What’s the Most Popular Historical Novel on Tomato Novel? 全番茄最火的历史文是什么？
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When the Wind Rises in Lingbiao: The Five Dynasties’ Seven Governors 风起岭表之五代七刺史
Ning Mengli possessed strength enough to reach the heavens and virtue that rivaled the divine emperor. He guarded the nation's frontier and reclaimed the wilderness. Ning Changzhen had the ambition to encompass mountains and rivers and the noble bearing of clouds and mist. He subdued Jiaozhi, campaigned against Linyi, and seized Shebei. Ning Yuan Ti was the first successful candidate in the imperial examinations from Lingnan, a distinguished remonstrance official in the Kaiyuan Golden Age. Begin
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Ning Yan: When Women Rule the Roost 宁兖，牝鸡司晨
[Ensemble political intrigue + entrusted heir + factional strife + expansion of the realm + redressing an old injustice] [Wronged powerful minister male lead x emperor female lead disguised as a man] Also known as "After I Blundered into the Imperial Family, I Discovered I Was the Imperial Family" On a winter night in the seventh year of Chengxu, Emperor Zhao Ning Fu suddenly went mad. Wearing the robes of his favorite consort, Yan, he climbed the bell tower and rang the funeral bell before fall
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With Xiang Yu's Memories, I Aim to Become a Famous Scholar of the Eastern Jin 带着项羽记忆，我要做东晋名士
A modern soul transmigrates into a young member of the Du clan of Jingzhao and unexpectedly gains the remnant soul of Xiang Yu. Everyone calls him an elegant young nobleman, peerless in charm, never suspecting that within him also lurks the martial valor of the fierce battle at Julu and the resentment of the lament at Gaixia. This remnant soul is both a gift and a curse. Forced to navigate the narrow spaces between powerful factions, he must make one hard choice after another, traveling from Jia
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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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Great Ming: The Empire’s Glory Shines Across the Globe 大明：帝国光辉照耀全球
Historical what-if + no System + dual souls + hilarious wish-fulfillment. Close my eyes, and I see a crooked old locust tree. Open them, and I'm on the imperial bed in the Forbidden City, clad in the dragon robe and seated at the very pinnacle of power. But another voice rings in my ears, filled with grief and despair: it belongs to the original Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian. One imperial body, two souls. One is the doomed ruler of a fallen dynasty, destined to hang himself at Coal Hill as his country
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Tang Dynasty Civil Service Exams: With Policy Essays in Hand, the Aristocratic Clans Tremble 大唐考公：申论在手，门阀颤抖
The day Fang Fang came ashore, he died on the eve of his first day at work. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a failed candidate in late Tang Chang'an, one who had failed the imperial exams three times and starved to death in the streets. Chang'an was still ablaze with lights, the songs and dances of Pingkang Ward went on without pause, and the nobles behind vermilion gates were still discussing poetry and literature. But Fang Fang knew that Huang Chao would eventually march into C
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Chongzhen Must Not Die: I Lead the Great Ming to Global Dominance 崇祯不亡：朕带大明称霸全球
A university history student falls off a cliff and opens his eyes to find himself Emperor Chongzhen! By now, Li Zicheng's forces have surrounded Beijing, and the crooked tree on Coal Hill stands right before him. I refuse to hang myself! Abandon the capital and head south, establish my rule over Jiangnan, train a modern army, develop seafaring, crush Japan, and launch a northern campaign to reclaim our lands. Watch me save the dynasty from collapse and reshape the Ming, until all nations come to
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While Chongzhen Hangs from a Tree, I Head South and Restore the Ming with My Roommates 崇祯挂树我南渡，带室友重振大明
[No System + multiple transmigrations + slow burn + drive out the northern barbarians + colonize the world] (This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel or pseudo-history. If you want wish fulfillment, look elsewhere. And to those who push pseudo-history, please use your brains and stop believing marketing accounts.) The sun and moon never lose their proper course, so though they may be obscured, they shine again! In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng captured Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emper
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- 359 The Conqueror Crosses the River, the Pen Keeps the Realm at Peace 霸王渡江，文亦安邦 A modern medical doctor transmigrates into the body of Xiang Yu, the Conqueror of Western Chu, by the banks of the Wu River. I will not fight for dominion over the realm, nor harbor old grudges. I’ll change my appearance, conceal my identity, practice medicine, and educate others. For the people suffering amid the chaos, I’ll enter the Han court and help govern, turning my relationship with Liu Bang from mutual suspicion to mutual trust. This legendary Conqueror will ultimately bring peace throu 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 360 Transmigrated as Yue Fei: From the Start, I Refused the Twelve Golden Decrees 穿越岳飞：开局拒收十二道金牌 Serving the nation with unwavering loyalty is the only theme that matters! In the tenth year of the Shaoxing era, he transmigrates into Yue Fei. With enemies within and without, everyone knows that once the twelve golden command tablets order Yue Fei back to the capital, he is doomed to die! Beneath the walls of Bianliang, he refuses the tablets and rewrites Marshal Yue's fate. He leads his army into battle, smashing through one hundred thousand Jin cavalry, capturing Wushu, and reclaiming Kaife 3.7kReads8.4Score237Shelves
