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  1. 251 A Transmigrator’s Struggle in Hami Guard at the End of the Ming Dynasty 穿越明末哈密卫奋斗史 Historical329k WordsCompleted In his previous life, he started from nothing and built a team of several hundred people, carving out a path to success in the business world. In this life, armed with knowledge and methods centuries ahead of his time, is he really going to die in misery in this godforsaken, ramshackle military fortress? “Let’s start with a modest goal…” “Take Hami City.” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  2. 252 History's Toughest Nepo Baby: My Sister-in-Law Is Empress Ma 史上最硬二代:我嫂子是马皇后 Historical223k WordsOngoing I transmigrate to the early Ming Dynasty. While others rely on their family backgrounds and political scheming, I defy fate with nothing but my modern knowledge. From an unknown nobody, I fight my way up to become the Ming Dynasty's Prince of Zhenbei, wielding power across the realm and striking fear into all directions. I build a mighty army, crush my enemies, enrich the nation, and sweep aside all who dare defy me. I claim vast lands and win the heart of a peerless beauty. I will reshape the M 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  3. 253 Grand Protector of Anxi 安西大都护 Historical464k WordsCompleted In 2024, beside a collapsed ancient tomb on Mount Zhongnan, an archaeological team unearthed an iron certificate mottled with rust. They brushed away the dust, revealing several lines of fierce inscription that pierced through a thousand years: “Li Yan, loyal and valiant general of the Great Tang and Pillar of State, was originally a son of Huaxia. My soul crossed a hundred years, while my body guarded Anxi. The spirit of the Zhenguan era had not yet faded, and the beacon fires of Tianbao were a 8Reads—Score—Shelves
  4. 254 Lone Loyalty in the Vast Sea 沧海孤忠 Historical825k WordsOngoing The Solitary Loyalist of the Vast Sea: The Complete Biography of Zheng Chenggong is a heroic elegy that delves deep into the heart and probes the soul. This book seeks to go beyond a simple tale of monument-building and portray a real man struggling amid the upheavals of his age. He was the son of a pirate, of mixed Chinese and Japanese heritage, and a Confucian scholar with the world in his heart. He was the "Lord of the Imperial Surname," personally named by the Longwu Emperor, and a lone mini 83Reads7.0Score—Shelves
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  5. 255 Iron-Blooded Qin: I Conquer the World for Ying Qu Liang 铁血大秦我为嬴渠梁打天下 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Qin Yi, a top modern special forces commander and military-industry expert, transmigrates into the body of an ordinary Qin soldier from the early Warring States period, who also happens to be named Qin Yi. Faced with a poor and weak Qin state, he starts from the very bottom, relying on military ideas and scientific knowledge far ahead of his time, along with a will of steel. He improves weapons, establishes a new army, and assists Duke Ying Quliang of Qin in carrying out sweeping reforms, breaki 12Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 256 The Prince Goes on a Journey: Forced to Become a Hostage from the Start 皇子出游:开局被逼做质子 Historical198k WordsOngoing I transmigrated into the body of a prince, thinking I could lie flat and enjoy the good life. Who knew the original owner was a walking jinx, someone everyone avoided like the plague? On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I stumbled upon a prince's affair. I managed to kill him in self-defense, but that brought trouble that could cost me my life. My emperor father doesn't even know what I look like, and my brothers want me dead the moment they lay eyes on me. To make matters worse, I'm being 14Reads—Score—Shelves
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  7. 257 The Engineer Emperor 工科大明 Historical1.4M WordsCompleted Lu Ren, an engineering professor, unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a baby in a farming family in Henan during the Hongzhi reign of the Ming Dynasty. He first entered the imperial examination arena to compete against the greats, then used his engineering knowledge to advance technology and improve people's lives. As he steadily expanded his influence, he wrote an extraordinary legend in the Great Ming. 4.5kReads8.8Score569Shelves
