The Best Ming Dynasty Novels, Rated 9.5: Thrilling and Newly Updated 大明好看的大明9.5，刺激，最新的
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The Eight-Year-Old Blind Imperial Grandson Crawls Out of the Ming Tomb from the Start 八岁瞎眼圣孙，开局爬出大明皇陵
(The author has already completed a million-word novel, so readers can dive in with confidence. Political intrigue + a story of loving grandfathers and filial grandsons + a tale of conquering the world. Zhu Yuanzhang is ruthless in the early stages, and the protagonist becomes ruthless later on. Readers who dislike saintly do-gooders or people who argue for argument's sake may want to steer clear!!!) Zhu Xiongying, the eldest legitimate grandson of the Ming dynasty and Zhu Biao's eldest legitima
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- 2 Ming Dynasty: My Years as Zhu Yuanzhang's Heckler 大明，我给老朱当喷子的那些年 If there’s anything you think could be improved, please point it out gently. I’ll make changes. Thank you. The protagonist’s official career: Investigating Censor, Supervising Censor, County Magistrate, Inspecting Censor and Deputy Censor-in-Chief, Censor-in-Chief, Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Grand Secretary of the Hall of Cautious Diligence and Minister of Personnel. Gu Chen opens his eyes and finds himself in the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, as a low-ranking remonstrance official. He ha 51.8kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves
- 3 My Nephew Is the Chongzhen Emperor: Building an Everlasting Ming Dynasty 家侄崇祯，打造大明日不落 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
- 4 The First Duke of the Great Ming 大明第一公 I am Li Jinglong. This is my story, and the story of the Great Ming. 130kReads9.2Score14.1kShelves
- 5 Great Ming: My Father Is Yongle, and I Shall Guard the Realm Forever 大明：家父永乐，永镇山河 In the final years of the Jianwen era, the Prince of Yan entered the capital, took the throne, and adopted the reign title Yongle. A great empire was turning a brand-new page, on the verge of ushering in an age of peace for the ages. A young man from the future transmigrates into the famous “Grilled Meat Prince,” Zhu Gaoxu. Before him stand the brilliant Yongle Emperor, Zhu Laosi; his frail, sickly eldest brother, Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi; his beloved nephew, the Good Holy Grandson Zhu Zhanji… 54.3kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
- 6 The Great Ming's Number One Troublemaker 大明第一搅屎棍 [No System + No cheat abilities + Saving the Ming + Farming + Hegemony + Colonization + Lie-flat lifestyle] He transmigrates to the spring of Chongzhen Year 11 and becomes the youngest son of the Duke of England's household, doted on by everyone. Having been given a second life, Zhang Shikang refuses to work himself to the bone again. All he wants is to live honestly as a wastrel. But the Ming dynasty is doomed to collapse in just six years, and his whole family will perish without a trace. For 4.3kReads8.8Score332Shelves
- 7 Longevity: I Was Picked Up by Xu Da in the Ming Dynasty 长生：我在大明被徐达捡回家 [Longevity] [Healing] [Feel-good power fantasy] In the fifth year of the Hongwu reign, Yang Xuan met Xu Da, who had returned from a failed northern campaign. To fill his belly, Yang Xuan agreed to become Xu Da’s disciple, beginning his years in the Great Ming dynasty. He lived through the bloodshed of the Hongwu era, witnessed the nations paying court during the Yongle era, and saw the prosperity of the Ren and Xuan reigns. He was Zhu Biao’s close friend and confidant. He was the person Zhu Di t 22.5kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
- 8 Great Ming: Zhu Yuanzhang Weeps at the Comparison of Two Chongzhens 大明：双崇祯对比，朱元璋看哭了 Across the different historical eras of the Ming Dynasty, a sky screen suddenly appeared, showing two very different lives of the Chongzhen Emperor. As Zhu Yuanzhang watched the sky screen show Zhu Youjian, the Great Ming Guangwu Emperor, saving the dynasty in its final years, revitalizing the Ming, strengthening the nation through science and education, and earning praise for generations to come, he then glanced at the other Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor who was stubborn and self-willed, r 17.8kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
- 9 Great Ming: Zhu Yuanzhang Fakes His Death, and I Choose to Ascend the Throne! 大明：朱元璋假死，我选择登基！ [No System + Meticulous + Emperor + Scheming + Twists + Political Intrigue and Wits + Logical Plot] In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuntong, who had transmigrated into this world, discovered that Old Zhu had kicked the bucket ahead of schedule. All the better. Letting Zhu Yunwen sit on the Dragon Throne would be a waste, so I’ll take it! But Zhu Yuntong had no idea. Zhu Yuanzhang had only faked his death to test Zhu Yunwen. “What? Zhu Yuntong has ascended the throne?!” “He wants to aboli 4.1kReads8.2Score491Shelves