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The True Hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋真霸
In the chaotic Spring and Autumn era, rites and music have collapsed, and the feudal lords vie for supremacy. Spring and Autumn: The True Hegemon takes official history as its backbone and literature as its soul, unfolding a sweeping portrait of a century of turmoil. The strategic clash at the Battle of Chengpu and the commanding ambition to claim hegemony over the Central Plains take center stage, while the intellectual clashes among the Hundred Schools of Thought simmer beneath the surface. Th
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- 362 The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝：帝朝崛起 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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Ming Dynasty Overseas Soldier: Slapping Chongzhen from the Start 大明海外悍卒：开局掌掴崇祯
[Alternate History] + [Parallel World] + [Great Ming] + [System] + [Multiple Heroines] On the nineteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, a white silk noose atop Coal Hill was about to bring an era to an end. Just as Chongzhen kicked away the stone he was standing on, a lowly soldier from a Great Ming overseas garrison teleported back and slapped him across the face! “Die? Who gave you permission to die?!” “Dying is easy. The hard part is living to fight the Q
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- 364 A Heroic Tale of the Warring States: Qin King Ying Zheng Unifies the Six Kingdoms 战国奇雄之秦王嬴政一统六国 The Zhou royal house declined, and the Nine Tripods gathered dust. When rites, music, and military campaigns no longer proceeded from the Son of Heaven, a five-hundred-year power vacuum tore the map of China apart. Jin split into three, and the Tian clan took over Qi. Amid the collapse of the old order, seven colossal powers slowly rose from the ruins of blood and fire: Qin, Chu, Qi, Zhao, Wei, Han, and Yan. This was no beginning, but a vast maw opening to swallow everything. Survival was the on 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Dragon Rises in Jinling: Reviving the Tang Dynasty for Five Hundred Years 龙起金陵，再续大唐五百年
“The emperor in Chang’an, the army of the Wei residence.” The Wei residence’s household troops had become a thing of the past beneath the executioner’s blade, while the emperor in Chang’an lived in constant fear amid troubles both within and without. Does an emperor have some special birthright? Whoever commands the strongest troops and finest horses becomes emperor! Flames raged everywhere. Looking across the land, the Tang was now divided among rival regional warlords: Zhu Wen, Li Keyong, Yang
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A Random Aristocratic Clan From the Start: I'll Take My Time Becoming King 随机世家开局，我缓称王
[Full-Dive Online Game + Historical Foresight + Scion from the Start + Slow-Burn Power Struggle] He had a 0.1% chance of landing directly in a prominent Shence Army family. He thought his knowledge of history would let him coast to victory, but then history changed completely. Zheng Tian wasn’t pushed aside. Instead, he won a major victory. Huang Chao was still in Chang’an, and the uprising in Shu didn’t happen when it was supposed to. A prophet? A half-baked one. But good enough. Build up suppl
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- 367 The Guardian of the River’s Lifeline 河大守脉人 #History #Henan University #Preserving the University’s Legacy #Guardian of Henan University’s Heritage #The Songs Never Cease #Based on a True Story #Love of Country and Family A brilliant legal scholar who graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, he bound his fate to the survival of a university’s heritage amid a nation torn by war. After completing his studies, he returned to China in 1932. Turning down teaching offers from Peking University and Tsinghua University, he headed 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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Qin's Replacement: A Bricklayer Rewrites Three Hundred Years of Qin History 秦替：泥水匠改写了三百年秦史
Qin's Substitute In 1991, Zhang Daode, a boy from a small town in southwestern Hunan, studied hard and earned excellent results on his high school entrance exam. But someone with power took his place, crushing his hopes of continuing his education and forcing him into a life at the bottom of society as a bricklayer who knew nothing but hardship. Then a sudden fall at a construction site turned his life upside down. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to the end of the Warring States p
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I Just Want to Lie Flat, but I'm Forced to Become the Prince of Zhennan 只想躺平却被逼成镇南王
[Transmigration + War + Court Politics + Romance + Brotherhood + Heir Apparent + Experts + Political Intrigue + Play the pig to eat the tiger] No System. I’m doing my best to write a quality novel, and I salute every reader who supports me. After an accident, a modern soul transmigrates to the Great Jing and becomes Xiao Jingrui, the notorious eldest heir of the Prince of Zhennan’s household. His half-brother pretends to be kind while secretly conspiring with his concubine mother, scheming every
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Longxu 珑墟
Though she is already twelve, Long'er is still only as tall as a seven-year-old child. Once the most inconspicuous little girl in the Li family, she becomes the chosen master of the Landscape and Society Diagram in a single day. Lu Zu manifests, and a true dragon enters her body. Her figure grows in a short time, and from then on she leaves the forgotten corner where she once languished and embarks on a journey to seek ancient fish recipes and unravel a thousand-year-old mystery.