  8. 258 Back to the End of the Ming Dynasty as a World Leader 回到明末当球长 Historical1.3M WordsOngoing Question: If you had a chance to go back to the Ming Dynasty, would you go? Answer: No. Question: Why not? Answer: I wouldn’t be able to use my phone or play games. No running water, no electricity, no internet. It’d be like going back to the dark ages. Only an idiot would go! Question: What if you got a System, too? Answer: What kind of System? Question: A trading System. You could use it to do business with people in the modern world, so you’d have everything you need. How about it? Answer: St 170Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 259 A Divine Doctor System from the Start: I Rule the Great Ming 开局神医系统,我在大明横着走 Historical2.0M WordsOngoing [Great Ming] + [Feel-Good Story] + [Miracle Healer] Liu Ce transmigrates to the Hongwu era of the Great Ming and becomes a lowly servant at the Imperial Medical Academy. He awakens a miracle healer System that lets him exchange for any modern medicine. First he treats Zhu Xiongying, then Empress Ma, and then Zhu Biao. From governing the country and waging war to ingenious inventions and the literary arts, there's nothing he doesn't know. From miracle healer to prince of a different surname, this 116.2kReads8.3Score11.1kShelves
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  10. 260 The Ming Dynasty's Favorite: Zhu Biao's Daughter Is a Transmigrator 大明第一团宠:朱标闺女是穿越来 Ancient Romance650k WordsCompleted [Beloved by All · No Romance · Little Girl · Dual Transmigration] A five-year-old cutie brings her family’s ancestral jade pendant and turns the Ming imperial palace into a family playground! Zhu Xiaoxiao was simply taking a trip to Zhongshan with her family when, in the blink of an eye, she transmigrated to the imperial palace of the Ming dynasty. Before her stand a stern grandpa in a dragon robe, a gentle and kind Crown Prince uncle, and her fourth uncle, Zhu Di, who’s always competing with he 392Reads7.2Score110Shelves
  11. 261 Great Ming! The Imperial Clan's Grandson Battles for the Throne 大明!皇明嫡孙争霸天下 Historical212k WordsOngoing Transmigrating to the fifteenth year of Hongwu, I become the Ming dynasty’s most unfortunate legitimate grandson: Zhu Yuntong. My birth mother died young, my eldest brother was murdered, Lady Lu is watching me like a hawk, and the palace maids and eunuchs dare to poison me to my face. The original owner was weak and ready to die, but now I’m here! Armed with an Emperor’s Contest System, I overturn the plot to poison me in the Eastern Palace from the start! Others rely on patience to win the succ —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  12. 262 Transmigrated as Hu Hai: From the Start, I Kill Fu Su to Save Meng Tian 穿越胡亥:开局杀扶苏救蒙恬 Historical420k WordsOngoing The moment I opened my eyes, I had become Hu Hai. Qin Shi Huang had just breathed his last. Zhao Gao was smiling at me, Li Si was still hesitating, and Fusu was about to be sentenced to death. And I was the puppet who, according to history, would lose the empire in just three years. If I followed the script, I’d kill my own brother, trust Zhao Gao, rule as a tyrant, and eventually be forced to take my own life. I didn’t want to die. So I had to become emperor: a real emperor, not a marionette in 130Reads—Score—Shelves
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  13. 263 Just Venting: My Cursed Roommate Became Chongzhen 吐槽一下:我的冤种舍友穿成崇祯 Historical324k WordsOngoing Li A Jie, a modern-day corporate drone, wakes up to find that he's landed in the disastrous final years of the Ming Dynasty, as the foolish son of a landlord, a spoiled brat from a small salt merchant family in Jiangnan. Even more absurdly, his useless roommate, who used to call him “Brother Jie, carry me to victory!” every day in their dorm, has become the Chongzhen Emperor, with a noose around his neck and a death countdown ticking away! With flames of war on all sides and the court rotten to —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 264 I Debate the Classics with Great Scholars in the Embroidered Uniform Guard 我在锦衣卫跟大儒辩经 Historical1.2M WordsOngoing Yang Zhi, a top salesman and philosophy graduate student in his previous life, transmigrates to the end of the Zhengde era of the Ming Dynasty. Through a twist of fate, he joins the Embroidered Uniform Guard, passes the imperial examination, enters the Hanlin Academy, and debates the classics with the great scholars at court! 4.9kReads8.8Score356Shelves
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  15. 265 Reviving the Great Ming: A Lone Minister Founds Constitutional Rule 中兴大明,我以孤臣开宪政 Historical731k WordsOngoing The protagonist, Su Ran, transmigrates into another world when the Tianqi Great Explosion occurs. Through a stroke of fortune, he takes over the original owner’s body and enters the chaotic final years of the Ming Dynasty. See: A modern transmigrator versus the chosen one of the age. Heaven itself seems determined to help the Qing, the chosen ones of this world, sending one disaster after another: droughts, locust plagues, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis... A whole new game of political intrigue, 55Reads—Score—Shelves
