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I Refuse to Be an Emperor Who Dies Within a Month 老子不当一月就死的天子
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…
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- 102 Those Stories from the Ming Dynasty 明朝那些事 The gilded tiles of the Forbidden City glimmered coldly in the dusk. A draft swept through the side hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, making the candlelight flicker. Zhu Youjian suddenly sat bolt upright on the imperial bed, cold sweat soaking his bright yellow nightclothes embroidered with the Twelve Symbols. Clutching his forehead, he gasped for breath, the blue glow of a computer screen in a modern apartment still lingering before his eyes. Just three hours earlier, he had been staying u 2.9kReads—Score364Shelves
- 103 The Ming Dynasty: Those Stories, Complete Edition (2021 Expanded Edition) 明朝那些事儿·全集（2021年 增补版） Those Things About the Ming Dynasty mainly tells the history of the Ming dynasty over the three centuries from 1344 to 1644. Drawing on more than twenty sources and miscellanies from the Ming era, including the Veritable Records of the Ming, Comprehensive Mirror of the Ming, History of the Ming, and Comprehensive Records of the Ming, it was reviewed and recommended by Ming history expert Mao Peiqi. Take in three hundred years of Ming history and see a different Great Ming dynasty. The Ming dynas 15.5kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves
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From the Start, I Live-Stream the Great Ming, and Huaxia Civilization Leads by Ages 开局直播大明，华夏文明断层领先
(This book is not intended to disparage the present or glorify the past. The world I've created is fictional, so please don't conflate it with reality. My goal is to work toward China's rise! Nothing else is intended!) My name is Han Bixing, and I transmigrated into the Ming Dynasty as a fool. Everyone calls me crazy and pelts me with stones because I hold up a battered bronze mirror and talk to the air. They don't know that the other side of the mirror is connected to more than six hundred year
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The Guanshan Pact 关山契
On the western frontier, yellow sands bury the dead, and honor is as fragile as paper. The young Zhao Tianhao was merely a merchant’s son from Ping Wharf. With a heart full of sincerity, he kept his contracts, protected his family business, and brought peace to his neighbors. Yet the crushing might of the war-torn age destroyed his household, driving him to abandon trade and take up arms. He entered the death camp, managed military rations, trained a corps of death-defying soldiers, and defended
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- 106 Salt and Iron 盐铁 Liaodong is bitterly cold, and salt is worth its weight in gold. To save his parents, young Shen Huai pawns his hairpin for salt. But without a permit, the officials seize it. His father dies in prison, and his mother’s blood stains their doorstep. After a blizzard, he leaves his home behind and follows his uncle, a wandering man of the jianghu, onto the path of the black salt trade. From then on, he is drawn into the fateful abyss of salt and iron, military funds, and political power. At first, 439Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Ming Dynasty at Sunset 大明日落
The Ming Dynasty! The end of the Ming! Chen Feng establishes a power base between two mountains, keeping a low profile as he develops. When he runs out of money, he raids the Tartars! He grows stronger little by little, waiting for the day he can soar to greatness and build a prosperous dynasty where everyone has enough to eat! The Ming Dynasty! The Ming era! The end of the Ming!
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- 108 Transmigrate to the Late Ming: Admiral of the Ming Dynasty 穿越明末：提督大明 Zhen: Commander Tong, I've already let you establish your own residence and office, granted you the same rank as the Three Excellencies, given you authority to act in my name, and bestowed the Nine Gifts upon you. You're practically a deputy emperor in charge of day-to-day affairs. What more do you want from me? Tong: Your Majesty, please understand the situation and stop interfering with my efforts to govern the realm! 19.1kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves
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The Rise of the Late Ming: A Reborn Man’s Celebration 明末崛起：重生者的狂欢
What should you do after arriving in the late Ming dynasty? The last unified feudal dynasty founded by the Han people was already nearing its end. Productivity was low, there was no industry, most people couldn't even read, and there was a severe imbalance between men and women. The only solution was to give the people land so they could eat their fill, then build schools where children could learn to read and do arithmetic. Next, establish a system that could be continuously improved, rebuild p
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The Ming Restoration: I Am No Chongzhen, I Am the Regent 明祚：朕不是崇祯，朕是摄政王
Transmigrated into the late Ming dynasty as a brocade-clad guard, I find the Tianqi Emperor dead, the Chongzhen Emperor on the brink of death, and the eunuch Wei running rampant. I won't be a loyal subject or cannon fodder. I'll be the regent! Save the new emperor, take command of the brocade-clad guards, wipe out the eunuch faction, train a new army, build firearms, and save the empire from collapse! In this Ming dynasty, the emperor may not have the final say, but I do!
