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- 101 Martial God Slays Immortals 武神伐仙 In the third year of Guanghan, unrest erupted across the northern frontier and the realm fell into turmoil. A fallen heir took up a three-foot saber, marched beyond the nine frontier passes, slew enemy chiefs, pacified the realm, brought peace to the people, and crushed threats within and without. 2.1kReads8.6Score169Shelves
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The Qin Empire’s Industrial Revolution 大秦工业革命
History · Alternate History | Farming · Industry | Ensemble Cast · Conquest A six-year-old soul transmigrates into a barren village in northern Shaanxi during the Qin dynasty, where he becomes a posthumous child. With no System and no golden finger, the first thing he does is use a pendulum to redefine “one meter.” Over the next ten years, all he manages to do is make sure everyone in the village has enough to eat. Then the real story begins. He builds an “underground railway station” in Zhang V
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- 103 The Anxi Army of the Great Tang 大唐安西军 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
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Three Kingdoms: Zhang Shao, Zhang Fei's Second Son, Restores the Han Three Times 三国：从张飞次子张绍，三造大汉
[Shaohan] The heavens stretch on forever. Why are they so cruel to me... Have you ever wondered what history would look like if Liu Bei rebuilt the Han dynasty three times? In the twelfth year of Jian'an, a reader and writer of historical fiction transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms era and became Zhang Fei's son, Zhang Shao! Here, warlords carve up the land, and human lives are worth less than grass; Here, powerful clans monopolize everything, leaving no hope for people of humble birth; Here
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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
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
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Guan Xiuying 管琇莹
Hello! This story is based on the Zuo Zhuan. It tells of how, during the Spring and Autumn period, Sheng Bo, a nobleman of the State of Lu, married off his younger sister to Shi Xiaoshu, then forced her to remarry Xi Chou, a nobleman of the State of Jin. Classical Chinese history books rarely record women's feelings in this way, so the story left a deep impression on me. I wanted to use a novel to imagine what things might have been like back then. In the Zuo Zhuan, Sheng Bo's maternal half-sist
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I Debate the Classics with Great Scholars in the Embroidered Uniform Guard 我在锦衣卫跟大儒辩经
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!
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Scheming for Power in Northern Wei: This Xuande Is Too Powerful 北魏谋国：这个玄德太强了
(An alternate-history story, not based on official history) Liu Jing transmigrates to the city of Sishi in Northern Wei during its final years. There he unexpectedly meets the teenage Yang Zhong, still a farmer, and the rich young heir Gao Aocao. Thanks to the Liu family’s ancestral secret art, he successfully fools the two brothers into swearing brotherhood over chicken in a field of chrysanthemums. History would call them the “Three Chrysanthemum Brothers.” Later, Liu Jing becomes Er Zhu Rong’
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Striving in the First Year of Hongwu 奋斗在洪武元年
The good news: I transmigrated. The bad news: I transmigrated to the first year of Hongwu. Who else can relate? I, Young Master Yang, got press-ganged right from the start and became one of Emperor Zhu Chongba's proud wage slaves.
