Historical Fiction That Doesn't Dumb Down the Characters 历史文不降智商

1. 751 北 Peiping Is at Peace: Complete in Three Volumes 北平无战事：全3册 Liu Heping刘和平Historical746k WordsCompleted In 1948, as the Kuomintang and the Communist Party prepare for their decisive clash, undercurrents swirl beneath the seemingly calm surface of Beiping. The Kuomintang’s young reformist faction, led by Chiang Ching-kuo, suddenly entrusts Fang Meng’ao, an ace Kuomintang Air Force pilot suspected of sympathizing with the Communists, with a major assignment. His flight squadron is reorganized as the Ministry of National Defense’s Economic Inspection Brigade and sent to Beiping to investigate corrupt 1.1kReads9.5Score258Shelves
2. 752 大 The Ming Dynasty (2 Volumes) 大明王朝（共2册） Liu Heping刘和平Historical653k WordsCompleted 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 42.5kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves
3. 753 我 I'm a Military Engineer, and You Want Me to Save the Ming? 我一搞军工的，你让我拯救大明？ Stainless Steel Poet不锈钢诗人Historical469k WordsOngoing [Traditional history] [Historical farming and development] [Survival in a chaotic age] [No System] [Military-industrial system] [Late Ming power struggle] Qin Feng, a technician at an arms manufacturing group and a major military history forum influencer, opens his eyes to find himself a low-ranking border officer in the second year of the Chongzhen reign, with only ten men under his command. Three days later, Hong Taiji’s fifty thousand Eight Banners troops breach the frontier. Historically, no 3.6kReads6.8Score247Shelves

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   A good article on the history of the late Ming Dynasty

4. 754 冒 Passing Myself Off as a Zhuge: Heavens, Why? Rebuild the Han! 冒姓诸葛：悠悠苍天？再造大汉！ Songlu Maolin松麓茂临Historical1.0M WordsCompleted In Jianxing Year Twelve, Zhuge Liang, the peerless genius known as the Sleeping Dragon and chancellor of Shu Han, fell ill and died at Wuzhang Plains, lamenting, “Vast heavens, why have you treated me so unfairly?” He had devoted himself completely and worked until his dying day, making six campaigns against Mount Qi in an attempt to restore the Han and return to the old capital. But fate was cruel, his ambitions unfulfilled, and he passed away. Zhuge You, a history undergraduate from the twent 131Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book won't lower your IQ, it won't lower your IQ!

5. 755 宋 The Spoiled Son of the Song Dynasty 宋朝败家子 Foodie Alliance吃货大联盟Historical4.8M WordsCompleted Reborn into the body of a notorious wastrel who had done every manner of evil in the Song Dynasty, should he turn over a new leaf, or go all in and keep being a villain? Asking urgently, online... Song Dynasty Wastrel, a lighthearted power fantasy! 8.4kReads8.5Score828Shelves
6. 756 大 Great Qin: I Helped the First Emperor Become an Emperor for the Ages 大秦：我助始皇成为千古一帝 A Fine Autumn好好个秋Historical1.5M WordsCompleted The manhua drama of the same name, The Great Qin: Brother Zheng Discovers I'm a Transmigrator, is now online. Please show it your support! The drama covers roughly the first 311 chapters of the novel. [No System + Transmigration + Slightly Alternate History + Helping Qin + Reform + Cunning + Lighthearted + Brother Zheng] When Chen Mo transmigrates to 210 BC with a stash of amoxicillin and discovers he's become a conscript laborer building the Great Wall, all he wants to do is shout at Mount Li: 66.9kReads8.6Score10.5kShelves
7. 757 大 The Republic of Great Song 大宋共和国 Little Fei Zen Tea小飞禅茶Historical1.2M WordsOngoing Zeng Shouyi, a modern materials engineer, is transported back to the Northern Song dynasty after a laboratory accident. He becomes the unknown illegitimate son of Zeng Gongliang, the famed chancellor of Quanzhou. With his ability to improve technologies already available in the Song dynasty, his foresight into the course of history, and the introduction of modern management ideas, he rises from a son marginalized by his family. He develops overseas trade in Quanzhou and builds a commercial empir 199Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A highly intelligent historical text that does not rely on inventions beyond the times

