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  1. 201 Great Ming: Zhu Yuanzhang, Your Rebellious Son Better Hurry Up and Take the Throne 大明:朱元璋,逆子还不赶紧登基 Historical6.2M WordsOngoing I transmigrated to the fifth year of the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty and somehow became Zhu Gang, Prince of Jin. From the start, I drove Old Zhu into a rage, then stole Zhu Di's wife, the talented Xu Miaoyun. I carry the Anger System. As long as I make someone angry, I receive a system reward. Zhu Yuanzhang: “You little bastard! How dare you go to a pleasure house? I'll beat you to death!” [Congratulations, Host! You have angered Zhu Yuanzhang. Anger Points +1000. You have received the flintl 5.9kReads8.4Score548Shelves
  2. 202 Chongzhen: The Ming Dynasty Will Set the World Order 崇祯:世界秩序大明来定 Historical1.6M WordsCompleted [No System, no harem, meticulous historical research, hard-core technical details, solo transmigration to the late Ming dynasty.] After transmigrating into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, the fate awaiting him is no longer death on Coal Hill. Instead, he will forge a new realm from steel and smokeless gunpowder. The Westerners’ mighty ships and cannons? Against breech-loading guns with a range of ten li, capable of piercing armor and shattering ships, they are nothing but rotten wood waiting 3.8kReads7.9Score264Shelves
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  3. 203 The Ministry of Works' Slacker 工部摸鱼郎 Historical1.2M WordsOngoing [Transmigrate Across Multiple Parallel Worlds] + [Multiple Transmigrators] + [Farming] + [Tycoon] + [Military Industry] + [War] + [Political Intrigue]... A young craftsman idling away his days at the Ministry of Works was planning to keep his head down and build his strength bit by bit. Then he accidentally unlocked a space-time gate that let him travel back and forth between parallel worlds. He could transmigrate between multiple parallel worlds: the modern world, ancient worlds, otherworlds, 43Reads5.4Score—Shelves
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  4. 204 Late Ming: A Superhuman Descends on Yangzhou, Plays the Great Sage, and Destroys the Manchus 明末:超人降临扬州扮大圣灭满清 Historical1.1M WordsCompleted The rating has only just appeared, so it’ll rise soon! (The Myriad Worlds + late Ming setting from the start + defending Yangzhou during the ten-day massacre + wiping out the Jurchen Eight Banners + a Superman-like hero arrives + the Great Sage Equal to Heaven) Modern college student Sun Hao transmigrates bodily to Yangzhou at the end of the Ming dynasty. At this point, a hundred thousand troops of the Jurchen Eight Banners are attacking the city. As Yangzhou is about to fall, sunlight empowers 2.4kReads7.3Score195Shelves
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  5. 205 I Transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty, But Zhu Yuanzhang Wiped Out Ten Generations of My Family 穿越大明,但是被老朱诛十族 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [No System] + [Political Intrigue] + [Passionate] + [Struggle for Supremacy] After transmigrating to the Hongwu era, I open my eyes to find myself in death row. Tomorrow, ten entire clans are to be executed because of their connection to the Blank Seal Case. This is the difficulty level from the start?!! But it doesn't matter. I'll step in when it counts! Zhu Yuanzhang: “Sir, I want to execute corrupt officials!” Liu Xiu: “No!” Zhu Yuanzhang: “Sir, I want to impose a maritime ban!” Liu Xiu: “No! 2.1kReads8.4Score138Shelves
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  6. 206 Great Ming: After Revealing I'm a Transmigrator, Old Zhu Falls Apart 大明:自曝穿越后,老朱心态崩了 Historical1.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the eighteenth year of the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Yuan had no choice but to reveal that he was a transmigrator. Old Zhu: “Since you say you're a transmigrator, then when will I die?” Lu Yuan: “Your Majesty, you'll die in the thirty-first year of Hongwu. You only have thirteen years left.” Old Zhu: “…” Lu Yuan: “Oh, Crown Prince Zhu Biao will die before you. Your good grandson Zhu Yunwen will take the throne.” Old Zhu: “…” Lu Yuan: “Zhu Yunwen wil 231Reads8.0Score104Shelves
  7. 207 Oh No, I'm Wu Sangui's Illegitimate Son! 完了,我是吴三桂的私生子! Historical1.4M WordsCompleted He suddenly transmigrates to the transition between the late Ming and early Qing. What? He's Wu Sangui's illegitimate son? Then he'd better run, and fast, before he gets his head chopped off. He just wants to stay alive! Wait, his father hasn't rebelled yet, so he can enjoy a few years as the son of an official. Never mind, there's no harm in having some fun before he runs! 354Reads8.3Score102Shelves
