I Can't Believe Historical Fiction Writers Can Be This Good 我不信写历史的有这么牛的
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Great Tang: Li Shimin Begs Me to Start a Rebellion 大唐：李世民求我造反
Li Ke transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty. He plans to use his skills as a motivational speaker to brainwash a loyal crew and keep his head down as an unremarkable prince. But eight years after transmigrating, he discovers that he brought along an entire national strategic reserve warehouse. So Li Ke throws caution to the wind. If he’s going to be a prince, he might as well be one who fears nothing and lives as freely as he pleases! First, he starts a newspaper to build his rep
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The Princess Who Protects the Nation Prays with Her Left Hand and Wields a Monk's Staff with Her Right 护国公主左手念佛右手禅杖
[Not a feel-good power fantasy, but the heroine is a force to be reckoned with. (The title ought to be: Li Yushan, You're One Tough Woman.) The current title is too refined.] A palace-intrigue ensemble novel about the history of Southern Tang, written for an ancient-text contest. Readers interested in lesser-known history are welcome to give it a try. There is one volume for each of the three emperors, Li Bian, Li Jing, and Li Yu. Li Bian's volume is complete. [Pure historical fiction (no transm
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Great Ming: Tyrant Chongzhen Executes the Vassal Kings from the Start 大明之暴君崇祯开局先诛藩王
[No System!] [Ruthless!] [Shadow Warfare!] [Unification!] The Later Han had a succession of child emperors, while the Ming emperors suffered one unexpected death after another! This emperor is no longer rash and suspicious, nor stubbornly overconfident. He stabilizes the court and slowly consolidates power! First, control of the military. Then, new faces in the court! He gives Sun Chengzong important posts to lull the Donglin officials and balance the court. When someone wants to levy commercial
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I Woke Up to Find That My Great Ming Had Only Ten Days Left? 一觉醒来，朕的大明只剩十天了？
Original title: I Woke Up, and My Great Ming Has Only Ten Days Left? In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the countdown to the fall of the Great Ming begins. (No System) While lying unconscious on the dragon throne, Zhu Youjian had a long, vivid dream. In the dream, he became a child and studied centuries in the future. He opened The History of Ming, a book filled with the humiliating end that awaited him. In the end, he became a hardened soldier, tempered by modern military training. After twe
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- 105 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 44.8kReads8.5Score4.5kShelves
- 106 Father, Don't Hang Yourself. Your Son Has a Plan 父皇，别上吊，儿臣有办法 “You accuse me of usurping power? Fine, I’ve taken it!” With two thousand personal guards entering the northern frontier, Crown Prince Zhu Cilang of the Ming Dynasty launched a campaign of slaughter. He confiscated the Shanxi merchants’ wealth, executed the regional commander, reformed the frontier army, and secured Xuanfu! The court berated him as “brutal and heartless”? He shot back, “Without brutality, the Ming would have fallen long ago!” An imperial edict summoned him back? He burned it and 49.9kReads8.6Score5kShelves
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The Shu Han Dynasty Was No Romantic Tale 蜀汉不浪漫
[No golden finger] + [Multiple heroines] + [Political intrigue] + [A struggle for supremacy] + [Not a mindless power fantasy] A king does not settle for a corner of the realm; Han and its enemies cannot coexist. The romance of Shu Han has never been confined to the pages of a book. The heart and dreams of one generation were worn away, time and again, by the Northern Expeditions. Standing in the torrents of his age, what will Ma Cheng choose? Will he be a loyal subject who restores the Han dynas
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White Horse, Silver Spear 白马银枪
Transmigrating as Zhao Yun’s cousin, he was kidnapped by bandits right from the start. Zhao Tian, an engineering graduate who died suddenly after working 996 hours, opened his eyes in the late Eastern Han dynasty. The good news: his cousin was named Zhao Yun. The bad news: Zhao Yun was only fourteen and hadn’t grown into his full height. The worse news: the two of them had been kidnapped by bandits, who demanded a ransom of two thousand shi of grain. Their family couldn’t possibly raise that muc
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Three Hundred Years of Ming Dynasty Turmoil (Two-Volume Set) 大明风云300年（全二册）
In lively, flowing prose, this book recounts the many details of Ming history in its original form. Drawing on a wealth of historical sources, it clears up numerous historical mysteries and offers an in-depth analysis of the secrets behind the rise and fall of the Great Ming, restoring the dynasty as it truly was.