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- 111 Great Ming: I, Zheng Jing, Launch a Counterattack from the Sea 大明，我郑经从海上开始反攻 [Ming Dynasty + Counterattack + Sea Power + Free Trade + Manor Economy] Starting in 1662, I transmigrate as Zheng Jing, the son of Zheng Chenggong. I inherit my father’s last wishes, vow to resist the Qing and restore the Ming. From the start, I relocate to Taiwan to farm, reclaim wasteland, establish manors, and develop a manor economy. I cut off maritime trade between the north and south, acting as both middleman and tax collector. Within a few years, our money and grain stores grow, our fleet 71.9kReads8.7Score7.1kShelves
- 112 Reborn as a Tyrant in the Great Ming 重生大明当暴君 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
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Late Ming: Chongzhen, Don't Ascend the Throne Yet. Let Me Play Dead First 明末：崇祯你先别登基容我诈个尸
August 24, 1627. The Ming dynasty welcomed its final emperor. Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian, stood on the steps of the Jianji Hall, receiving the court officials' homage. Just as the enthronement ceremony reached its final stage, the late emperor Zhu Youxiao suddenly appeared in the doorway. “Chongzhen, don't ascend the throne just yet. Let me fake my own death first!” A firearms engineer arrives in the Ming dynasty with memories of his previous life. What changes will he bring to this empire o
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From Pangu to Puyi 从盘古到溥仪
[A Tomato-style Records of the Grand Historian + a blessing for audiobook listeners + grounded in historical sources + told with the flair of a novel] [Also known as From Pangu's Creation of the World to the Last Emperor's Abdication] A million-character epic spanning from Pangu's creation of the world to the last emperor's abdication. This isn't a mindless power fantasy: it combines historical authenticity with an engaging, nuanced touch. The book tells the whole story of Chinese history, from
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I Was Given a Wife When I Enlisted, and Conquered the Chaotic World with My Beauties 当兵发老婆，我靠美娇娘称霸乱世
[Ming dynasty, multiple heroines, ruthless struggle for supremacy, no System, crushing the Qing dogs, rebellion] “Do soldiers get wives? Living ones, the kind who can have kids?” After his soul lands in the late Ming, he opens his eyes on the verge of starving to death. Desperate for a bite to eat, he spins a tale to the recruiting officer. He only wanted to get enough food to eat, but the new recruits' camp is overrun with bullies, and he can't even get a bowl of sour porridge. Wang Ergou snaps
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- 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 497.6kReads9.7Score72.9kShelves
- 117 EN Divine Ability Wielder 神通者 Among the living things of this world, some are born with strange bones. These bones can be inscribed with wondrous arts, granting their bearers immense power: conjuring fire and wind, summoning thunder and lightning, swallowing the sun and plucking stars, suppressing demons and imprisoning gods. These are Divine Ability Bones. Those born with such bones are called... Divine Ability Users. 2.6MReads9.5Score376.7kShelves
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Late Ming: Tear the Realm to Pieces, Then Rebuild the Great Ming 明末：山河全部打烂，再建大明
Historians of later generations divided the Ming dynasty into three periods: the Northern Ming, the Southern Ming, and the Later Ming. Zhu Changrun, founder of the Later Ming, has received mixed assessments from China and abroad. A cold-blooded ruler, a racist, an emperor who rode the wave of industrialization, an Eastern Caesar... Western scholars often call him cold-blooded because, as the Northern Ming neared its end, he stood by without lifting a finger while members of the Zhu clan in the n
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I, Zhu Yingying, Have Returned 我朱雄英回来了
No golden finger, no cutting-edge technology, just an ancient way of thinking applied to making things happen. A different Ming Dynasty, a different Zhu Yingying!!! This isn't a mindless wish-fulfillment story!!!