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  8. 208 Red Alert: My Conscripts Are the Fourth Calamity 红色警戒:我的动员兵是第四天灾 Historical516k WordsCompleted Bai Haoqing never dreamed that playing Red Alert would get him struck by lightning and sent to a parallel world. This was the Qing Dynasty in the parallel world of Longguo. The Taiping Rebellion had just begun, and though the Qing court was rotten to the core, it remained a formidable force. Bai Haoqing transmigrated right into a Qing army village massacre and had no choice but to grit his teeth and activate the System. [Host in a desperate situation detected. Emergency activation of the Newcome 881Reads6.4Score108Shelves
  9. 209 One Tael of Silver a Day for Everyone: Restoring the Ming in Yangzhou 每人每天一两银,我在扬州复大明 Historical223k WordsCompleted Territory and Population System + military affairs + political intrigue + wish fulfillment + decisive action + fast pace The sun and moon never lose their nature, so though obscured, they shine again. The Yangtze and Han rivers never lose their source, so though blocked, they flow once more. The people of Xia never lose their spirit, so though fallen, they rise again. In 1645, 100,000 Qing troops surround Yangzhou. Shi Kefa has burned five letters of surrender, and the people of the city are pre 119Reads—Score—Shelves
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  10. 210 Reforming the Great Ming 调教大明 Historical555k WordsOngoing Throughout the Ming dynasty, the empire never sent princesses to marry foreign rulers, paid no indemnities, ceded no land, and paid no tribute. The emperor guarded the gates of the realm, and the monarch died for the state. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Lan Bin transmigrates into the son of Lan Yu, the most notorious man in history for having people skinned and stuffed. Ten years later, his family will be confiscated and exterminated, and he will lose his head. Desperate to stay alive 164Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  11. 211 War of Resistance: I Merged With a Red Alert Template and Grow Stronger With Every Kill 抗战:融合红警模板,杀敌就变强 Historical337k WordsCompleted Tang Hao was playing Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge at home when a freight truck sent him crashing into the northeastern battlefield of 1931. But after awakening a Red Alert interface, he could unlock new units and stack their abilities by killing the Japanese invaders. From Chinese infantry to Chrono Legionnaires, from an 81 rifle to a mobile military base. While others were still risking their lives over a few Type 38 rifles, he had already surrounded an entire Japanese regiment by himself. 1.7kReads—Score116Shelves
  12. 212 Late Ming: I Told You to Pass on the Throne, Not Revive the Ming Dynasty 晚明:让你传位,没让你中兴大明 Historical1.3M WordsOngoing The sun and moon do not lose their true forms, so though they may be obscured, they shine again. The Jiang and Han rivers do not lose their sources, so though their courses may run dry, they flow again. Zhu Fuming transmigrated into the body of the Tianqi Emperor, Zhu Youxiao, and had only half a life left when he opened his eyes. At court and beyond, the eunuch faction, the civil officials, and the imperial clan all hoped he would die soon, waiting for him to pass the throne to his younger brot 28.6kReads8.6Score2.4kShelves
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  13. 213 War of Resistance: I'm Invincible, Killing Japanese Soldiers on the Road as I Flee the Famine 抗战:逃荒路上杀鬼子的我无敌了 Urban316k WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine and fighting to survive] [Physical transmigration] [System space] [Ruthless and decisive] [Slay the devils] [Kill and loot the bodies] Yang Jian transmigrates to an era of famine with a 125-cubic-meter storage space, and goes on a rampage. From the start, he wins over Shunliu and his younger sibling with a single multigrain flatbread, then seizes the little devils’ equipment! After capturing a county seat, the System runs off, and he wins a System gift pack in a lottery. He fight 579Reads6.4Score108Shelves