8. 758 江 Smoke of War Across a Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains 江山万里狼烟 The Sea Eagle Flies海鹰飞Historical2.0M WordsCompleted The Blood-Drinker Blade leaves its sheath, and flames of war engulf the land! At the end of the prosperous Tang dynasty, regional warlords carved up the realm, and the Central Plains were locked in a fierce struggle for supremacy. Watch me enlist in the army and rise from an unknown foot soldier to commander of Later Tang, armed with a spear in hand and a blade at my waist. From the surprise attack at Yindi Pass to the ambush at Yangchang Slope and the blood-soaked walls of Zezhou, I used the st 4.3kReads8.2Score495Shelves
9. 759 穿 I Transmigrated Into The Prince of Lanling: Executed? I'll Take the Throne! 穿越兰陵王：赐死？皇位我抢了！ Five Thousand Years, They Say话说五千年Historical350k WordsCompleted A cup of poisoned wine: that was Prince of Lanling's fate in the history books. The day I transmigrated, I saw that cup waiting for me. I don't believe in fate. On the night of the Qianming coup, when the two princes laid siege to the palace, I changed the course of history. At the Battle of Mangshan, I removed my mask, and the whole world learned the name of the God of War, Prince of Lanling. Later, Emperor Gao Yin abdicated, and I ascended the throne, renaming the dynasty Great Ming. Northern 333Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Gao Changgong is the God of War who has the IQ to break the game

10. 760 轮 Reincarnating in Anxi: A Million Deaths in the Great Tang 轮回安西：我在大唐的百万次赴死 Kirk of the South District南区柯克Historical168k WordsOngoing New title: The Tang Dynasty: I Became Invincible After Dying a Million Times [Alone Against All Odds | Ironclad Resolve | Strategy | Reborn] The seventh year of the Zhenyuan era, Tang Dynasty. Beiting has fallen, and the Anxi Protectorate has been cut off from the Central Plains for nearly thirty years. Across the vast Western Regions, white-haired soldiers fill the city. When Yang Shuo awakens, he finds himself the son of Yang Riyou, a garrison commander in Beiting. He has gained the ability to 49Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Excellent, Machiavellian writing

11. 761 大 Great Ming's First Female Marshal 大明第一女军侯 Interesting Plantain有趣的車前子Historical319k WordsCompleted She was the peerless woman warrior of the Great Ming, riding a thousand miles along the road of loyal souls. Standing six feet one inch tall, she defeated the Qing armies and crushed the bandit rebels, earning great renown for her loyalty and courage to the Wei family and the state. She was the only woman in history to be honored with a separate biography as a celebrated general of a dynasty in the official histories. She humbled Dorgon and fought bloody battles against Hong Taiji. Her beauty wa 475Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 762 大 Turbulent Times in the Great Tang: Guo Ziyi 大唐风云之郭子仪 Interesting Plantain有趣的車前子Historical843k WordsCompleted Guo Ziyi’s Four-Dynasty Survival Guide In a command tent on a snowy night, 58-year-old Guo Ziyi takes on An Lushan’s 150,000 rebels with just 30,000 battered troops. He single-handedly props up the tottering Tang Dynasty, yet survives power struggles across four reigns to become a legend: a man whose achievements could overshadow his sovereign, yet never arouse his sovereign’s suspicion! Born into the Guo clan of Taiyuan and a top graduate of the military examinations, Guo Ziyi spends more than 884Reads6.5Score102Shelves
13. 763 辽 The Iron Cavalry of Liaodong 辽东铁骑 Interesting Plantain有趣的車前子Historical286k WordsCompleted In the winter of 1580, when Nurhaci scattered his grandfather’s ashes into the Hun River with his own hands, Li Chengliang was at a training ground a hundred miles away, shooting a rebel general through the throat with a single arrow. The frigid land of Liaodong had always believed in one law: the strong prey on the weak. Li Chengliang, a descendant of a military family who had yet to make his mark even as he approached forty, finally saw his fortunes turn while his wife and children went hungry 923Reads6.9Score—Shelves
14. 764 覆 Overthrowing the Tang: Transmigrate into Emperor Ai, Who Abdicated the Throne 覆唐：穿越禅位天子唐哀宗 Ren Daxi任大兮Historical558k WordsOngoing A modern soul transmigrates into Li Zhu, the last emperor of the Great Tang. In the fourth year of Tianyou, Zhu Wen usurps the Tang throne, and the dynasty collapses after 289 years. In name, Li Zhu is the Prince of Jiyin who abdicated the throne. In reality, he is a prisoner trapped in a cage. The history books are unequivocal: just three months later, a cup of poisoned wine will be his end. Given a second life, he refuses to sit still and await death! Imprisoned in his residence, he uses polit 2.1kReads—Score239Shelves

