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  1. 51 The Little Detective of the Tang Dynasty: What Do I Do After Being Beheaded from the Start? 大唐小神探:开局被斩首怎么办? Historical1.5M WordsCompleted 6.7kReads9.2Score820Shelves
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  2. 52 Is It Really So Strange to Build an Aircraft Carrier in a Feudal Dynasty? 我在封建王朝造航母很合理吧? Historical1.5M WordsCompleted [Otherworld + farming + naval warfare + no System + no harem] Li Yi was flung a hundred years into the past by the power of time and space from the East (author), becoming a disgraced prince exiled overseas. Luckily, he had the knowledge from his previous life and knew weapons development inside out, so he went straight into a shipbuilding frenzy. Battleships sailed in formation across the seas, carrier-based aircraft unleashed overwhelming firepower, radar and missiles struck hard, and deep-sea 267Reads9.0Score—Shelves
  3. 53 Back to the Song Dynasty to Be a Tyrant 回到宋朝当暴君 Historical3.2M WordsCompleted In the halls of government, rotten wood holds office. Between the palace steps, beasts feast on their salaries. Men with hearts like wolves and the ways of dogs crowd the halls of power. Toadies and bootlickers fill the ranks of government, bringing the state to ruin and the people to misery! You dare demand to know whether the sword in my hand is sharp? 177.6kReads9.4Score20.5kShelves
  4. 54 Zhu Houzhao: The Worst Temple Name I'll Accept Is Shengzong 朱厚照:朕的庙号最次也得是圣宗 Historical2.1M WordsCompleted [Ming Dynasty’s Zhu Houzhao + court intrigue + cracking down on corrupt officials + sweeping through Mongolia + crushing the barbarians + opening up a New World] Drowning from the start, with civil officials always trying to kill me! Crush the landlords and put the Ming economy under state ownership! Let the red flags fly and open up nine continents and five seas! Rule the entire world: from the founding to the fall of the Ming, none can rival us! 14.4kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
  5. 55 Great Tang: Li Shimin Begs Me to Start a Rebellion 大唐:李世民求我造反 Historical3.1M WordsCompleted 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 157.2kReads9.5Score16.9kShelves
  6. 56 A Young Man Arrives at Changle Weiyang 长乐未央来了一个年轻人 Historical1.8M WordsOngoing In 188 BC, Emperor Hui of Han, Liu Ying, died. Three-year-old Liu Gong was enthroned as emperor. In 180 BC, the Western Han dynasty once again faced a turning point. In the eighth year of Empress Dowager Lü’s regency, on the Xinsi day of the seventh month, Lü died, and the entire Han empire was suddenly gripped by gathering storms. 4.5kReads6.9Score201Shelves
  7. 57 Unorthodox Remedies of the Martial World 江湖偏方 Urban1.3M WordsCompleted My name is Zhang Chen. A fortune-teller said I was born with a knack for unexpected riches and would never stay on the straight and narrow. But I don’t care. In this world, people who follow the rules get leftovers, while the bold get to eat meat. I haven’t had much schooling, and I don’t understand lofty principles, but I do know this: you only win if you’re willing to fight. 60.4kReads8.9Score7kShelves
  8. 58 A Poor Scholar of Noble Character 一品寒士 Historical1.6M WordsCompleted [Single heroine, semi-fictionalized Tang Dynasty] In an era when the great aristocratic clans looked down on the imperial family, Zhao Quan was born to a farming family and entered school carrying the hopes of his parents and six older brothers. Farming was out of the question: even the village head’s family had no food to spare… So he had no choice but to take the imperial exams and become an official. 10.3kReads9.3Score872Shelves
  9. 59 The Yongle Emperor: Zhu Biao 永乐大帝:朱标 Historical4.2M WordsCompleted (Decisive and ruthless! No System! Court intrigue and power struggles! Conquering the northern frontier!) A top wilderness survival expert transmigrates into the parallel world of the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, becoming his eldest son, Zhu Biao! From then on, the Yongle Emperor is no longer Zhu Di. At home, he executes Lady Lü to stabilize the inner court. Abroad, he trains iron cavalry and formations of musketeers, repeatedly sweeping through the Tatars, Jurchen, Oirats, and the Little Cher 36kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
