Historical Stories with an Interesting Protagonist and Lofty Ambitions! 历史类，主角人设有趣，志向高远的！

1. 1 我 My Grandpa Is the Daoist Emperor 我爷爷是道士皇帝 Bald Li San光头李三Historical3.1M WordsCompleted 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...” 69.6kReads9.0Score7kShelves

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   The grandson of Jiajing and the son of Longqing, this novel spans two reigns and gradually matures. The early part of the story draws inspiration from *Da Ming 1566*, making it a very good historical novel.

2. 2 永 Emperor Yongle Is My Brother-in-Law! Let’s Play It Safe! 永乐大帝我姐夫！苟苟苟出发咯！ Coffee Gives Me a Stomachache喝咖啡胃疼Historical544k WordsCompleted Authors interested in adapting this novel can search for "My Brother-in-Law, Emperor Yongle" to apply. All authors are welcome to adapt it! By a stroke of luck, I transmigrated and became Xu Huizu, eldest son of Xu Da, Duke of Wei of the Ming dynasty. What? My brother-in-law is the future Emperor Yongle, Zhu Di? Then all I have to do is keep my head down, right? And so... During the Hongwu reign, I kept an extremely low profile! During the Yongle reign, my brother-in-law was Zhu Di! During the H 5.6kReads8.1Score333Shelves

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   This book is also good.

3. 3 你 Why Is Your Game So Full of History? 你的游戏为何充满历史感 Dongfang Ying东方迎Urban2.2M WordsCompleted P.S. This is a parallel world with a unified empire and a different history. Rest assured, everyone, and enjoy! In the Great Xia Empire, inside a game livestream. Scene One “If every game on the competition lineup is trash, then let's play the trashiest one. Bring it on... The Three Kingdoms Battle!” “What the heck? It starts with the Oath of the Peach Garden, but the beginner quest is to save a collapsing empire and restore the Han dynasty?!” Scene Two “This is even more ridiculous than The Thr 39kReads8.4Score3.5kShelves

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4. 4 我 My Grandfather Is Zhu Yuanzhang 我祖父是朱元璋 Time Thief岁月神偷Historical6.5M WordsCompleted 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 237.2kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves

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   I transmigrated into the body of Zhu Biao's son, Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest grandson, and the most legitimate grandson of the Daoist lineage. The interactions between him and Zhu Yuanzhang are very detailed and interesting.

5. 5 三 Three Kingdoms: Infinite Troops for Anyone with Money! 三国：有钱就能无限爆兵！ Admiring the Fish from the Abyss临渊羡余Historical410k WordsCompleted [Three Kingdoms history] [System-based] [lords and nobles] [satisfying power fantasy] [unstoppable conquest] [decisive and ruthless] [passionate] In the first year of Xingping (194 AD), Liu Yao transmigrates as the Prince of Pei in Pei State. That year, Tao Qian, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu, and Lu Bu clash in Xu Province. The strongest vie for supremacy, the land descends into chaos, and Liu Yao can hardly stay out of the conflict. Fortunately, the [Unlimited Troop-Spawning System] activates. “S 1.1kReads6.5Score115Shelves
6. 6 开 Summon the Black Armored Army from the Start and Rebuild the Glorious Tang 开局召唤玄甲军，再造盛唐 The Cat Roars on the East Side of the River河东猫子吼Historical637k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into Li Ye, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, he is on the verge of a breakdown. Before him stand eunuchs with power over the entire court, warlords watching hungrily from the sidelines, and an empire riddled with wounds and on the brink of an abyss. The knowledge of a science student? Not enough to make gunpowder. The political skills of a college student? He wouldn't survive three episodes. Just as he is ready to lie flat and enjoy the last decade or so of a doomed emperor's “happ 249Reads5.9Score—Shelves
7. 7 红 Dream of the Red Chamber: From the Start, I Join the Army, Slay Japanese Pirates, and Build a Tower of Skulls! 红楼：开局从军，杀倭寇筑京观！ There's a Bug in the Book书上有虫Historical1.4M WordsCompleted Jia Yu, the legitimate eldest son of the main branch of the Jinling Jia family! But having learned what happens later, he knew for certain that the Jia family was no mighty ship that could bring him wealth and glory. It was a leaky wreck that could sink at any moment. Before long, the entire Jia family would be implicated by the Ning and Rong mansions and face confiscation of their property and the extermination of their clan. Jia Yu had to do more than cut off all ties with the Ning and Rong ma 11.4kReads7.9Score592Shelves
8. 8 留 The System Crashed After I Left Behind Twenty Thousand Elite Troops! 留下两万精兵后，系统崩了！ Lost in a Snowy Night雪夜迷踪Historical757k WordsOngoing (From the start + claiming kingship + carving out a domain + war) Reborn as an illegitimate son of a marquis's household? The good news: he has the System transmigrators are supposed to get! The bad news: the System has crashed! Luckily, before crashing, the System left him twenty thousand elite troops. The only problem is that they can only be activated once he reaches Liaodong. He heads straight north to Liaodong, leads his army to conquer Goguryeo, declares himself king and establishes a regi 16.6kReads6.7Score903Shelves
9. 9 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 44kReads8.9Score4.5kShelves
10. 10 人 I'm in the Spring and Autumn Period, and I Really Don't Want to Transmigrate! 人在春秋，我真的不想穿越啊！ Glory and Loyalty荣耀与忠诚Historical3.7M WordsCompleted Other people are overjoyed when they transmigrate. When it happens to Lou Ling, he can only look miserable. The moment he opens his eyes, Lou finds himself in the middle Spring and Autumn period, more than 2,500 years in the past, in an era when food, drink, and clothing are hard to come by, and anyone who isn’t a noble is treated like an insect. This is an age when gentlemen are as refined as jade and unskilled in deceit, and wars between states are governed by countless rules. Watch how Lou Li 8.7kReads8.6Score641Shelves