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    A work of historical research

15. 765 君 Ruling the Four Seas: The Emperor's Dashing Ways 君临四海：吾皇风流 Invincible Sea Anemone无敌海葵Historical328k WordsOngoing [Great Ming] [Chongzhen] [Transmigration] [Court Intrigue] [Struggle for Supremacy] [Dynasty-Building] [An Emperor's Making] [Alternate History] [Ensemble Cast Power Fantasy] After his Transmigration into Great Ming, Zhu Youjian thinks his luck couldn't get any worse. Fortunately, he has a good imperial sister-in-law. Determined to escape the fate of becoming the ruler who loses his country, Zhu Youjian decides to rebel against the corrupt Great Ming. The imperial estates become his base, and h 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Those of you who don't know how to do it, do you see it? For example, one book: The emperor planned hard and considered all aspects, and the other book: The emperor opened his eyes, snapped his fingers, Houjin was gone, Xiaozhuang stripped naked and sent him to bed! Be honest, which [what] do you look at [laughs]

16. 766 千 A Thousand Years in an Instant, White Hair Like the Moon 千年一瞬白发如月 Light a Lamp in Your Heart 421点一盏心灯421Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing An unexpected transmigration, a love spanning a thousand years, and a modern man’s romantic adventure in the High Tang: a millennium unfolds in a single instant. Li Zhe, a history student, is playing a game when a phone leak shocks him into the Tianbao era of the Tang dynasty. The moment he opens his eyes, he meets Li Ye, one of the Four Great Tang Dynasty Poets: her white hair shines like the moon, her beauty is bold, and her spirit is free and uninhibited. She assumes Li Zhe is a drunken, pas 101Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Li Ye, one of the four great female poets of the Tang Dynasty, was uninhibited and unrestrained in historical criticism, and later generations called her a female poet.

17. 767 商 A Comprehensive History of Commerce 商史通鉴 Mu Feng Wuchen, Branch Office沐枫无尘分号Historical1.5M WordsCompleted A sweeping historical novel that lays bare six centuries of power games in the Shang dynasty. No myths, no romanticized tales, only the truest human nature, the cruelest contests, and the deepest lessons of rise and fall. My writing on Shang history began with questions about the origins of Chinese civilization, and ended with a reunion with myself. The Shang dynasty was a pivotal era when the rites, royal authority, and divine power of Huaxia took shape together. Yet scarce historical records a 115Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 768 人 The People's He Liu Hun: This Time, I Won't Become Prince Gao 人民的贺六浑：这一次我不做高王 CyanedgeHistorical738k WordsOngoing With a soul from a later age, he plunged into a world of chaos that devoured all who entered. In 2023, on the rainy night his thesis defense failed, history doctoral student Chen Zhiqing opened his eyes to find himself in the Northern Wei's Zhengguang era, year four, as Gao Huan, a courier in a frontier garrison. No System, no golden finger. His only asset was the unfinished manuscript in his mind, A Study of the Six Garrisons Rebellion. From the start, it was hellishly difficult: Poliuhan Bali 346Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 769 洪 The Descendants of the Hongwu Emperor 洪武朝的子孙们 Bald Li San光头李三Historical1.5M WordsOngoing 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 100.6kReads8.3Score7.6kShelves
20. 770 大 Great Ming: Zhu Biao Turns Evil, and the Jingnan Campaign Is No More 大明：朱标黑化，靖难没了 Other Shore Three-Seven彼岸三七Historical709k WordsOngoing 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 30.4kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
21. 771 大 Great Ming: If the Tianqi Emperor Lives, Great Ming Will Never Fall 大明：天启不死，大明不灭 Four Big Elephants四头大象Historical800k WordsOngoing [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 88.4kReads9.0Score11.6kShelves
22. 772 崇 Chongzhen! Reclaim the Throne! 崇祯！重征！ Beef Meatballs牛肉丸吖Historical1.2M WordsOngoing After Zhu Youjian hanged himself at Coal Hill, his soul returned to the day his elder brother, the Tianqi Emperor, died in the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, just as Zhu Youjian was about to ascend the throne. He is not a transmigrator with modern knowledge. His only golden finger is the memory of the seventeen years he spent as emperor in his previous life: he knows which decisions led to the fall of the dynasty, whom he can trust, and whom he must not put to use. Every memory was bought wit 3kReads6.3Score215Shelves
23. 773 我 I Debate the Classics with Great Scholars in the Embroidered Uniform Guard 我在锦衣卫跟大儒辩经 A Grain of Rice in the Vast Blue Sea沧海茫茫粒米身Historical1.2M WordsOngoing Yang Zhi, a top salesman and philosophy graduate student in his previous life, transmigrates to the end of the Zhengde era of the Ming Dynasty. Through a twist of fate, he joins the Embroidered Uniform Guard, passes the imperial examination, enters the Hanlin Academy, and debates the classics with the great scholars at court! 4.6kReads8.8Score360Shelves