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- 110 Great Ming: I Scare Old Zhu into Crying Slander from the Start 大明：开局吓得老朱直喊诽谤 [Ming dynasty + System + transmigration + from the start + wild imagination + history + one heroine] They say regret is simply part of life. So what regrets haunt the Ming dynasty? Wu Ming, who couldn't avert the dynasty's fall after just two generations, despite all the brilliant civil officials, military generals, princes, marquises, and ministers at its founding; every wise ruler dying young; the Yongle Emperor, born amid war and dying on the road home; Yu Qian's execution, which broke the ba 777Reads6.3Score101Shelves
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In the Great Ming, I Conquer the Nine Frontiers 人在大明，横推九边
[Rousing Action] [Political Intrigue] [Conquest] [Ensemble Cast] (The rating just came out and will rise later.) In the Tianqi era of the Ming Dynasty, the empire was beset by internal strife and external threats... Wang Ma transmigrated to this world and rose from a humiliated concubine-born son of a military officer to an unmatched God of War who struck fear into the Nine Frontiers. At the bloody Battle of Hun River, he fought alongside Qin Liangyu and dealt a crushing blow to Huang Taiji, Nur
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- 112 I'm Just a Coolie, and You Want Me to Become the King of Shanghai? 我一个苦力，你让我当沪上王？ Original title: Republic of China: I'm a Big Tough Guy [An impassioned war of resistance! No System, no ripping Japanese soldiers apart with bare hands! Just bayonets in, blood-red blades out!] The protagonist, Lu Yin, transmigrates to Shanghai and joins the Paoge Society. With his three styles of internal martial arts and formidable skills, he takes on the Green Gang, the Hongmen, and other organizations in the glittering world of Shanghai... He navigates the underworld and battles warlords. Af 10.2kReads8.9Score754Shelves
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A Thousand Miles of Frost, Stars Falling Like Rain 千里霜寒星如雨
(No System, no golden finger, no transmigration. Political intrigue, not childish, not mindless, and no characters acting stupid.) The nation is divided into seven provinces: Zhong, Yong, Liang, Bing, Ze, Wan, and Yun. The wheels of history are gradually turning toward an age of chaos. Coups! Wars! Alliances and rivalries! Political marriages! Betrayals! What path lies ahead? Ran Xing, a young man who came from a small place to study in Fengdu, meets the young masters and princesses of the vario
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Saddling Up in the Waning Tang Dynasty 秣马残唐
He transmigrates to the end of the Tang Dynasty and becomes a refugee on the verge of starving to death. The moment Liu Jing opens his eyes, he sees a tragic world of warring fiefdoms, endless conflict, and people living in misery. Corpses litter the land, and for hundreds of miles, not a wisp of cooking smoke rises. Yet he also sees the romance of warhorses and flashing weapons, of heroes with the courage to swallow the world. This is the worst of times, and the best of times. Looking back at t
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- 115 The End of Qin: A Royal Descendant of Han, Contesting the World with Chu and Han 秦末：韩国王孙，与楚汉争天下 At the end of the Qin dynasty. The protagonist transmigrates into the body of a twelve-year-old descendant of the Korean royal family, Han Ying, courtesy name Wangsun. Han Ying gathers heroes and men of talent while waiting for his chance. “A gentleman keeps his weapons close and waits for the right moment to act. If I play my cards right, I may yet be able to destroy Han and Chu, then make myself emperor.” “A real man should be astride a horse with a spear in hand, commanding a hundred thous 5.2kReads8.4Score321Shelves
- 116 EN Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 494kReads9.7Score70.5kShelves
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A Glorious Age 盛世好景
(No System, no golden finger, no wild ideas, alternate history) (No heroine, slow-paced, not a power fantasy) (Can a modern person transmigrate into the past and defy fate, changing the course of history? I don’t believe it. A person would be lucky just to make a small contribution to their era.) Chen Huan, an ordinary college student, unexpectedly finds himself swept into the torrents of history. A fork in time. A script rewritten. He rides the winds of a dynasty’s revival, and, together with
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No Offenses Against Jin 不轨于晋
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
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The Chronicles of Later Zhao, Volume One: The Biography of Shi Le 后赵演义第一卷石勒传
Shi Le (274–333) was the only person in Chinese history to rise from slavery to the throne. Born into the lower ranks of the Jie people, he was once sold into slavery. He later rose to prominence with a band of “eighteen horsemen,” unified much of northern China, and founded the Later Zhao regime. During his rule, he introduced a number of reforms: he established the Imperial Academy, reduced taxes and corvée labor, and appointed the Han official Zhang Bin to high office. He also created a “thre
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Performing the Changes 演易
This is an incomplete book, in a way a failed attempt. But failure is the mother of success, and it helped me see the road to success. Heaven rewards diligence. I have no regrets.