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    These three books are excellent. The first one is set in the Spring and Autumn Period, where the protagonist opens their eyes on the battlefield. The second is a new book, also set in the Spring and Autumn Period, featuring a noblewoman and refined writing style. The third has a novel theme, set in the late Han Dynasty, with Emperor Ling of Han still alive, and characters from the Three Kingdoms period will gradually appear!

11. 11 穿 Transmigrating to the Pre-Qin Era: You Call Her a Refined Lady of the Spring and Autumn Period? 穿越先秦：你管她叫春秋淑女 Uncle Yangzi羊叔子Ancient Romance426k WordsCompleted This is a collection of notes on the life of a refined lady in the Spring and Autumn period. You call her a refined lady of the Spring and Autumn period? The Jin royal family, adjusting their hats: She's clearly a favored minister who charms the ruler. Prince Gai, brimming with pride: My sister is the greatest in the world! Marquis Zhou of Jin: My wife is devoted to me. · A conspicuous little lady from a small state who transmigrates and loves tinkering with new inventions × a feudal lord who is 2.3kReads8.1Score299Shelves
12. 12 天 Sky Screen: I, the Princess of Ten Thousand Years, Rebuild the Han Dynasty Three Times! 天幕：我，万年公主，三造大汉！ Year After Year Tong年年童Ancient Romance422k WordsCompleted [Historical Court Intrigue + Nation-Building and Farming + Three Kingdoms Ensemble Cast + Empress + Strong Female Lead + Livestreaming + Satisfying Female-Power Story] Liu Yue, a modern engineering PhD, was born into the body of Princess Wannian in the final years of the Han dynasty. The history books spare her only a few words: Dong Zhuo abused her, and she died after her “passage was torn apart.” In t 96Reads6.8Score—Shelves
13. 13 我 I Became Qin Shi Huang’s Dog 我穿成了秦始皇的狗 Clouds Drift, Not Chasing Birds流云非逐鸟Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: I Was Reincarnated as Qin Shi Huang’s Dog [No romance, a real pet, can hear thoughts, can talk] Web novelist Ying Bai has just finished writing the ending to a novel. Before she can even send it out, she slumps over her computer. When she wakes up, she discovers she’s become a dog. The good news: she’s landed in the great Qin, home of her fascinating ancestor! The bad news: she’s become a dog?! Ying Bai curses the heavens with everything she’s got. In 221 BCE, Ying Zheng successi 11.3kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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    🔥 After transmigrating into the body of the Qin Dynasty's imperial dog, I was frantically bombarding Ying Zheng's mind with comments 🔥 Family! Does anyone understand?! I died from overwork and transmigrated into Ying Zheng's dog, only to discover that he could hear my thoughts! I was speechless, but he raised an eyebrow and said, "... You can call me Brother Zheng."

14. 14 冒 Passing Myself Off as a Zhuge: Heavens, Why? Rebuild the Han! 冒姓诸葛：悠悠苍天？再造大汉！ Songlu Maolin松麓茂临Historical1.0M WordsCompleted In Jianxing Year Twelve, Zhuge Liang, the peerless genius known as the Sleeping Dragon and chancellor of Shu Han, fell ill and died at Wuzhang Plains, lamenting, “Vast heavens, why have you treated me so unfairly?” He had devoted himself completely and worked until his dying day, making six campaigns against Mount Qi in an attempt to restore the Han and return to the old capital. But fate was cruel, his ambitions unfulfilled, and he passed away. Zhuge You, a history undergraduate from the twent 148Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist inherits the will of Marquis Wu and aims to rebuild the Han Dynasty; his ambition is absolutely lofty!

