I Want to Read About Emperors Throughout History 朕要看皇帝，历代皇帝
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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
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Every Member Is an Emperor: We’ve Left the Cultivation World Stunned 全员皇帝：把修仙界给整不会了
[Ensemble cast]+ [Every character is an emperor]+ [Comedic cultivation]+ [Loving fathers and dutiful sons] All the emperors of China’s orthodox dynasties descend upon the cultivation world at the same time. Scattered across the land, each has an assistant System called “Little Emperor.” Their first task is to find and recognize one another. Qin Shi Huang is the first to run into Liu Bang. “Hu Hai! You’d better pray I don’t find you too soon.” Wang Mang’s eyes fill with tears. “I finally have a S
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I Have a Secret Realm Connected to Every Dynasty 我有个秘境通各朝各代
At 76, he’s still working for the Heavenly Dao. He is Yang Guang reborn, making amends for Yang Guang’s sins. Zhu Yuanzhang arrives, Li Shimin arrives, the First Emperor arrives, and so do the Han founder and Emperor Wu... He discovers that historical figures are more than names or labels. They are real people, with virtues and flaws shaped by their times, not something to be judged on a whim. He takes crown princes as disciples, hoping to carry on their policies and build a golden age of Chines
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The Holy Son of Heaven 圣天子
A strange door brought Zhao Shang to the Northern Song dynasty, where he became the only son of Emperor Renzong of Song. Bao Zheng memorialized: “Your Majesty should study the successes and failures of past dynasties and examine the gains and losses of the present. Then the ancestral state will enjoy lasting peace.” Zhao Shang smiled. “I'm just a minor soldier of the Great Song. I'll leave it to you, my trusted minister.” Han Qi memorialized: “Your Majesty should carry on the will of your ancest
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Running a Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic: From the Start, Treating Young Ying Zheng 经营中医药馆，开局救治少年嬴政
Chen Che was a doctor with advanced degrees in both Chinese and Western medicine. After graduating, he joined a top-tier hospital in Chuting, Chuyun City, Nanyue Province, as an emergency medicine clinician. But an accident destroyed his reputation. He was fired and forced to leave the hospital, and all his earnings went to compensating the patient's family. With no other choice, he moved to a village in Yongzhou, Guixi Province, and began practicing traditional Chinese medicine. From then on, h
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The Myriad Worlds Internet Cafe: Emperors Come Here to Surf the Web 万界网咖，皇帝们都来我这上网
After failing the college entrance exam, the male lead chooses not to retake it. Instead, he takes a job managing an internet cafe. With technology advancing and smartphones constantly improving, internet cafes become less and less profitable. Eventually, the owner skips town, leaving the male lead with a lavishly decorated internet cafe for free. One night, while keeping watch behind the counter, the male lead is selected by the System, which transports the internet cafe to another world. He ex
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Starting with the First Emperor, I Challenge All the Emperors to Answer Questions 从始皇开始，请诸位皇帝答题
[Lighthearted and funny. Liu Xiu, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei have all appeared.] “The Qin Dynasty could last for ten thousand generations. How could it have an emperor who ended the dynasty so soon?” Inside the quiz space, Qin Shi Huang declared with absolute confidence. But the very next moment... “What? The Qin Dynasty fell after just two generations?” “What? The Sima family took the empire from my Cao family?” Inside the quiz space, Cao Cao roared.
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From Yongzheng's Princely Residence to the Greatest Emperor of All Time 乾隆从雍邸皇子到千古一帝
[Political Intrigue + Harem Rivalries + Factional Strife + Romance + Emperor] Hongli ascended the throne at twenty-five and ruled for sixty years, making him the longest-reigning and longest-lived emperor in history. He governed with diligence, excelling in both civil and military affairs, and led the Qing to the height of its golden age. Yet factional strife raged through the court, conflicts in the deep palace never ceased, and danger lurked behind the splendor. In the end, the golden age ga
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Empress Dowager Cixi and Her Three Favored Eunuchs 慈禧皇后与她的三个宠爱太监
[Eunuchs + Palace Secrets + Empress Dowager Cixi + Court Intrigue] From the time Empress Dowager Cixi entered the palace to the day she ruled from behind the curtain, she shared an unusual relationship with three eunuchs: An Dehai, Li Lianying, and Xiao Dezhang. They were like master and servants, like friends, and more than anything, like old companions. She doted on the three eunuchs, who relied on her favor to do as they pleased, throw their weight around, and take part in court affairs. This
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The Sixteen Kingdoms: The Greatest God of War 十六国：第一战神
[Updates promptly every day at 9:00 and 9:10 a.m.] What dynasty came between the Three Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern Dynasties? How devastating was the Uprising of the Five Barbarians? How did the Murong clan rise from a small tribe to dominate the north? How did it fall, and how did it attempt to restore its rule? At thirteen, he was already renowned as the bravest warrior in the army. Through his own efforts, he changed Chinese history several times, earning the title “The Greatest Go
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Great Tang: The Two Heroes 大唐：双雄
The Tang Empire rose from nothing and went from glory to greatness thanks in no small part to the hard work and bold reforms of Li Yuan and his son Li Shimin. We invite all fellow history enthusiasts to join the two heroes of the Tang Dynasty and explore the thorny road they traveled to build their empire.