  10. 60 My Years of Struggle in Soviet Russia 我在苏俄奋斗那些年 Historical3.3M WordsOngoing A transmigrated soul wanders through the Soviet Union of the 1940s. Beneath a uniform of the NKVD, how many stories lie hidden... 11.2kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
  11. 61 Northern Song: I Vie with Zhao Ji for the Throne 北宋:我与赵佶争皇位 Historical1.2M WordsOngoing One day, he transmigrates, and his elder brother Zhao Xu has only a year left to live. What? The next person to inherit the throne is the Emperor Taishang Daojun, an overseas student in Jin, the culprit behind the Jingkang Incident, Song Huizong Zhao Ji? How could these vermin possibly govern the country well? Zhao Si can only carry on his late elder brother’s legacy, take the throne, reform the country from within, defeat Western Xia, and reclaim Yan and Yun in the north, leading the Great Song 78.2kReads8.0Score8.6kShelves
  12. 62 Three Kingdoms: From the Start at Changban Slope, Is Zhao Yun My Uncle? 三国:开局长坂坡,赵云是我叔? Historical1.4M WordsOngoing [Realistic Style] [No System] [No Dumbing Down] [Multiple Heroines] [Semi-Classical Chinese Style] [Slow Burn] [A Little Romance] Transmigrated as Zhao Yun's nephew, and the Battle of Changban Slope is already underway from the start! A romantic take on Shu Han, with a beloved male lead who never steals credit or talks nonsense, and sets past regrets right! Political intrigue and battlefield slaughter, all grounded in reason and evidence! On a mission to Jiangdong: Zhuge Liang debates the schola 7.8kReads8.6Score730Shelves
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  13. 63 The Pinnacle of Power: My Path to Advancement in America 权力巅峰:我的美利坚晋升之路 Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Li Wei transmigrates into Li Wei Newsom!!! Reborn in America, I've become a disgraced, scandal-ridden, useless mayor? With my memories from my previous life awakened, let's see how I take Western politics by storm. Facing a nightmare from the start, I use the speed of an infrastructure powerhouse to transform California, crushing all opposition with an iron fist. While my rivals are still fighting over power, I've already set my sights higher. In this life, I want more than just one state. I wan 11.5kReads8.5Score653Shelves
  14. 64 Late Ming: Stop Rushing Me! This Governor Just Wants to Slack Off 明末:别催了!我这巡抚只想摸鱼 Historical1.4M WordsOngoing Chen Du, a modern office drone, transmigrated into the late Ming Dynasty as the son of a Sichuan merchant. He spent all forty thousand taels of silver he had just to buy an easy government post in Zhejiang, where he could lie flat and stay alive. But Chongzhen issued an order transferring him straight to Shanxi, making him governor of the province: a northern frontier death trap that his predecessor had failed to escape despite submitting seventeen resignation letters. Beacon fires blazed acros 725Reads—Score123Shelves
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  15. 65 France, 1794 法兰西1794 Historical3.4M WordsCompleted A glorious tale of struggle after transmigrating into a minor German nobleman during the French Revolution and the Directory. “His Excellency Andrew, the great and glorious, arrived in his beloved Paris in 1794.” 956Reads8.9Score104Shelves
  16. 66 From the Start, I Live-Stream the Great Ming, and Huaxia Civilization Leads by Ages 开局直播大明,华夏文明断层领先 Historical1.4M WordsOngoing (This book is not intended to disparage the present or glorify the past. The world I've created is fictional, so please don't conflate it with reality. My goal is to work toward China's rise! Nothing else is intended!) My name is Han Bixing, and I transmigrated into the Ming Dynasty as a fool. Everyone calls me crazy and pelts me with stones because I hold up a battered bronze mirror and talk to the air. They don't know that the other side of the mirror is connected to more than six hundred year 6.7kReads9.3Score633Shelves
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  17. 67 Lessons from Ancient History 3 古史今鉴3 Historical1.7M WordsOngoing The Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, followed by the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. Beginning amid the Sixteen Kingdoms, the story ends with the fall of the Qing. A novel's surface, forged around the bones of true history. A tale of China's loyal heroes, carrying on the legacy of the Han people. In the early third century AD, the Three Kingdoms were reunited under the Jin dynasty, bringing the realm together. But this brief unity was merely the prelude to an even greater catastr 39Reads—Score—Shelves