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- 110 Year Eleven of Chongzhen: From the Start, I Save Lu Xiangsheng 崇祯十一年：开局先救卢象昇 Strong logic + meticulous historical research + partly wish-fulfillment + political maneuvering + war + no System + struggle for supremacy + no transmigration No System, no transmigration. He relies entirely on his knowledge of history and his ability to read people, step by step forging a different future for the realm. When Chongzhen wakes from a dream, he discovers that he can see the historical epitaphs above everyone’s heads. [Lu Xiangsheng], Made his last stand at Jiazhuang. His army was w 136kReads8.6Score24.2kShelves
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Emperor Wu of Han: The Young Marquis of the Champions 汉武：冠军少侯
(The male lead doesn't transmigrate. Huo Shan, who died at ten, is reborn, but his temperament hasn't changed much. The pace is fairly slow, and this isn't a pure wish-fulfillment story. There will be battles, but the main plot is palace intrigue.) The Champion of the Cavalry, his valor blazing in battle. Six great expeditions, advancing far; lightning strikes and thunder rolls. His horses drink at the vast sea, his tomb raised on Wolf-Dwelling Mountain. He secures the western reaches of the Yel
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- 112 Transmigrating as Chongzhen: Only Three Months of Imperial Rule Remain 穿越崇祯：只剩三个月国祚 [A happy ending for the heroes of the late Ming + Industrial Revolution + global rule + no System + no harem] (The story is mainly about saving a nation on the brink of collapse and uniting the world under one rule!) Transmigrate as the Chongzhen Emperor with only three months left before the dynasty falls? Then defy fate and change history! Zhu Mingyuan, a modern physics researcher, opens his eyes to find himself as the Chongzhen Emperor. Li Zicheng's army is at the gates. The imperial treasury 100.1kReads8.6Score12.6kShelves
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Heroic Spirit Summoning: From the Start, Nobody Picks the Bowl? 英灵召唤：开局一个碗都没人选？
[High Martial Arts, history only I know, simulator, eternal emperor, famous generals, heroic spirits] This is a high-martial-arts world under invasion by countless demon lairs. Humanity's only way to survive is to form a pact with a heroic spirit upon turning eighteen! Once the pact is sealed, they can summon their heroic spirit to fight for them and slaughter their way through the demon lairs! Xia Yu, who had transmigrated here, was astonished to discover that the so-called heroic spirits in 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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- 115 The Ming Dynasty (2 Volumes) 大明王朝（共2册） The novel of the hit drama Ming Dynasty 1566, rated 9.5 on Douban, is essential reading for Taiwan’s political circles and a political reference book for Singapore’s cabinet. It is the celebrated work of Liu Heping, screenwriter of Yongzheng Dynasty and author of No War in Peking. Centered on the downfall of the powerful official Yan Song, the book tells the gripping story of a complex anti-corruption campaign in the Ming Dynasty. It uncovers the mystery behind Jiajing, one of the most unconvent 43.8kReads9.6Score8kShelves
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Tales of the Ming Dynasty: The Loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu 大明演义：忠贞侯秦良玉
Qin Liangyu is reborn, twelve years before the Cataclysm of 1644. The court is eight months behind on military pay, more than half the White-Pole Soldiers have scattered or died, the Jianzhou Jurchens are attacking the passes in Liaodong, and rebels are rising across the Central Plains. In her previous life, she died of illness in the army, breathing her last as she listened to the wind outside her tent. This time, the first thing she does upon opening her eyes is gather five hundred men and hea
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- 117 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 53.1kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves
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I Am Qin Shi Huang, and Great Qin Shall Last Ten Thousand Years 我是秦始皇，大秦万年
[First-person historical fiction | No transmigration, no female lead] I united the Six Kingdoms, brought all under Heaven under one rule, built the Great Wall, and guarded the dragon veins of the Nine Provinces to defend my Great Qin and protect my realm. In the name of the First Emperor, I swear: As long as I live, I shall defend and expand our borders, pacify the four barbarians, and lay the foundations of Great Qin. Even in death, I shall become a dragon spirit to protect Huaxia, so that it m
