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  1. 251 Great Ming: I Am a Founding Prince, and I Oppose the Enfeoffment System 大明:我,开国王爷,带头反对分封制 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Transmigrated into the founding Prince of Roasted Chicken of the Great Ming, Zhu Bai had just one goal at first: to keep his head down and lie low in an era full of extraordinary people. Then, by accident, he became the regent at Old Zhu’s side. By accident, he beat a treacherous chief minister to death. By accident, he became the richest man in the Great Ming. Hold on, he really just wanted to coast through life! What does Old Zhu mean by saying he’s better suited to be emperor than Zhu Biao?! 610Reads8.0Score105Shelves
  2. 252 Great Ming: I Told You to Hang Yourself, Not Become a Tyrant 大明:让你上吊,没让你当暴君 Historical2.1M WordsCompleted [Political intrigue + scheming protagonist + satisfying read + no System + one heroine] Transmigrated into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with less than half a year until the Jiashen Incident. Huang Taiji is about to take a detour through Mongolia, breach the Great Wall, and threaten the capital! What? You say the treasury is empty and we can't fight back? Don't panic. Let me kill a few ministers first and scrape together some money! What? You say Li Zicheng has rebelled 650Reads7.0Score100Shelves
  3. 253 Great Ming: I Invaded Another World Just to Farm 大明:入侵异世界,仅仅为了种田 Eastern Fantasy393k WordsCompleted [Ming Dynasty + Otherworld + Magic + Western Fantasy + Han Civilization + Beastmen + Elves + Farming] Note: Ming loyalists are transported from their original timeline; the protagonist’s race is temporary. This is not a simplistic, brainless story, so don’t read it if you’re only after easy thrills. An Yan: I have a dream. In this otherworld, which is doomed to fall sooner or later, I want to quietly tend my fields... But the beastmen’s war cries on the northern beastgrass plains, the merciless 773Reads8.8Score108Shelves
  4. 254 The Rogue Emperor: Taming the Civil Official Faction 流氓皇帝:专克文官集团 Historical173k WordsOngoing Zhu Shou, a modern man, transmigrated into the body of Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of Ming. Before he could enjoy the luxury of supreme imperial power, reality struck him with a cold splash: the scholar-official faction controlled the court and suppressed imperial authority, the treasury was so empty it was practically ringing, and Tatar cavalry repeatedly threatened the border! At the brink of despair, he unexpectedly unlocked an unlimited silver golden finger. He expanded the Leopard House, co —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  5. 255 Great Ming: Abandoned from the Start, I’m Begged by Yongle to Claim the Throne 大明:开局被弃,永乐求我称帝 Historical1.4M WordsCompleted In the first year of the Jianwen era, Zhu Zhanji is born and immediately becomes the apple of his grandfather Zhu Di's eye. His birth prompts Zhu Di to decide to rebel. In the first year of the Yongle era, Emperor Chengzu of Ming crushes the Jianwen court and slaughters more than fourteen thousand of Jianwen's ministers and their families. During the war, his most beloved grandson is captured by his second son, Zhu Gaoxu, and dies in a mass grave. Eleven years later, after soundly defeating the 481Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  6. 256 A Rake in the Late Ming Dynasty 明末混球 Historical3.9M WordsCompleted With transmigration to the late Ming Dynasty becoming all the rage, Yang Menglong, a fine young man from the twenty-first century, the school's king of brawling and a menace in the eyes of street punks, also somehow transmigrated back to that era. And yet... Waving his dog-leg knife, Yang Menglong roared hoarsely, “Which bastard said the late Ming was easy to get by in? Come out here! I promise I won't chop you to death!” 273Reads8.7Score201Shelves
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  7. 257 In the Late Ming, I Redeem the Celestial Globe and Become Earth's Supreme Ruler 明末兑换天日之表,登顶地球球长 Historical3.0M WordsOngoing The uprising at Suanzao: five hundred rebel bandits march a thousand miles, conquer Guangdong, swallow Guangxi, and set their sights on Hunan, while Yunnan and Guizhou fall into their grasp. Li Siyan, governor-general of five provinces. Call me the King of the Southwest. [Not mindless wish fulfillment] [Realistic tone] [Not chasing the rankings] [No spawning endless troops out of thin air] [No going all in] [Gets better as it goes] [God-tier ending] [The System provides support, then fades into 17.9kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
