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- 601 The Founding of Huaxia 肇造华夏 “Your Highness, please calm down. I only think of her as a younger sister. Don't get the wrong idea.” “How many younger sisters like that do you have?” “Your Highness, you know me. I come from a respectable family!” “Oh? Respectable enough to gather phoenixes and summon luan birds?” “Your Highness, I offer my greetings!” “You heartless man! Why weren't you so courteous when you were pursuing me?” “Your Highness, please mind your image!” “Would you like to be regent?” I'm doomed. I'm surrounded b 27kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
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I Went Undercover in the Qing Dynasty and Ended Up on the Dragon Throne 我在大清当卧底，最终坐上了龙椅
After transmigrating as Yilgenjueluo Xilun, a company commander of the Plain White Banner stationed in western Guangxi, Wei Han gazes at the Manchu face in the mirror and laughs. Outwardly, he serves Ao Bai loyally, rising step by step by crushing the “White Lotus Sect.” In secret, he maneuvers among the emperor's faction, the Three Feudatories, and anti-Qing forces. Every step hides a deadly threat, every word a trap. In this mire of Manchu aristocrats and Han Chinese traitors, he treads cautio
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- 603 The Great Ming’s Number One Treacherous Minister 大明第一奸臣 At the end of the Ming dynasty, there were the vicious Qing armies, the shameless literati and officials, and the arrogant warlords and regional commanders. If loyal ministers and upright officials can't turn the tide, then let me, a treacherous minister, save the realm from collapse. 103Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Great Ming's Lord of the Seas 大明镇海王
[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
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- 605 The Fall of the Chinese Empire 中华帝国的衰落 The Fall of Imperial China, a textbook on modern Chinese history adopted by several American universities, is written in clear, fluent prose and is easy to understand. Unlike traditional general histories, which tell the story chronologically, the book begins with the three groups that formed the main structure of traditional society: peasants, gentry, and merchants. It examines in detail how the Chinese Empire established order and grew strong, fell into crisis, and then rebuilt order once agai 541Reads9.2Score142Shelves
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Chronicles of the Tang Dynasty 大唐山河志
The story is vivid, but never frivolous; The narration is lively, but never flippant. Based on official histories such as the Old Book of Tang, the New Book of Tang, and the Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government, this book also draws on more than ten other sources, including the Complete Tang Prose and the Institutional History of the Tang. Every plot detail is grounded in historical records. If you enjoy the breezy style of Those Things in the Ming Dynasty and are tired of stiff, solemn his
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- 607 The Turmoil of the Qing Dynasty 乱清 “Starting from scratch? Then we'll build a steel industry! Enemies too strong? Then we'll upgrade our guns and cannons! The Revolt of the Three Feudatories is right around the corner, so let the three sides fight it out and see who comes out on top. The colonial feast is past the halfway point, so we'll strike hard and leave the great powers nowhere to turn. No matter how treacherous the road ahead or how powerful the enemy, these proud transmigrators will write a different history through one s 1.8kReads8.3Score140Shelves
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My Dad Is Su Dongpo, My Wife Is Li Qingzhao, and My Bro Is Emperor Huizong 老爹苏东坡老婆李清照老铁宋徽宗
Tags: No System, not a mindless power fantasy, meticulous historical research, slow burn, personal growth, one heroine An utterly ordinary art student transmigrates as Su Dun, the prematurely deceased youngest son of the legendary Su Dongpo. A quick calculation tells him When his father goes to Huizhou to eat lychees, he’ll be eleven. When his father goes to Hainan Island to eat clams, he’ll be fourteen. When his father is pardoned and dies in Changzhou, he’ll be seventeen. When Cai Jing erects
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The Rise of Lingbiao: Su Sanniang with the Big Feet 风起岭表之大脚苏三娘
Su Sanniang, a woman whose name is steeped in blood and fire! Jianghu rumors say her blade is fiercer than any man's, and her beauty more womanly than any woman's... Her first love, Feng Shao, was killed by a bandit chief. Sanniang sent out her flying knives and slew twelve bandits, then poured a jar of wine in tribute to her first love: "My darling, have a good time down there. Eat well, keep warm, and remember to find yourself a beautiful wife. I'm off to seek my fortune..." Su San was lured t
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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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The Struggle for the North and South 南北逐鹿记
No System, no transmigration, just an alternate-history novel. See how a streetwise youth rises from the corners of the jianghu to the heights of the imperial court, and how his street-level mindset transforms into the art of ruling like an emperor.