  14. 214 Reborn as Zhu Xiongying, I Can Let Grandpa Hear My Thoughts 胎穿朱雄英,爷爷能听到我的心声 Historical1.7M WordsCompleted Zhang Wei, a young man from modern times, transmigrates into the early Ming dynasty and is born as Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest legitimate grandson. Zhu Yuanzhang can hear his grandson's thoughts. Using those insights, Zhang Wei cracks the Hu Weiyong case and changes the fates of Chang Shi, Empress Ma, and Zhu Biao. He drives technological innovation, builds a navy to expand maritime influence, defeats the Japanese pirates and conquers Japan, establishes provinces to secure Liaodong, and ushers in an 42Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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  15. 215 A Ming Dynasty Soldier Rises to Power 明末小兵崛起 Historical4.8M WordsCompleted “What? Liu Boyuan has taken another Tartar head!” Li Yao, the Thousand-Man Commander of Weiwu Fort, exclaimed in astonishment. Chen Qiyu, the Governor of Yansui: “Thousand-Man Commander Liu, I hope you’ll lend us your full support in this campaign against the rebels!” The Qing army has entered the pass. “Quick, summon the Duke Who Guards the Nation to the capital to defend the emperor!” Chongzhen cried from his throne. 11.5kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
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  16. 216 Transmigrate to the Ming Dynasty: I Serve the Sixteen Ming Emperors 穿越明朝,辅佐大明十六帝 Historical823k WordsOngoing Gao Zhiyun transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, where he herds cattle and becomes a monk alongside Zhu Yuanzhang, borrows the east wind at Lake Poyang to burn the enemy fleet, and wins every battle. After the dynasty is founded, he is made Duke of Yun of the Great Ming. He marries Zhao Min, opens a restaurant, executes corrupt officials, teaches the princes to read, and can do just about anything... only to discover that his body remains perpetually thirty-two years old. The court is rife with und 31Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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  17. 217 General Zuo Menggeng, the Pacifier of the Rebels: I'm Really a Good Person! 平贼将军左梦庚,我真的是好人啊 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [Late Ming + transmigration + no System + feel-good power fantasy + lighthearted comedy + loyalty + reviving the Han] After transmigrating into the body of Zuo Menggeng, a pacification general of the Southern Ming, he starts off defeated at Tongling and retreating to Jiujiang in 1645. Zuo Menggeng was born in 1624, the fourth year of the Tianqi reign. His father was Zuo Liangyu, a pacification general of the Ming dynasty. When I was a general, I was the sun in the sky, and our slogan was “Loyalt 4.4kReads8.8Score313Shelves
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  18. 218 The Ming Dynasty's Guardian Prince: Zhu Yuanzhang Makes Me Regent 大明镇国皇弟:朱元璋让我当摄政 Historical664k WordsCompleted [Ming Dynasty + Single Heroine + Technological Powerhouse + Golden Age Ming + System] Zhu Jiu transmigrated into the body of Zhu Yuanzhang’s blind younger brother during the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty. With the help of the System, he set out to restore China’s golden age under the Ming! [Brother Chongba, I’m taking this money, you don’t mind, do you?] [What? You want to compare connections with me? Do you really think you can compete? So you’re just a nobody!] [You’re the Hongwu Emperor, Zhu 13.7kReads7.5Score534Shelves
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  19. 219 Hegemonic Ming: My Industrial Age 霸明:我的工业时代 Historical2.5M WordsCompleted I am Zhao Zhiwei, the godfather of the Ming Dynasty. In this troubled era, I set off an industrial revolution and changed the fate of the dynasty. I am both mentor and friend to the carpenter emperor, Zhu Youxiao. I call the powerful eunuch Wei Zhongxian my brother, though we are constantly at odds as well. Of course, the Ming Dynasty has plenty of enemies: the Jurchens, who covet the throne; the Donglin faction, whose empty talk harms the nation; corrupt nobles and gentry who infest the land; a 2.5kReads8.4Score173Shelves
  20. 220 The Great Ming Imperial Grandson: Old Zhu Overhears My Thoughts and Breaks Down in Tears 大明皇孙:老朱偷听我心声哭懵了 Historical1.6M WordsCompleted [Early Hongwu Era + Hearing Inner Thoughts + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Not Historically Rigorous + No System + Not a Tyrant] A modern orphan from the Zhu family is reborn in the womb as Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest grandson, Zhu Xiongying. He is about to face a father who dies young, a mother who dies young, a grandmother who dies young. Will I die young too? Baby Zhu Xiongying has no cheat abilities, so all he can do is quietly draw up a list in his mind: five years of self-rescue, three years of pr 5.1kReads7.9Score472Shelves