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  8. 258 Great Ming: I'm the Carpenter Emperor, and I'll Become an Emperor for the Ages 大明:我木匠皇帝,要做千古一帝 Historical513k WordsCompleted Zhu Youxiao was sent out of the palace five years early and became the Crown Prince's heir! Sun Chengzong became Zhu Youxiao's tutor five years early! Xu Guangqi became a Grand Secretary five years early! When Nurhaci confidently attacked Liaoyang and Shenyang, he discovered that Sun Chengzong was defending the cities! Ming soldiers held flintlock rifles, taking down one Baturu with every shot. This... Director, this isn't how the script is supposed to go... Zhu Youxiao: "Of course it isn't. I'v 861Reads6.9Score100Shelves
  9. 259 At the End of the Ming Dynasty, I Become a Wild Man in the Northeast 明末,我在东北当野人 Rural Life157k WordsOngoing In the twentieth year of the Wanli reign (1592), the skies over East Asia were thick with the clouds of war. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a generation-defining warlord, mobilized all of Japan's forces to invade Korea by sea, yet his eyes remained fixed on the Ming Empire behind it. In Ningxia, Bo Bai and his superior, Dang Xin, were at each other's throats, until Bo Bai suddenly rebelled. Nurhaci had just unified the Jianzhou Jurchens, but had already set his sights on the four Haixi tribes, sharpening h 85Reads—Score104Shelves
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  10. 260 The Ming Dynasty's Greatest Maverick 大明第一狂士 Historical4.8M WordsCompleted 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! 6.8kReads9.1Score656Shelves
  11. 261 My Younger Brother Shall Be a Yao or Shun 吾弟当为尧舜 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Late at night, Emperor Tianqi lay gravely ill in bed, holding the hand of his younger brother, Prince Xin, Zhu Youjian. In a weak voice, he said, “My brother shall be a Yao or a Shun.” Zhu Youjian was entrusted with the throne at a time of crisis and ascended to the highest seat, becoming the Chongzhen Emperor. He gazed out over this magnificent realm. How could anyone not be reluctant to part with such a land? I have arrived, and this realm has even more reason to be cherished. 4.1kReads7.7Score265Shelves
  12. 262 I Never Wanted a Marquisate in the Late Ming, but Was Forced to Become a Warlord 明末封侯非我意被逼当军阀 Historical374k WordsOngoing [No System] [Realistic] [Maximum Immersion] [Hebei Warlord] [Takes Orders, Not Proclamations] [The Imperial Robe Is Thrust Upon Him] From the start, he cuts his way through the Qing army’s encirclement at Jia Village in Julu, rising through the ranks at a breakneck pace: garrison commander, field commander, deputy brigade commander, and regional commander. By the time he comes to his senses, he is already wearing the imperial robes. “General! It’s cold. Put on another layer!” “Hey, no, no... I a 125Reads—Score109Shelves
  13. 263 Reborn as Liu Bowen of the Ming Dynasty, I Rely on Feng Shui to Conquer the World 穿成大明刘伯温我靠风水稳赢天下 Historical492k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast + Conquest + Political Intrigue + Feng Shui and Face Reading + No System] Liu Abao, a legendary modern master of feng shui, woke up in another body as Liu Bowen, the Ming Dynasty's foremost strategist. Using feng shui as his game and the world as his board, he commands the dragon veins and breaks deadly formations, directing the realm with a smile and crushing every rival in his path. Zhu Yuanzhang: “We’ll all listen to our lord. My lord, please hurry up and pass the throne to me! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 264 A Dream of the Late Ming 一梦明末 Historical845k WordsCompleted Chen Xiuyuan transmigrated into the late Ming Dynasty. He did business to earn silver, gathered refugees and built an army, wiped out bandits and pirates, rescued the crown prince and princess, and steadily amassed power to resist the Manchu invaders... 73Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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  15. 265 Modern Life for the Common People of the Late Ming 明末百姓的现代化生活 Historical468k WordsCompleted A different kind of Ming Dynasty transmigration story. What is it like to teach Emperor Chongzhen and Ming officials to scroll through short videos? You! Yes, you! If you transmigrated to ancient times, how would you survive? How would you grow rich and reach the pinnacle of life? Soap? Fine salt? Refined sugar? Gunpowder? Or would you plagiarize poetry and prose? If an entire country could transmigrate to an ancient parallel world, what would become of it? Would it crush everything with forekno 383Reads7.3Score—Shelves