- 10 Ming Dynasty Tyrant: I’ll Extend the Dynasty’s Reign by 300 Years 大明暴君，我为大明续运三百年 [Political intrigue]+ [Passionate]+ [Struggle for supremacy]+ [Ruthless]+ [No System] “Zhu Youjian, go in peace. Everything you had will be inherited by me, Ye Xuan. From this day on, I am the sixteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen. I swear here: Those you, Zhu Youjian, could not kill, I, Chongzhen, will kill. What you, Zhu Youjian, could not accomplish, I, Chongzhen, will accomplish. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are rebelling? Then it depends on whether I give them the chance! The J 100.2kReads9.2Score12.2kShelves
- 11 EN The Great Ming's Strongest Imperial Grandson: Asking the Emperor for Death at the Start 大明：最强太孙，开局求老朱赐死 In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao died. Zhu Yuanzhang planned to make Zhu Yunwen the Imperial Grandson. Just then, Zhu Yuntong, who had transmigrated from the future, decided it was worth fighting for the position. Otherwise, after the three fools of the Jianwen era made a mess of things and his fourth uncle, Zhu Di, raised an army to suppress the rebellion, Zhu Yuntong might not even get the chance to live as a carefree prince when the troops reached the capital. So, dur 5.6kReads7.8Score410Shelves
- 12 My Grandpa Is the Daoist Emperor 我爷爷是道士皇帝 His grandfather practices Daoist arts and seeks medicinal remedies. He won't live in the imperial palace, preferring a Daoist temple... His father is a womanizer who stays in the palace, working tirelessly as a busy little bee in the imperial harem... Young Zhu Yijun quietly watches them perform from the sidelines, thinking to himself, “Now that you're done, it's my turn to put on a show...” 74.3kReads9.0Score7.6kShelves
- 13 Great Ming: My Sister Is Ma Xiuying 大明：我姐是马秀英 I am Ma Shilong. My name may be ordinary, but my status in the Ming is anything but. I am the younger brother of Empress Ma, brother-in-law to Zhu Yuanzhang, founding emperor of the Ming, and maternal uncle to the Crown Prince Zhu Biao, the Prince of Qin Zhu Shuang, the Prince of Jin Zhu Gang, the Prince of Yan Zhu Di, and the Prince of Zhou Zhu Su. I took up a blade and joined the fight at fifteen, earned enough military merit to be made a marquis at twenty, dared to compete with Chang Yuchun f 37.5kReads8.2Score2.2kShelves
- 14 My Years in the Great Ming 我在大明那些年 [The first long-life novel set in the Ming Dynasty on the entire internet] Li Qing transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty and, through a twist of fate, becomes a disciple of Zhang Landa. He lives a carefree life for years. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Empress Ma falls gravely ill, and by chance, Li Qing becomes her attending physician. From then on, Li Qing begins his journey through the Ming Dynasty. He experiences the bloodshed and turmoil of the Hongwu era and gets caught up in t 246.5kReads9.4Score19.5kShelves
- 15 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 18.8kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
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In the Ming Dynasty, I Handed Over the Imperial Jade Seal from the Start 人在大明，开局上交传国玉玺
[Hongwu-era Ming Dynasty + System + Power fantasy + Contest for the Ming Dynasty + Technological superiority] Song Bai transmigrated into the body of a low-ranking clerk in Yingtian Prefecture during the tenth year of the Hongwu era. From the start, a corrupt official accused him of being a Northern Yuan spy, then drew his blade in broad daylight and tried to kill him! No need to panic. The System he bound himself to has arrived! By raising the nation's strength, he can earn national fortune poi
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Great Ming: From the Start, I Had Zhu Yuanzhang Watch a Military Parade 大明：开局让朱元璋看阅兵
In the eleventh year of Hongwu, Shen Du, an honor guard instructor, woke up in the body of Crown Prince Zhu Biao. On his first day, he learned that his wife Chang would die in two years, his eldest son Yingying would die young in four, and Consort Lu, who smiled as she brought him a bowl of medicine every day, was the hand behind it all. He didn't get involved in harem power struggles or investigate secret chambers. Instead, he went over every person, medicine, coin, and soldier in the Eastern P
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Ambush 伏杀
[Original title: Ambush] Beneath the awe-inspiring might of Heaven, all living beings are mere ants. And yet he dares, with the strength of an insect, to turn the world upside down. For family, for friends, for the burning hatred in his heart, for the nightmares that haunt him year after year, for justice, and for fairness. This story is set in an imaginary world and has no connection to actual history. Everything in it is fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental.
