For Fans of Late Ming Historical Military Fiction: The Best of the Best 喜欢明末历史军事小说看一下，精品中的精品

1. 551 重 Reborn in the Ming Dynasty, the Villagers Want Me to Rebuild the Han Empire! 重生大明，村民要我再造大汉！ Tide Son潮天子Historical260k WordsOngoing Liu Yingjun, a modern college graduate, is reborn as a young rascal in the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty. He expects to amount to nothing, but who could have guessed that the villagers would ask him to lead them in overthrowing the Ming dynasty and restoring the Han realm! Villagers: “Do you know the prophecy of the Golden Saber?” Liu Yingjun: “Huh? What are you talking about?” Villagers: “You’re the only person in the village surnamed Liu. We want you to lead us in overthrowing the false Ming 4Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 552 大 Ten Thousand Years of Great Qin: Who Let Him Teach the First Emperor? 大秦万年，谁让他当始皇老师的？ Just an Ordinary Man本是俗夫Historical1.1M WordsCompleted At the end of the Warring States period, amid one of the greatest upheavals in Chinese history, Jiang Wang arrives in this era. He studies under Guiguzi, plunges into this turbulent age, and personally sets in motion the fall of the six kingdoms and the unification of the realm. The First Emperor of Qin, Ying Zheng, calls him his teacher. Unifying the written language and measurements, establishing academies, and enlightening the people: one groundbreaking initiative after another takes shape un 11.3kReads8.9Score600Shelves

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   A good book about serious nonsense

3. 553 明 The God of Slaughter at the End of the Ming Dynasty: Starting with an Arsenal 明末杀神：从军火库开始 A Huge Basin of Potatoes一大盆土豆Historical142k WordsCompleted In the chaotic final years of the Ming Dynasty, human lives are worth no more than grass. Young Wang Xiao Shi transmigrates from the modern era, carrying an entire arsenal and military engineering knowledge far beyond his time. He wipes out bandits, roots out corrupt officials, rescues refugees, and trains a powerful army. He pacifies the lands with firearms and shapes the world with military strategy. He kindles a spark in the darkness, carving out a haven amid the chaos. The Embroidered Unif 170Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 554 顾 Gu Cheng's Ming Dynasty History Series: The History of the Southern Ming and Peasant Wars at the End of the Ming Dynasty (Complete in Three Volumes) 顾诚明史系列：南明史+明末农民战争史（全三册） Gu Cheng顾诚Historical988k WordsCompleted First, watch Li Zicheng's carelessness cost him an empire. Then see the Southern Ming court tear itself apart and bring about its own downfall! ◆ A History of the Peasant War at the End of the Ming: In March 1644, Li Zicheng entered Beijing, bringing the Ming dynasty to an end. He had been fighting for sixteen years. In April of that same year, Li Zicheng was defeated at Shanhai Pass, and the Qing army entered China. The following May, Li Zicheng died at Jiugong Mountain in Huguang, barely four 162Reads9.4Score—Shelves
5. 555 权 The Power Broker and Imperial Mentor: I Helped Chai Rong Bring Peace to the Realm 权商帝师：我助柴荣缔造太平年 Liang Beijia梁北嘉Historical511k WordsCompleted [Historical What-If + Political Scheming + Power-and-Wealth Fantasy + Multiple Heroines] I transmigrated to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and became a powerful minister who could foresee the future! I saved the short-lived young Chai Rong and helped him escape the fatal curse that would kill him at thirty-nine; I gathered a peerless swordswoman, the greatest businesswoman under heaven, and an unparalleled physician. With business acumen, I built the imperial treasury into a mountain 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

6. 556 明 A History of the Peasant War at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末农民战争史 Gu Cheng顾诚Historical290k WordsCompleted Sixteen years of unstoppable victories, followed by four hundred days to total collapse. Open this book and discover why Li Zicheng was defeated, and why his downfall came so quickly! In March 1644, Li Zicheng captured Beijing, bringing the Ming dynasty to an end. By then, he had fought for sixteen years. In April of that year, Li Zicheng was defeated at Shanhai Pass, and the Qing army entered the pass. In May of the following year, Li Zicheng died at Jiugong Mountain in Huguang, just four hundr 645Reads9.3Score127Shelves
7. 557 穿 I Transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty and Became the Chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard 穿越大明，我成了锦衣卫老大 Ning Ayi柠阿一Historical340k WordsOngoing Emergency-room doctor Shen Yan wakes up to find he has transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty, becoming the Shen family’s eldest legitimate son, framed by his stepmother and younger brother and left to die! A scandal at a pleasure boat? He clears his name on the spot! A family trying to seize his property? He crushes them outright! Schemes and conspiracies? He exposes them one by one with modern forensic techniques! Then he discovers, to his surprise, that his mother was a secret agent for the Embroi —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 558 草 The Grassroots Stock God 草根股神 Chen Juncai陈俊材Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Don’t be greedy, don’t gamble, and don’t use leverage. Keep your mind steady, follow discipline, and respect the rules. Performance is the foundation, trends point the way, capital is the lifeblood, and hot sectors are the soul. Together, these four make up the technique; keeping your mind steady is the way. Without technique, you can’t win. Without the way, you can’t last. 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's you!