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  16. 266 Ming Dynasty Natives Versus Transmigrators 皇明土著大战穿越众 Historical3.7M WordsOngoing Current plot: A newcomer to officialdom enters the inner circle as a pawn, but refuses to settle for mediocrity and wants to break free of his constraints. By chance, he gets caught up in turmoil on the frontier, where three hundred battered soldiers rout thirty thousand northern invaders. Zheng Zhi, a household retainer of the Zhen Ding Guard under the Ming rear army's Governor's Office, dreams of himself sixty years in the future. From then on, the Ming Dynasty gains a peerless talent in both 170Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  17. 267 Transmigrated to the End of the Yuan Dynasty, I Forge an Imperial Edict to Pacify Henan 穿越元末,我矫诏镇河南 Historical109k WordsCompleted Transmigrated into the fifth year of the Zhiyuan era under the Yuan dynasty, Fan Mengduan is a low-ranking clerk in Bianliang. Above him, Mongol officials bully and exploit the people. Below him, the common folk are crushed by harsh taxes. They can endure no more, and neither can he. Though only a humble functionary, he forges a secret edict sealed in a wax pill, impersonates an imperial envoy, and wipes out the top power brokers of Henan Province in a single night. He seals off the Yellow River 13Reads—Score—Shelves
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  18. 268 The Great Qi Marquis of One Step 大齐一步侯 Historical846k WordsCompleted [Alternate history, airtight logic, a treat to listen to, multiple heroines, lighthearted daily life, the jianghu and court politics, love and hate, national and family vendettas...] A modern-day criminal investigator transmigrates into the body of a minor official in the State of Qi. At first, his only dream is to stay alive. But when foreign barbarians invade the Central Plains, slaughtering and pillaging until the kingdom falls and families are torn apart, he has no choice but to enter the fr 17kReads8.2Score1kShelves
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  19. 269 Dual Transmigration: My Villa Connects to the Ming Dynasty 双穿:我家别墅通大明 Historical748k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out, and I have no idea whether it'll go up later!] [Hongwu era] [Sweet romance] [One heroine] [Comedy] [Mutual transmigration] [Political intrigue] [The emperor's trusted confidant] [Imperial son-in-law of the Great Ming] [Absolutely handwritten, no AI] [Important notice: The "young lady" tag was clicked by mistake and can't be changed.] I'm Wang Buyào, a rich second-generation kid. I have three great loves in life: video games, staying home, and resisting marriage pressur 2.1kReads6.9Score101Shelves
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  20. 270 Reborn at the End of the Ming Dynasty: First, Save the Nine Thousand Years 重生明末,开局先救九千岁 Historical264k WordsOngoing After transmigrating as the Chongzhen Emperor, he saves the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old from the start. Seizing the wealth is better than seizing the family. The eunuch faction is the emperor's faction. Government orders don't reach beyond the imperial city? No problem, I'll replace the officials! The Ministry of Revenue can't raise money? No problem, I'll replace them! The Beijing garrison can't fight? No problem, I'll replace them! ...No problem, I'll replace them! Starting with the people in power —Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 271 The Iron-Boned Ming, Zhu Qizhen the Fortress Emperor 大明硬骨头,堡宗朱祁镇 Historical204k WordsOngoing [No System, no golden finger, no overpowered protagonist, no crushing everyone with brute force] On the eve of the Tumu Crisis, he transmigrates as Zhu Qizhen and is emperor for just one day. Why did Zhu Qizhen clear Wang Zhen's name? Was the Zhu Qizhen who returned to power in history really the same man? Did the Ming dynasty truly begin its decline with him? Of the sixteen Ming emperors, how many met a clear-cut end? He must survive first. Only then can he think about anything else. With three 729Reads—Score117Shelves
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  22. 272 The Great Ming Surveillance Court 大明道察院 Historical690k WordsOngoing [See the epic history of the Daoist sects in the early Ming through the eyes of a transmigrator] In the third year of Hongwu, the Hongwu Emperor established the mysterious Dao Investigation Bureau to rein in Daoist sorcerers who could turn the tide at will. There is no carefree Daoist life here, only the ironclad rule that “magic must be bounded by law, and the Dao restrained by regulations.” Even mighty cultivators who can fly through the skies and burrow through the earth must face execution i 3.3kReads9.3Score492Shelves