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- 612 An Immortal Clan: I Can Change My Descendants' Aptitudes 不朽家族，我能改变子孙资质 [Farming + System + family saga + partial ensemble cast + slow burn + no saintly heroine + not a power fantasy] After Zhou Ping died, he was reborn in a world of cultivation. The Great Dao flourished in this world, where carefree immortals roamed between heaven and earth and mighty beings enjoyed eternal life. Yet it was also rife with endless dangers: demons and beasts ran rampant, while ordinary people were no more than grass or ants. Though he had a System, it was practically useless. After t 83.1kReads8.4Score6.2kShelves
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The Two Heroes of the Yang Family Defend the Yellow River 守黄河杨家双雄
The Yellow River roars as Khitan cavalry smash through Yanmen Pass, leaving half of the Northern Song’s realm on the brink of disaster! The Yang family of Linzhou has spent three generations building an unyielding Great Wall along the Yellow River with their own flesh and blood. Yang Wudi, Yang Ye, leads his troops in holding the Yellow River crossing, covering hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians as they cross. He fights until he is captured, then refuses food for three days to sho
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The New Song Dynasty: Winds Rise over Bianliang 新宋：风起汴梁
Anyone familiar with history has probably wondered what the world might look like if our spine hadn't been broken during the Song and Ming dynasties. This novel is a slow burn, not a mindless power fantasy. Here, you'll see the history, culture, and everyday life of the Northern Song, Wang Anshi's reforms, infighting at court, the Khitan invasion to the south, and the Western Xia's incursions. You'll follow an ordinary man's growth, step by step, as he changes the course of history. You'll meet
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- 615 The Hidden Dragon of the Yellow River: Two Generals Guard the Han at Niangniang Beach 黄河龙隐：娘娘滩双将护汉 Set against the political turmoil of the early Han court, Yellow River Dragon's Hidden Isle: The Two Generals of Niangniang Shoal Guard the Han tells a legendary tale of loyal service spanning seventeen years. Brothers Li Wen and Li Gong from Pei County were Liu Bang's personal guards from the time he raised his forces at Mangdang. They risked their lives to protect him at the Feast at Hong Gate and won repeated honors in the Chu-Han War, yet never coveted fame or rank, remaining steadfastly loy 18Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Ink Moon Halberd: Love and Revenge in the Western Regions 墨月戟：西域情仇
[No AI, entirely written by hand; court intrigue and an ensemble cast, with a traditional plot-driven narrative] [Subtle emotions, sweeping warfare, vivid characters] Beyond Yumen Pass lie the great desert and the Tianshan Mountains. With half Han heritage and half Hu blood, he was born amid the flames of a chaotic age, as the Han and the Xiongnu fought over the Western Regions. In a dreamlike lifetime, he saved the Cheshi princess and uncovered the fated bond between them as husband and wife in
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Great Sui: Li Shimin and I Fight for the World 大隋，我和李世民争天下
[Conquest of the Central Plains] [The Sage of War] [Rising to Power by Fighting the Turks] [A Career-Focused Story] [Conquest at the End of the Sui Dynasty] Li Ce, a modern military strategist, finds his soul transported into the chaotic final years of the Sui dynasty. Armed with the ultimate wisdom of The Art of War and On Protracted War, he raises the banner of "win before fighting" and practices the art of "subduing others through diplomacy and strategy." Rising from humble beginnings, he rec
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- 618 Dawn Over the Eastern Jin 破晓东晋 Li Xiuyuan transmigrates to the Eastern Jin dynasty, arriving during the darkest period in Chinese history, the upheaval of the Five Barbarians. Born into a prestigious family, he originally hopes to live an easy, carefree life as a spoiled young heir. But at the Orchid Pavilion, Wang Xizhi puts down his brush and says, “Young friend, please write a preface for the Orchid Pavilion Collection.” During the northern campaign to Chang’an, Huan Wen asks him, “We’re short on food, and our retreat has 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 619 From a 38-Yuan AI Writing Gig to Web-Novel Greatness AI码字成神从38元到网文大神 Chen Mo, a 34-year-old interior designer, spent three years writing web novels, but both were flops. He earned less than 3,000 yuan in royalties, while his seriously ill mother urgently needed 500,000 yuan for surgery. With nowhere else to turn, he accidentally unlocked the ultimate secrets of AI writing and turned writing into an industrial assembly line. From earning 38 yuan on his debut to becoming a web-novel master, from a low-level wage earner to a legend in the online fiction world, he se 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Libertine Emperor: His Empire and His Beauties 风流皇帝之江山美人