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- 120 The Iron Cavalry of Liaodong 辽东铁骑 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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The Ming Dynasty Beneath the Sun and Moon 大明之日月之下
In an age of chaos, the world is a furnace that burns away the dross and tempers what remains into steel. On the twelfth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, five shooting stars fell into the Forbidden City. That night, the emperor in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the crown prince in the Palace of Gathered Elegance, the princess in the Palace of Longevity and Peace, Prince Ding in the Palace of Earthly Tranquility, and a hundred-household commander of the Embroidered Uni
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The Late Ming Trilogy 明末三部曲
This is a late-Ming historical epic told primarily from the perspective of the Daxi Army and the peasant rebels. The general approach is seventy percent fact and thirty percent fiction: the main characters and major events are real, but some real historical figures’ personalities, backgrounds, and experiences have been fictionalized. The trilogy’s central themes trace a path from the ensemble cast’s “instinct to survive and ideal of universal harmony” in the Survival arc, to “destruction, plunde
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Great Ming: The Emperor Has Gone on a Killing Spree 大明：皇帝杀疯了
Transmigrate to the Chongzhen era + Ming dynasty + soldier king + from the start + make money When he wakes, the top soldier king has become the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian. He faces a hellish start, beset by troubles at home and abroad: Later Jin cavalry are at the gates, the court officials bicker and undermine one another, the treasury is empty, and rebel bands are everywhere. The worst start in history? The soldier king just smiles. This is only a high-difficulty survival-mode dungeon. “I
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The Chronicles of Anton 安东志
When Fang Muchuan was thirteen, he stood on the walls of Lin'an and asked Zhao Wenxiu, “Grandfather, what's beyond the mountains?” “Annan. And beyond that, the sea.” He had no idea that one day he would lead the elite soldiers of the garrison across those mountains. In the tenth year of Chongzhen's reign, the Ming dynasty was battered by storms. Garrison officers embezzled soldiers' pay and seized military farmland, driving soldiers and their families to flee in droves. To the north, the Jurchen
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My Uncle Is Wei Zhongxian 我伯父是魏忠贤
In the second year of Tianqi, Wei Zhongxian’s nephew Wei Liangqing arrives in the capital and establishes himself in the Southern Pacification Office. At the time, the Ming army has just suffered a crushing defeat at Guangning, the She and An rebellions are raging, the Wenxiang Sect is stirring in the shadows, the Jurchens are raiding the border, and refugees are rising up everywhere. The empire is in danger from within and without. He refuses to join the eunuch faction or side with the Donglin
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- 126 The Red Tide Overwhelms the Qing 赤潮覆清 [No System + No Cheat Skills + Transmigration to the Qing Dynasty + Farming + Rebellion] In the spring of 1673, the twelfth year of the Kangxi reign, Wu Sangui killed Zhu Guozhi, the governor of Yunnan, and rebelled against the Qing. The whole realm rose in response, setting off the greatest upheaval of the early Qing dynasty, known to history as the Revolt of the Three Feudatories. Hou Juncheng transmigrates to the Qing dynasty on the eve of the revolt. Chinese history has veered onto a dark pa 5kReads9.1Score490Shelves
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Great Ming: The Village's Little Top Scholar, Whom Old Zhu Absolutely Adores 大明：乡村小状元，老朱贼稀罕我
During the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Qiniu, an ordinary four-year-old farm boy, accidentally comes across a silver bell. From then on, he dreams every night of entering a room filled with books: the Thousand Character Classic, the Hundred Family Surnames, the Four Books and Five Classics, collections of successful candidates’ exam essays from every dynasty, and more. With his golden finger and relentless effort, he becomes the top scholar before the age of ten. Beloved by Old Zhu, Litt
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Iron-Blooded Ming: One Man's Fury Stains the Land with Blood 铁血大明丶匹夫一怒血溅山河
Dear readers: Are you tired of late-Ming power fantasies where the protagonist's domineering aura sweeps over everyone from the start, recruiting famous ministers and fierce generals without a thought, then settling down to farm safely in a garrison? Great! This time, let's take the hard road instead, and write a tale of blood and battle for men of grit! The third year of Chongzhen, fifth month. The year 1630. A severe drought grips northern Shaanxi. A thousand miles of scorched earth, bones exp
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Great Ming: Reborn as the Chongzhen Emperor, I Choose to Give Up 大明：开局穿成崇祯，我选择摆烂
(No System!! Not a naive, inexperienced protagonist!! Not a wish-fulfillment story!! If that bothers you, read with caution!! This is a Chongzhen transmigration story rooted in the historical facts of the late Ming!!) (Absolutely no System! Don't believe the bad-faith review-bombing from black PR studios! I've been targeted!) History's dead ends are never rewritten with a casual stroke of a transmigrator's pen. Yuan Chonghuan's crimes and contributions, Sun Chuanting's life and death, Li Zich
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The Ming Dynasty's Junior Banner Officer 大明小旗官