  18. 68 The Great Ming's Lord of the Seas 大明镇海王 Historical2.1M WordsOngoing [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 2.3kReads—Score204Shelves
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  19. 69 Reborn as Liu Yu's Eldest Son: I Sweep Away the Five Hu and Pacify the Realm 重生刘裕长子,我横扫五胡定天下 Historical1.1M WordsOngoing The Five Barbarians ravage China. The realm lies in ruins, Han people wander as refugees, and the court flees south. A modern special forces soldier unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Liu Yicheng, Liu Yu’s eldest son, who never existed in history. On the eve of chaos, he uses his knowledge of the future as his eyes, a powerful army as his backbone, and sound governance as his foundation. As a young man, he leads troops north to defend the land and protect its people, drive out the barba 1.1kReads—Score138Shelves
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  20. 70 Envoys of Space and Time 时空联合使者 Historical129k WordsOngoing The protagonist travels through different eras, witnessing the character of each age and reconstructing history as it truly was: the brutality of the Qin, the Han dynasty at its height, the rival warlords of the Three Kingdoms, the cries of the peoples under the Jin, the brief prosperity of the Sui, foreign nations paying tribute to the Tang, the splendor of the Song, the brutality of the Yuan, the wails of the common people under the Ming, and the ignorance of the Qing. An objective and truthfu —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  21. 71 Reborn in the Late Tang Dynasty: I, Li Cunxu, Will Never Spoil Entertainers 重生唐末,我李存勖绝不宠信伶人 Historical322k WordsOngoing In the late Tang Dynasty, a soul from a thousand years in the future is reborn in the body of Li Cunxu, son of the Shatuo chieftain Li Keyong. He remembers how his predecessor met his end: after achieving success, he became infatuated with actors, and died as the nation fell into chaos. This time, he resolves never to repeat that mistake. He begins with practical measures. He takes in orphaned children and teaches them skills and literacy. He gathers the sons of military families to train toget 549Reads—Score—Shelves
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  22. 72 After Emperor Taizong, Rebuilding the Tang Dynasty 太宗之后,再造大唐 Historical1.2M WordsOngoing "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 101.5kReads9.2Score8kShelves
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  23. 73 Late Jin: Sima Yi Is Reborn as a Jiehuo Army Soldier 晋末:司马懿重生为乞活军 Historical839k WordsOngoing A hundred and forty years after his time had passed! Sima Yi studied the young body he now inhabited. The Army of the Refugees was an armed force of displaced people at the end of the Eastern Jin dynasty, struggling to survive between the Hu and Han peoples. The original owner, Ran Cheng, was twenty-four. His father and brothers had all died in battle, and he commanded the three hundred survivors of the refugee army. Why do you fight to survive? To die like a dog by the roadside, or to reclaim t 11Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 74 Transmigrating to the Warring States: Two Rice Balls in the Second Year of Eiroku 穿越战国:永禄二年的两个饭团 Historical1.5M WordsOngoing Sengoku Japan, in the second year of Eiroku. Two rice balls save a life. No System, no golden finger. Only increasingly hazy knowledge of the future, a bold yet cautious way of handling affairs, and a man from a later age who rises from humble beginnings. Starting with nothing, he survives the chaos, stands tall, and fights his way to prominence, eventually vying for supremacy in the Sengoku era. He studies medicine and builds castles, trains in swordsmanship and spearmanship, and learns the p 2.8kReads—Score355Shelves
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  25. 75 Great Ming: I Reform the Law with the Clan Genealogy 大明,我以族谱变法 Historical814k WordsOngoing During the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, Fang Shi transmigrates into the body of a scholar. He would never have believed that one day he would be bundled off to the Imperial Prison along with chickens and dogs. P.S. One female lead [a plot device, no romance]. No dumbing down, no System. 544Reads9.2Score102Shelves
