Historical Rebellion Stories With a Proper Build-Up, Not Mindless Power Trips 历史类造反的，要有发展过程，不要无脑爽

1. 1 全 Global Sinicization, Starting at the End of the Ming Dynasty 全球汉化，从明末开始 Cutting the Hanging斩悬Historical3.2M WordsOngoing After his soul travels back to the end of the Ming dynasty, in the first year of the Chongzhen reign, Wei Changjun discovers that he can contact the future. Before me lies the dying Ming dynasty, beset within by Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and rebel kings vying for control of the Central Plains. Beyond its borders, the Jurchen cavalry watches hungrily, ready to invade at any moment. Behind me stands a future superpower: the National History Research Institute, the Ministry of Agriculture, the M 8.6kReads8.9Score540Shelves

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   This book is absolutely amazing; all I can say is, "Long live the people!"

2. 2 唐 A Soldier's Journey at the End of the Tang Dynasty 唐末从军行 The Casual-Notes Daoist随笔道人Historical3.0M WordsCompleted The Tang dynasty was at the height of its glory, yet its political failings could only be reversed by a hero of the ages. As the saying goes, rise and fall are governed by fate, and after reaching its peak, prosperity must decline. After three hundred years of glory and turmoil, the magnificent Tang dynasty finally crumbled. That year, Chen Congjin arrived in this world. He would bring this chaotic era to an end. 130.1kReads9.0Score13.9kShelves

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   These books are all excellent and quite historically accurate. Highly recommended.

3. 3 刘 Liu Bang Transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms: Who's the Succubus Here? 刘邦穿越三国，试问谁是魅魔 Young Master Xiaoyi公子小易Historical1.1M WordsCompleted It took Liu Bang, founding emperor of the Great Han, seven years to unify the realm, and he ruled as emperor for eight years. After he died, he opened his eyes and suddenly transmigrated to the late Han, Three Kingdoms era, as Liu Deran, Liu Bei's cousin. The bad news: he's no longer emperor. The good news: he's young again. Given another life, Liu Bang certainly won't settle for a life of obscurity. The realm is in chaos, and warlords are rising everywhere. This is the perfect time for a hero t 5.5kReads8.5Score474Shelves

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   It was the first book, and it was quite novel.

4. 4 隋 Sui-Tang: I'm a Death Row Inmate. Let the World Die with Me 隋唐：我一死囚，请天下赴死 Great Qin, Great Ming, Great Tang, Guan Zizai大秦大明大唐关自在Historical419k WordsCompleted [Invincible] + [Conquest] + [Villain] + [Battlefield story] + [Saving a collapsing empire] + [No hypocritical claims of fighting for the people] + [Yang Guang’s absolute trust] Year Eight of Daye! That year, the Sui Dynasty raised an army of a million, claiming a force of two million to march east against Goguryeo. Yang Guang led the campaign in person and besieged Liaodong City, ordering death-row prisoners from across the realm to be sent to the battlefield in Liaodong to wear down the enemy 5.9kReads8.5Score362Shelves
5. 5 镇 The Nation-Protecting Prince Consort 镇国驸马爷 Xuan Zhi轩轾Historical3.1M WordsCompleted [System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge 67kReads8.9Score5.1kShelves

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   I highly recommend this first book. It's incredibly captivating and intellectually stimulating, with a complex and intricate plot that's difficult to follow step by step. It's full of twists and turns, and the attention to detail is impeccable. 🥰🥰