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Dream of the Red Chamber: Zhou Yu Reincarnated as Jia Lian 红楼之周瑜穿成贾琏
This novel is for both male and female readers. I'm a fan of Zhou Yu from the CCTV version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and in this alternate world, I let my idol unite Europe, Asia, and Africa. Zhou Yu transmigrates into the frail Jia Lian. He plans to save the Twelve Beauties and restore the Jia family, but Emperor Cao Cao grows so suspicious of him that all he can do is lie flat. But he can't die! If he kicks the bucket, Cao Cao, Cao Zhi, and Liu Zhen will all have to join him. The big
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Northern Song Son-in-Law: I Rescue a Princess from Drowning from the Start 北宋驸马，开局救下落水公主
[One female lead!] [No System] [Historical figures come with bite-sized facts. Northern Song history fans, don’t miss this!] Shen Yu, a double master’s graduate in history and Chinese language and literature from Peking University, worked himself to death in the rat race. His soul transmigrated into the body of a penniless scholar who shared his name in the fifth year of the Huangyou era of the Song dynasty. It was hell mode from the start! His home was bare, a local bully was at the door, and h
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Madman: Slashing My Way from a Pile of Corpses to the Dragon Throne 疯子：从死人堆里一路杀到龙椅
[No System + Two Insane Souls + No Saintly Mercies + Decisive and Ruthless] The day Shen Zhou crawled out of a pile of corpses, a modern man's soul appeared in his mind. One soul was bloodthirsty and loved to kill; the other was calm and calculating. The two souls fought each other every day, driving him into a madman feared by everyone in Yunmeng Marsh. Defeated soldiers tried to steal his food? He killed them all. The imperial army came to crush him? He used a fire ox formation to rout thre
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- 124 N Ways for the Boss to Die: Starting with Shortchanging the Tooth Soldiers 老板的N种死法：从克扣牙兵开始 [No System] Wen Xiu was ruined by a shady employment agency in his previous life, then died after his boss withheld his wages... When he opens his eyes again, he has transmigrated to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, where he is now a soldier in the Weibo garrison. Bosses in this era are even more ruthless. They aren’t called CEOs, but military governors. Withholding wages is called docking soldiers’ pay, and employees quitting isn’t called changing jobs, but mutiny. As a soldier deman 35.7kReads7.8Score2.5kShelves
- 125 The Empire’s Great Bandit 帝国大反贼 (This is a traditional alternate-history novel.) That year, more than a dozen prefectures suffered a severe drought, and the harvest failed completely. That year, five powerful military governors carved up the land, and their princes rebelled. That year, Zhang Yunchuan became an outlaw and one of the great bandits of Jiufeng Mountain. 47.8kReads8.7Score4.2kShelves
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My Grandpa Is the Daoist Emperor 我爷爷是道士皇帝
His grandfather practices Daoist arts and seeks medicinal remedies. He won't live in the imperial palace, preferring a Daoist temple... His father is a womanizer who stays in the palace, working tirelessly as a busy little bee in the imperial harem... Young Zhu Yijun quietly watches them perform from the sidelines, thinking to himself, “Now that you're done, it's my turn to put on a show...”