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  21. 221 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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  22. 222 The Humble-Born Hero: From a Fallen Youth to Power over the Court 寒门枭雄:从落难少年到权倾朝野 Historical207k WordsOngoing A painstakingly written, deeply researched historical novel about how civilization and rules came into being, how people were shaped by rules and institutions, and how they gradually lost their freedom and souls. Read closely, and it may well be the best book you ever read. (A realistic, hard-edged political power struggle) (Not a brainless power fantasy) (A vivid, weighty world) (Every character has a clear stance, and everyone is smart) Who knows the terror of having someone point at you and s 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  23. 223 Great Ming: The Daily Life of the Zhu Family's Guardian Immortal 大明:成为朱家保家仙的日常 Ancient Romance173k WordsOngoing [A beloved, adorable child heroine who is never stupid] Winter, the fourteenth year of Hongwu. The Ming army advances into Guizhou, where deadly miasma runs rampant. Far away in Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang has a dream. He dreams that the Bodhisattva Guanyin tells him her most beloved child has gone to Guizhou. When he wakes, cold sweat has soaked through the undergarment on his back. The Bodhisattva’s words were clear, but aside from “Guizhou,” she left him nothing. He doesn’t know if the child is a 21Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 224 I Vie with Jiajing for the Throne 我与嘉靖争皇位 Historical445k WordsCompleted He gets into a car accident on his way to the graduate school entrance exam interview and transmigrates back to the Ming Dynasty, only to find himself in the body of a seven-year-old cowherd from a remote village, the son of a landlord. He's all alone, with no one to rely on. He thinks this is how his life will be, until he discovers that his previous self was the illegitimate son of the Zhengde Emperor! After Zhengde dies, Zhang Yong, one of the “Eight Tigers,” comes to take him back to inherit 3.2kReads8.4Score180Shelves
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  25. 225 1582: The Ten Missing Days in the Ming Dynasty 1582:走进大明消失的十天 Historical361k WordsCompleted Open the calendar on your phone right now and scroll to the date after October 4, 1582. You’ll see that the calendar jumps straight to October 15. Ten whole days vanished from human history. The history books offer only a cold explanation: a calendar reform. But no one can explain what happened during those ten days. While researching archives, modern historian Lin Xuan stumbles upon a record that has been repeatedly crossed out and rewritten: “The ten days happened.” When he tries to uncover th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  26. 226 Saving the Great Ming, Starting with a Shamanic Ritual! 拯救大明,从跳大神开始! Historical1.1M WordsCompleted Chen Lixun transmigrates to Chenjiabao, in the Right Guard of Yanshan, in the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign. After ruling for seventeen years and resisting a Qing army of a hundred thousand, the Chongzhen Emperor has already hanged himself from a branch in the southeast! The Battle of Yipianshi is over, and Li Zicheng has fled to Shanxi. The Qing demons are on their way, and only three days remain before Dorgon reaches Beijing. To survive in these chaotic times, Chen Lixun decides to s 1.4kReads8.6Score100Shelves
  27. 227 Son of a Convicted Minister: Laying Low in Jiangnan to Build a Maritime Empire 罪臣之子:苟安江南成就海商帝国 Historical518k WordsOngoing Fourteen Beautiful Women by My Side, Living It Up! Nurhaci calls me uncle by marriage, and the Wanli Emperor calls me uncle. Longqing, Jiajing, Wanli, Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Lady San will all appear. A historical transmigration drama with a System. I transmigrate to the eras of Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli, encounter fourteen stunning women, build a maritime trading empire, and claim fame, fortune, and beauty. A history PhD transmigrates into the Ming dynasty. He pla 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 228 Great Ming: Taking Liu Bowen as My Master from the Start 大明:开局拜师刘伯温 Historical135k WordsOngoing [Great Ming + Zhu Yuanzhang + prince + no System] The fifteenth year of Zhizheng. It was an ordinary year, and yet an extraordinary one. That year, Zhu Yuanzhang, the future emperor of the Great Ming, was still only a deputy commander under Guo Zixing. But that year, Zhu Yuanzhang welcomed a child who had never existed in history. And that year, the Great Ming saw the birth of a Prince of Qin. (This blurb doesn’t