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- 119 Those Things in the Ming Dynasty: Comic Edition 1 (Updated Edition) 明朝那些事儿：漫画版.1（升级版） Read the comic, and you'll understand The Ming Dynasty in Those Years. True history isn't the brush in the hands of historians, but the human heart. The Ming Dynasty in Those Years: Comic Edition begins with Zhu Yuanzhang's birth, recounting the legendary founding of the Ming Dynasty and its path to governance. From humble beginnings to emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the realm, but could he govern it? With family ties in one hand and imperial power in the other, how did Zhu Di, whose ambitions 3.2kReads9.4Score449Shelves
- 120 Great Ming: If the Tianqi Emperor Lives, Great Ming Will Never Fall 大明：天启不死，大明不灭 [Rating just released, and it’ll rise later] [Handcrafted] + [No System] + [No mindless protagonist] + [Power struggles] + [Imperial court] + [Battle for supremacy] The soul of the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming dynasty drifted through four hundred years before he was reborn on the eleventh day of the eighth month of the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, just eleven days before his historical death. At this point, the Ming dynasty had just won the Battle of Ningjin. The Mongol tribes had 93kReads9.0Score12.3kShelves
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Galloping Through the Three Kingdoms 骥行三国
From the start, I’m in the Battle of Yiling. I’m a nobody, so no one listens to what I have to say. Fortunately, I have the Chairman’s commentary on this battle. Through the protagonist’s eyes, readers are drawn into the tumultuous middle period of the Three Kingdoms. This isn’t a conventional power fantasy. I do my best to stay true to the historical figures’ personalities and interpret their relationships and political struggles through the lenses of personal interest, politics, and human natu
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- 122 I Became the Wanli Emperor's Crown Prince, So Whoever Wants the Red Pill Can Eat It 穿成万历太子，这红丸谁爱吃谁吃 Reborn as an emperor who has only been on the throne for a month, he faces the Palace Coup and the Red Pill Incident, with treacherous officials within and bandits without. From crown prince to emperor, he plans every step. Great Ming, are you ready to welcome your Emperor Taichang? Nurhaci, are you ready to be put through the wringer? 7.9kReads7.2Score583Shelves
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Reborn in the Ming Dynasty, I Become the Emperor Everyone Calls a Tyrant! 魂穿大明，天下成我为昏君！
(The Spirit of the Ming Dynasty) No System, no golden finger. Everyone says I am a foolish, reckless emperor who indulges in pleasure. But who knows that beneath this body's surface lies a soul from the modern world? I feign madness to fool the court, while secretly making plans, reforming the government, opening up the seas, and expanding the realm. When the day comes for sails to stretch across thousands of miles, the whole world will kneel at the feet of the Ming Dynasty!
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- 124 Great Ming: I, Chongzhen, Will Never Hang Myself! 大明：朕，崇祯，绝不上吊！ [Reborn + hard-edged history + decisive and ruthless + naval hegemon + no System, but with memories of a past life] On Coal Hill, a strip of white silk brought an end to the Ming Dynasty's last shred of dignity. When Zhu Youjian opened his eyes again, he had returned to the seventh year of the Tianqi era. That year, he was still only the sixteen-year-old Prince of Xin. His imperial brother was gravely ill. Wei Zhongxian wielded power across the court, the eunuch faction controlled the government 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 Starting with Growing Sweet Potatoes 从种红薯开始 Can you transmigrate just by riding a high-speed train through a tunnel? From then on, he grows sweet potatoes, produces grain, and stores provisions; gathers refugees and trains elite troops; breaks the Three Strategists, recruits the Five Dragons, and subdues the Ten Tigers. Thus begins the struggle to unite the Three Kingdoms… 77Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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Stealing a Chicken from the Start: My Scheme-Rating System 开局偷鸡，我有诡谋评分系统
[High Martial] [Schemes and Power Plays] [Funny and Lighthearted] [High IQ] [Scoring System] Chu Wen, a PhD who studies military strategy, accidentally transmigrates into the body of a poor scholar who has starved to death. To survive, he goes to steal a chicken, and unexpectedly binds himself to the Cunning Schemes Scoring System. From then on, the System coerces him: only by constantly using plots and schemes to earn Cunning Scheme Points can he ensure that points are added to his Life Score.