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  23. 273 Lessons from Ancient History 3 古史今鉴3 Historical1.7M WordsOngoing The Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, followed by the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. Beginning amid the Sixteen Kingdoms, the story ends with the fall of the Qing. A novel's surface, forged around the bones of true history. A tale of China's loyal heroes, carrying on the legacy of the Han people. In the early third century AD, the Three Kingdoms were reunited under the Jin dynasty, bringing the realm together. But this brief unity was merely the prelude to an even greater catastr 38Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. 274 I Was Reborn as the Bowl from Zhu Yuanzhang’s Great Ming Origin Story 我穿成了大明朱元璋开局那一个碗 Historical322k WordsCompleted Everyone knows the history of the Ming Dynasty began with a bowl and ended with a rope. The good news is that I, Chen Xihai, transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty with a System. The bad news is that I’m the very bowl the dynasty began with. To activate the System, Zhu Yuanzhang has to touch me with his own hands. Tell me, when will a broken bowl enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple ever get the chance to activate a System? Then one day, Zhu Yuanzhang came to the temple with Empress Ma, Zhu Bia 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
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  25. 275 Justice in Jinling 金陵昭雪 Historical531k WordsOngoing [No Golden Finger] [Historical Mystery] [Political Intrigue] [War] In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, on the eve of Zhu Yuanzhang's death, the Crown Prince's eldest son, Zhu Yunwen (Wang Wen), opens his eyes to find a stranger's gaze staring back from inside the Hall of Martial Valor. The deadly Jingnan Campaign is drawing near. Before Zhu Yuanzhang's cold body, he vows to defy the so-called “inevitable mandate of Heaven”: Crush the Jingnan Campaign and challenge fate! Through one setback an —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  26. 276 The Art of Imperial Politics: The Jiajing Era 帝王心术:嘉靖时代 Historical227k WordsCompleted This novel offers a profound look at Jiajing’s transformation from an energetic reformer into an emperor obsessed with Daoism. Daoist priests such as Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen used mysticism to manipulate his inner world; Yan Song and his son won favor with Daoist prayers and monopolized power for twenty years; Xu Jie bided his time before finally bringing down the treacherous ministers; and Hai Rui risked his life to submit a memorial condemning the ills of the age. Together, these vivid ch 1.2kReads6.9Score114Shelves
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  27. 277 Clear and Bright 澈明 Historical281k WordsOngoing Transported into the late Ming dynasty, with hellish circumstances from the start. No System, no harem, just the soul of a modern wage slave and a profound unwillingness to accept the dynasty’s doomed ending. Keeping a low profile among the common folk, biding my time in the ranks, and advancing one careful step at a time. With the knowledge I’ve gained across four centuries, I will raise a new sun that never sets over a fallen China! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 278 Twelve Hours to Seize the Gate 夺门十二时辰 Historical105k WordsCompleted In 1457, Zhu Qiyu, the Ming Emperor Jingtai, lay gravely ill. Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, Xu Youzhen, and others secretly plotted the Coup of the Palace Gate, hoping to restore the former emperor Zhu Qizhen to the throne. Five days before the coup, a modern soul transmigrated into the body of the Jingtai Emperor, Zhu Qiyu, and awoke with memories of the history books. Faced with a failing body, a fractious court, and palace intrigues swirling beneath the surface, he had only 120 shichen to turn the t 44Reads—Score—Shelves
  29. 279 A Ming Eunuch: The Return of the Jingtai Emperor 明宦之景泰重临 Historical433k WordsOngoing In the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong era, amid the blood and flames of the Coup at the Gate, the imprisoned Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu died full of bitterness. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the second year of the Xuande era (1427), the day he was born outside the palace as an “imperial grandson.” His soul belonged to an emperor who had endured humiliation and betrayal and watched an empire fall, but his body was that of an infant who had not even been entered into the imperi —Reads—Score—Shelves
  30. 280 Li Kui Is a Little Busy 李逵,有点忙 Eastern Fantasy625k WordsOngoing Li Kui of the Marshes of Liangshan is dead. The Liangshan hero Li Kui is dead. The Heavenly Wound Star, Li Kui, smashed the Southern Heavenly Gate and rebelled against the Hall of Miraculous Mist, only to be cast into the Underworld and made a guilty god “on a break.” Granny Meng held out a cloudy bowl of soup. “Drink it. Forget your past, settle your grievances, and enter the cycle of reincarnation anew. It will be a release for you, too.” Li Kui stared at the soup that could end all suffering —Reads—Score—Shelves