6. 6 荒 Auspicious Carp in a Year of Famine: More Children, More Blessings, and Beauties at My Door 荒年锦鲤：多子多福，美女找上门 My Name Is Zhang Fei吾名张飞Historical1.3M WordsCompleted For three years, the Great Qian Empire has been ravaged by famine and constant warfare. Fewer than one in ten village men remain. A master of traditional Chinese gynecology transmigrates into this world and awakens the More Children, More Blessings System. From the start, a pair of beautiful sisters come knocking at his door. There's the lively one, the clever one, the brave one, the scheming one… As his family grows, so does Lin Mo's strength. He crushes the rebels, slaughters the barbarians, a 11kReads8.4Score965Shelves
7. 7 乱 Border Troops in Troubled Times: A Steamed Bun Saves the Fallen Empress from the Start 乱世边军，开局一馒头救亡国女帝 Hungry Immortal饿肚子仙人Historical1.3M WordsCompleted [System] [Power fantasy] [Transmigration in one's original body] [Multiple heroines] [Conquest] [Decisive and ruthless] [This novel has been adapted into a short drama. Enjoy!] Lin Xiao transmigrates into a chaotic age and becomes a low-ranking border guard. One steamed bun wins him a stunning wife. All because she has unusual-colored eyes, an ill omen. And right on cue, the System finally arrives! [Slaughter Machine: Kill one person and gain one year of cultivation!] [Divine Eye: See through ot 22.1kReads8.1Score3.1kShelves
8. 8 当 You Joined the Army to Find a Wife, So Why Marry a Princess Consort and Then an Empress? 当兵娶媳妇，你娶完王妃娶女帝？ Lazy Sword Singer Who Doesn't Write剑歌懒懒不码字Historical567k WordsCompleted The Warring States are in chaos, with the kingdoms at war. Chen Ping’an transmigrates into the body of a village boy. From the start, he receives a military conscription order. Luckily, he awakens the Chaotic Era Family System, which makes him stronger every time his family grows. His military exploits and martial prowess increase by the day! At eighteen, he dominates the grasslands, burns Longcheng to the ground, and is named Champion Marquis! He leads eight hundred cavalry out of Beiliang, wat 20.8kReads8.1Score2kShelves
9. 9 再 Make Me Prince Consort Again, and I'll Start a Rebellion 再让我当驸马，我就要造反了 Wann an Niu Er皖南牛二Historical4.9M WordsCompleted Based on the original novel of the short drama The Foolish Son-in-Law of Great Qian. Qin Mo, a single history nerd, transmigrates to Great Qian and becomes the foolish heir of the Duke of Qin’s household. He only wants to spend his life carefree, raising fighting roosters and walking his dogs, but everyone keeps pressuring him! Duke of Qin: Son, I’m begging you. Please marry the princess! The Emperor of Great Qian: My good son-in-law, you’re my lucky star. You have to be the imperial son-in-law 6kReads8.8Score816Shelves
10. 10 三 Three Kingdoms: I Can’t Help It If I’m Given So Many Wives 三国：娶妻给的太多我也没办法 Ink Scholar of Yingtian应天墨客Historical2.3M WordsCompleted Qin Yu transmigrates to the late Han dynasty and becomes the leader of a band of mountain bandits. He binds himself to the More Children, More Blessings System and the Strongest Clan System. There are some things that are better left unsaid here. Read on and treasure every moment. 24.1kReads8.2Score2.5kShelves
11. 11 父 Father, Get a Clue! I Really Don’t Want to Rebel! 父皇：你懂点事，我真不想造反！ Eleven O'Clock十一点Historical2.2M WordsCompleted Animated comic: I Don't Want to Rebel Ning Fan transmigrates and becomes the Second Prince of the Dayu Dynasty. In this world, kingdoms battle one another, barbarians bring chaos, feudal lords rise up, and powerful warlords carve out their own territories. From the start, he awakens the Supreme Emperor System! [Ding! System mission issued: Build the Supreme Imperial Dynasty!] From the start, Ning Fan summons Dian Wei, reforms the military, establishes the Embroidered Guard and the Underworld, an 59.3kReads9.0Score4.5kShelves

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    These include both ancient and modern items, and they're all quite good.

