passes and command the four seas, my proclamations reaching the eight directions. The people receive sweet rain, and the dynasty flourishes forever. Alas! I would rather be a man of the Longqing era than aspire to rule like Yao and Shun.
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Emperor Yongzheng 雍正皇帝
In the struggle among nine princes for the throne, Yongzheng won by a hair. The Forbidden City welcomed the new in place of the old. Yet the trees might long for peace, but the wind would not cease. Within and beyond the imperial capital, across the land, danger still lurked at every turn. The Eighth Prince's faction was dead but not defeated, and its members pressed ever harder to seize power. General Nian Gengyao, entrusted with command of the western frontier, grew arrogant on the strength of
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Ironblooded Late Ming 铁血残明
In the late Ming dynasty, Spain and Japan gradually restricted the outflow of silver, reversing the capital inflow that the Ming had enjoyed since the early sixteenth century. The commercial and smallholder economies that coexisted under the Ming were both hit by deflation. Combined with the effects of the Little Ice Age, one domino after another fell, plunging the realm into chaos. In the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Chongzhen reign, the roving rebels crossed the river south of Mianc
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Great Ming: Zhu Biao Turns Evil, and the Jingnan Campaign Is No More 大明：朱标黑化，靖难没了
History records that Crown Prince Zhu Biao died of illness in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu. What history does not record: he died once, then came back to life. His soul wandered for three days, and he saw the entire fate of the Ming dynasty over the next 276 years: The Jingnan Campaign, the burning palace, Tumu Fortress, and the strip of white silk hanging from a tree on Coal Hill. When he opened his eyes again, he was in his sickbed in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu. The charcoal fire blaz
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Great Tang: The Immortal Who Lived Through Twenty-One Emperors 大唐：长生者，经历二十一帝
Chen Wang somehow transmigrates to the final years of the Sui dynasty and becomes a disciple of Zhang Zhongjian, the Red-Bearded Guest, one of the Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust. In the fifth year of the Wude era, Chen Wang's master sends him to the Prince of Qin's residence to keep an eye on Li Shimin. He ends up staying there for two years. During those two years, he returns to the mountains again and again, but no matter how hard he searches, he cannot find his master. With no other cho
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