  16. 266 Back in the Ming Dynasty as the Emperor's Grandson 回到大明当皇孙 Historical1.2M WordsOngoing My name is Zhu Yingying. I am the eldest legitimate grandson of the Great Ming. My grandfather is Zhu Yuanzhang, founding emperor of the Great Ming. With a single thought, flowers bloom, and I rule over the capital, forging a glorious Great Ming unlike any other. (This is not a transmigration story. Zhu Yingying simply gains a set of memories from a later age, and this is a story of the Great Ming told from his perspective.) 201Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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  17. 267 Great Ming: I Can Copy Strategic Resources! 大明:我能复制战略物资! Historical1.9M WordsOngoing In the final years of the Ming dynasty, the Manchus invade and the people suffer. Li Jian'an transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking soldier and lives in poverty. Ding! The Replication System has arrived! 100 sacks of grain! 100 suits of armor! 100 muskets! 100 cannons! Hahaha, Li Jian'an has struck it rich, wealthier than a nation! “You're just a junior officer, and you have your own cavalry?” “You're just a company commander, and you drove off the Tatars?” “You're just a battalion command 13.7kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
  18. 268 A Superpower at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末超级强国 Historical1.5M WordsCompleted I came, I saw, I conquered. What would a new-generation soldier do if he went back to the late Ming? “Still using matchlocks? Flintlocks? Do you think I’m an idiot? Are you kidding me? Bronze cannons? Muzzle-loaders? Are you kidding me? I’m a modern internet guy. Are you telling me I can’t even build a mortar? Who says we can’t make bullets? Who says we can’t cut rifling? Do me a favor and take a good look around a machine shop.” Li Yi stood in his vast arsenal. Li Yi fought his way out of the B 3.9kReads8.5Score272Shelves
  19. 269 Great Ming: I Am Wanli's Father 大明:我是万历他爹 Historical825k WordsCompleted (No System + transmigration + history + reform and struggle + conquest) My father is the Jiajing Emperor. My son is the Wanli Emperor. My teachers are Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, and Xu Jie. My ministers are Hai Rui and Qi Jiguang. My name is Zhu Zaihou. I am the eleventh emperor of the Great Ming, the Longqing Emperor. I will change history. This time, no one will ever trample Huaxia underfoot again. We will never fall behind again. We will never miss out on the Age of Exploration again. Heaven bl 562Reads7.3Score105Shelves
  20. 270 The Martial Emperor of Ming: Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang’s Eldest Legitimate Son! 大明武帝,朱元璋嫡长子朱标! Historical63k WordsOngoing Historical fiction + no System + Age of Exploration + Industrial Revolution + global expansion In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, May 1392, Zhu Biao, Crown Prince Yiwen and the empire's undisputed heir, dies, leaving posterity with an imagined perfect Ming Dynasty. In this new timeline, when Emperor Wu ascends the throne, he makes a vow: Give me seventy years, and Europe will be the Ming's pasture! North America will be the Ming's granary! Fusang will produce silver for me, and Westland will be 130Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 271 Great Ming: From the Start, Zhu Yuanzhang Took Me Home 大明:开局被朱元璋捡回家 Historical140k WordsOngoing The moment Zhu Chen opened his eyes, he found himself an abandoned baby in a river in the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era! A nightmare from the start, and he was about to die! Luckily, the [Strongest Sign-In System] activated in an emergency: [A Peerless Talent] gave him otherworldly good looks, while [Immune to All Diseases] was a life-saving skill! Just as despair set in, a stern old man fished him out of the water. Zhu Chen grinned and launched his baby-charm offensive: smile, grab his beard 6Reads7.1Score—Shelves
