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  1. 101 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
  2. 102 I'm a Strategist, So Stop Calling Me a Human Trafficker! 我是军师,请不要叫我人贩子! Historical342k WordsCompleted 51Reads—Score—Shelves
  3. 103 Great Ming: Tyrant Chongzhen Executes the Vassal Kings from the Start 大明之暴君崇祯开局先诛藩王 Historical1.7M WordsCompleted [No System!] [Ruthless!] [Shadow Warfare!] [Unification!] The Later Han had a succession of child emperors, while the Ming emperors suffered one unexpected death after another! This emperor is no longer rash and suspicious, nor stubbornly overconfident. He stabilizes the court and slowly consolidates power! First, control of the military. Then, new faces in the court! He gives Sun Chengzong important posts to lull the Donglin officials and balance the court. When someone wants to levy commercial 46.8kReads8.3Score4.4kShelves
  4. 104 Three Kingdoms: The Soldiers Run Wild 三国:兵痞横行 Historical1.8M WordsCompleted In a chaotic age, those who want to survive must make the rules for everyone else. That's how you reach the top of the food chain. 44Reads—Score—Shelves
  5. 105 Three Kingdoms: Teaching in Prison, I Teach Cao Cao to Be a Villain 三国:狱中讲课,我教曹操当奸雄 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Chen Zhou transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era and becomes a condemned prisoner in jail. With no way to fight back, he simply gives up hope and happily shoots the breeze with his fellow inmates. But his knowledge and insights, more than a thousand years ahead of the Three Kingdoms era, impress everyone in the cell, including Cao Ang, son of Cao Cao, who has come to get someone out of jail. After that, things quickly spiral out of control. Cao Ang: Was Cao Gong really not avenging his father w 280Reads6.6Score107Shelves
  6. 106 Transmigrating as Chongzhen: Only Three Months of Imperial Rule Remain 穿越崇祯:只剩三个月国祚 Historical1.5M WordsOngoing [A happy ending for the heroes of the late Ming + Industrial Revolution + global rule + no System + no harem] (The story is mainly about saving a nation on the brink of collapse and uniting the world under one rule!) Transmigrate as the Chongzhen Emperor with only three months left before the dynasty falls? Then defy fate and change history! Zhu Mingyuan, a modern physics researcher, opens his eyes to find himself as the Chongzhen Emperor. Li Zicheng's army is at the gates. The imperial treasury 100.1kReads8.6Score12.6kShelves
  7. 107 Year Eleven of Chongzhen: From the Start, I Save Lu Xiangsheng 崇祯十一年:开局先救卢象昇 Historical1.2M WordsOngoing Strong logic + meticulous historical research + partly wish-fulfillment + political maneuvering + war + no System + struggle for supremacy + no transmigration No System, no transmigration. He relies entirely on his knowledge of history and his ability to read people, step by step forging a different future for the realm. When Chongzhen wakes from a dream, he discovers that he can see the historical epitaphs above everyone’s heads. [Lu Xiangsheng], Made his last stand at Jiazhuang. His army was w 136kReads8.6Score24.2kShelves
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  8. 108 Three Kingdoms: You Told Me to Make Wu Surrender, So I Kidnapped Sun Quan 三国:让你降吴,你绑架孙权 Historical1.1M WordsCompleted (No System + one heroine + military conquest + intelligence bordering on the supernatural) Transmigrated into the Three Kingdoms era as Mi Long, son of Mi Fang, the Shu-Han governor of Nan Commandery. He thought he could simply live the easy life of a spoiled young master. But it was the winter of Jian'an 24: Mi Fang had surrendered the city to Wu, and Guan Yu had been defeated and captured. It seemed Mi Long had only one path left: follow his father to Eastern Wu and die of despair. Unwilling t 2kReads8.9Score119Shelves