do it justice. Please read the novel itself.) —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 229 The Sun and Moon Begin Anew: Chronicles of War Across the Nine Provinces 日月重开:九州烽烟录 Historical1.3M WordsOngoing An ordinary person like you or me transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty. The Ming empire is already on its last legs. The Jianzhou Jurchens in the northeast are marching straight toward Beijing, peasant armies are sweeping through the Central Plains, and drought, locusts, and plague repeatedly ravage the people. The Qingliu faction, nobles, Donglin scholars, eunuchs, salt merchants, Shanxi merchants, rebels, Jianzhou forces, river pirates, salt merchants, Mongols, and all kinds of other powers 1.7kReads8.1Score146Shelves
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  30. 230 The Iron Cavalry of Liaodong 辽东铁骑 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 410Reads7.0Score—Shelves
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  31. 231 Chongzhen: A New Era Dawns 崇祯:日月新天 Historical2.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: “Reborn in a New Life: The Tyrant Chongzhen Slays! Slays! Slays!” and “The Ming Empire: Commands the Seven Continents from Coal Hill” The Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian, dreams of seventeen years and wakes on the eve of his coronation! In his dream, he witnessed the fall of his country and the destruction of his family, his suicide by hanging on Coal Hill, and the grim future of the Manchu invasion and a century of national humiliation! This time, armed with memories of the twenty 15kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves
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  32. 232 Great Ming: The Murderous Prince Scared Old Zhu Half to Death from the Start 大明:杀星皇子,开局吓疯老朱 Historical1.3M WordsCompleted After an accident, Zhu Su transmigrates to the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty and becomes Zhu Yuanzhang’s fifth son, Zhu Su, Prince of Zhou, the full brother of Zhu Di, Prince of Yan. He is bound to a rather troublesome System that grants rewards for exposing secrets. And so he starts doing all sorts of strange things! "Congratulations, Host, on exposing the love-hate affair between Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu, the daughter of the wealthy Liu family of Fengyang" "Exposure successful! You have received 10.7kReads8.8Score410Shelves
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  33. 233 The Iron-Blooded Bandit King 铁血闯王 Historical197k WordsCompleted He was once the most ordinary stable hand at Yinchuan Post Station, spending every day among relay horses and official documents. Then, in the first year of the Chongzhen reign, the order to abolish the post stations took away his last means of putting food on the table. He remembered the torn straw mat beneath his mother when she starved to death. He remembered the landlord's cruel face as he demanded payment. He remembered the numbing shock in his palm when he raised his hoe and smashed it aga 693Reads—Score—Shelves
  34. 234 I Secretly Built a Great Qin Technological Empire in Late Ming 我在明末偷偷建立大秦科技帝国 Historical1.5M WordsCompleted [Ming Dynasty] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Building His Own Faction] [Technology Overwhelms All] [Steamrolling Everything in His Path] Qin Tian is sent to the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign by a meteor. With the help of a mysterious orb in his mind, he builds his own Great Qin Empire and drives technology forward at full speed. Soap, hot-air balloons, steam engines, airships, flintlock rifles, machine guns, cannons, tanks, airplanes... every kind of technology is at his disposal. He recrui 3kReads8.2Score170Shelves
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  35. 235 The Legend of Cangshan 苍山传奇 Historical762k WordsOngoing Alternate history, fantasy, mythology, pets, adventures, and unsolved mysteries. The story begins when the protagonist, Yin Haoxia, explores a meteorite crater and discovers an underground palace. Liu Bowen's prophecy foretells an apocalyptic catastrophe. Deep beneath the crater, under a Treasure Bowl, they then find a pyramid. To prevent the coming catastrophe, they set out to find the ancient Nine Bronze Tripods and use them to open the pyramid. The fantastical deities of Bala drive the main p 20Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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  36. 