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  22. 272 I, Zhu Youxiao, Transmigrate to the Late Ming and Become Emperor 我朱由校,穿越明末做皇帝 Historical1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, he becomes Zhu Youxiao, who is on the verge of death. Like hell he’s going to die a pathetic death. Armed with memories of a future life, Zhu Youxiao begins defying fate and rewriting history. End the factional strife. Anyone who won’t shut up gets executed. Purge the corrupt officials. Anyone who wants money more than life gets executed. Reform the land, build guns and cannons. Anyone who stands in my way gets executed. Build an army of a million, crush the S 1.5kReads7.3Score104Shelves
  23. 273 Get on Board! It's Time to Overthrow the Qing and Restore the Ming 快上船,反清复明啦 Historical585k WordsCompleted Standing before you is Zhu Zaiming, His Majesty the Emperor of the Second Ming Empire: lord of Australia, savior of the Yin people, leader of the Americas, pioneer of the ironclad battleship, nightmare of Europe, dear friend of Napoleon, supreme leader of Eastern civilization, and father of the world… The story of the Second Ming’s rise begins with a group of Han people stranded in Australia… 187Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  24. 274 Reborn as Zhu Biao: Building the Greatest Ming Dynasty 重生朱标,打造巅峰大明 Historical111k WordsCompleted Lin Yu, a modern scholar of Ming history, is devoted to studying Zhu Biao and has achieved remarkable results. An unexpected encounter on a rainy night sends his soul into the recently deceased Zhu Biao. Facing the grief-stricken Zhu Yuanzhang, Lin Yu is reborn as Zhu Biao. At court, powerful meritorious officials watch like tigers, while rival factions stir beneath the surface. Among the common people, a land ravaged by war is desperate for a chance to recover. Drawing on modern knowledge and h —Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 275 Great Ming: I Reform the Law with the Clan Genealogy 大明,我以族谱变法 Historical814k WordsOngoing During the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, Fang Shi transmigrates into the body of a scholar. He would never have believed that one day he would be bundled off to the Imperial Prison along with chickens and dogs. P.S. One female lead [a plot device, no romance]. No dumbing down, no System. 531Reads9.2Score102Shelves
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  26. 276 I, Fan Jin, Am Retiring in Great Ming 老夫范进,在大明退休养老 Historical223k WordsCompleted (Already published under the title Madcap in the World of Scholars) (Third Prize in the “Reviving Ancient Books, Passing Down a Love of Reading” writing contest) Good heavens! I passed! Fan Jin from The Scholars is traveling through the Ming Dynasty. “Would you like to live a different life? Want to avoid thirty years of detours? Step out of The Scholars and begin your own journey.” At seventeen, Fan Jin opened his eyes and found himself fifty-four. The next time he opened them, he was thirty. H 5.1kReads9.5Score511Shelves
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  27. 277 I Refuse to Be an Emperor Who Dies Within a Month 老子不当一月就死的天子 Historical274k WordsCompleted Zhu Changluo, the timid and overlooked eldest prince of the Ming Dynasty, sees on a wall in a secluded side hall of Jingyang Palace the fate awaiting him: he will ascend the throne and die a month later, along with visions of the Ming Dynasty's collapse… 53Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 278 Great Ming: I'm an Emperor Now, So Why Would I Still Be a Carpenter? 大明:都是皇帝了,谁还当木匠 Historical2.6M WordsCompleted [No System] + [Passionate] + [Political Intrigue] + [Decisive and Ruthless] With a gravely ill father and a mother who died young, Zhu Youxiao is at a loss in the forty-eighth year of the Wanli reign. Factional strife runs rampant, the court is rotten, the Jurchens are watching hungrily, and the Mongols refuse to submit. Amid internal turmoil and external threats, the tide of the times sweeps along the fates of countless millions. The once-mighty Ming Empire is already in its twilight years. Cal 518Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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  29. 279 Rules for Transmigrators: I Become an Online Keyboard Warrior in Great Ming 穿越者守则:我在大明当键盘侠 Historical2.4M WordsCompleted (Alternate history + no System + no golden finger + imperial examinations and political intrigue + one female lead) Chen Ke, a transmigrator, enters the Jiajing era. From a boy who tended cattle to top scorer in the imperial examinations, from Hanlin compiler to Earl of Jinghai, he cuts a path through one challenge after another, navigating the treacherous court with care at every step. With a brush in his left hand and a sword in his right, he uses modern knowledge to maneuver among the uprigh 4.6kReads8.7Score299Shelves