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    Stop reading useless novels! The historical background of my novel is the most realistic, the characters are vividly described, and the plot develops with ups and downs, unfolding slowly like a stream rushing into the sea. You can't stop reading it!

24. 774 万 In the Thirty-Eighth Year of Wanli, I Became the Princess Who Guards the Nation 万历三十八年，我成了镇国公主 The River-Tracing Lantern Bearer溯河燃灯者Ancient Romance670k WordsOngoing Tags: #MingDynastyPowerStruggles #RebornAsAPrincess #RigorousHistoricalResearch #SolvingAndInvestigatingCases #HouseholdAndCourtIntrigue #InfrastructureAndReform Beneath the tiny body of a child lies the soul of a forty-year-old who has seen it all. Everyone takes her for an innocent little girl, indulging and patronizing her without a second thought. But they don't know that behind those seemingly clear childlike eyes, she has already seen through the ills plaguing the Ming Dynasty. Illegal k 50Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let's read this book. 1. The shocking character: a small body hidden in mountains and rivers, breaking the stereotype of a big heroine. The most shocking point of this book: the core is a mature and sober soul, and the outer shell is a four-year-old child. The child's figure, soft voice, and the bone-chillingly calm and strategic layout form a sharp contrast. There is no golden finger or system. The advantages are only the historical understanding of later generations, modern institutional thinking, and super patience. At the same time, the subplot of Zhu Youxiao was brought out. The five-year-old school brother watched the power game and silently understood the way of the emperor. The two children reflected each other in the undercurrent. This sense of the heaviness of the precocious youth is particularly poignant. 2. The shock of historical research: It is not a myth, but a patchwork of historical facts. The story is anchored at the precise time point of the thirty-eighth year of Wanli. It was only more than thirty years after the demise of the Ming Dynasty, which was the most depressing incubation period before the building was about to collapse. - The accumulated malpractices in the capital camp, the deduction of military pay, the collapse of the craftsmanship system, the proliferation of private salt in the Huaihe River, party disputes (Qi Chu Zhe Party), the eve of the Xinhai imperial inspection, the emptiness of Taicang, and the widespread displacement of people due to drought in Jifu are all based on real historical data. - The salary payment process, two signatures and deposits, internal government allocations, the game between the Ministry of Revenue and the cabinet, water transportation delays, and the Jia River canal problem are all meticulous in the system details. The heroine's reforms are not invented out of thin air by using cheats. They are aimed at fixing and reconstructing the loopholes in the existing system of the Ming Dynasty. Each new policy has corresponding real-life pain points. Readers will have a strong sense of reality: it turns out that the corruption in the late Ming Dynasty was linked to each other, and reform was difficult to achieve. 3. The shock of the logic of Machiavellianism: It is better to fight against people than to establish a system, to jump out of the palace fight and get involved. Most of the ancient Machiavellian strategies are aimed at defeating villains, eliminating political opponents, and taking sides in the court. This book breaks out of this circle: the heroine's core idea is not to focus on people, but on the system. Opponents like Fang Congzhe are sophisticated, well-established, and full of party members. If one Fang Congzhe is killed, there will be another speculator. Therefore, the heroine chose to build an institutional dam: military pay went directly to soldiers, the interception link of military attachés was cut off, craftsmen were converted from corvees to hired workers, rosters and accountability mechanisms were improved, and the loopholes of corruption were sealed with rules. The game is no longer a simple fight between people, but a long tug of war between old interest groups and the new system. Readers will have a refreshed understanding after reading this: The highest level of conspiracy is not to win a battle, but to establish an order that is not easily destroyed. 