[Transmigration + Emperor + Multiple Heroines + Conquest] A modern special forces soldier transmigrates into the body of a disgraced prince confined to the Cold Palace, only to discover a strange Imperial Heart Sutra hidden within him. It came from another transmigrator 400 years ago, and its previous owner is waiting to seize his body. Using special forces tactics, he sweeps away the schemes of the court. With the knowledge of a transmigrator, he outwits treacherous officials across the ages. H
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Great Tang: I Stole Li Xiuning and Made Her My Wife 大唐：抢了李秀宁当老婆
Qin Xiao, a top student who loves traveling, falls off a cliff while mountain climbing. A rogue System takes him to the early Tang dynasty, where he lives in seclusion in a valley, free from worldly cares. But after a long time, living alone becomes unbearable. He decides to kidnap a woman and make her his wife, but his luck is so good that he ends up abducting Li Xiuning, the Tang dynasty's greatest female general. From then on, he lives a laid-back life, doting on his wife and children. But th
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Prince of Yan of the Great Tang: I Am Wu Zetian's Most Beloved Son 大唐燕王：我是武则天最宠的儿子
My name is Li Xuan. I am the youngest son of Wu Zetian. My name does not appear in the history books. After Li Dan, Empress Wu gave birth to another son, who died in infancy, nameless and forgotten until I transmigrated into this dying body and managed to survive. On the first night after I woke, my mother personally gave me water. The imperial physician who knelt outside the palace that night was nowhere to be seen the next day. My mother said only one thing to me: “Xuan’er, you must live
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- 623 Night Watchers of Kunlun 昆仑守夜人 Kunlun Night Watcher 11Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Famous Young Lady of the Southern Dynasty Is Actually Me in Disguise! 传闻中的南朝女公子，我反串的！
The Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties: a time both absurd and beautiful. Men were steamed, women were fried. The old and young were made into barbecue. Xiao Ming, a film star, never imagined he would one day transmigrate to the Liu Song period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It was an era of cannibalism. From the start, he nearly became a dish made from a famine victim. To stay alive, he had to disguise himself as a woman, beginning with his impersonation of Wang Huiyin, a no
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From the Start on a Late Ming Battlefield: Three Kills in My Debut 开局明末战场，首秀三连杀
[Late Ming + war + a soldier's perspective + not a power fantasy + an ordinary man's resolve to defend his home and country] The whole court curses and vows to destroy the barbarians; a mighty army marches forth from the borderlands! What is the use of grand ambitions? At Sarhu, a lake of blood was left behind. I am Wang Jiu, one of the most ordinary people in the great tide of transmigrators, and an utterly inconspicuous foot soldier on the battlefields of the late Ming. In historians' account
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Teaching in the Tang Dynasty, I Picked Up a Poor Little Bride 穿唐教书，我捡了个苦命小媳妇
This book is a slow burn. There are no wars of conquest, no political scheming, and no ruthless killing. A transmigrator takes a group of widows and orphans and slowly brings a village back from the brink of starvation. He builds waterwheels, clears wasteland, opens a school, writes farming guides, gets married, and has children. The first few dozen chapters are all about everyday life. If you're willing to wait, things get livelier as the story goes on. As the population grows, so do the proble
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Eternal Homestead 永恒家园
A man on the road is as beautiful as jade, a gentleman unmatched beneath the heavens. A young man is granted a new life and reunited with his parents, forging their family bonds anew as father and son, mother and son. He strives forward, vowing to build a happy home for his parents and make money from the bounty of the mountains. With his remarkably good memory, he takes the scholar exams, earns official honors, and helps build a heartwarming story for his hometown. There is family affection and