  30. 280 Three Thousand Years of Immortality 长生三千年 Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After disaster struck, I swallowed my pride and endured twenty years of hardship just to stay alive. I married into another family and suffered endless scorn. In my mother-in-law's eyes, I'm a useless failure. In my sister-in-law's eyes, I'm a timid country bumpkin. In my wife's eyes, I'm an insignificant nobody. Until today, when the disaster finally passed... The dragon opens its eyes and takes the world by storm! 14Reads6.0Score—Shelves
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  31. 281 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
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  32. 282 Great Ming: Got a Problem? Take It Up with My Army 大明:不服气?和朕的大军去说吧 Historical1.2M WordsOngoing "The Fourth Anti-Ming Alliance Sets Its Sights on Central Asia" "The Navy of the Ming Empire That Never Sets on Its Blood-Soaked Fight Across the Oceans" "Ming India Is Restless" "Unrest Is Brewing in the Vassal States" "The Ming Empire's Global Hegemony Is Teetering on the Brink" But then! "The Ming Empire's Navy Enters the Mediterranean!" "The Ming Army in the Caspian Sea Salutes the Nation!" "His Majesty, the Great Emperor of the Ming, Arrives in His Loyal London!" "The Global Anti-Ming Allia 859Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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  33. 283 The Great Powers: I Am the Empire, and the Empire Is Me 列强:帝国即我,我即帝国 Historical1.1M WordsOngoing Just as the young emperor, who had inherited the throne before his time, is at a loss and completely bewildered, ding Here it comes, here it comes! Big Bro System has arrived. See how Emperor Zhou Shengming of Qianwu saves an empire and makes it... stand tall among the worlds of another realm. (A reminder: this is a completely different world!!!! The blurb does it no justice, so head to the story itself.) 148Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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  34. 284 The Great Warlord of the Late Ming 晚明大军阀 Historical1.5M WordsCompleted Advance notice: Farming-focused story. Anti-Ming and anti-Qing. Firearms. Conquest. Advancing technology. No System, and there is a female lead, but she gets very little page time. After a stroke of incredible luck, the protagonist wakes up to discover he has become a bandit chief. He has just settled an internal dispute in the stronghold when government troops arrive to surround and suppress them. To avoid being wiped out by the authorities, the protagonist can only use what he has at hand to 1.8kReads8.8Score181Shelves
  35. 285 A Commoner Conquers the Nine Provinces 布衣镇九州 Historical2.3M WordsCompleted Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye 26.2kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
  36. 286 Great Ming: I, a Brocade Guard, Am the Greatest Minister in History 大明:我锦衣卫,千古第一权臣 Historical140k WordsCompleted Ye Chen transmigrates to the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty and becomes a temporary Embroidered Uniform Guard. After unexpectedly saving Zhu Xiongying, who is critically ill, he is promoted three ranks to the position of a hundred-household officer! He saves Empress Ma's life, is adopted as Zhu Yuanzhang's sworn son, promoted to a thousand-household officer, and ennobled as a viscount! To remove a cancerous growth from Xu Da, he directly betroths his eldest daughter, Xu Miaoyun, to Ye Chen. Afte 104Reads—Score—Shelves