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Jiajing’s Beloved Eldest Son 嘉靖好大儿
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.
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The Murong Clan: A Legend of Yan 慕容世家之燕国传奇
Drawing on the historical legacy of the five Yan states of Former Yan, Later Yan, Western Yan, Southern Yan, and Northern Yan during the era of the Five Barbarians ravaging China, this epic tells the story of Murong Xuan, a descendant of the Yan people, and Lin Wanqing as they work together to promote peace and trade. The story begins in the northern deserts, where the two lead a Eurasian alliance to pacify the Hephthalite wars and break up an encirclement by Central Asian tribes. Throughout, th
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To Destroy the Sima Clan, I, Liu Shan, Reincarnate as Liu Yu 为诛杀司马氏，我刘禅转世为刘裕
Liu Yu, a fearsome man who personally killed six emperors in his lifetime and was hailed as the “Emperor-Slayer of Six,” was once the weak and ineffectual Liu Shan. It is hard to believe that the once-hopeless Adou was reborn as Liu Yu in this life. From a frail body despised by all, he made a glorious transformation into a bold and vigorous warrior, revered by the world, whose iron cavalry swept across the land like a tiger devouring a thousand miles. Reborn with a fury that could reach the hea
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The Kangxi Dynasty: The Iron-Blooded Emperor’s Legendary Reign 康熙王朝：铁血帝王的治国传奇
This book follows the life of Emperor Kangxi, Xuanye, from his ascension to the throne as a boy to his death in old age, offering a sweeping portrait of his sixty-one-year reign. It recounts the young Xuanye’s bold capture of Aobai and his seizure of power, as well as his celebrated military victories: putting down the Three Feudatories, reclaiming Taiwan, driving out the Russian forces, and campaigning against Galdan. It also presents his achievements in civil governance, from compiling canonic
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The Yongzheng Dynasty: A Storm of Reform in the Forbidden City 雍正王朝：紫禁城里的改革风暴
Late one night at the Garden of Tranquil Spring, Kangxi died. Longkodo announced the decree, the Eighth Prince's faction stirred in the shadows, and Yinsi's brother Yinti confronted him in fury. The Fourth Prince, Yinzhen, ascended the throne as the Yongzheng Emperor amid rumors that he had altered the edict and usurped the throne, facing the corrupt bureaucracy and empty treasury Kangxi had left behind. During his thirteen years on the throne, he was a lonely reformer: battling the Eighth Princ
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Qianlong Dynasty: Court Intrigue and the Rise and Fall of a Golden Age 乾隆王朝：帝王权谋与盛世浮沉
This book offers a sweeping portrait of the rise and fall of the sixty-year Qianlong era (1736–1795). From the early reign's efforts to clean up officialdom and reform the transport and salt industries, to expanding the borders and pacifying the Dzungars and the Khojas; from the compilation of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries and the literary inquisitions, to the extravagance of the Southern Tours and the hardships faced by ordinary people; from Heshen's grip on power and corruption i
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The Young Emperor: Shunzhi 少年天子：顺治皇帝
This novel vividly recounts the short life of Fulin, the first emperor after the Qing entered the Pass. He ascends the throne at six, a puppet ruler under Dorgon’s regency, quietly gathering strength to rule in his own right amid the power struggles between Shengjing and the Forbidden City. After taking power at fourteen, he promotes a policy of “governing the Han with Han,” appoints Han officials, revises the laws, and attempts to “spread the tax burden across the population.” Yet conservative
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Emperor Yongle: The Iron-Blooded Throne and a Grand Vision of Prosperity 永乐大帝：铁血王座与盛世宏图
As we turn the pages of Ming dynasty history, the Yongle Emperor, Zhu Di, is undoubtedly one of its most controversial and legendary rulers. A prince of the imperial family, he raised an army to quell the rebellion and seized the throne amid the flames of war. After ascending the throne, he devoted himself to governing and ushered in the “Yongle Golden Age,” yet his iron-fisted methods and centralized rule also left their mark on history. Spanning the years from 1360 onward, this book is divided
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Hong Taiji: The Founding Emperor of the Qing Dynasty 皇太极：清朝开国皇帝
Emperor Hong Taiji: Founder of the Qing Dynasty follows the extraordinary life of Hong Taiji, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty. From the birth of the eldest son in Hetu Ala in 1592 to Hong Taiji's death in Shengjing in 1643, the book vividly portrays his transformation from a young beile to Emperor Taizong of the Great Qing. He fought alongside his father as a youth and first distinguished himself at the Battle of Sarhu. After succeeding to the throne, he abolished old practices, establi