12. 12 争EN Contending for Supremacy: Summoning the Xiliang Iron Cavalry at the Start 争霸：开局召唤西凉铁骑 Hardworking Panda勤奋熊猫Historical2.4M WordsCompleted Lin Yi transmigrates to another world and becomes a prince's heir. There are no Four Books and Five Classics here, nor the Hundred Schools of Thought, but warfare rages on all the same. Dynasties rise and fall, ministers and nobles scheme, and heroes vie for control of the Central Plains. Fortunately, Lin Yi awakens a System and summons the fierce general Ma Chao and the elite Xiliang Cavalry from the Three Kingdoms era from the start. As long as he can win people over or beat them into submissi 25.3kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
13. 13 手 I Command a Mighty Army, Yet You Want Me to Give Up Power? Father, It’s Time to Step Down 手握重兵让交权，父皇该退位了 The Melon Is Super Sweet香瓜贼甜Historical1.1M WordsCompleted [The short drama adaptation is now online: With 300,000 Death Soldiers at My Command, Your Majesty, Abdicate!] [爽文, fast-paced, multiple heroines, ruthless and decisive, a madcap prince!] Qin Chuan was born into the Great Qin Dynasty as its Sixth Prince and awakened a Favorability System that let him see everyone's affection toward him. If he raised a talented person's favorability to 100, they would never betray him, and he would receive a reward. With this advantage, Qin Chuan gradually rose t 27.6kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves
14. 14 最 I'm the Strongest Prince, with the Strongest Cheat System 最强皇子我有最强开挂系统 Brother Dog's Cat狗哥的猫Historical1.5M WordsCompleted [Summoning + Succession Struggle + Faction Building + Conquest] Li Jiutian transmigrated into the body of the ninth prince of the Great Yong Dynasty. It took three years for him to awaken the most powerful cheat System. “Ding! New quest: Save the Empress Dowager. Reward: one Hero Summoning Card.” “Ding! Congratulations, Master. You have summoned Zhao Yun, the famed general of the Three Kingdoms and Tiger Might General.” “Ding! Congratulations, Master. You have summoned Di Renjie, the renowned mi 24.8kReads8.6Score2.7kShelves
15. 15 无 Endless White Congee: I Became the Great Sage and Teacher 无限白粥，我成了大贤良师 A Le12345阿乐12345Historical647k WordsCompleted You transmigrated to ancient times and gained a golden finger. At the beginning of the story, you were convinced this would be a wish-fulfillment tale, until you saw bones scattered across the wilderness and starving corpses everywhere... With an endless supply of plain rice porridge, you thought you could change everything. But when you handed out porridge by the roadside and were arrested, you realized how naive you’d been. Only when fifty strokes landed on your back did you learn that, in an 1.9kReads5.4Score188Shelves

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    With an endless supply of white porridge, I became a wise and virtuous teacher, traversing the chaotic late Han Dynasty. War raged, and famine raged across the land. Fertile fields were reduced to scorched earth, bones lay exposed, and silence reigned. The people, displaced and emaciated, craved only a mouthful of food. Lin Mo arrived with an endless supply of white porridge. He possessed neither unparalleled martial prowess nor extraordinary talent, only the warm porridge in his palm, a beacon of life in this desolate world. Faced with the ravaged land and the wailing of the people, his heart remained steadfast. Undeterred by war and banditry, he traversed the lands of suffering, offering bowls of rich white porridge to the starving and relieving their despair. The aroma of the porridge wafted through the ruined villages, warming frozen bodies and calming anxious hearts. He used porridge as a weapon to drive away famine; with benevolence in his heart, he gathered the people together. In the midst of chaos and war, he remained true to his original aspirations and performed acts of charity with ordinary strength. In the end, he transformed from a passerby into a great and virtuous teacher who won the hearts of all people, carving out a peaceful place for himself in the chaotic Three Kingdoms period.

16. 16 水 Water Margin: Reborn, Who'd Still Accept an Imperial Pardon? 水浒：都重生了，谁还招安啊！ Han Yu寒羽Historical3.3M WordsCompleted Trade height for insight from the start! Ren Yuan transmigrates into a minor character in Water Margin, determined to forge his own legend in the martial world at the end of the Northern Song dynasty! Wherever the banners of the Liangshan army fly, the land belongs to the Han people! I’ll save the people the Great Song won’t save, and fight the enemies the Great Song won’t dare to fight! Jin Wushu: Ren Yuan, stay away from me! 66.9kReads9.1Score5.3kShelves