  31. 281 The World Is Falling Apart: Escape from Tumu Fortress and Flee for My Life! 天崩:逃出土木堡,亡命狼居胥! Historical450k WordsOngoing [Survival of the Fittest] [No System] [Political Intrigue] He transmigrates into Zhu Qizhen. He is emperor for just one day, before being forced to flee into the snowy north. The Battle of Tumu is riddled with unanswered questions. First, he has to stay alive. Only then can he think about anything else... 11Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 282 The Pinnacle of the Noble Consort 贵妃之巅 Ancient Romance372k WordsCompleted “A twisted romance” + “palace intrigue” + “a tragedy of the age.” During the Chenghua reign of the Ming dynasty, palace maid Wan Zhen'er spent ten years bringing Crown Prince Zhu Jianshen, confined in the Cold Palace, back from hell to the world of the living. What began as a desperate act of protection warped, under the influence of power, into a twisted symbiosis. Seventeen years older than him, she was his nursemaid and elder sister, and eventually became his only Noble Consort, as well as hi 824Reads—Score100Shelves
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  33. 283 Wu Zetian Comes to the Great Ming: I Shall Uphold Its Three-Century Legacy 武后临明:朕扶大明三百年 Historical486k WordsCompleted In the early years of the Chongzhen reign, the Ming dynasty was beset by turmoil, its collapse seemingly just around the corner. The legendary female emperor Wu Zetian transmigrated into the body of Empress Zhou. The moment she opened her eyes, she was beset by troubles at home and abroad, surrounded by enemies on all sides. She did not rule from behind the curtain or meddle in state affairs. As empress, she advanced one careful step at a time: She built armies of warrior monks and established 21Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 284 The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝:帝朝崛起 Historical1.6M WordsCompleted This is the legendary life of God's agent, entrusted with shepherding His flock! From a modern transmigrator to a medieval infant, he relied on the Mount & Blade System and his own strategic brilliance to break free from constraints, defend the Holy City, establish an empire, and change the course of history for both the Crusaders and the Islamic world. (Early game: using Mount & Blade to break through; mid-game: political scheming; late game: cyberpunk space opera) 79Reads—Score106Shelves
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  35. 285 Dusty Dreams of Southern Ming 尘梦南明 Historical953k WordsOngoing In 1645, the first year of the Hongguang reign. The realm lies in ruins, Qing troops advance south, and war and displacement engulf the Central Plains. Wang Mochen, an ordinary man from the modern era, unexpectedly transmigrates into this age of chaos. At first, he is overwhelmed by fear and uncertainty, helpless and in constant danger of losing his life. He awakens a System that seems capable of helping him survive in this troubled world, but its conditions are harsh and its price steep. It wil 33Reads—Score—Shelves
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  36. 286 The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon. 1.7kReads—Score144Shelves
  37. 287 The Marxist Emperor of the Great Ming: Chongzhen’s Answer 大明马哲主义皇帝:崇祯的答卷 Historical954k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + political intrigue + alternate history + struggle for supremacy] Watch as a modern Marxist, well-versed in the art of overthrowing dragons, prescribes the first powerful remedy for a Ming dynasty rotten to the core! He has an answer to deliver! I was a Marxism student in graduate school. One moment I was asleep, and the next I had become Chongzhen, the emperor who would hang himself on Coal Hill! With the treasury empty, political factions at each other's throats, and rebels ris 42Reads7.1Score—Shelves
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  38. 288 Crown Prince Liu Ju of the Ming: My Father Is Zhu Yuanzhang 明太子刘据:我的老爹朱元璋 Historical1.3M WordsOngoing Part of the Emperor Qin, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Taizong of Tang, and Emperor Taizu of Ming series: The Crown Prince of Han, Liu Ju, Reincarnated in Zhu Biao He is Liu Ju, a lonely soul who has lingered for a thousand years. All his life, he wanted nothing more than to hear, “A father understands his son, and a son understands his father.” He is Zhu Yuanzhang, an iron-willed emperor who, in his later years, bears the pain of losing his son. When the soul of a crown prince from the Han dynas 2kReads8.6Score141Shelves