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- 127 Guardians of the Flourishing Tang Dynasty 盛唐卫士 [Comedy and humor + ironclad loyalty and tenderness + doting on his wife and younger sister] The male lead's soul transmigrates into the Great Tang. He takes Chang'an's four biggest dandies as his disciples, leads villagers in tunnel warfare, gives the Turks a savage beating, takes on the sons of powerful officials, and stands toe-to-toe with the Five Surnames and Seven Great Clans. He heads to Lingnan and subdues Guangxi's Wolf Army, then fights his way to Yunnan, conquers the Six Zhao kingdoms 316Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 128 Chongzhen: My Life Has Been on Thin Ice 崇祯：我这一生如履薄冰 (An immersive experience of Zhu Youjian's life and the true nature of the chaos at the end of the Ming dynasty! Not a power fantasy!) At the end of the thirty-eighth year of the Wanli reign, a report that Liaodong postal couriers had frozen to death was being used by a eunuch to prop up a table leg. The rice wasted at banquets by wealthy gentry in Jiangnan was worth more than three years of disaster relief in Shaanxi. Nanmu timber for the construction of the three great halls in the Forbidden Ci 690Reads6.4Score103Shelves
- 129 The Fierce Soldier of the Prison Camp 牢军营悍卒 The animated short drama is now streaming. Search for "Iron Bars, Fierce Prisoners, and a Fight to Rule the World" on Hongguo and watch with confidence. [Blood-Pumping War God] [Power Plays and Ambition] [Warm-Hearted Man] [Rise from the Grassroots] [Multiple Heroines] Jiang Fan, a Special Forces king from the Dragon Kingdom, transmigrates into the body of a heavily punished border prisoner in the Great Jiang Dynasty. He forges a new identity, seizes power, and trains soldiers, surviving amid th 11.6kReads8.8Score1kShelves
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I Operated on the Crown Prince from the Start, and Now the Capital's Elite Beg Me for Help 开局给太子动刀，全京权贵求我
Lin Chen, an emergency room doctor at a city hospital, is suddenly transmigrated to the Great Jing Dynasty after an accident! Armed with modern emergency medicine, he lands an appointment as an imperial physician through a twist of fate. With his skillful hands, he cures the princess's chronic illness and stands up to the hidebound nobles clinging to outdated ideas. He performs a circumcision on the Crown Prince and removes the emperor's appendix, leaving the entire court speechless! Thanks to
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The Wei Clan's Cursed Son Becomes Grand Secretary—Now They Beg Me to Return 魏家孽种成首辅，全族跪求我认祖
(Also known as The Wei Fox) [Political Schemes][One Female Lead][Ensemble Cast][The Wei Faction] Condemned from birth, I was given the name Niesheng. On the day I was born, my mother died in childbirth, and my grandfather mourned before the ancestral hall. The whole household looked at me askance, all calling me a disaster star who had stolen another's fate. My biological father hated me like an enemy, my elder half-brother regarded me as an omen of bad luck, and my stepmother hid a knife behind
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Liu Bowen: Tides of Fortune in the Imperial Court 刘伯温之宦海沉浮
Liu Bowen: Rising and Falling in the Sea of Officialdom abandons the magical realism commonly used in earlier works about Liu Bowen. Its main approach is realism, with touches of romanticism. Following the ups and downs of Liu Bowen’s official career, and set against the peasant uprisings led by Fang Guozhen, Xu Shouhui, Wu Chengqi, and others, it offers a many-sided portrait of the vibrant world of the late Yuan dynasty. It depicts both the contests of wits and political maneuvering among strat
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- 133 The Spoiled Heir: I Drove Enemy Spies Insane 纨绔世子：我把敌国间谍整疯了 Xiao Jue transmigrates into the eldest legitimate son of the Duke Who Guards the State of Great Zhao, and the capital's most notorious wastrel. Lustful and cowardly, with no learning or skill, everyone says all he knows how to do is squander money and enjoy himself. After working himself to the breaking point as a corporate drone in his previous life, he had planned to lie flat and live comfortably as a good-for-nothing. But then he discovers that the new concubine his father is about to marry i 1.7kReads—Score121Shelves
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History Lecture: Want to Be Emperor? 历史讲台：你想当皇帝吗？
[Right is right, wrong is wrong. Look at issues dialectically, from the people's perspective. Not a traditional sky screen story.] “In your hearts, which matters more: the great achievements of emperors and ministers, or the lives of countless ordinary people?” “If you were emperor, how would you deal with the civil officials and powerful clans?” “How chaotic were the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, really? Did Zhao Kuangyin truly resolve the threat posed by military commanders with a cup of wi