The first day of the seventh month, in the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong reign. Xuanfu Garrison. A battlefield surgeon transmigrates into the lowest-ranking Ming Dynasty officer, a squad leader with ten soldiers under him, a monthly salary of two and a half qian, and a life hanging by a thread. He knows all too well that in forty-five days, at Tumu Fortress, half a million Ming troops will be wiped out in a single night. He also knows that in one hundred and ninety-five years, the Ming Dynast
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Since I'm Already Here, I'll Save the Great Ming 来都来了，我要救大明
My new work is out! Please check it out on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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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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Great Ming: From the Start, I Was Sentenced to Death by Lingchi, and Old Zhu Begged Me Not to Die 大明：开局被凌迟，老朱求我别死
[Historical What-If] + [System-Powered Thrill Ride] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Wildest Twists] Also known as: Ming Dynasty: Zhu Yuanzhang, My Grandson Is Even More Bloodthirsty Than Me; Ming Dynasty: From Zhu Xiongying to Zhu Ying, to the Voice of the World He transmigrates to the Ming dynasty and lands in hell mode from the start! I've become a condemned prisoner in the Lan Yu case. In three days, I'll be executed by a thousand cuts, and Old Zhu will have me skinned and stuffed with straw? At
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- 134 Late Ming: My Super-Empire, Zhu Cilang’s Great Ming 明末，我朱慈烺的大明超级帝国 The Chongzhen emperor's crown prince flees to Australia. He starts with a thousand refugees, builds an ironclad fleet in three years, sweeps across Southeast Asia in five, and reaches Europe in ten. His name is Zhu Cilang, the lost crown prince of a fallen dynasty. But within him now dwells a soul from 2026. [System + Farming + Naval Warfare + Revenge + Empire] On the eve of the dynasty's fall, the Chongzhen emperor shoves the last sea chart into his arms and kicks him out of the capital. Leadin 643Reads—Score109Shelves
- 135 My Courtyard Leads to the Ming Dynasty 我家院子可以去大明 Huang Xiao, a medical student, transmigrates to the fifth year of the Tianqi era of the Ming dynasty with a farmhouse. Using medicine far ahead of its time, he successfully treats the carpenter emperor, Zhu Youxiao. A wooden toy steam train turns Zhu Youxiao into his devoted fan. The late Ming is a world in chaos, plagued by natural disasters and human calamities, with flames of war blazing everywhere. It is an age woven from blood and fire! Backed by the abundant resources and advanced technolo 1.1kReads8.4Score101Shelves
- 136 Dad, You Transmigrated to the Late Ming Dynasty 爹，你穿越明末了 Li Heng receives a call from his missing father. Just as he is getting excited, his father tells him that he has transmigrated to the end of the Ming Dynasty. Li Heng: “Dad, I’ll get you an AK, and you get me an antique. We’ll build up the business and make it great again.” 5kReads8.6Score530Shelves
- 137 The Rise of an Empire: I Extend the Ming Dynasty by Seven Hundred Years! 帝国崛起：我为大明续命七百年！ [System + alternate-history Ming Dynasty + decisive and ruthless + iron-blooded emperor + farming] The Ming Empire is growing weaker by the day. Shen Yu, whose soul has transmigrated into this world, becomes the ninth prince. Let’s see how he makes the Ming realm shine brighter than ever. 29.5kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
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Ming's God of War, Zhu Di 大明战神朱棣
Why do we love reading about him? Because he lived the way we wish we could: if you don’t like it, fight! If you lose, own it! If you win, don’t brag. He feigned madness, played the fool, and even ate pig feed in a pigsty. Then he fought his way from Beiping to Nanjing and seized the dragon throne with his own hands. Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, was twenty when he was sent to govern Beiping. No one had any faith in this “Fourth Son.” His imperial father suspected him, his nephew trie
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The Founding God of War of the Ming Dynasty: Xu Da 大明开国战神：徐达
Xu Da, the Ming Dynasty’s foremost founding general, Zhu Yuanzhang’s top commander, and the man who laid the foundations for the vast Ming Empire, fought countless battles and never suffered a defeat. Steady and wise, he wielded his forces like a master and excelled at directing campaigns and commanding vast armies in decisive battles. At Lake Poyang, he helped Zhu Yuanzhang crush Chen Youliang’s million-strong army and pacify the south. He then led the northern campaign, capturing the Yuan capi
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Biding My Time in the Late Ming: Lying Flat Makes Me Invincible 苟在明末，躺平即无敌
The late Ming is in chaos. Bones stretch for miles, and the dynasty is on the verge of collapse. Ambitious warlords fight for their lives everywhere, and everyone is struggling to survive. But the System keeps me, a transmigrator among the refugees, on a tight leash: No striving, no raising an army, no standing out. I’m only allowed to lie flat and slack off. The more I keep my head down, the stronger I get. The lazier I am, the more invincible I become. While the world risks everything to save
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The Great Ming Empire: A Flourishing Realm 大明帝国之盛世江山
This book recounts the glory of the Ming dynasty, from Zheng He’s seven voyages to the Western Seas during the Yongle era and the Ren and Xuan reigns to the upheavals of the Zhengtong and Jingtai years. It follows the fortunes of five emperors, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Qizhen, and Zhu Qiyu, and depicts the thrilling history of the voyages to the Western Seas.