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  37. 287 I Transmigrated into an Invincible Ming Dynasty Emperor 穿越成无敌的明朝皇帝 Historical530k WordsOngoing A thrilling historical tale, with no frustrating setbacks, beautiful women, and a hero who plays the pig to eat the tiger... Zhu Shaolong, a college student with a day job and an invincible Celestial Venerable, carries the memories of his previous life as an Immortal Venerable into the body of Zhu Youxiao, the carpenter emperor of the late Ming! Six hidden treacherous ministers scheme in secret, laying traps at every turn. The Tianqi Explosion is imminent, factional infighting is tearing apart t 144Reads9.5Score—Shelves
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  38. 288 Transmigrated to the Ming-Qing Transition, I Crowned Myself Pope of the Eternal Night 明末清初穿越,自封永夜教皇冕下 Historical502k WordsCompleted [Great Ming]+ [Late Ming]+ [Dark Theocracy]+ [Southern Ming]+ [Undead Legion]+ [Early Qing]+ [Qing Dynasty] Lin Fei died drunk, only to open his eyes in the Late Ming, surrounded by mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The world had become hell. Under the iron hooves of the Manchu Eight Banners and their Han Chinese traitors, the Chinese people faced extinction, and Chinese civilization was on the verge of disappearing. Fortunately, he had brought another hell with him when he transmigrated 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 289 Great Ming: I Have an Arsenal 大明:我有一座军火库 Historical2.0M WordsCompleted In the autumn of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the Ming Empire teeters on the brink of collapse. That year, Zhu Youjian has already hanged himself on Coal Hill. That year, the Shun army takes the capital, only to flee in disarray soon afterward. That year, Wu Sangui opens Shanhai Pass, and the Eight Banners army marches through. That year, the Ming realm lies in ruins, its fate as uncertain as willow catkins in the wind. As the Han people's realm faces a crisis of life and death, a Special 1.8kReads7.1Score127Shelves
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  40. 290 Rebuilding the Great Ming: From Rebellion to Ruling the World! 重铸大明:从造反开始君临天下! Historical227k WordsOngoing [Late Ming] + [Zhu Cilang] + [System] + [Rebellion] + [Multiple Storylines] Zhu Cilang transmigrates and becomes the Crown Prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty, with only a year left before the dynasty falls. The first mission from the System: seize the throne or the power to act as regent. After thinking it over, he decides to bring troops and have a serious talk with his father on New Year's Eve. Zhu Cilang: "Father, after making such a mess of the Great Ming, don't you think it's time to abd 11.9kReads—Score1.3kShelves
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  41. 291 Zhu Cilang: I Refuse to Be the Crown Prince of a Fallen Dynasty! 朱慈烺:我不做亡国太子! Historical4.1M WordsCompleted Lighthearted + political intrigue + war + passionate action + no System + no brainless decisions! See how he manipulates the levers of power and wins people’s hearts, outwits civil officials and military officers, and crushes every rival faction! See how he develops the economy and technology, trains his troops into a powerful army, conquers the world, and builds a Ming Empire on which the sun never sets! If they go to war, then their nations will be destroyed and their people wiped out! 4.9kReads8.7Score380Shelves
  42. 292 Ming Dynasty, 1644: I Come from the Future 大明1644,我来自未来 Historical912k WordsCompleted Qin Yu obtains a Gate of Time and Space and arrives on the darkest day in the history of the Ming dynasty, in 1644. In 1644, Qin Yu witnesses Chongzhen hang himself on Coal Hill. In 1644, Wu Sangui lets the northern invaders through the pass, the rebel army is defeated at Shanhai Pass, and Qin Yu arrives in the Ming dynasty. In 1644, the Ming royal family squabbles over power, with no intention of reclaiming lost territory. Qin Yu gathers refugees and builds up his strength. Armed with modern we 884Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  43. 293 The Longqing Restoration 隆庆中兴 Historical5.4M WordsCompleted I transmigrate as Zhu Zaihou, but I won’t be a little sycophant. For the sake of tribute and trade, I dare to wage righteous war. I open the passes and command the four seas, my proclamations reaching the eight directions. The people receive sweet rain, and the dynasty flourishes forever. Alas! I would rather be a man of the Longqing era than aspire to rule like Yao and Shun. 8.8kReads8.5Score756Shelves