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Restoring the Han Three Times, Starting by Clearing Adou's Name 三造大汉，从为阿斗正名开始
[Three Kingdoms + Epic War + Industrial Development + Historical What-If + Trade + Livelihood] A modern college student transmigrates into the much-maligned and ridiculed historical figure Adou. How can he accept becoming a prisoner, saying, “This place is so pleasant,” and forgetting Shu? Since history is written by the victors, how can he let Cao Wei, a regime addicted to slaughter and ruled by aristocratic clans who disregard the common people, claim the realm? A different Liu Shan will lay a
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- 128 Brother Chongzhen, Step Down! I'll Be the Emperor of Great Ming 崇祯皇兄退位吧，我来当大明皇帝 In the fifth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming dynasty, once the world’s foremost power in science and military technology, the empire was already teetering on the brink of collapse. A modern graduate student in materials science unexpectedly transmigrates with Doubao AI and becomes Zhu Yihai, the sixth illegitimate son of the Prince of Lu. With the Kong Youde Rebellion already underway and Shandong’s provincial administration in growing turmoil, even a prince’s illegitimate son faces a di 640Reads—Score106Shelves
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My Father Is Liu Bingyi 家父刘病已
Reborn in the Western Han, my father is Liu Bingyi, Emperor Xuan of Han. He rose from prison, grew up among the common people, and bided his time until he held Huo Guang in check. Governing through both Confucian and Legalist principles, he brought integrity to the bureaucracy, secured the Western Regions, and subdued the Xiongnu. He built the Western Han’s golden age with his own hands, and is rightly hailed as one of history’s greatest virtuous emperors. And I am Liu Shi, son of Xu Pingjun, t
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Gao Huan, Powerbroker of Northern Wei 北魏权臣高欢
At the end of the Northern Wei dynasty, heroes rose up across the land. Gao Huan, Erzhu Rong, and Yuwen Tai vied for control of the realm. The Heba brothers, Heba Sheng and Heba Yue, made their names in that era, and men like Hou Jing and Sima Ziru were heroes in their own right. Yet their stories have rarely been told in novels. This book was written to chronicle the history of the late Northern Wei and fill in the early lives of these figures, which the history books have left obscure. The pro
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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
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
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- 132 The Long Years of the Northern and Southern Dynasties: A History of the Song, Qi, and Northern Wei Conflicts 悠悠南北朝：宋齐北魏的纷争史 China's long-standing civilization did not simply pass down unchanged through the ages. It underwent many transformations, the most crucial of which occurred during the Sixteen Kingdoms and Northern and Southern Dynasties period. The changes to society and civilization in this era established the basic model for civilization during China's later periods of strength. This book challenges the old way of thinking about China's history in its “final age,” proposing a fresh perspective: “Culture does 334Reads9.4Score100Shelves
- 133 The Ming Dynasty's Greatest Maverick 大明第一狂士 In the 35th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty, a ruthless schemer is reborn as the son of a county deputy magistrate. Using modern political tactics, he cracks one strange case after another. With modern strategies of maneuvering and intrigue, he shakes the imperial court and becomes unstoppable! Rebel bands run amok? Under my powerful army, they’re nothing but fodder! I will rebuild the Ming dynasty, extend its might across the seas, and usher in an unprecedented age of prosperity! 7kReads9.1Score673Shelves
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Late Ming: Lü Bu Battles Dorgon 明末：吕布大战多尔衮
In 1629, the Ming Empire teeters on the brink of collapse. Famine stretches for miles across the lands within the passes, and bands of rebels rise everywhere. Beyond the passes, the Mongol tribes are in their twilight years. The Buryats, descended from the Jurchens who once relied on their ancestors, have turned traitor, repeatedly invading and slaughtering their way across the border. At this histor