4. The shock of the class perspective: seeing the complete human world, not only focusing on the upper echelons of the court. The plot runs in two parallel lines. On one side is the top-level game between the Forbidden City, the cabinet, the officials of the Ministry of Education, and the nobles; on the other side the camera keeps descending: Ordinary soldiers in the Beijing camp cried when they received full pay, firearms workshops and craftsmen finally had a stable income, refugees outside the city struggled to survive in porridge factories in the cold winter, street vendors were exploited by gangs, and low-level subordinates relied on bad rules to survive. A sum of one hundred thousand taels of stolen silver in the court corresponds to a few buckets of rice for a family to survive the cold winter. A policy change from the top directly determines the life and death of countless people at the bottom. This top-down perspective brings readers a deep sense of empathy. The plot is no longer a game on paper, but behind the scenes are thousands of fireworks. 5. Depressive feeling and shimmering shock: anti-fast food style cool article, victory comes at a price. There is no one-click crushing of the villain, no ministers brainlessly supporting the princess. Every step of the new policy was met with numerous obstacles: the Ministry of Household Affairs cried out for poverty, civil servants collectively impeached, Ke Dao used public opinion to launch attacks, old military attachés secretly obstructed, and local gentry and businessmen formed a group to protect private interests. Every time the heroine pushes forward, she has to constantly compromise, wait for the opportunity, collect evidence, and rely on Wanli's imperial scheming. Victory is piecemeal, slow, and on thin ice. Under the huge historical shadow of doomed destruction at the end of the Ming Dynasty, this group of people knew that the road ahead was difficult, but still tried to reach out to hold on to the declining dynasty. The glimmer of stubbornness in this desperate background brought a touch to the bottom of their hearts. 6. The shock of the portraits of the emperors: the wise and ignorant emperor without facial makeup 1. Wanli is not a simple lazy and ignorant emperor, but he is well versed in checks and balances, watching the party struggle with a cold eye, secretly supporting the heroine to reform at the critical moment, and guarding the three bottom lines of warehouse, restructuring and dark people. His mind is deep and unpredictable. 2. Zhu Changluo, the prince is tolerant and cautious, holding the East Palace in the middle of the cracks, not being aggressive or taking the lead. 3. Fang Congzhe is not a pure bad guy. He is a speculator born out of the times. He is good at hiding and arranging escape routes with money from trade routes. His character motivations are complex and three-dimensional, showing the helplessness and greed of politicians. Everyone is caught up in the times. There are no pure good guys or bad guys. There are only people in the chess game who make their own choices. 7. The shocking issue of fate: Asking about history, if someone had fixed the loopholes in advance. Deep in the hearts of all Mingchuan readers, there is an uneasy question: Is there any chance of not perishing in the late Ming Dynasty? This book gives a rigorous sandbox deduction. It did not firmly say "I will definitely be able to save the Ming Dynasty", but slowly showed: when someone sees the foci of land, military system, finance, and party struggle in advance and tries to operate bit by bit, what obstacles will be encountered and what new variables will arise. While reading, readers will constantly be led into deep thinking: Was the collapse of the dynasty an overnight mistake, or was it the inevitable result of the long-term accumulation of countless small lesions?