236 Reborn as Chongzhen: Let's Have Zhu Yuanzhang Save the Empire Again 重生崇祯:咱朱元璋再挽天倾 Historical563k WordsCompleted Internal strife will bring the country down! Even as the country falls, the infighting continues! When Emperor Chongzhen hangs himself at Coal Hill, the Four Armies of Jiangbei grow strong in their own right, and the struggle over who will rule rises again, tearing apart what little strength the Southern Ming has left. Just as everyone is locked in fierce dispute, a familiar voice suddenly rings out from the throne that had been left vacant. The founding emperor of the Great Ming, Zhu Chongba, p —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  37. 237 Late Ming: For All the People of the Realm 明末:为了天下万民 Historical1.0M WordsOngoing [Late Ming + Farming + Ensemble Cast + Chongzhen + Rebellion + Business + No System] In the eighth year of the Chongzhen reign, Zhou Huaimin transmigrates to Zhoujiagou, Gong County, Henan. Drought and locust plagues ravage the land, refugees are everywhere, rebel bands pass through, and bandits are as thick as weeds. To protect their homes and their people, the protagonist organizes a peasant association. He leads the villagers in a desperate struggle to survive between rival factions and natur 1.7kReads8.7Score168Shelves
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  38. 238 Reborn as a Tyrant in the Great Ming 重生大明当暴君 Historical3.3M WordsCompleted You think you can secretly collude with the Jian Nu and I won't know? You think you can conceal your commercial taxes and I won't know? The southeast is prosperous, while Shaanxi lies barren for a thousand miles, littered with the starving dead. The court's ministers care nothing for the people's lives or the fate of the realm. They suck the blood of the Great Ming and strip the flesh from its people! Even an ordinary man in a fit of rage can spill blood three feet high. But do you know what hap 17.2kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
  39. 239 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? 169kReads9.4Score19.6kShelves
  40. 240 Great Ming: I Help Brother Zhu Zhanji Ascend from the Start 大明:开局送瞻基皇兄升天 Historical408k WordsCompleted I am Zhu Zhanshan, the greatest royal uncle in the Ming dynasty. I lived through seven reigns, served as regent twice, missed out on the throne three times, and am the younger brother of that pathetic emperor, Zhu Zhanji. Did China’s decline begin with Zhu Zhanji, a supposedly great Ming emperor? Then I’ll start by taking his throne. Isolation from the world, falling behind the rest of the globe? Then I’ll send fleets west again and colonize the world. Japanese pirates harassing us for three hun 906Reads6.8Score100Shelves
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  41. 241 Great Ming: From Book Boy to the Strongest Imperial Guard 大明:从书童到最强锦衣卫 Historical1.1M WordsCompleted Zhou Chu transmigrated to the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty. To survive, he was sold to the Lu family as a page. Just as Zhou Chu was helping the family’s second young master study and make steady progress, disaster struck the Lu family. Its members were thrown into prison. Zhou Chu took the Lu family’s only daughter with him, earning money while bribing the guards to make life in prison more comfortable for the family. Then Zhu Houzhao died, and Zhu Houcong took the throne, changing the era n 45.5kReads8.9Score5.1kShelves
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  42. 242 Hongwu Era: I Became the Ming Dynasty's Top Official Through Forensic Examinations 洪武年,我靠验尸成了大明第一官 Mystery905k WordsOngoing [The rating is here!!] [Hardcore forensic medicine + Ming dynasty under the Hongwu Emperor + mystery and crime-solving + steady rise to power + a clash of eras] In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, the Guo Huan corruption case rocked the court, and countless heads rolled. Shen Yan, a top modern forensic examiner, opened his eyes to find himself a condemned petty official awaiting execution. He was about to be taken to the Meridian Gate to be skinned alive! Faced with certain death, Shen Yan wield 355Reads5.9Score106Shelves