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  44. 294 The Great Stronghold Lord at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末大寨主 Historical7.2M WordsCompleted Back in the late Ming dynasty, Chu Xing became a bandit. But his stronghold was repeatedly overrun, and he went through four or five big brothers. After fleeing time and again, his thoughts grew increasingly clear. It seemed Heaven was pointing him toward the answer: he should become the big brother himself and fight to rule the land. 283Reads7.8Score141Shelves
  45. 295 Who Says I'm the January Emperor? I Will Revive the Ming Dynasty 谁说我是一月天子?我要中兴大明 Historical484k WordsCompleted I am Zhu Changluo, the tenth-generation direct descendant of Emperor Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang. My great-grandfather was the Jiajing Emperor, Zhu Houcong. My grandfather was the Longqing Emperor, Zhu Zaihou. My father was the Wanli Emperor, Zhu Yijun. Both of my sons became emperors. One was named Zhu Youxiao, the other Zhu Youjian. I was meant to be a towering mountain, yet I became a blade of grass. I lived in obscurity, leaving behind nothing but a laughingstock's name. In the final years of the 1.4kReads7.7Score101Shelves
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  46. 296 Emperor Tianqi and the Eighteen Beauties of Yanyun 天启大帝之燕云十八姬 Historical263k WordsOngoing In the Tianqi era, he seldom stops to admire the flowers, seizing both the realm and its beauties in his hands. The warm waters of Nanyang nurture dragons and serpents; the lush grasslands of Mobei let cattle and horses roam. The western mountains teem with cinnabar mines; the eastern fields are planted far and wide with cotton and hemp. Who says borders divide the civilized from the barbarian? The peoples of every nation come dressed in their finest to honor Zhonghua. The story begins when Tian 47Reads—Score102Shelves
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  47. 297 The Great Warlord of Late Ming 明末大军阀 Historical2.2M WordsOngoing In 1637, the protagonist Liu Yan transmigrates to Lingshan Guard, part of the Shandong Coastal Defense Command of the Ming Dynasty. He becomes a squad commander at a beacon tower under the Xiahe Stockade’s Front Thousand-Man Battalion, and begins his journey in the late Ming. Relying on his knowledge of history and his own abilities, Liu Yan establishes himself at Lingshan Guard. He begins developing farmland, training a new army, and manufacturing firearms. After fighting rebel bands and resist 1Reads7.3Score—Shelves
  48. 298 All Men Under Heaven Are Brothers: The Great Ming Empire 四海之内皆兄弟之大明帝国 Historical698k WordsCompleted (Entirely handwritten, with no AI. I aim to portray the realities of society in the late Ming. This is my first novel, and its rating only appeared after I finished it, so my score is just the baseline.) A reincarnation mishap on the Silver Bridge sends me to the late Ming, where I become the eldest legitimate son of the Tianqi Emperor. In the late Ming, the peasant rebels, the Ming army, and the Jianzhou Jurchens are three paupers robbing one another. So the disasters and chaos of the late Ming 2.1kReads8.0Score130Shelves
  49. 299 The Ming Bandit 明贼 Historical4.8M WordsCompleted In the fourth month of the first year of the Tianqi era of the Ming dynasty, a new recruit joins Marshal Mao's surprise attack on Zhenjiang. He has fought three thousand miles in a single campaign, and one sword can stand against a million soldiers. Steal a hook and you are executed; steal a kingdom and you become a marquis. A butterfly quietly flaps its wings, and the Dongjiang Army, the most formidable military force in the Ming Empire, quietly veers from its original course... 38Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  50. 300 I Sent Aid to Northwestern Shanxi from the End of the Ming Dynasty 我从明末支援晋西北 Urban713k WordsCompleted (Late Ming dynasty) + (Bright Sword) + dual-world portal. A modern man transmigrates into Mao Wenlong, the man the Manchu invaders hate most, and gains a golden finger: a portal between two worlds. The other side of the portal leads to the world of Bright Sword. Mao Wenlong rushes off to find Li Yunlong and buy machine guns. He plans to take guns and cannons back to the late Ming dynasty, build up his forces, and restore their former glory… But Li Yunlong can’t bear to sell his machine guns, or 464Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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