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17. 17 秣 Saddling Up in the Waning Tang Dynasty 秣马残唐 Utterly Useless Little Rookie很废很小白Historical3.3M WordsCompleted He transmigrates to the end of the Tang Dynasty and becomes a refugee on the verge of starving to death. The moment Liu Jing opens his eyes, he sees a tragic world of warring fiefdoms, endless conflict, and people living in misery. Corpses litter the land, and for hundreds of miles, not a wisp of cooking smoke rises. Yet he also sees the romance of warhorses and flashing weapons, of heroes with the courage to swallow the world. This is the worst of times, and the best of times. Looking back at t 103.5kReads8.4Score10.3kShelves
18. 18 玄EN Fantasy: Summon Yuan Tiangang at the Start, the World Bows Down 玄幻：开局召唤袁天罡，天下俯首 Stop at Eleven止步十一Eastern Fantasy604k WordsOngoing Chu Xuanao transmigrated to another world and became the Sixth Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty. This prince had wanted nothing more than to live a carefree life, but on his eighteenth birthday, he received the Myriad Heavens Reward System. "Ding! Congratulations, Host. You've summoned a faction and obtained the Dragon Guard Manor." "Ding! Congratulations, Host. You've summoned a character and obtained Yuan Tiangang." "Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your draw was successful. You've obtained a trea 281Reads6.4Score103Shelves
19. 19 重 Reborn: In the Korean Peninsula, Plotting a Coup from the Start 重生：人在半岛，开局策划造反 February Bird2月鸟Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + no System + not mindless wish fulfillment + no harem + military coup] Jiang Yunseong was reborn in South Korea as a young officer, only to be framed and thrown in prison from the start. Fortunately, at the critical moment, he awakened the ability to read people’s minds and temporarily escaped danger. But he soon discovered that he was at the center of an unavoidable political struggle! To stay alive, he incited a group of senior commanders to launch a military coup! “Fail, and you’re r 827Reads9.1Score102Shelves
20. 20 九 Nine Princes Vie for the Throne: The Good-for-Nothing Prince Is Banished to Beiliang from the Start 九子夺嫡：废物皇子开局被贬北凉 Little Beetle 339小小甲壳虫339Historical6.7M WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the Great Zhou dynasty, Li Xun became the unlucky, useless Sixth Prince. In the struggle for the throne among nine princes, he was marked as a loser from the very beginning. He was framed and exiled to the lands of Beiliang, yet his enemies still wouldn't leave him alone. After his golden finger awakened, Li Xun gained control of the Emperor's Support System and obtained terrifying power. Then he launched a powerful counterattack. When his enemies wouldn't let up, he simp 40.6kReads8.6Score3kShelves
21. 21 当 Join the Army and Get a Wife? I Marry Eighteen Women in a Rage 当兵就发媳妇？我怒娶十八房老婆 Tangtang Sixth Young Master糖糖六公子Historical2.2M WordsCompleted “What? You can get a wife for free if you enlist? Then I’m joining the army!” Li Wannian is reborn into the declining Li Tang imperial family. He proceeds carefully, extending the Li Tang Dynasty's life by three hundred years! 28.2kReads8.6Score3.3kShelves
22. 22 三 Three Kingdoms: Reborn as a Yellow Turban, I Kill Liu Bei from the Start 三国：重生黄巾，我开局杀了刘备 Snow Drifting in March三月流雪Historical2.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [No System] + [Power Struggles] + [Farming] + [Harem] + [Powerful Official] + [Overthrowing the Han] [Based on official history, not Romance of the Three Kingdoms.] Zhang Xin transmigrated to the end of the Han Dynasty and became a Yellow Turban rebel. He had planned to pack up and run, then pass his days following the script of history. Instead, he was forced to become commander of the last Yellow Turban army. From then on, a great warlord emerged from nowhere. He crushed the 68.2kReads8.7Score6.5kShelves
23. 23 从 The March to War 从军行 Rain Falling in the Dust风尘落雨Historical5.6M WordsCompleted “Where is the Imperial Guard? Who dares ride with me across the battlefields of the northern desert and trample the Yanrong King’s tent beneath our horses?” A general in a red cloak sat astride his horse, saber in hand. “We will go!” the battle-hardened soldiers before him answered in unison. A boy from a small mountain village joined the army only to spare his family some taxes. All he wanted was to save enough money to marry his childhood sweetheart. As his military achievements mounted, he ro 24.8kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
24. 24 三 Three Kingdoms: The Son of Heaven? The Strongest Army Wins! 三国：天子？兵强马壮者为之！ Jun Zuimengxin君醉梦心Historical3.4M WordsOngoing [Martial warrior] [Feel-good read] [No System] [Commoner origins] [Warlord] [Overbearing] [General Who Shakes the Heavens] At the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, the imperial court was corrupt, eunuchs and imperial in-laws fought endlessly, and powerful local clans and wealthy families seized land. The rich owned fields stretching to the horizon, while the poor had nowhere to plant a foot. Commoners had no way to serve their country. Starving and desperate, they had only one choice: take up a bl 29.1kReads8.6Score2kShelves

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    The protagonist transmigrates to the late Eastern Han Dynasty, rebels, and becomes emperor.