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- 135 The Song Dynasty: My Father Is Su Dongpo 赵宋之世：家父苏东坡 He transmigrates back to the Northern Song Dynasty. His father is Su Shi, and the family has just left Dongpo in Huangzhou. Things finally seem to be looking up. But thanks to Su Dongpo’s notorious sharp tongue and habit of getting into trouble, in just a few years the family will be banished again and again, heading south to explore its cuisine. He is Su Guo, the son who historically followed his father all the way from Huizhou to Danzhou. That year, Su Guo is thirteen; one year remains before 3.3kReads9.1Score292Shelves
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Great Ming: Your Son Zhu Changluo Requests That Wanli Abdicate 大明：儿臣朱常洛，请万历退位
[Not a beginner-friendly read + historical power struggles + no farming + court factional battles. The author is a seasoned political operator who used to work in government, and knows power games inside out.] After transmigrating, he discovers he has become the most pathetic Crown Prince in the Ming Dynasty. For thirty-two years, he has been everyone’s punching bag. His court robes are patched, his mother has been imprisoned until she went blind, and his father lavishes forty thousand qing of f
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- 137 The Descendants of the Hongwu Emperor 洪武朝的子孙们 After an accident, his soul travels a century into the past. On an ordinary day in the seventh year of Hongwu, he is born in the imperial palace of Yingtian Prefecture. He is the most honored child in all of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang’s beloved grandson. Zhu Biao’s eldest legitimate son. And yet, in the history books, he is merely a passing mention: Prince Yu Huai. Looking at the still-healthy Crown Prince Zhu Biao, at Hu Weiyong and the Blue Jade case, which have yet to unleash their blood 106.6kReads8.3Score7.7kShelves
- 138 Your Whole Family Hopes You'll Pass the Scholar Exam, but You Top All Six? 举家盼你中秀才，你六元连中？ [Imperial examinations in the early chapters + farming + everyday life + lighthearted + court politics later on] In his previous life, Shen Zhou was in poor health and cultivated himself through a quiet, disciplined lifestyle, becoming rather indifferent by nature. Then he transmigrated to an ancient peasant family. The entire Shen family pooled their resources to support the original owner’s studies, hoping only that he would pass the county-level examination and become a licentiate. Sadly, the 14.6kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves
- 139 I'm in the Spring and Autumn Period, and I Really Don't Want to Transmigrate! 人在春秋，我真的不想穿越啊！ Other people are overjoyed when they transmigrate. When it happens to Lou Ling, he can only look miserable. The moment he opens his eyes, Lou finds himself in the middle Spring and Autumn period, more than 2,500 years in the past, in an era when food, drink, and clothing are hard to come by, and anyone who isn’t a noble is treated like an insect. This is an age when gentlemen are as refined as jade and unskilled in deceit, and wars between states are governed by countless rules. Watch how Lou Li 9.2kReads8.6Score691Shelves
- 140 Great Ming: Zhu Biao Turns Evil, and the Jingnan Campaign Is No More 大明：朱标黑化，靖难没了 History records that Crown Prince Zhu Biao died of illness in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu. What history does not record: he died once, then came back to life. His soul wandered for three days, and he saw the entire fate of the Ming dynasty over the next 276 years: The Jingnan Campaign, the burning palace, Tumu Fortress, and the strip of white silk hanging from a tree on Coal Hill. When he opened his eyes again, he was in his sickbed in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu. The charcoal fire blaz 53.1kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves
- 141 Starting with Ying Zheng: Emperors of Every Dynasty Arrive One After Another 从嬴政开始：历代君王陆续降临 [Lighthearted + humorous + adventure] History buffs, enter at your own risk After Qin Shi Huang died, he was transported to a walled city. One day inside equaled one year in the outside world. Each time the city gates opened, the setting was different, bringing all kinds of fantastical adventures. On the third day, Hu Hai arrived. “Father, you have to get justice for me!” Twelve days later, Liu Bang arrived. “Brother Zheng, don't tell me you still don't know your Qin has fallen!” Wang Mang arriv 128.5kReads9.6Score20kShelves
- 142 Great Ming: If the Tianqi Emperor Lives, Great Ming Will Never Fall 大明：天启不死，大明不灭 [Rating just released, and it’ll rise later] [Handcrafted] + [No System] + [No mindless protagonist] + [Power struggles] + [Imperial court] + [Battle for supremacy] The soul of the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming dynasty drifted through four hundred years before he was reborn on the eleventh day of the eighth month of the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, just eleven days before his historical death. At this point, the Ming dynasty had just won the Battle of Ningjin. The Mongol tribes had 93kReads9.0Score12.3kShelves