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- 371 The Locust Tree of Home: She’d Rather Jump Into the River Than Marry Him 故乡的槐：她宁肯跳河也誓死不嫁 She “died” by the banks of the Yu River twelve years ago, yet “lives” in the poems of Shanghai today. For ten years, he retreated into the mountains, leaving his past behind, but a poem titled “Memories Beneath the Locust Tree,” signed with an unfamiliar name, shattered the faith he had built over half a lifetime. As the shadow of the locust tree spreads from the countryside to the neon lights of the city, and the ashes of memory are kindled again, one word at a time, will he return to the mount —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 372 Song Jiaoren, Father of Chinese Constitutionalism 宪政之父宋教仁 The Father of Constitutionalism: Song Jiaoren presents the sweeping life of Song Jiaoren, a pioneer of constitutional government whose story unfolded amid the tumult of the late Qing and early Republican eras. As a founder of modern Chinese constitutionalism, Song Jiaoren called himself “the Fisherman.” With his pen as his sword and his blood as his ink, he carved a path toward constitutional government in an age shrouded in turmoil. In Japan, he translated Western legal codes, introducing const 28Reads—Score—Shelves
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Chang'an of This World 此间长安
A lifetime in a frail body, half a life among books. After an unexpected long sleep, he wakes in the Tang dynasty, during the Zhenguan era. Young Lin Chen has nothing to his name and a life as insignificant as a blade of grass. The moment he opens his eyes, he falls into a deadly predicament. In his previous life, he was confined to a sickbed, unable to live freely. In this life, even if he must walk through the mud, he will make every step shine. He will neither curry favor with the powerful no
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- 374 Red Bauhinia 红色羊蹄甲 On the streets of Nanbin Special Economic Zone, red bauhinia flowers bloom all year round, bearing witness to the city’s transformation and the footsteps of those who chase their dreams. After graduating from college, Gao Mingyuan arrives in this land full of promise. From the confusion of job hunting as a newcomer to the workplace, to persevering in the publishing industry, and then breaking through into entrepreneurship, every step he takes beats in time with the pulse of the Special Zone. Th 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Han Dynasty of the Immortals: A Quest for Immortality in the Late Han 仙汉汉末龙虎寻仙记
If you're not a hero, don't read the Three Kingdoms. And if you're a hero, how could you not understand the loneliness of troubled times? Everyone, there are more Three Kingdoms novels on the market than you could haul away in a wagon. But after looking through them all, I can count on one hand the ones I could actually keep reading. Is it because the authors lack skill? No. The problem is that fast-food template: the moment the protagonist gets a cheat, the Five Tiger Generals are reduced to
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My Glory Days in Dongguan 我在东莞的高光岁月
My name is Chang Da Qiang. I was born in a small, underdeveloped county town in the late 1980s. My parents were farmers, and in those days, when everything was desperately poor, I graduated from a junior college and looked for work in my hometown. After hitting one dead end after another, I made a bold decision: I headed south to Guangdong to try my luck. Through hard work, I finally had the experiences that inspired this novel.