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Hahaha, Great Ming 哈哈哈，大明
In an age when everyone is rebelling, to survive, you have to be more ruthless than every rebel king. You have to become the greatest rebel king of all. Take down Gao Yingxiang first, then Zhang Xianzhong, then Li Zicheng, and after that, go straight for the Eight Banners. You Manchus, your emperor is back.
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He Fengzi 贺疯子
1. This is a dark take on the Ming dynasty, centered on rebellion, with grand-scale battles and a brutal, bloody aesthetic. Ming loyalists should read with caution. 2. This is a transmigration story, but the protagonist’s golden finger is deliberately limited, in an effort to stay close to the historical realities of warfare at the end of the Ming dynasty. 3. In this novel, a soul from the future originally intended to possess Sun Chuanting, but through a twist of fate became He Renlong instead.
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Starting Out in a Ming Dynasty Garrison 明末从卫所开始
Was the late Ming truly beyond saving? Was the Ming Dynasty really worthless? Was the Great Ming truly so easy to defeat? Join me as we explore this era. The seventh year of the Chongzhen reign, late spring. Farther north than northern Shaanxi, beyond the frontier, watch as a hereditary soldier from a military garrison rises step by step and changes everything along the way. This book has no golden finger, only one heroine, no runaway tech tree, and no high-yielding corn or sweet potatoes. A new
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Ironblooded Late Ming 铁血残明
In the late Ming dynasty, Spain and Japan gradually restricted the outflow of silver, reversing the capital inflow that the Ming had enjoyed since the early sixteenth century. The commercial and smallholder economies that coexisted under the Ming were both hit by deflation. Combined with the effects of the Little Ice Age, one domino after another fell, plunging the realm into chaos. In the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Chongzhen reign, the roving rebels crossed the river south of Mianc
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- 23 Great Ming: I Transmigrate as the Chongzhen Emperor, Starting with a Rope 大明：穿越崇祯帝，开局一根绳 [No System + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Ruthless Combat + War] Good news: Zhu Lian transmigrated and became Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming dynasty. Bad news: It was the tenth day of the third month of Chongzhen’s seventeenth year, just seven days before Li Zicheng’s rebels stormed the outer city. The Ming dynasty was already on the brink of collapse, in grave danger. The Jurchens threatened from the north, rebels from the west, with one natural disaster after another an 60.3kReads9.3Score6.3kShelves
- 24 A Ming Dynasty Soldier Rises to Power 明末小兵崛起 “What? Liu Boyuan has taken another Tartar head!” Li Yao, the Thousand-Man Commander of Weiwu Fort, exclaimed in astonishment. Chen Qiyu, the Governor of Yansui: “Thousand-Man Commander Liu, I hope you’ll lend us your full support in this campaign against the rebels!” The Qing army has entered the pass. “Quick, summon the Duke Who Guards the Nation to the capital to defend the emperor!” Chongzhen cried from his throne. 11.5kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
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Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty: My Uncle Is Zhu Biao 穿越大明：我的叔叔是朱标
[No System] [No Golden Finger] [Cozy Daily Life] [The Entire Zhu Family Is Here] [A Happy Family Reunion] A promising young man from the 22nd century (a hack novelist) was struck by lightning and unexpectedly arrived in the third year of the Hongwu era. He became the adopted son of Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, and the son of Mu Ying: Mu Chun. He had planned to lie flat and enjoy a life of idle luxury. But seeing how deeply Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma doted on him, along with t
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Great Ming: I Told You to Hang Yourself, Not Rebuild the Ming Dynasty 大明：让你上吊，没让你重建大明