  9. 109 Great Ming: I, Chongzhen, Will Never Hang Myself! 大明:朕,崇祯,绝不上吊! Historical373k WordsOngoing [Reborn + hard-edged history + decisive and ruthless + naval hegemon + no System, but with memories of a past life] On Coal Hill, a strip of white silk brought an end to the Ming Dynasty's last shred of dignity. When Zhu Youjian opened his eyes again, he had returned to the seventh year of the Tianqi era. That year, he was still only the sixteen-year-old Prince of Xin. His imperial brother was gravely ill. Wei Zhongxian wielded power across the court, the eunuch faction controlled the government 55Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. 110 Three Kingdoms: Ma Youchang, Who Wants Nothing More Than to Die 三国:一心求死马幼常 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted The body of Ma Su is taken over by a failed web novelist from a later age, who returns to the time before the Battle of Jieting. He unexpectedly receives a reward: if someone kills him, he will get ten billion and return to the future. For the sake of that ten billion, Ma Su pulls out every outrageous trick in the book. He faces Zhang He alone on horseback. “Three-surnamed slave, surrender at once!” He takes charge of Longyou. “Just look at Longyou today: it is all under the red flag!” As Ma Su 492Reads8.8Score104Shelves
  11. 111 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
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  12. 112 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
  13. 113 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
  14. 114 Mount & Blade: Rise to World Domination in an Era of Peace, Starting with Patricide 骑砍:太平年从弑父开始问鼎天下 Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsOngoing Just started getting ratings, and they'll rise later [historical epic + political scheming + ensemble cast]. The protagonist is Han Chinese, but he isn't the author's favorite. [You can enjoy this even if you don't know the Mount & Blade games! The System can train super-strong soldiers, and they're all normal people, not brainless NPCs.] He transmigrates to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and becomes the adopted son of Zhang Yanze, the "Cannibal Ogre." On the very first day, his fath 31.1kReads7.4Score3.5kShelves
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  15. 115 Better Than the Clouds 莫若凌霄 Historical2.2M WordsCompleted Tang Congxin, an art school reject, unexpectedly arrives in a world ruled by an empress and becomes a fallen imperial grandson whose life is hanging by a thread. But even an abandoned child can aspire to greatness. A fallen imperial grandson should rise like a dragon. If my grandfather could be emperor, and my grandmother could be empress, then I, an abandoned child, can do it too. 27.2kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
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  16. 116 Great Ming: My Uncle Is Zhu Yuanzhang 大明我大伯是朱元璋 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted He was Zhu Yuanzhang’s most trusted nephew. He was also the person who gave Zhu Yuanzhang the biggest headache. He loved to play the rascal, and though people could beat and scold him, they couldn’t kill him. After all, he was the only son of Zhu Yuanzhang’s second elder brother. But this guy really was a troublemaking lout who drove the entire court crazy: he tricked Old Zhu, conned Young Zhu, and loved beating up Zhu Laosi. 20.5kReads8.8Score868Shelves
  17. 117 Pretending to Be a Fool to Protect Myself 为了自保装傻子 Historical521k WordsCompleted Li Ergou transmigrated to an era of the Ming Dynasty that never existed, only to discover that his long-dead grandfather had also been a transmigrator. His grandfather had left him an incredibly wealthy estate, along with soldiers, money, and power. He was even related to the imperial family, and his father was a staunch loyalist to the emperor. The only problem was that the crown prince couldn’t stand him. Thinking about all this left Li Ergou feeling helpless. He had nothing but a bit of stren 1.7kReads8.1Score102Shelves
  18. 118 Sky Screen: Watching Short Videos, Ying Zheng Gets the MVP 天幕:刷短视频,嬴政得了MVP Historical2.2M WordsOngoing The protagonist isn’t just a prop. Besides short videos and historical video compilations, the story also focuses on showing people from the past modern life! Lin Qi has no idea that videos of his daily life are being shown to audiences across every dynasty. And so, beneath the sky screen, Lin Qi’s life becomes entertainment for countless ancestors during their downtime. An AI short video titled “Oh no, Ying Zheng got MVP” makes Ying Zheng lose it. A video of “The Song Dynasty’s dragon standard 117.7kReads8.4Score5.3kShelves
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  19. 119 Great Ming: My Father Is Emperor Wulie 大明家父武烈帝 Historical230k WordsOngoing In the thirty-eighth year of the Shikang era of Great Ming, Zhu Zhi was born as the youngest son of Emperor Wulie Zhu Wang and his wife after they were reborn when struck by lightning. He started drinking at seven, visiting brothels at eight, and demanding concubines at nine. By the time he was ten, he had become the biggest headache in the Zhu family. Zhu Xiongying’s son, Zhu Wengui, was utterly unfit for the task, and Zhu Xingxi, the son of Zhu Li, had dealt him a crushing blow. In the end, he 2.5kReads—Score110Shelves