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- 377 Great Tang: I, Li Shimin, Am a Hooligan 大唐：我李世民是流氓 Also known as: (Tang Dynasty: As I, Li Shimin, Leave the Stage, Wu Zetian Takes the Spotlight) and (Soul Swap: Ruling the Tang Empire). Liu Lang, a twenty-first-century thug, died when a woman he was harassing kicked him in the crotch and crushed his balls. To his surprise, when he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into the body of Li Shimin, the greatest emperor of the ages. Thus began his life as a rogue emperor... 271Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 378 Great Qian’s Number One Rogue 大乾第一刁民 Yun Yu transmigrates into the body of a rogue in the Great Qian dynasty. All he wants is to make money and lie flat, living a quiet life away from the world. But no one believes he has the art of turning things into gold, so he has no choice but to embrace his natural rogueishness, using every trick in the book to bully, drag, and threaten the street vendors into joining him. He makes a dazzling success of the lowest trades and becomes the uncrowned king of a tiny county. He befriends the heir t 116Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 379 Wen Tianxiang, the Great Song’s Lone Loyalist 大宋孤忠文天祥 As the Southern Song teeters on the brink, its lands lie shattered beneath the ravages of the Yuan army. The Loyal Son of the Great Song: Wen Tianxiang tells the tumultuous story of Wen Tianxiang’s life. He excelled in the imperial examinations at a young age and was determined to serve his country. Though faced with corruption at court, he never wavered from his original ideals. When the Yuan army advanced, he stepped forward, gave away his entire fortune to recruit volunteer troops, and went t 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 380 The Happy Years I Spent in Dongguan 那些年我在东莞的幸福往事 [Urban everyday life] + [multiple heroines] + [first person] My name is Hao Jian. I'm a college graduate who left a small inland county to make a living in Dongguan. A female classmate who'd been quite a flirt back in school introduced me to the city. I thought I'd find a factory job and earn some money, but things didn't go as planned. I ended up in a bar, and that's where my life took an unexpected turn. 5.5kReads6.0Score500Shelves
- 381 EN The Netherworld Scholar Immortal 通幽小儒仙 “Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem 63.4kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves
- 382 The Crown Prince Is Wise 太子英明 [Eastern Palace power struggles + diplomatic intrigue + daring, strategic warfare + tender romance + conquering the world] In your eyes, Father, I'm a rebellious son because I have far more troops, money, and provisions than you do. Fine, then. The eldest, the third, and the fifth will come for your throne one after another and violate your consorts. And the one who saves you will be me, your rebellious son. Father, tell me yourself: who is really the rebellious one? Who is the wisest of all? Ar 5.7kReads8.8Score583Shelves
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Zuo Zongtang: The Late Qing Dynasty's Last Hawk 左宗棠：晚清最后的鹰派
At its heart, this book is about a practical-minded reformer amid the upheavals of the late Qing dynasty. Spanning the years from 1812 to 1885, it vividly portrays the extraordinary life of Zuo Zongtang, from a poor scholar in Xiangyin to a high-ranking provincial official. The book recounts his early studies of statecraft and his years of obscurity after failing the metropolitan examination three times. It also details his military career: raising the Chu Army to suppress the Taiping Rebellion
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The Wind Rises in Jingdu, Awaiting the Coming Rain 荆都风来待雨临
Overnight, a young blacksmith from a shop in Shengang becomes the last surviving grandson of a powerful family of scholars, whose influence once reached the highest halls of government. A pigeon’s whistle marks the way home, and old books conceal a conspiracy. With a nameless sword in hand, carrying his grandfather’s hopes and his adoptive father’s instructions, he steps into the turbulent world of Jingdu. The Shanfu Academy, deep within the Imperial College, is no ordinary place of learning. It
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Whoever Offends the Han, No Matter How Far Away, Must Be Executed 明犯强汉者，虽远必诛
Born into poverty, he survived by begging and borrowing, yet wrote the most defiant declaration in Chinese history. He fought only one battle in his life, but it kept the backbone of an entire people straight for two thousand years. He was a hero and a sinner, a genius and a miser. He forged the words, “Whoever dares to offend the mighty Han will be executed, no matter how far away they are,” yet became a prisoner of his own greed and fate. His name was Chen Tang. Late in the Western Han dynasty
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- 386 Three Years in My Fief, and the Useless Prince Shocks the Court 封地三年，废物皇子震惊朝堂大佬 [Alternate history + laid-back daily life + developing a fiefdom + a slight golden finger] Li Su, the useless prince hated by everyone in the capital, is driven from court and sent to Lingnan Prefecture, a desolate backwater, to fend for himself. Once-in-a-century earthquakes cut off the fiefdom from the outside world for three years, leaving Lingnan isolated from the court and the rest of the realm. Three years later~ Emperor Qian graciously permits the various regional princes to come to the 5.9kReads8.6Score325Shelves