He opens his eyes on the eve of the Jiashen upheaval. Li Zicheng has already breached Beijing, the Manchus beyond the passes are eyeing the capital, and court officials are closing in to force the issue. Faced with a nightmare from the start, what should the Chongzhen Emperor do… This work’s style: history as its bones, art as its wings. It respects real history and does not rewrite established events, using artistic storytelling to fill the regrets history left behind. A note for readers: This
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Great Ming: Zhu Biao Rebels, and the Old Zhu Hands Him a Knife 大明：朱标造反，老朱递刀
[The short drama "Red Fruit" is now online. Title: (The Memorials Are Full of Requests for Food). Honestly, aside from the title, the quality is extremely high. Excellent quality. Hope everyone will support it.] Walking towards you is: Zhu Yuanzhang's "The Mandate of Heaven for Imperial Power" Empress Ma's "A Caring Mother + A Top-Notch Protector" The Zhu family's "The Eldest Son of the Main Branch + A Child Blessed by Heaven" The Ultimate Backer + Strict Senior Brother of the Princes' Younger
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- 28 Great Ming: Zhu Biao Turns Evil, and the Jingnan Campaign Is No More 大明：朱标黑化，靖难没了 History records that Crown Prince Zhu Biao died of illness in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu. What history does not record: he died once, then came back to life. His soul wandered for three days, and he saw the entire fate of the Ming dynasty over the next 276 years: The Jingnan Campaign, the burning palace, Tumu Fortress, and the strip of white silk hanging from a tree on Coal Hill. When he opened his eyes again, he was in his sickbed in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu. The charcoal fire blaz 53.1kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves
- 29 Great Ming: Your Son Zhu Changluo Requests That Wanli Abdicate 大明：儿臣朱常洛，请万历退位 [Not a beginner-friendly read + historical power struggles + no farming + court factional battles. The author is a seasoned political operator who used to work in government, and knows power games inside out.] After transmigrating, he discovers he has become the most pathetic Crown Prince in the Ming Dynasty. For thirty-two years, he has been everyone’s punching bag. His court robes are patched, his mother has been imprisoned until she went blind, and his father lavishes forty thousand qing of f 44.8kReads8.5Score4.5kShelves
- 30 Great Ming: Your Majesty, Kneel Down. I Have a Favor to Ask 大明：皇上快跪下，臣求你一件事 (Power fantasy, not your thing? Keep out.) During the Wanli era of the Great Ming, every official spoke up for justice, impeaching Sun Jiye, the only son of the Earl of Yingcheng, for bullying and dominating the market, throwing his weight around, committing every kind of evil, disgracing the scholar's name, and running amok. His crimes were unforgivable. He deserved to be torn apart by five horses, with his entire clan exterminated. What? Oh, your uncle is the Wanli Emperor... In that case, nev 159kReads8.9Score20.4kShelves
- 31 I Woke Up to Find That My Great Ming Had Only Ten Days Left? 一觉醒来，朕的大明只剩十天了？ Original title: I Woke Up, and My Great Ming Has Only Ten Days Left? In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the countdown to the fall of the Great Ming begins. (No System) While lying unconscious on the dragon throne, Zhu Youjian had a long, vivid dream. In the dream, he became a child and studied centuries in the future. He opened The History of Ming, a book filled with the humiliating end that awaited him. In the end, he became a hardened soldier, tempered by modern military training. After twe 280.2kReads9.0Score39.6kShelves
- 32 The Second Prince of the Hongzhi Era of Great Ming 大明弘治家的二皇子 [Little one] [Growing up] [Slow-paced] After transmigrating to the Ming dynasty, Zhu Houwei grows from a human pup into a young man, witnessing the grandeur and turmoil of the Hongzhi era. He sees the suffering of the common people and the unfair tax burden, as well as land being consolidated while the wealthy feast behind red gates. Hongzhi Emperor: Houwei, you're steadier and cleverer than your brother, and more learned and capable, too. You must do your best to assist your elder brother in th 14.2kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