  20. 120 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
  21. 121 Furious Chongzhen: Who Needs Scheming? Just Get It Done 暴躁崇祯:要什么权谋?干就完了 Historical661k WordsCompleted [I’ve already slaughtered every island in Japan, but Chongzhen still isn’t satisfied. He insists on digging up all the magma, too.] Just how thrilling can a hotheaded Chongzhen story be if it skips political maneuvering and internal affairs and focuses only on fighting? Civil officials, gentry, wealthy merchants, the Jianzhou Jurchens, the Tungusic peoples, generations of officials who submitted to foreign powers, Japanese pirates, white-skinned foreigners... If they’re people whose deaths leave 9.6kReads8.5Score996Shelves
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  22. 122 The Ming Dynasty Reborn: At Three Years Old, I Ascend the Throne and Become Emperor 大明重启:年方三岁,登基称帝 Historical2.8M WordsOngoing The heavens collapse and the earth splits, while fate is turned upside down. Can a modern soul save the empire as the fires of late Ming China rage? In the sixth year of the Tianqi era, the Wang Gongchang explosion tears open the sky, and history takes a new turn. Zhu Guangming's soul transmigrates into Zhu Cijiong, the infant son of the Tianqi Emperor, only to discover that he is standing on the Ming dynasty's last drifting piece of ice... At seven months, he speaks to his father. At one, he wr 25.5kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
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  23. 123 A Humorous Take on Zizhi Tongjian: The Northern and Southern Dynasties 笑谈资治通鉴之南北朝 Historical2.1M WordsOngoing During the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420–589), regimes changed constantly and heroes emerged one after another. Armies clashed across the Central Plains as plots, schemes, stratagems, and military tactics arose in endless succession. It’s a thrilling period! But this was also an era of great ethnic integration, as northern peoples gradually assimilated with the Han amid the turmoil of war. In short, the Northern and Southern Dynasties were a time of upheaval and diverse development in Ch 8.6kReads9.4Score944Shelves
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  24. 124 The Anxi Army of the Great Tang 大唐安西军 Historical1.1M WordsCompleted Wang Cheng, an experienced outdoor adventurer, had his soul transported into the body of Wang Chen, a cavalry captain in the Tang army stationed in Anxi. It was September of the third year of the Dali era under Emperor Daizong of Tang. The Tang was being attacked from four directions by the Tibetan Empire and could barely hold on. Even the Uyghurs, who had always bowed to the Tang, were beginning to harbor rebellious designs. The Three Garrisons of Hebei were also on the verge of revolt, plottin 8kReads9.0Score633Shelves
  25. 125 Chronicles of the Late Jin Dynasty 晋末风云录 Historical817k WordsCompleted My new book is out! Please visit Tomato Novel to read my work. I hope you’ll enjoy it. The story covers the period from the late Jin to the early Sui, beginning with Emperor Hui of Jin, nicknamed the “Meat Porridge Emperor,” and ending with the fall of Chen Shubao, the last emperor of the Southern Dynasties. Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, unifies north and south, ending nearly 300 years of division and turmoil across China and restoring unity. This period is rarely mentioned in textbooks. Beyon 320Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  26. 126 Nine Princes Vie for the Throne: While Others Train in Martial Arts, I Cultivate Immortality 九龙夺嫡,别人练武我修仙 Eastern Fantasy236k WordsCompleted Ying Xiang transmigrated and became the Thirteenth Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty. From the start, he was confined to the Cold Palace and poisoned. As the princes battled for the throne, Ying Xiang awakened a cultivation golden finger: one divination every day, enough to discern the secrets of fate! While others practiced martial arts, he cultivated immortality, advancing step by step toward greater heights. But then he discovered that he wasn't the only transmigrator... His adoptive fathe 60Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. 127 The Ming Dynasty’s Firstborn Heir: Why Are You Panicking, Emperor Yingzong? 大明第一嫡长:堡宗你慌什么 Historical287k WordsOngoing [Zhu Di + Zhu Gaochi + Zhu Zhanji + Zhu Qizhen + The Emperor of Tumu Fortress + The Emperor Who Knocked on the Gates + Tumu Fortress + No System] During the Yongle era, the cavalry sweeps across the northern steppes, and the northern raiders flee at the first sight of them. Envoys from every nation gather in the capital, while great ships set sail across the oceans. The Ming's prestige resounds throughout the world. But this prosperity lasts only a few decades. In the Zhengtong era, war erupts a 1.6kReads—Score103Shelves