  26. 76 Sima Yi Transmigrates into Qin Hui 司马懿穿越秦桧 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted One day in the sixth month of the third year of the Jiaping reign, Sima Yi, who had feigned illness his entire life, finally fell truly ill. He had endured for a lifetime, and decades of living on tenterhooks had left him utterly exhausted. Fortunately, he had everything in place before his death. All he had to do was wait peacefully for it to come. What Sima Yi never expected, however, was that his long-awaited path to unleashing his pent-up ambition was far from over... 1.9kReads9.1Score187Shelves
  27. 77 He Fengzi 贺疯子 Historical1.6M WordsOngoing 1. This is a dark take on the Ming dynasty, centered on rebellion, with grand-scale battles and a brutal, bloody aesthetic. Ming loyalists should read with caution. 2. This is a transmigration story, but the protagonist’s golden finger is deliberately limited, in an effort to stay close to the historical realities of warfare at the end of the Ming dynasty. 3. In this novel, a soul from the future originally intended to possess Sun Chuanting, but through a twist of fate became He Renlong instead. 709Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 78 The Leisurely Prince of Zhenguan 贞观小闲王 Historical7.7M WordsOngoing [No System]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Farming] Have you ever wondered what you’d do if you transmigrated to ancient times with no System and no golden finger? You’re not a physicist, chemist, or historian, just an ordinary person from the future. Everything you know comes from movies, TV, short-video platforms, and the media. How would you survive? Follow an ordinary person who transmigrates into Li Shen, Li Shimin’s tenth son at the beginning of the Tang dynasty. With nothing but his limited knowledge 117.9kReads9.2Score6.8kShelves
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  29. 79 Three Kingdoms: Shu Han's Strategist, Charging Through the Enemy Seven Times at Changban Slope 三国:蜀汉军师,长坂坡七进七出 Historical569k WordsOngoing Qin Cao transmigrated to the late Eastern Han dynasty, with the promise that he could return to the modern world after he died. But he had a passive ability that let him retaliate with 100 percent effectiveness. He could strike back against anything, in every possible way. At the time, Xu Shu had joined Cao Cao's camp, and the “Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage” storyline was about to begin. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei got lost and stumbled upon Qin Cao's home. Liu Bei: “If you don't mind having me 2.2kReads9.2Score250Shelves
  30. 80 My Father Is Cao Cao 我的父亲是曹操 Historical2.8M WordsCompleted After an accident transmigrates him into Cao Ang's body, he discovers his father has a peculiar habit: he loves chasing women and has a thing for widows, even raising other men's children. Cao Ang can't take it! Cao Ang: "Father, I'm only doing this for your own good! You can't handle it, so a little hardship for me is nothing. Think of it as taking the burden off your shoulders!" Cao Cao roared, "You brat! I have no son like you! Where's my sword? ... Dian Wei! How dare you steal my sword!" And 10.9kReads7.8Score930Shelves
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  31. 81 Three Kingdoms: Famous Chinese Generals Suddenly Appear 三国:华夏名将突然降临 Historical2.2M WordsOngoing When the forbidden power of an ancient divine artifact is unleashed, it changes not just the Three Kingdoms era, but the entire history of China. Which of China's legendary generals will ultimately claim the crown? Famed generals from across history arrive in the Three Kingdoms era, making an already dazzling age even more turbulent and grand. The Wei Warriors, Yue Family Army, and Qin Elite Soldiers, special troops from different eras, take the field together. The God of War, the Conqueror 1.3kReads5.2Score104Shelves