25. 775 误 Lost in the Prosperous Tang Dynasty, Drunk on a Floating Life 误入盛唐醉浮生 Looking at the Missing Moon望缺Historical1.2M WordsCompleted One day, I accidentally stumbled into the prosperous Great Tang and became a nobody in Chang’an. The brightly lit, bustling streets of Suzaku Avenue, the poets and scholars who drank and caroused, the borderlands filled with the clamor of warhorses and weapons This was the best of times, and the most treacherous of worlds. Carrying memories that didn’t belong to this era, I hid my talents amid the lively bustle of the taverns. But when locusts swept across Guanzhong, Turkic cavalry came knockin 94Reads5.7Score138Shelves

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    Shu Huang, I beg my brothers who are reading Zhenguan historical articles, please don't write it off! "Wandering into the Tang Dynasty" is set in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, and is rooted in the real court structure of the Tang Dynasty. There is no brainless time-traveling and crushing. Shen Can of Jingzhao Prefecture sits in Chang'an and lays out a dark network. There is a turbulent undercurrent in Xue Yantuo of Mobei. The royal family Ashler secretly plots the plan. The two can work together in the cracks of Li Youwei. The game in the court and the espionage war in northern Xinjiang are two parallel lines. The characters' behaviors conform to the logic of the times. The details of the official system, titles, and armaments are carefully polished, and the historical flaws that can be seen everywhere are rejected. The plot is reversed layer by layer, there is no supporting role, and all parties have their own plans. Book friends who like rigorous history of the early Tang Dynasty and long-term espionage strategies can click to try it out!

26. 776 双 A Twin-Fish Pendant Carries a Soul: I Cultivate Immortality with a Loan Shark System 双鱼佩载魂，我靠高利贷系统修仙 Looking at the Missing Moon望缺Eastern Fantasy144k WordsCompleted While collecting a debt, modern-day debt collector Song Xiao'an is badly injured when a desperate debtor sets off a gas explosion. His soul unexpectedly transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. He awakens a unique usury System and is born with a top-tier spiritual root found only once in ten thousand years. On one side is a cold and stunning prodigy of the righteous sects; on the other, a beautiful saintess of the demonic path, dressed in black and red and passionately devoted to him. S 3Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 777 三 Three Kingdoms: From the Moment I Took the Throne, I’ve Been Outworking Zhuge Liang 三国：从继位开始卷死诸葛亮 Gorky in Flight飞翔的高尔基Historical325k WordsOngoing Pure political intrigue, no System! On the night Cao Pi died, rain fell on Luoyang for three days. The new emperor, Cao Rui, knelt before the coffin and watched the court officials weep throughout the hall. Yet he remembered all too clearly: forty-seven years later, every one of these people would kneel before the Sima family and cry, "Long live the King of Jin." Cao Mao would charge out of the palace with a sword and die in the street. Cao Huan would present the Imperial Seal and abdicate in 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Feel free to scold me if it doesn't look good. It's a super good historical novel that the author has been working on for eighteen years.

28. 778 三 Three Kingdoms: Winds Rise in Bingzhou 三国：风起并州 L angya Little Scholar琅琊小书生Historical77k WordsOngoing A modern man transmigrates back to the end of the Han dynasty and becomes the son of a powerful family in Yanmen. With only scattered fragments of memory, he can do nothing but put down roots on the frontier. He doesn't know where he came from, what those fragments point to, how far he can go in this turbulent age, or whether he can defend his own corner of the world amid the chaos at the end of the Han dynasty. At first, he only hopes to change his fate and improve his family's fortunes. But la 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommend your own book, I hope everyone will support it, thank you everyone, if you have any questions or good ideas, please tell me [I'm about to cry]

29. 779 天 Supreme Destiny 天命最高 Sweet Dream Feather甜梦羽Historical180k WordsCompleted He was the “Qin dog” everyone in Handan hated, a hostage who trembled in his mother’s arms. Before the age of nine, he lived for one reason alone: to avoid being beaten to death by the people of Zhao. Then one day, his father died, and he became the King of Qin. The road back to Xianyang was strewn with thorns: his grandmother wanted to depose him, his younger brother wanted him dead, powerful ministers treated him like a puppet, and the queen dowager and her lover controlled the inner palace. H 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Who would have thought that the first half of Qin Shihuang's life, which was conquered in all directions, was full of suffering? After returning home to seize power and being surrounded by enemies, he relied on ruthless tactics to carve his way to the throne. His heart was as hard as iron and he never showed emotion. He only had deep affection for Afang and promised to hire him from all over the country. Just as he stabilized the situation in the court, a crisis suddenly struck, and the overbearing destiny forced him to make a difficult choice between his country and his lover -