  28. 128 The Water Margin Demon Stars Are All My Resources: From Traits to Kingship 水浒魔星皆我资粮:从词条到王业 Historical2.1M WordsOngoing The Oath of the Liangshan Brotherhood? A legacy of loyalty and righteousness? Wang Ying, the Short-Legged Tiger, takes hearts and livers to sober up. Zhu Gui, the Dry-Land Crocodile, uses human fat to light his lamps! Deng Fei, the Fiery-Eyed Lion, eats human flesh until his eyes turn red! Song Jiang plots to cut off Qin Ming's escape route. Wu Yong kills Zhu Tong's young master to force him up the mountain! Dong Ping steals a man's wife and daughters, then wipes out his entire household! Sun Er 96.2kReads8.6Score11.8kShelves
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  29. 129 The Emperor's Hegemony in Great Ming 帝霸大明 Historical620k WordsCompleted In the late Ming Dynasty, natural disasters struck one after another and the government was corrupt. After waking up as Zhu Youxiao during the final years of the Wanli Emperor's reign, he faced the Three Major Cases of the late Ming and the disastrous defeat at Sarhu. Faced with such a complicated situation, how will this young emperor turn things around? 18kReads8.9Score831Shelves
  30. 130 Sky Screen: Could I, a Son of a Concubine, Be the Greatest Emperor of All Time? 天幕:庶出的我是千古一帝? Historical337k WordsOngoing [Male-oriented + no female lead + fictional dynasty + sky screen + ancient setting + lighthearted] [A political intrigue ensemble novel, built around one principle: the protagonist isn’t the one who wins. Whoever wins is the protagonist.] [A new historical fantasy novel. Just got its rating!] Good news: I transmigrated, and I’m a prince. Bad news: I’m an illegitimate prince with no backing. The emperor doesn’t think much of me, and I don’t have a System or any other cheat to rely on. … Chai Yun 22Reads6.1Score—Shelves
  31. 131 Carving a Path Through Blood, from the Kaihuang Era to Zhenguan 杀出血路,从开皇到贞观 Historical285k WordsOngoing No transmigration. No alternate history. No fictionalized retelling. No golden finger. In the eighth year of the Kaihuang era, 510,000 Sui troops launched a massive invasion of Chen from eight different routes, advancing south from Bashu in the west to the Canghai in the east. At the Battle of Baitugang, the Sui cavalry trampled the Chen army. Five hundred elite horsemen stormed Jiankang and captured Chen Shubao alive. Thus Jiangnan was pacified, and the realm was unified. Yang Guang vied for th 121Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 132 A Vat of Fresh Water Flows into Chang'an 一缸活水入长安 Historical11k WordsCompleted A Vat of Living Water Flows into Chang’an —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  33. 133 The Winds of Change in Great Ming: This Guy Has Stopped Acting Human! 风起大明,这货不做人了! Historical416k WordsOngoing [Steal Jade and Savor Fragrance] [Scheming Power Plays] [Bloody Wars] [Partly Feel-Good] The Four Great Beauties: Xi Li, Zhang Yan, Hailanzhu, and Chen Yuanyuan. Fierce! Fierce! Fierce! The intensity never lets up! The Stick-Striking Case, the Red Pills Case, the Palace Relocation Case, the Fall-Into-the-Water Case, the Battle of Guangning, the Battle of Liuhe, the Battle of Ningyuan, the Wang Gongchang Explosion, Wei Zhongxian's living shrine... One astonishing historical truth after another, e 1.1kReads7.0Score103Shelves
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  34. 134 The Imperial Tutor's Prisoner 帝师囚 Historical108k WordsCompleted Shen Yan, tutor to the deposed crown prince, has spent three years in exile at the frontier. Shackled and waiting to die. On the night rebel forces breach the city, General Huo Changfeng holds a knife to his throat, intending to kill him as a sacrifice to rally the troops. Shen Yan looks up. “General, you misquoted ‘When Qin lost the deer’ in your proclamation. You've been in rebellion for three months and still haven't even spotted the deer.” Huo Changfeng lowers his blade. “You taught the cr 6Reads—Score143Shelves