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Where the Heart Finds Peace, There Is Home 此心安处是予乡
[Reborn in the Womb + Mutual Firsts + History (All Based on Official Records, Some Speculation) + No System + Heartwarming Daily Life + Ensemble Cast] When she died, Meng Po took pity on her and let her be reborn with her memories. Who could have guessed she would be born in the time of Emperor Wu of Han? On the twenty-first day of the fourth month of the fourth year of Jianyuan, rain poured down as egrets circled overhead. A daughter was born to the Shi family, and they named her Yu Lu. The nex
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Summer's Tragic Sister 殇夏妺
The last ruler of the Great Xia dynasty is infatuated with three generations of ancestral slaves. As this twisted romance comes to light, so does the story of how the greatest beauty and calamity in the world was raised. The story reaches its climax when Mo Xi and A Yin enter the Xia palace as spies for Cheng Tang. The young defenders of Shang, led by Mo Xi, Yi Yin, Tian Yi, Yi Bu, Lai Zhu, A Guo, and others, bring an end to generations of hatred. After they overthrow Great Xia, Mo Xi makes a sh
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In the First Year of Jingkang, He Survived the Flames of War 靖康元年，他从战火中活了下来
After an accident, Wang Xun is thrown into the most brutal meat grinder of the Northern Song: the siege of Bianjing. Outside the gates, a hundred thousand foreign troops seethe with bloodlust. Inside, the absurd court tries to defend the city with "magic spells." He has no System or cheat, knows no peerless martial arts, and can barely make sense of the local dialect. His only bargaining chip is the vivid memory in his mind of the cataclysm about to unfold. The day the city falls, wails fill
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The Great Foolish Emperor of Northern Qi 北齐大昏君
In the Later Three Kingdoms era of Qi, Zhou, and Chen, Northern Qi staggered forward in madness, Northern Zhou bided its time and conserved its strength, while Southern Chen quietly consolidated its rule. In Northern Qi, after Gao Yin was whipped by his old man Gao Yang at Golden Phoenix Terrace, he looked at the old bastard's twisted face and, without hesitation, swung a punch...
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Embroidered Guard, Fangs Bared 锦衣獠牙
[Adapted into several short dramas and animated dramas. Witty, lighthearted, slice-of-life comedy, ridiculous antics, sly tricks, and absurd humor.] After the old Taoist finished chanting, he shouted, “Begone! Soul, return to your body!” Li Xiaoya’s body jerked inside the coffin. He sat bolt upright, opened his eyes, and asked in confusion, “Where am I?” “(⊙_⊙)” The old Taoist performing the ritual rolled his eyes back and promptly fainted on the spot. Also known as: [Relax, How Many People Have
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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
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
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- 634 The Great Song Bandit 大宋悍匪 The seventh year of the Xuanhe era, the thirteenth day of the seventh month. Less than four months remain before the Jurchens march south. The realm is on the brink of ruin, and the Nine Provinces are in turmoil. Liu Shuan, a low-ranking Imperial Guard officer in Daming Prefecture, has no desire to risk his life for the worthless emperor, much less flee south and live as someone’s underling. So he decisively heads for the mountains and becomes a proud bandit. Years later, before Chenqiao Station 87.1kReads8.5Score10kShelves
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Three Kingdoms: My Wife’s Surname Is Liu, and Her Dowry Includes Guan and Zhang 三国：家妻姓刘，嫁妆有关张
[Three Kingdoms] [Wild Imagination] [Apocalyptic Crisis] [Does Not Support Liu Bei] [Liu Bei Supports Me] [Does Not Restore the Han] [Historical Generals] [One Heroine] Yang Chen, a young man from Earth, transmigrates into the Hongnong Yang clan in the year 162. When he awakens the wisdom of his past life at age six, he discovers that this world is entirely different from the one he knew. A century earlier, a white horse carried scriptures here, but they were not Buddhist teachings. They were th
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Reversing the Song Dynasty: Reborn as Gao Taiwei, I've Won Big This Time 逆宋：穿成高太尉，这波赢麻了