30. 780 三 Three Kingdoms: Recreating an Age of Chaos on Blue Star 三国：我在蓝星复刻乱世 Trails of Flash闪之轨迹Urban377k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Lin Chen, transmigrates to Blue Star, a world with advanced virtual technology but no historical records. With the help of a System, he sets out to create the ultimate virtual Three Kingdoms game. (This novel draws on a variety of sources, including Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Records of the Three Kingdoms. The story is for entertainment only and does not strictly follow history. This is not historical fiction, but entertainment fiction. Entertainment fiction. Entertainmen 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist travels through the historical desert Blue Star to develop a holographic virtual Three Kingdoms game. Combined with the Three Kingdoms, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and even the Unofficial History of the Three Kingdoms

31. 781 御 The Imperial Court’s Favorite Rogue 御用无赖 Wandering Lemon流浪的柠檬Historical123k WordsOngoing (Handcrafted by an old-timer of an author.) (Not a saintly, righteous protagonist) (Light on political intrigue) A deadly plague has broken out in the imperial palace. Palace servants die suddenly every day, and everyone in the palace is on edge. Li Wenzhe, who transmigrated into this world, has spent the past three years scraping by under the guise of a refugee, living off scams and petty cons. Now, the plague corpses being transported out of the palace offer him a chance to turn his fortunes a 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I would like to recommend myself, if I am not a Holy Mother, I am not invincible. I hope readers will support me and thank you [blowing kisses]

32. 782 三 Three Kingdoms: A Duckweed in a Chaotic Age 三国：乱世浮萍 Black Emperor, White Star黑帝白星Historical1.2M WordsOngoing (Late Han and Three Kingdoms era + alternate history + no System + snatching opportunities + vying for supremacy + famous generals + renowned beauties): The score is low because it was just rated. The pacing is slow, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion arc is complete. In the second year of Guanghe, winter has come to the wilderness of Jizhou. Chen Mo, a displaced refugee, huddles among dead grass and corpses, starving and freezing, on the brink of death. Just as a bandit's blade is about to fall, d 56Reads6.3Score118Shelves

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    It's a pity that slow-paced tomatoes are not popular. This book refers to history (but there will be a butterfly effect, and big events should not change as much as possible). The male protagonist starts from scratch and competes in the world. Moreover, he is reborn, not soul travel + no system + cut off the Hu + Qingshi beauty (the early pace is not fast, because the world line is earlier, and he is not a Cao thief, but everyone has a separate love line, and they will not stop at a sudden shock). The low score is because of the initial score (6.2 At the beginning). In addition, the protagonist later builds a city and develops it on his own...

33. 783 我 Reborn at the End of Qin, I Lay the Foundations of Han 我在秦末重生定汉基 Li Ze Cheng Dui丽泽成兑Historical132k WordsOngoing On a snowy day, Xin Yu was delivering takeout when a car hit him and killed him. When he opened his eyes again, he had somehow returned to the twenty-ninth year of Qin Shi Huang’s reign, reborn as an old beggar beside the reeds of Bolangsha. No System. No golden finger. Before he could even get his bearings, they were dragging him off to be beheaded. At the last moment, he drew on what little history he remembered and advised the First Emperor to bring several spare carriages. Sure enough, the i —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can read this book, it is in line with the historical setting and very interesting.

34. 784 大 Great Ming: Cozy Everyday Life Taking the Imperial Exams After Becoming a Father 大明，喜当爹后的科举温馨日常 Three O'Clock on the Seventh of July七月七的三点Historical157k WordsOngoing [Imperial examinations] + [everyday life] + [lighthearted] Shen Huaijin inexplicably transmigrated into the body of a down-and-out examination candidate in the Ming dynasty, also named Shen Huaijin. He had to deal with: A controlling mother! A scheming second wife! An eldest daughter who loved stirring up trouble! An eldest son who was lazy and greedy! An arrogant, conceited second son! And two little daughters still too young to fend for themselves! Shen Huaijin decided: things had to change. T 89Reads—Score147Shelves

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    It looks good, it's ancient

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