9. 559 大 The Fool's Comeback 大傻的逆袭人生 Chen Juncai陈俊材Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Synopsis of The Fool's Rise to Success. The Fool was never actually foolish. His real name is Yang Dapeng, and he was an abandoned baby adopted by Yang Sharen and his wife, a village doctor and his spouse, when they were both sixty. Dapeng was exceptionally gifted from a young age. He was handsome and bright-eyed, with a photographic memory. Influenced by his adoptive father, Yang Laoshi, he mastered the properties and effects of all kinds of Chinese medicinal herbs and became highly skilled in 9Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 560 又 The Mountain Flowers Bloom Again 又见山花开 Chen Juncai陈俊材40k WordsCompleted The Mountain Flowers Bloom Again 8Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 561 时 In Our Youth, We Belonged to Each Other; In Our Twilight Years, We Became Each Other's Beloved 时岁相予，暮岁相卿 Nangong Xiao南宫晓Anime Fanfiction40k WordsOngoing The story of the scholar Song Shiyu and Jiang Muqing, a courtesan, escaping Huai City after its fall. You can read it as fanfiction for Aihong. I wrote this just for fun and changed some of the original setting. I think Aihong really needs a second playthrough where someone returns with their memories intact. —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 562 大 Great Ming: The Peerless Grandson, Please Step Down, Old Zhu 大明：无双好圣孙，请老朱退位 I Have Heard of High Antiquity朕闻上古Historical2.9M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted] + [Comedy] + [Role Reversal] + [Family Sitcom] Calling me fat? Did I eat your rice? Zhu Gaochi somehow found himself in the Ming dynasty, inside the body of a chubby little boy of four or five who was also named Zhu Gaochi. To avoid dying young, he could only grit his teeth and train like crazy. Along the way, he saved Zhu Xiongying from drowning, extended Empress Ma's life, and taught Crown Prince Zhu Biao how to stay healthy. Before anyone knew it, the fate of the Ming dynasty h 868Reads8.0Score137Shelves

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    These books have different angles, which are pretty good.

13. 563 明 The Fake County Magistrate on the Late Ming Frontier 明末边关假县令 Zi Wu紫乌Historical466k WordsCompleted Han An, a history PhD student, transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty and impersonates a county magistrate in a border region to stay alive. In the second year of the Chongzhen era, the people teeter on the brink of death, traitors and bandits run rampant, the corrupt court is powerless, and the Manchus in Liaodong watch like hungry tigers. Hong Chengchou, Huang Taiji, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and other figures are about to take the historical stage. If history is allowed to race along its o 3.2kReads8.3Score255Shelves
14. 564 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. 136.8kReads9.2Score14.2kShelves
15. 565 魂 Reborn in the Great Ming, with My Eldest Brother Dead from the Start 魂穿大明，开局大哥陨落 Unfamiliar with the Bright Moon不知锦月Historical424k WordsCompleted An accident sends his soul back a hundred years. After another mishap, he becomes Mu Sheng, the son of Mu Ying. To everyone else, Zhu Yuanzhang is a ruthless, cold-blooded emperor. But in Mu Sheng's eyes, this supreme ruler has a tenderness and vulnerability that history never recorded. He saves the emperor's eldest grandson, Zhu Xiongying, protects Empress Ma, and turns the tide as a young man, earning a title of nobility in a single battle! From then on, the course of Ming history is utterly 994Reads—Score104Shelves

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    A good Ming Dynasty novel

16. 566 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
17. 567 一 Relentlessly Keep Qianlong in Check and Inherit Yongzheng's Golden Age 一路打压乾隆，继承雍正盛世 Liu Xiaoshan刘晓山Historical681k WordsCompleted A modern-day wage slave transmigrates back to the Qing dynasty during the Yongzheng era. By chance, he obtains an Emperor Development System and gradually earns Yongzheng's trust. In the end, he replaces the Qianlong Emperor, carries on Yongzheng's prosperous reign, and ushers in a golden age of his own. (This book is a creative reworking based on historical stories, and its plot may not entirely match the historical record. We hope our dear readers will understand.) 2.8kReads7.4Score230Shelves

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    For those of you who have read about the Yongzheng Dynasty, the nine sons competing for the throne are reproduced in this book, which will definitely satisfy you!