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  32. 82 The Rise of Northern Zhou: Yang Jian, Don't Even Think About Usurping My Throne 北周崛起:杨坚你休想篡朕的皇位 Historical2.3M WordsCompleted [No System] [Transmigration to the Past] [Farming] [Diligent Governance] [Expansion] The final years of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The Northern Zhou conquered the Northern Qi, unifying the northern regimes once more! Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yuwen Yong, was a brilliant and ambitious ruler, full of vigor. His soldiers were fired up, and their banners snapped in the wind! The Northern Dynasties could march south at any moment to destroy the Southern Chen and recreate the unifying achievements 7.2kReads8.0Score430Shelves
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  33. 83 Ying Zheng: Help Me Beat Up Li Shimin 嬴政:和我一起群殴李世民 Historical521k WordsCompleted This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. There is no female lead and no melodrama. The historical developments are treated seriously and carefully. If that's not your thing, don't read it. If the Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties all existed at the same time, with Ying Zheng, Liu Che, Li Shimin, Zhao Kuangyin, Kublai Khan, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Aisin-Gioro Xuanye each ruling their own territory, who could unify the realm? 574Reads8.4Score120Shelves
  34. 84 The Truth the Japanese Army Tried to Hide: The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru 被日军掩盖的真相:里斯本丸沉没事件 Historical10k WordsCompleted [Lisbon Maru, Japan, World War II, prisoners of war, shipwreck, war] The Truth Hidden by the Japanese Military: The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru centers on a humanitarian disaster during World War II, bringing to light a chapter of history long buried. In October 1942, the Japanese cargo ship Lisbon Maru was carrying around 1,800 British prisoners of war from Hong Kong to Japan when it was torpedoed by an American submarine near the Zhoushan Islands. As the ship slowly sank, the Japanese military 71Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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  35. 85 From the Start, I Revealed the Achievements of Ancient Emperors and Stunned the Emperors 开局曝光古人皇功业,惊呆皇帝们 Historical4.3M WordsOngoing [Historical retrospectives] + [a commoner's view of history] + [spoilers in the comments] + [emperors goofing around] + [A complete run-through of Chinese history from the Yan and Huang emperors, starting with the Shang] Chen Yong was hired to make a series of historical retrospectives. He planned to start with the Shang dynasty. To set his videos apart from the many others, he decided to follow standard historical methodology. Source priority: archaeological artifacts > official histories > 76kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
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  36. 86 Chongzhen: My Life Has Been on Thin Ice 崇祯:我这一生如履薄冰 Historical2.0M WordsOngoing (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
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  37. 87 The Descendants of the Hongwu Emperor 洪武朝的子孙们 Historical1.6M 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 106.6kReads8.3Score7.7kShelves
  38. 88 From Great Xia Onward: Founding Emperors Arrive One After Another 从大夏开始:开国之君陆续降临 Historical228k WordsCompleted A dragon's roar rang out. Da Yu, the founding ruler of Great Xia, appeared in a besieged city. Every ruler who arrived was given Dragon Coins, with a maximum of one hundred and a minimum of negative ten. Each dynasty had its own besieged city. Da Yu: “I'm not naturally inclined to slaughter...” Tang of Shang: “As the ancestor of the Shang, I still have to look after my own children.” Ji Fa: “I really don't know Nezha, Yang Jian, or Lei Zhenzi!” Qin Shi Huang: “Standardize the axles, unify the wr 3.5kReads9.0Score281Shelves
  39. 89 The Sun and Moon Beneath One Sky: Princess Taiping 日月当空:太平公主 Historical587k WordsCompleted Princess Taiping was one of the most controversial and legendary female political figures in Chinese history, a thorny yet dazzling rose in the splendor of the High Tang. The most beloved daughter of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian, she married Xue Shao at sixteen in a wedding procession stretching ten miles, hoping for a peaceful life. But she was implicated in Xue Yi's treason case and watched her husband starve to death in prison, shattering her dreams. She put away her innocence 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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  40. 90 Great Ming: Zhu Biao Turns Evil, and the Jingnan Campaign Is No More 大明:朱标黑化,靖难没了 Historical815k 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 53.1kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves
  41. 91 Great Ming: If the Tianqi Emperor Lives, Great Ming Will Never Fall 大明:天启不死,大明不灭 Historical904k 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 93kReads9.0Score12.3kShelves
  42. 92 Quit Acting So Cold: His Moonlight Slipped In Through the Cracks 冰块脸别装了,他的月光乘虚而入 Modern Romance378k WordsOngoing [Cool, aloof heroine × depressed hero | childhood sweethearts × mutual devotion | healing and redemption × sweet romance] He is the heir to the Lin family, one of the capital's most powerful families, and a speed-skating prodigy. But a series of unfair calls sends him spiraling into depression. She is the beloved daughter of the Song family, another prominent family in the capital. Skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, she is widely regarded as the most beautiful girl at the Univer 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 93 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? Historical1.7M WordsOngoing 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 280.2kReads9.0Score39.6kShelves
  44. 94 Chongzhen! Reclaim the Throne! 崇祯!重征! Historical1.3M 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 3.4kReads6.3Score259Shelves
  45. 95 Great Ming: Your Son Zhu Changluo Requests That Wanli Abdicate 大明:儿臣朱常洛,请万历退位 Historical1.7M WordsOngoing [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
  46. 96 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 Historical2.3M WordsOngoing 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
  47. 97 Tales of the Song Dynasty: The Families and Realms of Eighteen Emperors (Box Set, 3 Books) 宋朝那些事:十八帝王的家国天下(套装3册) Historical609k WordsCompleted This three-book Song History series was carefully created for general readers by renowned Song dynasty historian You Biao, a professor at the School of History at Beijing Normal University. The books, Zhao Song, Zhui Song, and Wen Song, provide a systematic, vivid, and comprehensive account of Song dynasty history and culture from three perspectives: the lives of emperors, institutions and culture, and political gains and losses. Each book includes exquisite reproductions of ancient paintings. 280Reads9.0Score—Shelves
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  48. 98 Zhu Yunwen: This Time, I Cannot Lose 朱允炆:这一次我不能输 Historical272k WordsOngoing In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang died. When he opened his eyes again, he had become the Jianwen Emperor, Zhu Yunwen, doomed to lose his empire, with his fate shrouded in mystery. He knew that suppressing the vassal princes would drive Zhu Di to rebel, that Li Jinglong would be defeated, and that one day Nanjing would fall. So this time, he wanted to take a different path. He would not rush to suppress the vassals or blindly trust the civil officials, and he would not turn a feud 9Reads—Score—Shelves
  49. 99 Late Ming Warlord: Kill, Never Spare 晚明枭雄,只杀不渡 Historical179k WordsOngoing A revenge-and-comeback story about a Ming Dynasty native: no transmigration, no cheat powers, and no System From the start, bookkeeper Wang Xing breaks a seemingly hopeless deadlock. After his master is murdered, he repeatedly uses the trick of hiding in plain sight to survive against all odds. To stay alive, he has no choice but to sell himself into the service of the "She-Devil." With the meticulous calculations of an abacus, his schemes evolve from underworld tricks to political intrigue at c 427Reads—Score—Shelves
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  50. 100 A Lowly County Office Clerk with Kids at Home and No Rice to Cook 穿成县衙小吏,家有儿女等米下锅 Historical1.3M WordsOngoing [A clerk is no official, and the desk is a mountain of blades] [No errors in the ledger, every stroke of the brush decides joy and sorrow] The male lead had only just transmigrated when someone cracked him over the back of the head. After missing work for three days, he nearly got struck off the rolls. His father thought he was saddled with two useless dependents. His older brother thought he was too inflexible to make money. His fourth younger brother feared his lowly clerk's status would tarni 165.9kReads9.2Score22.8kShelves
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