  35. 135 A General History of China 中国通史 Historical491k WordsCompleted The world-famous writer Cervantes said, “History gives birth to truth; it can withstand time and preserve old tales and past events. It is a record of ancient times, a warning for the present, and a lesson for future generations.” History is a mirror that records the successes and failures, prosperity and decline, triumphs and tragedies, transitions and renewal of human society. It also foreshadows humanity's future. 26.1kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
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  36. 136 A General Reader's Guide to Historical Knowledge 历史常识通识读本 Historical470k WordsCompleted The historian and philosopher R. G. Collingwood once said, “Today comes from yesterday, and yesterday is contained in today. Yesterday, in turn, contains the day before, and so on, all the way back to antiquity. The history of the past still exists today. It has not died.” History serves as a mirror, recording humanity’s successes and failures, prosperity and decline, and the rise and fall of eras. What happens today will be history tomorrow. As the years pass and day gives way to night, the whe 52.1kReads9.6Score1.2kShelves
  37. 137 A Popular History of the Song Dynasty 宋史通俗演义 Historical556k WordsCompleted [Classical historical fiction based on official history | A popular history of the Song dynasty | Cai Dongfan's Historical Romances of the Dynasties] Read one volume and discover the full rise and fall of the Song dynasty across 320 years. Told in a complete narrative spanning one hundred chapters, this popular history of the Song begins with Zhao Kuangyin's Chenqiao Mutiny and his ascension to the throne, then follows the founding of the Northern Song, the Alliance of Chanyuan, Wang Anshi's ref 21Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  38. 138 The Ming Dynasty (2 Volumes) 大明王朝(共2册) 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 43.8kReads9.6Score8kShelves
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  39. 139 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
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  40. 140 Turbulent Years (1960–1969) 动荡年代(1960-1969) Historical360k WordsCompleted Turbulent Years recounts major events in the development of modern Chinese history from 1960 to 1969. It covers the Central Committee's Shanghai Conference and its decision to continue the Great Leap Forward, the proposal of the Four Modernizations, the official establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the People's Liberation Army's participation in the fight against U.S. aggression and aid to Vietnam, the Cultural Revolution, the February Countercurrent, and other historical events. 6.2kReads9.4Score718Shelves
  41. 141 Late Ming: Chongzhen, Don't Ascend the Throne Yet. Let Me Play Dead First 明末:崇祯你先别登基容我诈个尸 Historical2.2M WordsCompleted August 24, 1627. The Ming dynasty welcomed its final emperor. Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian, stood on the steps of the Jianji Hall, receiving the court officials' homage. Just as the enthronement ceremony reached its final stage, the late emperor Zhu Youxiao suddenly appeared in the doorway. “Chongzhen, don't ascend the throne just yet. Let me fake my own death first!” A firearms engineer arrives in the Ming dynasty with memories of his previous life. What changes will he bring to this empire o 22kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
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  42. 142 The Secret Histories of the Four Great Beauties 四大美人秘史 Historical103k WordsCompleted [The Four Beauties, classical historical romances, complete uncensored public-domain editions, stories of celebrated women in history, ancient tales] This complete collection contains the original, unabridged texts of The Romance of Xishi, The Romance of Wang Zhaojun, The Romance of Yang Guifei, and The Romance of Diaochan. It recounts the turbulent lives of the Four Beauties, whose beauty was said to make fish forget to swim, geese forget to fly, the moon hide, and flowers blush. Together, thes 476Reads9.2Score100Shelves