[Transmigration] [Northern Song Dynasty] [Political scheming and power struggles] [Water Margin] [Alternate history] [Court intrigue] [Conquer Xia and destroy Jin] Zhao Heng, an office director, transmigrates to the Northern Song Dynasty and finds himself in the body of Gao Qiu, reviled by countless people in Water Margin. At this point, he's still in Prince Duan's residence, serving as one of Zhao Ji's personal attendants. At court, Empress Dowager Xiang rules from behind the curtain. The old a
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Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao Fights for Supremacy While I Enjoy Life 三国：曹操争霸，我享乐
[Author of a completed million-word novel + Heaven rewards diligence + Epicureanism + Deep brotherhood] This book has a golden finger but no System, no major alterations to history, and follows the official histories and Romance-style storytelling. It’s a slow-paced slice of life in Cao Cao’s camp, so proceed with caution if that’s not your thing. I transmigrated to the late Eastern Han dynasty, and I have just one goal: cling to Cao Mengde, the biggest golden thigh in these chaotic times! Wh
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- 638 Celebrating Song 欢宋 I, Qi Wu, like to speak the truth. I am a disgraced soldier from the northwest, yet I have served as an honest and upright official. As for my faction, my senior fellow disciples Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Zhou Dunyi, and my junior fellow disciples Zhang Heng, Su Shi, Lü Huiqing, and others all belong to it. You ask about heroes? My teachers are my heroes: Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Pang Ji, Wen Yanbo, and many others! I’m just a scholar. I don’t know much. If you have a problem, go talk to my 134.4kReads9.4Score16.3kShelves
- 639 I'm in the Spring and Autumn Period, and I Really Don't Want to Transmigrate! 人在春秋，我真的不想穿越啊！ Other people are overjoyed when they transmigrate. When it happens to Lou Ling, he can only look miserable. The moment he opens his eyes, Lou finds himself in the middle Spring and Autumn period, more than 2,500 years in the past, in an era when food, drink, and clothing are hard to come by, and anyone who isn’t a noble is treated like an insect. This is an age when gentlemen are as refined as jade and unskilled in deceit, and wars between states are governed by countless rules. Watch how Lou Li 9.2kReads8.6Score691Shelves
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Great Ming: I Told You to Hang Yourself, Not Become a Tyrant 大明：让你上吊，没让你当暴君
[Political intrigue + scheming protagonist + satisfying read + no System + one heroine] Transmigrated into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with less than half a year until the Jiashen Incident. Huang Taiji is about to take a detour through Mongolia, breach the Great Wall, and threaten the capital! What? You say the treasury is empty and we can't fight back? Don't panic. Let me kill a few ministers first and scrape together some money! What? You say Li Zicheng has rebelled
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I’m a Ming Imperial Clansman, Not a Bandit 我，大明宗室，不想当流贼
In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the splendor of “the Great Ming, whose dominion encompassed the seas and lands, surpassing the Three Dynasties and eclipsing Han and Tang, whose subjects filled all beneath the heavens...” had quietly faded away. The realm was in turmoil and the great edifice on the verge of collapse. Barbarians ran rampant, rebels wreaked havoc, natural and man-made disasters abounded, and the starving dead lay everywhere. Amidst the smoke of war that now blanketed the land,
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Xiong Ying and Sizhi’s Highway Survival, with the Ming and Tang Dynasties Teaming Up 雄英兕子公路求生，大明联动大唐
On his fourth birthday, Zhu Xiong Ying suddenly awakened memories of his past life and was pulled into the Road Survival world by a road survival game. Was I chosen too, even though I used to be a Blue Star native, just because Blue Star exploded before I transmigrated and everyone has to take part in road survival? When the trainee System realized its mistake, it panicked. Oh, so only the natives of Blue Star were supposed to transmigrate. Well, now you've got a problem... Not long after enteri
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- 643 A Northern Song Dynasty Guide to Climbing the Official Ladder 北宋升官手册 The ratings just opened. They'll go up later. [Historical Transmigration] [Imperial Examinations] [Officialdom] [Political Intrigue] [Farming] [No System] What were the regrets of the Northern Song Dynasty? Was it that Liu Yong's lyrics were sung throughout the land, while he himself spent half his life in disappointment? Was it that Fan Zhongyan cared deeply for the realm, yet his Qingli Reforms were abandoned halfway through? Or was it the unfulfilled ambition to pacify the Rong, amid the nort 1.3kReads7.2Score153Shelves