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Blazing Flames Sweep the Plains: Whose Ming Dynasty Is Burning? 烈焰燎原，谁的大明在燃烧
[Historical Setting] [No System] [Transmigration] [Ensemble Cast] [Struggle for Supremacy] [A nation's fortunes at the bottleneck of civilization] [The budding of capitalism entangled with tradition] [Less court politics, more focus on ordinary people] History isn't about romance and beauty. It's where human nature collides. It's about surviving with no resignation, no surrender, and no regrets. In the Great Ming dynasty, wastrels, hypocrites, and selfish men held power. Nurgan, the Hetao r
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- 34 The Ming Dynasty Reborn: At Three Years Old, I Ascend the Throne and Become Emperor 大明重启：年方三岁，登基称帝 The heavens collapse and the earth splits, while fate is turned upside down. Can a modern soul save the empire as the fires of late Ming China rage? In the sixth year of the Tianqi era, the Wang Gongchang explosion tears open the sky, and history takes a new turn. Zhu Guangming's soul transmigrates into Zhu Cijiong, the infant son of the Tianqi Emperor, only to discover that he is standing on the Ming dynasty's last drifting piece of ice... At seven months, he speaks to his father. At one, he wr 25.5kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
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My Grandfather Is Zhu Yuanzhang 我祖父是朱元璋
I have the most illustrious name: Zhu Yuntong. I am the legitimate grandson of the founding emperor of Great Ming, and the legitimate son of Crown Prince Zhu Biao. My mother is the daughter of Chang Yuchun, and my maternal granduncle is Lan Yu. I am the most illustrious imperial grandson in Great Ming, and the most influential and legitimate heir to the throne. I will usher in a different Great Ming, magnificent beyond compare, its sun and moon shining bright. It will embrace all rivers and welc
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Great Ming: On the Night of Its Fall, I Brought a Complete Industrial System 大明：亡国夜，我带来完整工业体
I accidentally transmigrated into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor. The beauties of the harem lived deep within the palace: Empress Dowager Zhang, still charming; Empress Zhou, gentle and considerate; and Consort Yuan, spirited and valiant. I went from questioning the foolish emperor, to understanding him, to becoming him. Before I had a chance to celebrate... I discovered that the country would fall and the imperial family would be destroyed in less than two days! I know you’re all in a hurry,
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Great Ming: Tyrant Chongzhen Rebuilds the Great Ming 大明：暴君崇祯，重塑大明
[No System] + [No mindless decisions] + [Political scheming] + [Court politics] + [High-stakes game] + [Passionate] + [Struggle for supremacy] His soul travels back to the twenty-fourth day of the eighth month in the seventh year of the Tianqi era, the very first day of the Chongzhen Emperor's reign. In history, Chongzhen would hang himself at Coal Hill seventeen years later. At this point, the Manchu ruler Huang Taiji has only just ascended the throne. Liaodong has not yet been completely lost,
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- 38 Great Ming: I Told You to Hang Yourself, Not Become a Tyrant 大明：让你上吊，没让你当暴君 [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 649Reads7.0Score100Shelves
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Great Ming: Zhu Yuanzhang's Impostor Nephew 大明：朱元璋的冒牌侄子
You still have to eat after you transmigrate. But in the chaotic final years of the Yuan dynasty, Zhu Wang could only beg for food. Another fellow beggar was a good friend of his, and they shared the same name. One day, his friend said he had an uncle named Zhu Chongba, but the man had already died of illness... At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already established himself in Jinling... So Zhu Wang, who had transmigrated here, decided to make a choice that went against his ancestors...