15. 15 操 Controlling the Ancestors: Creating a Millennium-Old Clan from the Chu-Han Contention 操控祖宗：从楚汉争霸创千年世家 Just Pay Me给钱就行Historical2.0M WordsOngoing A story of a millennium-old clan and its ancestors After graduating from university, Chen Cheng gained the ability to travel through time, going back and forth across history to control his own ancestors! If he can't get rich in the present, he'll start in ancient times! He takes a leg from Xiang Yu during the Chu-Han Contention, becomes Emperor Wen of Han's tutor amid the Lü Clan Disturbance, pushes through reforms in Emperor Jing of Han's era, and turns the tide in the late Eastern Han! The Ji 93.4kReads8.9Score7.6kShelves
16. 16 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 8.5kReads8.9Score522Shelves

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    I read about peasant uprisings before moving on to governance, and by page 5700, I couldn't take the sad and angsty story anymore; all my right-hand men were slowly leaving.

17. 17 我 I Really Didn't Want to Be a Prince 我真没想当王爷啊 The Wandering Longblade溜达的长刀Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing Prince + fictional setting + multiple heroines + lighthearted comedy “Spring breezes and peach blossoms, a cup of wine; ten years of lanterns glowing through rainy nights in the martial world.” During the Chenghe era of the Great Ning dynasty, rival powers rise up, the people suffer, and the realm is thrown into chaos. Across three northern and southern dynasties, ministers and nobles, talented scholars and famed courtesans paint a vivid portrait of the realm. The imperial court, the batt 34.7kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
18. 18 三 Three Kingdoms: I Am the True Imperial Uncle, Reviving the Han Dynasty for Three Generations 三国：我，真皇叔，三兴大汉 No Mortal Delicacies不吃烟火Historical1.3M WordsCompleted [Three Kingdoms] [Invincible] [Warring for supremacy] [The real imperial uncle] [System] Do all dynasties perish because they grow weak, while the Han alone falls because it is strong? After four hundred years, beacons of war burn across the land. Everything lies in ruin, and the people wail in misery. Thirteen provinces are strewn with bones, so numerous that even the fertile fields beside the roads cannot contain them. Some maneuver through the world of politics, while others roam as heroes wi 42.1kReads9.3Score3kShelves
19. 19 重 Back to the Present: Chancellor Zhuge, Please Watch Your Pregnancy 重回现在：诸葛丞相，请注意保胎 A Xian阿仙Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] + [Pure and Innocent] + [From Ancient Times to the Modern Day] + [Foolish Ancient People] + [Everyday Romance] = [Pure Sweetness, No Angst] Chen Yu transmigrates to an alternate world resembling the Three Kingdoms era. Step by step, he becomes the Grand Marshal who controls the military power of the Great Gan Dynasty. After living out his natural lifespan, he returns to the modern era! He assumes it was all just a dream. Who could have guessed... that as soon as he reaches the 21.4kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
20. 20 大 The First Duke of the Great Ming 大明第一公 Time Thief岁月神偷Historical2.3M WordsCompleted I am Li Jinglong. This is my story, and the story of the Great Ming. 131kReads9.2Score14.4kShelves

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    It's a great read, I hope the author updates ten chapters a day.

21. 21 三 Three Kingdoms: My Brother Is Dian Wei, and I Take on Lü Bu from the Start 三国：家兄典韦，开局硬刚吕布 Young Eunuch年轻宦官Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Dian Mo transmigrates to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty and becomes Dian Wei's younger brother. To join Cao Cao's camp, Dian Mo sends a letter that leaves Cao Cao stunned. Cao Cao: “Find the person who wrote this letter, no matter what. This must be the peerless genius I've been looking for!” While the whole camp launches a search, Dian Mo comes to Cao Cao of his own accord and begins his career as a strategist. Yuan Shao: “The Dian brothers are one a civil genius, the other a military geniu 45.6kReads9.6Score4.5kShelves

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    The first book features Liu Shan, who transmigrates into Zhao Gou's body. Although not particularly intelligent, he is observant, knows how to maintain balance, and is skilled at employing people. Sending Yue Fei on a northern expedition somewhat makes up for any lingering regrets. The characters are well-developed, and the details are handled well. The second book features each character with their unique personal charm, interspersed with the author's unique feelings towards different figures from the Three Kingdoms period. It boasts exciting battles of wits and thrilling martial arts sequences.

22. 22 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
23. 23 汉 The Han Legacy, the Qin Clan: An Ancestral Spirit Gives a Millennium Clan a Cheat 汉祚秦氏：祖灵开挂千年世家 The Qi Yun I Keep Thinking About心心念念的齐云Historical843k WordsCompleted Qin Yue, a top student of modern history, touched the bronze token passed down through countless generations of his family. His soul drifted away, and he became the “ancestral spirit of the Qin clan,” bound to his ancestor from the late Qin dynasty, Qin Zhong, an honest man who farmed in Pei County. Qin Yue could send his ancestor strategies through dreams, from farming techniques to the clearly understood course of the Chu-Han Contention. He could also accumulate “family fortune points” to unlo 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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