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After Emperor Taizong, Rebuilding the Tang Dynasty 太宗之后，再造大唐
"The streets are carpeted with the bones of nobles; the imperial treasury has burned to ashes of brocade! Chang'an has fallen six times, and the Son of Heaven has fled nine! The Huang Chao Rebellion erupts; the Tibetans, Dangxiang, and Khitan run rampant. The late Tang and Five Dynasties plunge the realm into chaos, with warlords ruling unchecked and foreign tribes running amok as the common people wail in misery! In an age of chaos, the world is a furnace and all things are copper. Massacring c
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The Rogue Son-in-Law: The Empress’s Pretty Boy 流氓赘婿，女帝家的小白脸
He transmigrated to an alternate world and became a lowly live-in son-in-law. He had planned to drink tea, fish, flirt, watch opera, and live a carefree life, but... “Husband, help me!” “Dear son-in-law, help me!” “Young master, help me!” “My dear subject, help your emperor!” Fine, it seemed he wouldn't get to take it easy. The world would have to be protected by him after all. And so Zhou Yuan investigated major cases, cleaned up the bureaucracy, crushed rebellions, opened the seas, and expande
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First Sino-Japanese War: From Sinking the Yoshino to Becoming a World Power 甲午：从击沉吉野到成为世界列强
[Sino-Japanese War of 1894] [No System] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Late Qing Dynasty] [Passionate Struggle for Supremacy] [Warlords] [Founder of the Beiyang New Army] [Tiger of Beiyang] [Dragon of Beiyang] [Beiyang] [History] [Transmigration] [Naval Warfare] [War of Resistance] [No Saintly Hero] [Battleships] [Cruisers] [Ancient History] [War of Resistance Against Japan] [Emperor] [Tyrant] [God of War] [World Domination] The people's heroes will live forever. [British Princess] [Japanese Pirate Em
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- 138 A Survival Guide to the Late Ming: From the Start, I Pretend to Be a County Magistrate 明末生存指南：开局假冒知县 [Just Started Getting Ratings] [Multi-Character Dialogue] [Late Ming] [Rise to Power] [Farming] [Dual Transmigration] [Wild Imagination] Lin Mancang transmigrates, starting out as a lowly page. Before his young master can even take up his post, he is shot dead by bandits. Taking the young master's appointment papers, Lin Mancang impersonates him and becomes a county magistrate. But the county seat is crumbling, nine out of ten homes stand empty, and food and money are scarce. By chance, he obtai 5.4kReads8.0Score558Shelves
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As an Envoy of Han, My Goal Is to Die in Every Way Imaginable 身为汉使，我的目标是花样作死
Wherever the sun and moon shine, wherever rivers and streams reach, all is Han territory. To seal the wolf's retreat at Mount Langjuxu and carve an inscription on Mount Yanran: those are the ultimate achievements and glory of a military general. To open the Silk Road and spread our influence to distant lands: that is the ultimate goal and romance of people like us.
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Prime Minister Zhuge's Northern Expedition, Liu Shan Leads Wei Yan in a Surprise Attack on Chang'an 相父北伐，刘禅率魏延奇袭长安
A purple-gold crown binds his hair. He wears a red brocade robe embroidered with flowers from Xichuan, armor linked with beast-faced plates, and a beautifully crafted lion-patterned belt. In his hand is a gleaming gold, tiger-headed spiked club, and beneath him is a Fire Dragon steed. And you're telling me this is Liu Shan? Liu Shan: “For internal affairs, ask Imperial Father. For external affairs, ask the Chancellor. If there's anything else we can't decide, ask Wolong!” Zhuge Liang: “Your Maje
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The Eldest Son of the Yuan Clan in the Three Kingdoms 三国之袁家长子
Establishing the Han (Han as in the Han people, not the Son of Heaven), also known as The Eldest Son of the Yuan Family in the Three Kingdoms. Yuan Tan, who had read Romance of the Three Kingdoms cover to cover, transmigrates to the end of the Han dynasty and becomes Yuan Tan. (Based on historical events, with some comic relief from Romance of the Three Kingdoms early on. No System. Not a wish-fulfillment story for beginners, so proceed with caution.) The protagonist is cunning, not a saint. (Cu
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Furious Chongzhen: Who Needs Scheming? Just Get It Done 暴躁崇祯：要什么权谋？干就完了
[I’ve already slaughtered every island in Japan, but Chongzhen still isn’t satisfied. He insists on digging up all the magma, too.] Just how thrilling can a hotheaded Chongzhen story be if it skips political maneuvering and internal affairs and focuses only on fighting? Civil officials, gentry, wealthy merchants, the Jianzhou Jurchens, the Tungusic peoples, generations of officials who submitted to foreign powers, Japanese pirates, white-skinned foreigners... If they’re people whose deaths leave