- 387 Heshen: Master of Power 和珅：权力的玩家 As a miniature reflection of the power structure during the Qianlong era, Heshen's life was forever entangled in the shadow of absolute imperial authority and the deep-rooted ills of the bureaucracy. From a penniless orphan living under another's roof in Lvrou Hutong to rising to the center of power through his gift for languages and financial acumen, his ascent was shaped by both the banner system and the emperor's political machinations. He was once a capable official who cleaned up the Minist 5.2kReads8.7Score414Shelves
- 388 Divine Realm: Song of the Lone Flame 神界：孤火之歌 The Seven Gods have fallen; their divine essences become fuel. The Void is coming, and only a lone flame burns bright. Twenty years ago, the God-Awakened Lucien slew three gods, causing the pantheon to collapse and faith to fracture. The seven divine essences scattered into the bloodlines of the seven great races, sparking endless conflict. At the same time, an erosion known as the “Void” quietly began to spread. It was not chaos, but a cold, orderly “reset program.” Kael, an amnesiac young ma 1.5kReads9.4Score126Shelves
- 389 The Hunter of the Dying Tang 残唐狩猎人 [Transmigration + Court Intrigue + Decisive and Ruthless + Passionate Campaigns] After the An Lushan Rebellion, eunuchs seized power, regional military governors carved up the realm, and the dynasty’s fortunes began to wane. Li Kan, a graduate student in history, transmigrates into the body of an easygoing prince in the late Tang Dynasty. In a chaotic age of rival warlords and endless schemes, can he turn the tide against historical powerhouses like Huang Chao, Li Keyong, and Zhu Wen? 4.1kReads7.5Score274Shelves
- 390 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 5.1kReads7.9Score130Shelves
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Quick, Let Duke Zhou Eat Some Meat 快让周公吃肉
I transmigrated one day and became the famous Duke of Zhou, Ji Dan. Everyone praises me, saying, “The Duke of Zhou spits out his food to welcome worthy men, and all under Heaven turn to him.” But who knew I wasn’t practicing humility, I really just can’t stomach meat! The shadows of the blood sacrifices at Zhaoge haunt me. Just one bite of meat and I’m back in that slaughterhouse in my dreams. Within, scheming ministers watch like tigers; without, the rebellion of the Three Guards bears down. Th
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The Libertine Emperor: His Empire and His Beauties 风流皇帝之江山美人
[Transmigration + Emperor + Multiple Heroines + Conquest] A modern special forces soldier transmigrates into the body of a disgraced prince confined to the Cold Palace, only to discover a strange Imperial Heart Sutra hidden within him. It came from another transmigrator 400 years ago, and its previous owner is waiting to seize his body. Using special forces tactics, he sweeps away the schemes of the court. With the knowledge of a transmigrator, he outwits treacherous officials across the ages. H
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- 393 A Poor Scholar's Son-in-Law 寒门养婿 (Everyday life in an alternate ancient setting, no System, historical farming story, live-in son-in-law.) The setting is similar to the Song dynasty: civil officials are favored over military ones, ritual and law govern in tandem, the state is financially strained, and foreign enemies surround it. According to the Great Wei code of rites, officials who violate ritual regulations are to be stripped of their posts and titles; members of the imperial clan who do so are to be imprisoned for life. Li 41.4kReads8.4Score5.2kShelves
- 394 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 3.1kReads7.5Score100Shelves
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Reborn in Li Bai's Body? From the Start at Mawei Post Station, I Save Yang Yuhuan 魂穿李白？开局马嵬驿，我救玉环
One of Tomato's rare gems. The An Lushan Rebellion, an exiled immortal and a noble consort, intrigue amid chaos, and fervent devotion to the nation. A man remains a boy until the day he dies. As he makes his way through life, apart from Yang Yuhuan, his unattainable first love, which of the colorful women of the Tang dynasty became his cinnabar-marked love? And who remained the one he could never let go? Most importantly, whether heroes or villains, everyone is sharp-witted. This story is entire
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- 396 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 5.5kReads7.8Score100Shelves
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Awakening of the Soul: The Song of the Rift War 魂觉醒之裂合战歌
On the eighth day of the ninth month, in the autumn of the late Tang, chrysanthemums bloom and all other flowers wither. The setting sun drips blood, smoke from the beacon fires blots out the sky, and horses trample the cracked earth amid utter chaos. Everywhere, blades flash and refugees roam... A down-and-out young man with nowhere else to turn seeks refuge with a fellow townsman, hoping to make something of himself. Instead, he stumbles straight into his enemies' den and nearly loses his life
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- 398 Great Ming's First Female Marshal 大明第一女军侯 She was the peerless woman warrior of the Great Ming, riding a thousand miles along the road of loyal souls. Standing six feet one inch tall, she defeated the Qing armies and crushed the bandit rebels, earning great renown for her loyalty and courage to the Wei family and the state. She was the only woman in history to be honored with a separate biography as a celebrated general of a dynasty in the official histories. She humbled Dorgon and fought bloody battles against Hong Taiji. Her beauty wa 399Reads—Score—Shelves
- 399 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 877Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 400 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 435Reads7.0Score—Shelves
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