18. 568 大 The Great Ming's Sunken Silver & Mo Jun (Volume 3, Part 2, Chapters 29–45) 大明沉银&墨钧（第三卷下部29-45章） Ye Xiao, Who Likes Round Jujubes喜欢圆枣子的叶霄Historical49k WordsCompleted The Ming's Sunken Silver & Mo Jun (Volume 3, Part 2, Chapters 29–45) —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can take a look, it's worth reading

19. 569 大 The Great Ming's Sunken Silver & Mo Jun (Volume 4: The Tides of Factional Strife, Eight Million as an Impassable Chasm, Part 1) 大明沉银&墨钧（第四卷党争狂潮，八百万天堑上部） Ye Xiao, Who Likes Round Jujubes喜欢圆枣子的叶霄Historical73k WordsCompleted The Ming's Sunken Silver & Mo Jun (Volume 4: The Party Strife Frenzy, The Eight-Hundred-Thousand-Man Chasm, Part 1) —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 570 大 The Great Ming's Silver Tide & Mo Jun (Volume 3: Establishing Banks to Circulate Silver, Rebuilding the Financial Foundation) 大明潮银&墨钧（第三卷立票号通银，重构金融基） Ye Xiao, Who Likes Round Jujubes喜欢圆枣子的叶霄Historical79k WordsCompleted The Ming's Silver Tide & Mo Jun (Volume 3: Establishing Draft Banks to Circulate Silver, Rebuilding the Foundations of Finance) —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 571 大 The Great Ming's Silver Tide & Mo Jun (Volume 2: A Sliver of Power at the Ministry of Revenue, Breaking the Tax Reform Deadlock, Chapters 21–44) 大明银潮&墨钧（第二卷户部掌微权，税制破冰难21-44） Ye Xiao, Who Likes Round Jujubes喜欢圆枣子的叶霄Historical54k WordsCompleted The Ming's Silver Tide & Mo Jun (Volume 2: A Sliver of Power in the Ministry of Revenue, Breaking Through Tax Reform, Chapters 21–44) —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 572 大 The Great Ming's Silver Tide & Mo Jun (Volume 1: A Lowly Man Thrust into Danger, the Great Ming's Treasury Is Empty) 大明银潮&墨钧（第一卷寒身入危局，大明银库空） Ye Xiao, Who Likes Round Jujubes喜欢圆枣子的叶霄Historical54k WordsCompleted The Ming's Silver Tide & Mo Jun (Volume 1: A Lowly Man Thrust into Peril, the Ming Treasury Empty) —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 573 大 The Great Ming's Sunken Silver & Mo Jun (Volume 2: Jiangnan's Dust and Clamor, the 300,000-Tale Threshold, Part 2) 大明沉银&墨钧（第二卷江南尘器，三十万两槛下部） Ye Xiao, Who Likes Round Jujubes喜欢圆枣子的叶霄Historical55k WordsCompleted The Ming's Sunken Silver & Mo Jun (Volume 2: Jiangnan's Dust and Clamor, The Three-Hundred-Thousand-Tael Threshold, Part 2) —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 574 大 The Great Ming's Sunken Silver & Mo Jun (Volume 3, Part 1, Chapters 1–28) 大明沉银&墨钧（第三卷上部1-28） Ye Xiao, Who Likes Round Jujubes喜欢圆枣子的叶霄Historical86k WordsCompleted The Ming's Sunken Silver & Mo Jun (Volume 3, Part 1, Chapters 1–28) —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 575 大 The Great Ming's Sunken Silver & Mo Jun (Volume 2: Jiangnan's Dust and Clamor, the 300,000-Tale Threshold, Part 1) 大明沉银&墨钧（第二卷江南尘嚣，三十万两槛·上部） Ye Xiao, Who Likes Round Jujubes喜欢圆枣子的叶霄Historical50k WordsCompleted The Ming's Sunken Silver & Mo Jun (Volume 2: Jiangnan's Dust and Clamor, The Three-Hundred-Thousand-Tael Threshold, Part 1) —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 576 大 The Great Ming's Sunken Silver & Mo Jun (Volume 1: Passing the Imperial Exam in the Guiwei Year, Chapters 1–35) 大明沉银&墨钧（第一卷·癸未登科1-35章） Ye Xiao, Who Likes Round Jujubes喜欢圆枣子的叶霄Historical96k WordsCompleted The Ming Dynasty’s Sunken Silver & Mo Jun (Volume One: Passing the Imperial Examination in the Guiwei Year, Chapters 1–35) —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 577 大 Dayong & Mo Jun: Street-Side Life, Volume One (Chapters 1-30) 大雍&墨钧·（第一卷市井烟火1-30） Ye Xiao, Who Likes Round Jujubes喜欢圆枣子的叶霄Historical74k WordsCompleted Dayong & Mo Jun: Volume One, Everyday Life (Chapters 1-30) —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 578 明 Late Ming: Building a Free Trade Port in Hainan 明末：我在海南建设自贸港 Old General of Guanzhong关西老将Historical1.1M WordsCompleted In the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, aboard a merchant ship bound for Luzon, Yang Yuhan is reborn as a lowly ship’s slave. After enduring endless abuse, he fights back, puts down a mutiny, and is chosen as the ship’s captain. He leads the crew to Hainan Island, buys land in Sanya Village, Yazhou, builds factories, opens up sea routes, and creates a free trade port. He goes on to take control of the entire island, turning it into a haven amid the chaos and drawing people from the mainlan 919Reads6.0Score107Shelves

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    I've read this book, it's a good read.

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