- 143 The Emperor’s Favorite Minister? No, I’m Rebellious to the Bone! 皇帝宠臣？不，我一身反骨！ [Power Struggles] + [Political Scheming] + [High-Stakes Play] + [Not Mindless] The great clans grew powerful and took control of the imperial court. The emperor wanted to use me as a weapon to reclaim imperial authority, but he devised countless ways for me to die. Once he realized how useful I was, he even wanted to castrate me and turn me into a eunuch, so I could continue serving as his blade. The Left Chancellor, head of the great clans and a man of unfathomable depths, pointed to the fish 7.5kReads9.0Score695Shelves
- 144 Great Ming: Tyrant Chongzhen Executes the Vassal Kings from the Start 大明之暴君崇祯开局先诛藩王 [No System!] [Ruthless!] [Shadow Warfare!] [Unification!] The Later Han had a succession of child emperors, while the Ming emperors suffered one unexpected death after another! This emperor is no longer rash and suspicious, nor stubbornly overconfident. He stabilizes the court and slowly consolidates power! First, control of the military. Then, new faces in the court! He gives Sun Chengzong important posts to lull the Donglin officials and balance the court. When someone wants to levy commercial 46.8kReads8.3Score4.4kShelves
- 145 I Woke Up to Find That My Great Ming Had Only Ten Days Left? 一觉醒来，朕的大明只剩十天了？ Original title: I Woke Up, and My Great Ming Has Only Ten Days Left? In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the countdown to the fall of the Great Ming begins. (No System) While lying unconscious on the dragon throne, Zhu Youjian had a long, vivid dream. In the dream, he became a child and studied centuries in the future. He opened The History of Ming, a book filled with the humiliating end that awaited him. In the end, he became a hardened soldier, tempered by modern military training. After twe 280.2kReads9.0Score39.6kShelves
- 146 The Great Ming's Number One Troublemaker 大明第一搅屎棍 [No System + No cheat abilities + Saving the Ming + Farming + Hegemony + Colonization + Lie-flat lifestyle] He transmigrates to the spring of Chongzhen Year 11 and becomes the youngest son of the Duke of England's household, doted on by everyone. Having been given a second life, Zhang Shikang refuses to work himself to the bone again. All he wants is to live honestly as a wastrel. But the Ming dynasty is doomed to collapse in just six years, and his whole family will perish without a trace. For 4.3kReads8.8Score332Shelves
- 147 I Strive for the Imperial Exams, But My Slacker Dreams Never Change 努力考科举，咸鱼梦想从未改变 [Imperial exams + everyday life + lighthearted] Lu Yang, a rich second-generation heir, wakes up one day as the youngest and most cherished son of the Lu family. This youngest son is a scholar, yet selfish and self-centered, turning a blind eye to his family's sacrifices and caring only about his own future. Lu Yang may be a slacker with little conscience, but he knows who's good to him. He keeps his dream of being a slacker tucked away and works hard to pass the imperial exams, hoping to become 17.9kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
- 148 Chongzhen: My Life Has Been on Thin Ice 崇祯：我这一生如履薄冰 (An immersive experience of Zhu Youjian's life and the true nature of the chaos at the end of the Ming dynasty! Not a power fantasy!) At the end of the thirty-eighth year of the Wanli reign, a report that Liaodong postal couriers had frozen to death was being used by a eunuch to prop up a table leg. The rice wasted at banquets by wealthy gentry in Jiangnan was worth more than three years of disaster relief in Shaanxi. Nanmu timber for the construction of the three great halls in the Forbidden Ci 690Reads6.4Score103Shelves
- 149 Three Kingdoms: The Son of Heaven? The Strongest Army Wins! 三国：天子？兵强马壮者为之！ [Martial warrior] [Feel-good read] [No System] [Commoner origins] [Warlord] [Overbearing] [General Who Shakes the Heavens] At the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, the imperial court was corrupt, eunuchs and imperial in-laws fought endlessly, and powerful local clans and wealthy families seized land. The rich owned fields stretching to the horizon, while the poor had nowhere to plant a foot. Commoners had no way to serve their country. Starving and desperate, they had only one choice: take up a bl 28.7kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves
- 150 Zhu Yunwen: This Time, I Cannot Lose 朱允炆：这一次我不能输 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