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  43. 143 My Nephew Is the Chongzhen Emperor: Building an Everlasting Ming Dynasty 家侄崇祯,打造大明日不落 Historical3.7M WordsOngoing He transmigrates into the Ming dynasty and mistakes Emperor Chongzhen for his nephew. From then on, he becomes an overprotective uncle! A faction called the Donglin Party bullies my nephew and seizes his family’s property? Kill their leader and wipe that accursed faction off the map! A postman named Li Chuang forces my nephew to hang himself? I’ll rebel! Let this uncle beat him until he loses all his teeth! The Tungusic savages killed my nephew’s people and want to take his empire, too? Don’t be 7.7kReads9.1Score578Shelves
  44. 144 The Rise of a Clan 崛起的家族 Historical1.3M WordsCompleted This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel. There's no transmigration, and no golden finger. It's a story about a family, or rather, about our ancestors. I wanted to write down what they went through. The stories in this book are all things I heard my elders talk about in casual conversation, so there may inevitably be omissions. The family records have also been lost, and some things can't be verified. I want to portray the stories as truthfully and objectively as possible, but my abilities are limite 7.6kReads9.3Score911Shelves
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  45. 145 Longevity: I Was Picked Up by Xu Da in the Ming Dynasty 长生:我在大明被徐达捡回家 Historical3.0M WordsCompleted [Longevity] [Healing] [Feel-good power fantasy] In the fifth year of the Hongwu reign, Yang Xuan met Xu Da, who had returned from a failed northern campaign. To fill his belly, Yang Xuan agreed to become Xu Da’s disciple, beginning his years in the Great Ming dynasty. He lived through the bloodshed of the Hongwu era, witnessed the nations paying court during the Yongle era, and saw the prosperity of the Ren and Xuan reigns. He was Zhu Biao’s close friend and confidant. He was the person Zhu Di t 22.5kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
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  46. 146 The Rise of an Emperor from Humble Beginnings: Starting by Killing Constables 寒门帝路,从杀捕快开始 Historical196k WordsCompleted After taking revenge, transmigrator Wang Lin leads the villagers to prosperity. Just as things start looking up, the powers that be set their sights on him. What should he do: submit or rise up and fight back… And what should he do when his friends betray him… Dear readers, join Wang Lin on his journey as he fights his way to a brighter world! 51Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. 147 Late Ming: Dawn Drives Out the Night 明末,天明驱夜 Historical2.7M WordsOngoing [Traditional historical fiction] [No System] [Not pure wish fulfillment] [The unique power struggles of the Ming Dynasty] [Unraveling how power shifts and collapses] At the end of the Ming Dynasty, demons and monsters run rampant. Civil officials cling like parasites and drain the country dry; military nobles scheme over national policy; the emperor is consumed by lust for power; border garrisons are little better than bandits; the central court is riven by intrigue; local officials take their 2.7kReads8.7Score249Shelves
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  48. 148 No Offenses Against Jin 不轨于晋 Historical1.7M WordsCompleted Who in history has never had regrets? Zhang Ao, the King of Zhao in the early Western Han dynasty, originally lived in the shadow of Liu Bang’s purge of kings with different surnames, spending his days in constant fear, never knowing whether he would see the next day. Heaven gave him a second chance to be reborn, in the form of Zhang Gui more than four hundred years later. Unfortunately, he now faced an even darker and more degenerate age of Wei and Jin. And so begins a tale of saving a world wh 747Reads—Score101Shelves
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  49. 149 Great Ming: Reborn as the Chongzhen Emperor, I Choose to Give Up 大明:开局穿成崇祯,我选择摆烂 Historical504k WordsOngoing (No System!! Not a naive, inexperienced protagonist!! Not a wish-fulfillment story!! If that bothers you, read with caution!! This is a Chongzhen transmigration story rooted in the historical facts of the late Ming!!) (Absolutely no System! Don't believe the bad-faith review-bombing from black PR studios! I've been targeted!) History's dead ends are never rewritten with a casual stroke of a transmigrator's pen. Yuan Chonghuan's crimes and contributions, Sun Chuanting's life and death, Li Zich 1.9kReads6.1Score107Shelves
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