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  43. 243 You Were Only Asked to Fill In, Not to Revive the Great Ming 让你代班,没让你中兴大明 Historical502k WordsCompleted [No transmigration], [No System]. In a dream of the original timeline, the Jingtai Emperor appoints people based on merit and ushers in a golden age for the Ming. A new writer with a new book, thanks for your support!!! The story starts with the Tumu Crisis, and the Empress Dowager is about to order him to take charge of the state? After dreaming of several centuries, Zhu Qiyu laughs as he gets his hands on a script of the future. He starts by winning the defense of the capital. Then he resettle 381Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  44. 244 Forward, Ming Battle-Line Infantry! 大明战列线步兵前进 Historical1.6M WordsCompleted [An original story about the Imjin War, exclusive to Tomato] In the twentieth year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty (1592 by the Western calendar), Peng transmigrates into the past. Among the routed soldiers, he's nothing more than a low-ranking scout captain. Facing the utterly rampant Japanese pirates, and a Ming Dynasty that has effectively fallen under the Wanli Emperor's rule, Peng throws back his head and roars, “I'll make them submit through virtue!” The gear strapped across my shou 6.9kReads9.1Score633Shelves
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  45. 245 The Ming Dynasty’s Special Reconnaissance Troops: The Night Watchmen 明朝特种侦察兵夜不收 Historical456k WordsCompleted A battle of wits between elite scouts, a shadow war of espionage full of twists, and a poignant romance between two people caught in forces beyond their control: all this awaits in the legendary tale of the Ming Dynasty’s Night-Rejecting scouts! During the Jiajing era, unrest flares along the frontier as the Mongols and Jurchens watch hungrily from the shadows. An elite reconnaissance unit known as the Night-Rejectors becomes the sharpest hidden blade guarding the Ming border. Shen Yan, the son 425Reads6.4Score100Shelves
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  46. 246 Jiajing: I Really Am Cultivating Immortality 嘉靖:朕真的在修仙 Historical1.3M WordsOngoing An emperor obsessed with cultivating the Dao? I'm cultivating immortality! After transmigrating into the Ming dynasty as the “Daoist Emperor,” he initially resolves to become the greatest emperor in history. But cultivation is real, and immortality is within reach. With a scroll of the Way of Peaceful Ascension, he concocts the elixir of immortality in a golden age! From then on, new rites flourish, and the Three Palaces stand together. The jade seal passes through the ages, and fortune soars ac 1.8kReads8.7Score102Shelves
  47. 247 Late Ming: Becoming Emperor Was Never My Wish 明末:称帝非我愿 Historical1.8M WordsCompleted [No System + No Cheat Abilities + Ming Dynasty + Rebellion] Wang San, worn down by society and working grueling 24/7 shifts, becomes another Wang San, a villager in Baishui County, Shaanxi, near the end of the Ming dynasty. A terrible famine strikes, and people resort to eating one another. Wang San is frail and sickly, on the verge of becoming someone else’s meal, when his brother Wang Er comes charging back and saves him. As Wang San leaves with Wang Er, he discovers that his brother is well-c 5.8kReads8.7Score329Shelves
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  48. 248 Great Ming, So You're the Qing? 大明,就你叫满清啊? Historical1.6M WordsOngoing In 1690, the twenty-ninth year of the Kangxi reign, the Ming dynasty was already history. A soul from the future possessed Zhu Hechang, a Ming imperial grandson in exile in Luzon. At first, faced with this unfamiliar world, Zhu Hechang was confused and discouraged. Then... “Empire Rising System is now online...” “Congratulations, Host, the System has been fully upgraded!” “Congratulations, Host, you have received 500 soldiers from the Ming Divine Machine Battalion, all equipped with Minié rifles 3.1kReads8.7Score221Shelves
  49. 249 Martial Great Ming: The Useless Prince Pig Simulates His Way to the Throne 高武大明:废物猪皇子,模拟称帝 Historical112k WordsOngoing [Alternate History] + [High-Martial Ming Dynasty] + [Pay-to-Power Simulation] + [Struggle for the Throne] + [Overwhelming Strength] + [Unstoppable Thrills] A 280-jin rich second-generation heir transmigrates into the body of Zhu Ganglie, a 380-jin prince about to enter the bridal chamber in the Ming Dynasty. When he wakes, he discovers that he has crushed his bride to death. Already hated as the Pig Prince, he has become a laughingstock once again. Just then, he awakens the Pay-to-Power Simulati —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  50. 250 Prince Xiang of the Great Ming 大明襄王 Historical992k WordsOngoing In the fifth month of Hongxi Year One, a coffin came to a halt in Beijing, and an emperor was gone. Zhu Zhanji was in Nanjing, Zhu Gaochi was in Le'an Prefecture, and the eyes of the entire court were fixed on one person: Zhu Zhanshan, the fifth son of Emperor Renzong, nineteen years old. “Your Highness, act as regent.” “Fine. Once I'm done, I'm going to Xiangyang to farm.” 18.7kReads6.4Score1.4kShelves
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