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Emperor Xianfeng 咸丰皇帝
In the Forbidden City during the Daoguang era, a “family business succession contest” quietly came to an end. Yizhu, plagued by a leg ailment and only moderately gifted, used his image as a “benevolent and filial” son to overtake his brilliant younger brother Yixin and claim the throne of the Qing Empire, taking the reign title Xianfeng. He had hoped to be a wise ruler who could preserve what he inherited, but instead he found himself facing one of the most absurd uphill battles in Chinese histo
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Emperor Jiaqing: Turmoil in an Era of Preserving the Status Quo 嘉庆皇帝：守成时代的风雨飘摇
At a pivotal moment when the Qing dynasty was turning from prosperity to decline, one emperor remained shrouded in the mists of history. He inherited the fading glory of the “Qianlong Golden Age,” yet faced a dynasty riddled with hidden problems. He was determined to reform and root out corruption, but struggled to overcome the deep-seated rigidity of the system. He was the last “guardian of the dynasty’s legacy” in Chinese history, and a firsthand witness to the first signs of crisis on the eve
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Emperor Daoguang: The Night Watchman of a Falling Empire 道光皇帝：帝国沉沦的守夜人
In the nearly three-hundred-year history of Qing rule, Aisin Gioro Minning, the Daoguang Emperor, was a singular ruler. He was the “watershed” between the dynasty's rise and decline, a “witness” to the humiliations of modern Chinese history, and an emperor caught struggling between “preserving the status quo” and “reform.” Across 160 chapters, this book presents a panoramic account of the Daoguang Emperor's 69 years, from his days as a prince to his death, revealing the image of a frugal emperor
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Emperor Guangxu 光绪皇帝
This historical novel focuses on Guangxu, the tragic emperor of the late Qing Dynasty. With a delicate touch, it traces the extraordinary life of Aisin Gioro Zaitian, from a bewildered child brought into the palace, to a ruler striving for reform, to a prisoner confined on Yingtai, and finally to his death with his ambitions unrealized. In the final years of the Qing Dynasty, the realm was broken and buffeted by storms. Guangxu ascended the throne at the age of six and fell under Cixi’s control
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Ascend to the Ninth Heaven 欲上云霄九重天
A coral pendant engraved with a fire phoenix emblem draws Qi Ming, a destitute youth who lives on credit at a teahouse in Tianque City, into a shocking secret plot sweeping across four kingdoms. The moment the iron hooves of the Longxiang Army smash through the door, he still has no idea that the token his parents left him is the “key” that can overturn the world. The grand machinations governing the realm have barged into his life without warning. From a tide of Gu poison in a dungeon to a pack
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Legends of the Ming Dynasty 大明风云传奇
Before the black-robed monk died, he recommended his junior fellow disciple, “Layman Qingjiao,” to the emperor for the position of Imperial Preceptor of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Zhanji was ordered to go to Nanjing and invite the sage out of seclusion, but Qingjiao refused… Instead, he sent four of his disciples to accompany Zhu Zhanji out into the world. Two years later, Layman Qingjiao died, yet for decades afterward, traces of him appeared everywhere. Meng Xiong, Qingjiao’s third disciple and Zhu
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Song Cavalry Rules the World 宋骑天下
Modern engineering PhD Zhao Qi unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Emperor Huizong of Song, Zhao Ji. With the Jingkang Incident looming, he resolves to turn the empire’s fortunes around. His first move is to expand the Imperial City Bureau and divide its duties into specialized branches. When his ministers denounce him for “neglecting his proper duties,” Zhao Qi quietly equips all three armies with newly developed Shenbi crossbows. When the Jin army marches south toward the Sixteen Prefe
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Emperors of Every Dynasty Work as My Tenant Farmers 历代皇帝给我当佃农
Emperors of every dynasty arrive at the farm one after another, and are allotted land according to how long they ruled. Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, stared at the 3.7 mu of land he had just been assigned and fell into deep thought...
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Reborn in the World of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 重生笑傲江湖世界
The protagonist is reborn in the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. What are the Five Mountains Sword Alliance, the Sunflower Manual, or the Dugu Nine Swords compared to doing whatever you please? The martial world is simply a place where people clash with one another.
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