  39. 289 Conquest of Two Worlds: From Ming Dynasty Playboy to Interstellar Overlord 双界征途:从明朝纨绔到星际霸主 Historical234k WordsCompleted Modern archaeologist Mu Tianbo falls from a building while protecting a mysterious piece of ancient jade, and is reborn as the legitimate grandson of the Duke of Qian in Ming Dynasty Guizhou. Using his modern knowledge and the jade’s mysterious power, he secretly drives technological innovations within his family from the age of three: soap, iron smelting, glassware, and more. Step by step, he changes the course of Ming history. But a Tusi rebellion in Yunnan, infighting within his family, and t 2Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  40. 290 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: I Am the Great Ming’s Sagely Founder! 崇祯十七年:朕乃皇明圣祖! Historical158k WordsOngoing He transmigrates back to New Year’s Eve in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. The Ming dynasty is on the verge of collapse, officials are corrupt, rebel armies press on, and the Manchus watch like tigers poised to pounce. In his previous life, he governed diligently for seventeen years, only to become the ruler who lost his country. In this life, Zhu Youjian will endure no more! Confiscate corrupt officials’ fortunes to raise a million soldiers’ pay; Take in the refugees outside the city and put —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 291 Zhaowu Restoration: Prince Gui Saves the Ming 昭武中兴:桂王挽明 Historical393k WordsOngoing An epic of the late Ming, not a transmigration tale, and a stirring lament for the Southern Ming. This is not the story of a transmigrator. There is no System and no golden finger. There is only Zhu Youheng, the son of a prince, born in the last days of an empire and raised deep within the palace. He bore the destiny bound up in the name “Youheng,” bestowed upon him by his grandfather, the Wanli Emperor. When the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself at Coal Hill, the empire’s skies collapsed. Power, 47Reads—Score—Shelves
  42. 292 Zhang Juzheng's Unusual Life 张居正的别样人生 Historical444k WordsOngoing Imperial examinations, a soul transmigration, and saving the Ming from collapse. Zhang Juzheng, the six-time examination laureate, will no longer keep his head down in this life. I’ll beat Yan Shifan to a pulp. I’ll raise Longqing well, so the Jiajing Emperor can devote himself to cultivating in peace. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 293 Reborn: I Fight for Emperor Wanli 重生之我为万历爷打天下 Historical1.1M WordsOngoing Tang Song is reborn as a Ming general, taking part in the Wanli campaigns and witnessing the last glory of an ancient empire. By a twist of fate, he becomes good friends with the Wanli Emperor... 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 294 The Great Ming's Embroidered Uniform Guard: I, a Banner Officer 大明锦衣:我,小旗官 Historical986k WordsOngoing Nineteen-year-old Ye Qingyu is a junior officer in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. He seems laid-back and easygoing, but in truth he is sly, cunning, and deeply calculating, well versed in how to play the pig to eat the tiger. On his first day in officialdom, he offends Lu Zhiyuan, a director in the Ministry of Revenue, and faces hired assassins and official harassment. But with his sharp wits, he turns the tables at every step and keeps his enemies firmly in his grasp. He keeps to a small courty 39Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 295 Late Ming: From Overthrowing the Ming to Sweeping Away the Qing 明末:从覆明到扫清 Historical139k WordsOngoing No System + Political Schemes and Wits + Military Conquest + Rise from Humble Beginnings + The Road to Empire In the late Ming dynasty, the court is corrupt and disasters plague the land. Peasant uprisings rage within, while the Qing court eyes the realm from without. The country is shattered, and the Ming dynasty's downfall seems inevitable. A commoner from a mountain village rises to command the realm, topples the Ming, sweeps away the Qing, restores the land, and takes control of its fate. Th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  46. 296 The Ming Dynasty's General Manager 大明总经理 Historical679k WordsCompleted In my previous life, I was the CEO of a business empire. In this life, I’m at the helm of the Ming Group. The emperor is the chairman, and the realm is a corporation. You want to talk ancestral laws and regulations? I only care about performance and financial statements! You want to play court politics? I’m an expert in corporate warfare! This is a crushing, one-sided assault on a decaying dynasty using KPIs, audits, and mergers and acquisitions. Watch me rise from humble beginnings and become t 20Reads—Score—Shelves
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  47. 297 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 135Reads9.5Score—Shelves
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