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- 143 Cao Cao's Rogue Strategist 曹操的痞军师 In the twelfth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's chief strategist, Guo Fengxiao, died of illness at the age of thirty-seven. People in later generations mourned his untimely death and couldn't help wondering what plans this extraordinary genius had left behind for Cao Cao. Our story begins here... 5.6kReads8.0Score457Shelves
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A Sickly Soul in Qin: I Help the First Emperor Unite the Nine Provinces 病秧子穿秦，我助始皇定九州
[Transmigrated to the Great Qin Dynasty + No Romance + Genius Protagonist + No Overpowered Golden Finger + Changing the Nation’s Fate] Lu Xun, a brilliant Peking University graduate with degrees in two fields, has spent twenty-six years bedridden in the ICU. When his heart condition flares up, he opens his eyes to find himself transmigrated to the Qin countryside in 238 BC. The moment he arrives, Qin soldiers pin him to the ground, a bronze sword at his throat. Others transmigrate with cheats an
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My Emperor Father Can Read Minds 我的皇帝父亲会读心
[Infrastructure Building Focus ✚ Mostly Comedy ✚ Not Historically Accurate ✚ No Romance] Emperor Wei prided himself on being a wise ruler. His ministers served him well, his harem was harmonious, and his children were clever and filial. That is, until he was struck by lightning. Afterward, he gained the ability to read minds, and finally learned that everyone around him was two-faced, saying one thing while thinking another! Emperor Wei was devastated. So he had been such a failure as an emperor
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Great Tang: Only Defying the Emperor's Order Makes You Stronger 大唐：抗旨才能变强
He transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty and gets a frustrating System: the only way to grow stronger is to defy imperial orders. It's like dancing on the edge of a blade, constantly courting death. Yet, against everyone's expectations, no matter how recklessly he acts, Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun dote on him and indulge his every whim. Even the protagonist himself has no idea why. As it turns out, he is the first child Li Shimin and Zhangsun had together, a poor little boy wh
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A Historical Recap: Spoiling Emperor Shi Huang with the Secret That His Dynasty Ends in the Second Generation 历史盘点：给始皇帝剧透二世而亡
[Historical rankings] + [Blood-pressure-raising comparisons] + [Spoiler comments] + ... Chen Yuan acquired a time-traveling historical video-editing System that let him edit videos and broadcast them to every dynasty through the sky screen! An idea struck him. He thought ranking videos were boring, so why not make a truly nasty comparison? It would be much more fun to pit emperors praised through the ages against those reviled for all time! First, show Zhu Di, who conquered the Mongols at Langj
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- 148 The First Marquis of Great Chen 大辰第一侯 Xu Xiaoxian, a poverty alleviation officer, transmigrates to the storm-tossed Great Chen Dynasty. With a few potatoes and a handful of corn, he transforms Great Chen’s agricultural structure. Using the knowledge he brought from his previous life, he turns impoverished Liangyi County into a place that draws the attention of nations around the world. There are distilleries, paper mills, dye works, and all kinds of military workshops here, as well as an invincible army without equal anywhere in the 9.8kReads8.8Score910Shelves
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Global Sinicization, Starting at the End of the Ming Dynasty 全球汉化，从明末开始
After his soul travels back to the end of the Ming dynasty, in the first year of the Chongzhen reign, Wei Changjun discovers that he can contact the future. Before me lies the dying Ming dynasty, beset within by Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and rebel kings vying for control of the Central Plains. Beyond its borders, the Jurchen cavalry watches hungrily, ready to invade at any moment. Behind me stands a future superpower: the National History Research Institute, the Ministry of Agriculture, the M
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- 150 A Soldier's Journey at the End of the Tang Dynasty 唐末从军行 The Tang dynasty was at the height of its glory, yet its political failings could only be reversed by a hero of the ages. As the saying goes, rise and fall are governed by fate, and after reaching its peak, prosperity must decline. After three hundred years of glory and turmoil, the magnificent Tang dynasty finally crumbled. That year, Chen Congjin arrived in this world. He would bring this chaotic era to an end. 129.8kReads9.0Score13.7kShelves
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