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Godhood! On the Eve of the Fall, I Lead Chongzhen in a Desperate Counterattack 封神！亡国前夜我带崇祯绝地反击
I transmigrated into the scene of Chongzhen’s suicide, with the Ming dynasty only an incense stick away from its fall! The [National Fortune System] bound itself to me, tying my fate to the Ming dynasty’s. If Chongzhen put a noose around his neck, I’d have to die alongside him! With no other choice, I tore down the white silk and blurted out a prophecy about Wu Sangui surrendering to the Qing, the Ten Days of Yangzhou, and the queue hairstyle and change of clothing. Chongzhen was stunned on the
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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！
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
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- 144 Late Ming: Five Potatoes from the Start, and the Crown Prince Wants to Flee 明末：开局五土豆，太子要跑路 Overworked office drone Zhu Ming transmigrates into Zhu Cilang, the Ming Dynasty crown prince. The good news: He’s the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, with a lofty status. The bad news: His father is the Chongzhen Emperor, and the capital will fall in just ten days. Other transmigrators: fighter jets, artillery, and mechanized infantry. Crown Prince Zhu: five potatoes. Fine, better make a run for it first. From Beijing to Dengzhou and Laizhou, from five potatoes to a yield of three thous 2.3kReads—Score209Shelves
- 145 Reborn as Zhu Biao: Building the Greatest Ming Dynasty 重生朱标，打造巅峰大明 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
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Rebuilding the Great Ming: I Am Crown Prince Zhu Cilang 重建大明，我是太子朱慈烺
In the final years of the Chongzhen reign, during the Little Ice Age, the empire is beset by internal strife and external threats. The land lies in ruins, the people live in misery, and corpses of the starved litter the fields. As Zhu Cilang, rightful heir to the Great Ming, I must turn the tide, restore order, and rebuild the empire from the ground up.
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Great Ming: The New Son of Heaven of the Zhengtong Era 大明：正统新天子
Also known as I, Zhu Qizhen, Refuse to Let the Tumu Fortress Fall The moment Zhu Qizhen opened his eyes, he had become the young Son of Heaven of the Great Ming. The good news: the Tumu Fortress disaster was still fourteen years away. The bad news: not a single official at court truly treated him as the emperor. The Tumu Fortress Crisis: the finest troops of the Great Ming wiped out, the emperor captured. That was history’s verdict. But when Zhu Qizhen awoke, the calamity was still fourteen year
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- 148 Back in the Ming Dynasty as the Emperor's Grandson 回到大明当皇孙 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.) 187Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 149 I’m a Ming Imperial Clansman, Not a Bandit 我，大明宗室，不想当流贼 In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the splendor of “the Great Ming, whose dominion encompassed the seas and lands, surpassing the Three Dynasties and eclipsing Han and Tang, whose subjects filled all beneath the heavens...” had quietly faded away. The realm was in turmoil and the great edifice on the verge of collapse. Barbarians ran rampant, rebels wreaked havoc, natural and man-made disasters abounded, and the starving dead lay everywhere. Amidst the smoke of war that now blanketed the land, 38.3kReads8.7Score3kShelves
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The Chongzhen Emperor: Building a New Ming Dynasty with Money 崇祯大帝：用钱砸出一个新大明
A 21st-century office worker wakes up to find himself Chongzhen, beset by crises within and without. The Jurchen beyond the passes burn, pillage, and ravage the land. Rebel armies storm cities and seize territory. The army is weak and starving, natural disasters never let up, and the people have been driven from their homes. Corrupt leeches infest the court, both inside and out. The state treasury is so empty it could starve a mouse, and the imperial coffers contain only one thousand taels of si
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