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Great Ming: I'm Chang Yuchun's Younger Brother, and I Rewrite Ming History 大明：我常遇春亲弟弟，改写明史
What’s it like to transmigrate as Chang Yuchun’s younger brother? Chang Yulin says: The pressure is immense! Other people transmigrate and get a System from the start, with divine weapons dropping from the sky. He transmigrated at fifteen, malnourished, and ended up following his brother into banditry! Year 1355, beneath the walls of Hezhou. Liu Ju wanted to take them to raid Zhu Yuanzhang's army. Chang Yulin grabbed his brother, who was about to attack. “Brother! We can't raid them! That man w
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The Great Ming's Lord of the Seas 大明镇海王
[Ming dynasty, soul transmigration, saving the Crown Princess, saving Zhu Ying, saving Zhu Biao, saving Empress Ma, saving Xu Da, saving Lan Yu] Zhang Wuxian transmigrates to the eleventh year of Hongwu. He plans to lie flat and do nothing, but his severe obsessive-compulsive disorder won’t let him tolerate anything “illogical,” so he has to fix it all. Even more absurdly, he has a System in his head that automatically provides solutions and supplies every time his compulsions flare up, and it d
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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 Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: The Empire's Collapse 崇祯十七年：帝国的崩塌
The Great Ming was at the height of its power and prosperity, yet collapsed overnight. What happened? This book is not a simple account of a dynasty's decline. It is a panoramic dissection of how a complex civilizational system crashed completely. Through the interwoven fates of more than twenty central figures, including the Chongzhen Emperor, Li Zicheng, Yuan Chonghuan, Wu Sangui, and Johann Adam Schall von Bell, we are drawn into the scene of an irreversible collapse. You will witness with yo
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- 44 Border Fires of the Great Ming 大明边火 This is the turning point at which an empire began to decline, and the starting point of a warlord's rise. During the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty, the seemingly powerful empire was already rotten to the core, plagued by factional strife and lax frontier defenses. Beyond the empire's gaze in Liaodong, among the Jurchen tribes, contemptuously called the “wild men of Jianzhou,” a man named Nurhaci raised an army with thirteen suits of ancestral armor, unified the Jurchen tribes, and founded the 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Great Ming Without Colonies 大明不殖民 The Uncolonized Ming is an alternate-history novel that begins in the thirteenth year of the Yongle reign. Zheng He returns from his fourth voyage to the Western Ocean with the Map of the Myriad Countries. Military officials at court champion expansion by force, while Xu Hongyuan, a scholar at the Directorate of Astronomy, establishes the Four Seas Commercial Accounting Office with the Crown Prince’s support, hoping to replace traditional conquest with a new system. Xu Hongyuan pushes for the So 36Reads—Score—Shelves
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Great Ming: From the Start, I Reveal Zhu Yuanzhang's Future 大明：开局剧透朱元璋
Xu Qing transmigrates to the end of the Yuan dynasty and happens to arrive during a battle between the rebel army and the Yuan forces. Guo Zixing’s rebels mistake him for a spy and throw him in jail. As it turns out, his cellmate is Zhu Yuanzhang. “Brother Zhu, what’s your dream?” Zhu Yuanzhang: “A wife, kids, and a warm bed.” Xu Qing: “Why not dream bigger? Like becoming emperor.” Zhu Yuanzhang: “???” Xu Qing: “I can see that you’re destined for greatness, Brother Zhu. One day, you’ll surely be
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- 47 The Descendants of the Hongwu Emperor 洪武朝的子孙们 After an accident, his soul travels a century into the past. On an ordinary day in the seventh year of Hongwu, he is born in the imperial palace of Yingtian Prefecture. He is the most honored child in all of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang’s beloved grandson. Zhu Biao’s eldest legitimate son. And yet, in the history books, he is merely a passing mention: Prince Yu Huai. Looking at the still-healthy Crown Prince Zhu Biao, at Hu Weiyong and the Blue Jade case, which have yet to unleash their blood 106.6kReads8.3Score7.7kShelves
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Late Ming: Chongzhen the Rebel 明末：造反者崇祯
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Saving the Dynasty from Ruin: The Revival of the Southern Ming 挽天倾之南明复兴
Zhu Cibi, a second-year history student at Jiangling Yangtze University in the twenty-first century, accidentally falls into the water while out for a stroll and transmigrates, reborn as Zhu Cixi, crown prince of the Southern Ming's Hongguang Emperor. With the Southern Ming facing ruin, its fortunes in decline and its country on the brink of destruction, and the first wave of colonization following the West's imminent Age of Exploration looming, how will he save the nation, restore the Ming, and
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I Said the Great Ming Was Doomed, and Old Zhu Praised Me as the Greatest Chancellor in History 我说大明要完，老朱夸我千古一相
Li Xuan had transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty twenty years ago. Without a System or a golden finger, he had endured every hardship of feudal society. Fortunately, he had studied Chinese language and literature at university in his previous life, and through sheer hard work, he had managed to become an official in the Ming Dynasty. Being an official for Old Zhu meant working like a beast of burden, but it was still easier than farming and leaving your livelihood to the whims of the weather. Li Xu
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