- 644 My Family’s Clinic Connects to Ancient Times, and Zhu Biao Comes Seeking Treatment 我家医馆通古代，朱标上门求医 [Transmigration across worlds + slow pace + saving historical figures + a System with no presence whatsoever] Li Zhongfu transmigrated along with his family clinic to the depths of the Qinling Mountains. Before he could figure out what was going on, Zhu Biao, the most cautious crown prince in history, came knocking. As it turned out, the clinic's doors connected to countless other doors. People from thousands of miles away, even from other worlds, could seek treatment at the clinic by passing th 6kReads8.2Score317Shelves
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Building on Two Lifetimes of Glory, I Cling to Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to Become Emperor of the Han Heavens 奋两世余烈！抱紧卫霍成汉天大帝
[No System + Transmigration Between Two Lives + High-Tech Nation-Building + Political Scheming and Counterattacks + Global Conquest] Why are we called the Han people? Everyone knows of the mighty Han and Tang dynasties, as well as the Great Qin Empire established by our First Emperor, the Ancestral Dragon. So why isn't the largest ethnic group in China called the Qin or Tang people? And why, after more than two thousand years and countless dynastic changes, do so many people still identify as
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- 646 The Ming Dynasty: A Picturesque Realm 大明之江山如画 Flying-fish robes, embroidered-spring sabers. Those who betray the country: kill! Those who embezzle and take bribes: kill! Those who disrupt the court: kill! Those who form factions for personal gain: kill! The splendor of a flourishing age is like willow fluff drifting in the wind. Currents churn beneath the court, treacherous officials lie in wait, and threats loom at the borders. Clad in a flying-fish robe and armed with an embroidered-spring saber, Xue Zhenyue serves as a Jinyiwei guard, w 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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Ying Zheng: My Son Fusu Conquered an Enemy State at Eight 嬴政：吾儿扶苏，八岁灭敌国
[Imaginative premise, no System, character growth, conquest, righting historical wrongs.] Qin Feng, a junior local government official, transmigrates into Fusu and vows to make up for every historical regret. He presents policies for good governance under the guise of “an immortal’s message in a dream,” yet never forgets that “only His Majesty may make the final decision.” He keeps Ying Zheng firmly at the center and remains absolutely loyal. He establishes the Eaglefeather Guard to strengthen i
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Ming Dynasty: My Years as Zhu Yuanzhang's Heckler 大明，我给老朱当喷子的那些年
If there’s anything you think could be improved, please point it out gently. I’ll make changes. Thank you. The protagonist’s official career: Investigating Censor, Supervising Censor, County Magistrate, Inspecting Censor and Deputy Censor-in-Chief, Censor-in-Chief, Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Grand Secretary of the Hall of Cautious Diligence and Minister of Personnel. Gu Chen opens his eyes and finds himself in the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, as a low-ranking remonstrance official. He ha
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Three Kingdoms: From the Start, I Set Liu, Guan, and Zhang on Fire 三国：开局火烧刘关张
[No System + transmigration + political intrigue + passionate action] Reborn as Zhang Kai, a minor Yellow Turban officer and the man who killed Cao Cao's father. Leading the surviving remnants of the Yellow Turbans, I capture Taishi Ci outside Qingzhou and set Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei's camp ablaze; force Zhang He and Gao Lan to surrender in Pingyuan, then fight Yan Liang in a bloody battle; face Yuan Shao, destroy Cao Cao, capture Liu Bei, and pacify Sun Quan; take on the noble clans, su
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- 650 The Tenth Year of Wanli: Taking Up My Post in Liaodong 万历十年：就藩辽东 The tenth year of the Wanli reign was a watershed moment for the Ming Empire. A host of upheavals converged that year, sending the dynasty down a path wholly different from the one laid out by history. Zhang Juzheng, the “Duke of Jiangling,” passed away. With the reformer who had upheld the “Wanli Renaissance” gone, a pillar of the empire collapsed. His unfinished reforms came to an abrupt halt, and old abuses in the bureaucracy returned. Ma Fang, a renowned general on the northern frontier, die 3kReads7.5Score203Shelves