25. 25 大 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 Kunwu昆吾Historical6.1M WordsCompleted [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 98.6kReads9.2Score11.8kShelves
26. 26 历 Historical Secret Realm: From the Start, I'm Liu Bei of the Mythic Three Kingdoms 历史秘境：开局神话三国刘备 Workers and Peasants工农Urban1.2M WordsCompleted When the historical realms had fully merged with Blue Star and the age of nations vying for supremacy began, Duan Chen had already unified the Mythic Realm, Mythical Three Kingdoms... He transmigrated to a Blue Star with a broken and relatively recent history, a world that kept expanding. It turned out that historical realms from various countries were merging with Blue Star. But these were no ordinary historical realms. The [World War I Realm] boasted rivers of steel and clashes between battles 6.4kReads8.8Score469Shelves
27. 27 不 If You Won't Write the Memorial, Why Are You Going on the Northern Campaign? 不写出师表，你北什么伐呀！ Autumn Wind Over Luoshui洛水秋风Historical2.8M WordsCompleted “This place is so delightful, I could forget all about Shu!” Liu Shan, who left behind this timeless saying, thought he had died. But when he opened his eyes again, he had become Zhao Gou, the emperor of the Great Song. With none of Zhao Gou's memories, he gazed at the officials filling the court and fell into deep thought. They have a chancellor here too? The name Qin Hui might not sound like much, but surely he's as capable in both letters and arms as my foster father! Hmm? Wait, why is there 43.6kReads8.9Score4.5kShelves
28. 28 抗 War of Resistance: This Li Yunlong Dares to Attack Taiyuan 抗战：这个李云龙他敢打太原 Wind Thirty-Nine风三十九Urban1.6M WordsCompleted “No System,” “intelligent characters,” “strategy,” “military industry,” “technology-focused” A 21st-century mechanical engineer transmigrates as Li Yunlong and wins battle after battle, from Cangyun Ridge to the Korean battlefield. From northwest Shanxi to the four northeastern provinces, from small arms to Miss Qiu. He takes one step at a time, building and developing at every turn, gradually getting things on track. 1 35.4kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
29. 29 守 On the Day of the Wake, My Sisters-in-Law Put Me on the Throne 守灵当天，我被众嫂嫂推上皇位 Kitchen God of the Wood Stove柴火灶王爷Historical724k WordsOngoing [Alternate Dynasty + Transmigration + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + The Golden Finger Has Been Cut in Half] A high school boy named Tian Shu wakes up one morning in an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with care. In a feudal age of chaos, the powerful clans hold sway. The System is practically useless, and each sister-in-law has her own agenda. Born into a poor family, can he defy fate, change his destiny, command a vast empire, and mak 4.6kReads8.8Score183Shelves

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    This one is pretty good.

30. 30 大 The Grand Canal: Emperor Yang of Sui's Song of Ice and Fire 大运河：隋炀帝冰与火之歌 Madam Xiao of Qingcheng Mountain清城山的潇夫人Historical205k WordsCompleted Yang Guang, Prince of Jin under the Sui, was handsome, shrewd, and patient, biding his time in secret. While Emperor Wen, Yang Jian, lay gravely ill at Renshou Palace, his affair with Lady Xuanhua was exposed. He responded by murdering his father, forging an imperial edict, deposing and killing Crown Prince Yang Yong, and imprisoning his brothers until they died. He seized the throne in a bloody coup and renamed the era Daye. Once emperor, he broke the power of the great clans and established t 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The candlelight made her snow-white skin almost transparent, revealing pale blue veins that spread like broken ice patterns. This last descendant of the Southern Dynasty's royal bloodline knelt before the black-robed emperor, like a peony broken by a storm, bearing the sorrow and humiliation of a dynasty's demise.

31. 31 历 Rebellion in History: The Mystic System and a New Arcane Art Every Day 历史造反：奇门系统，每日奇术 Nai Fuyue乃负岳Historical110k WordsOngoing [Alternate setting + System + rebellion + war + multiple heroines + constitutional monarchy + democratic parliament] Li Qiubai binds himself to the Qimen System and transmigrates to the ancient Central Plains. Li Qiubai: “That’s —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That day, he used his martial arts skills to govern the court, and though he unified the world, he did not declare himself emperor. "From this day forward, a constitutional monarchy will be established. The nation will be governed by parliament, with each state sending representatives, and all citizens casting their votes..." 🧐👍

32. 32 家 Home with Kids: After Activating the System, I Became a Winner in Life 家有儿女：激活系统后我成了人生 Little Dog Who Loves Meat爱吃肉的小狗Male-Channel Fanfiction669k WordsOngoing As the perennial worst student in Home with Kids, Liu Xing’s life is changed forever by a fall. As memories of his past life awaken, he activates the Life’s Biggest Winner System, and check-in missions open the door to his rise. Starting with a check-in in Xiaoxue’s room, he uses the System’s rewards to improve by leaps and bounds: making a fortune, becoming more handsome, and building connections. The former bottom-of-the-class student transforms into a winner in life and amazes everyone. 45Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    Not bad, it looks pretty good.

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