Novels like A Rake in the Late Ming Dynasty
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- 151 Saving Sun Chuanting: The Invincible War God 拯救孙传庭之无敌战神 After transmigrating to the late Ming dynasty, Wang Xiaowei, a Chinese special forces soldier, finds himself a starving foot soldier under Sun Chuanting's command, barely clinging to life. At this moment, a million of Li Zicheng's troops are massing beyond Tong Pass, while Emperor Chongzhen sends one order after another from the court, demanding that they fight. One year! There is only one year left until Sun Chuanting dies in battle and the Ming dynasty falls! [From the start, all I have is a s 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Late Ming Chongzhen: I Deserve the Temple Name Shengzu 明末崇祯，朕当得起圣祖庙号 Zhu Bao'an is reborn. He never expected to become the Chongzhen Emperor. He's doomed now. Fortunately, it's the first year of the Chongzhen reign, so there's still hope. Watch him rebuild the Embroidered Uniform Guard and Eastern Depot, killing not a single loyal minister and sparing not one treacherous official. He takes charge of the economy, politics, and military, and makes sure all three are strong. Hong Taiji: "That brat Zhu Youjian fights dirty, always going for my kidneys. And now he has 966Reads7.2Score10514d adds
- 153 In the Great Ming, Starting with Tofu 人在大明，从做豆腐开始 Wu Zishan, a medical master's graduate, transmigrated to the early Ming dynasty. At first, he only wanted to earn a few taels of silver to improve his life and, while he was at it, marry a beautiful wife. But a beauty pursued him with tearful pleas, and through a twist of fate he entered government service. He was promoted every few days and somehow became a major figure who stirred up the political landscape and changed history... 1.6kReads7.9Score12314d adds
- 154 Great Ming: Farming from 1641 Onward 大明：种田从1641年开始 In the fourteenth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming dynasty, modern man Chen Nuo unexpectedly finds himself in this turbulent era. The Central Plains are falling, and bloodshed is everywhere. Within the realm, rebel forces led by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong run rampant; beyond the borders, the Jurchen barbarians look hungrily toward the lands within the passes. The people starve, corpses litter the countryside, and some even resort to cannibalism! If that’s how things are, there’s nothi 26Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 155 My Father-in-Law Is Zhu Yuanzhang 我岳父是朱元璋 “Your Majesty, your son-in-law is in trouble again.” “Again? That bastard Chang Lao’er? What did he do this time?” “Your Majesty is wise. While clearing out Japanese pirates who were harassing our Ming coast, he seized a treasure map.” “Then he took the fleet and chased after them in the direction of Japan.” “That bastard! Who gave him permission to send troops without cause and provoke a border conflict? Does he have any idea how short the court is on funds?” “This is the treasure map he presen 3.7kReads7.3Score27814d adds
- 156 Iron-Blooded Great Ming: 1625 铁血大明1625 A special forces king from several centuries in the future transmigrates into the body of the late Ming emperor Tianqi, whose name sounds just like his own. The Carpenter Emperor? No, the Engineer Emperor! The industrial power of a great nation begins with the Ming! A mighty and iron-willed Ming will sweep across the world! 341Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 157 Brother Chongzhen, Step Down! I'll Be the Emperor of Great Ming 崇祯皇兄退位吧，我来当大明皇帝 In the fifth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming dynasty, once the world’s foremost power in science and military technology, the empire was already teetering on the brink of collapse. A modern graduate student in materials science unexpectedly transmigrates with Doubao AI and becomes Zhu Yihai, the sixth illegitimate son of the Prince of Lu. With the Kong Youde Rebellion already underway and Shandong’s provincial administration in growing turmoil, even a prince’s illegitimate son faces a di 622Reads—Score10614d adds
- 158 Northern Ming Republic 北明共和 You'll see a different kind of transmigration story. A finance worker transmigrates to the end of the Ming dynasty, into a tiny Soren tribe in the frozen north. He knows nothing about political scheming or martial arts, and has no skill in manipulating people. He has no population, no agriculture, and no industry... But he loves nature. He knows where to find minerals and resources. Can a man of technology really succeed? He goes fishing in the Sea of Okhotsk and mining in Siberia. Although this 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Sun Rises in the West 日出西明 How can a minor prince of the late Ming, with the weakest claim to inherit the throne, turn the tide? A border-defense university student from the twenty-first century transmigrates into the body of Zhu Hengjia, Prince of Jingjiang, and establishes a Presidential Palace to govern the realm. He lightens taxes and labor burdens, and the common people say, “We could never repay the President’s kindness!” He cracks down on powerful clans’ monopolies, and small and medium-sized merchants say, “We cou 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The Great Ming Administrator 大明执政官 In the Great Ming, who wants the posthumous title “Ming Wuzong”? Whoever wants it can take it! I absolutely refuse to have it. No one can talk me into it! If those scholar-officials want to smear me, I'll start a capital gazette! If those Qing apologists want to smear me, I'll follow in the footsteps of my grandpa, Emperor Xianzong, and wipe them out, ending the Qing! All I want is a posthumous title that sounds good! Of course, I'll have to wait until I die and the true dragon ascends to heaven 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 The Entire Court Is Reborn, and Chongzhen Is Stunned! 满朝文武皆重生，崇祯懵了！ [No System, no transmigration. Read with confidence.] The Ming dynasty began with a bowl and ended with a rope. Emperor Hongwu rose from humble origins, ushered in the Hongwu era of prosperity, and laid the foundations for nearly three centuries of Ming rule. He was Zhu Youjian, the last emperor of the Ming! He attended to every matter personally and yearned to restore the Ming to greatness. Yet in the end, he hanged himself from a crooked tree on Coal Hill with a strip of yellow silk, upholding —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Great Ming: My Father Is Zhu Tumu, and I Seize the Gate from the Start! 大明：家父朱土木，开局夺门之变！ The eighth year of the Jingtai era. The spirited Emperor Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu, is gravely ill and has little time left. The increasingly unhinged former emperor Zhu Qizhen is trapped in the Southern Palace, waiting desperately for his chance. The once-radiant Empress Qian is old, crippled, and impoverished, forced to weave cloth to support the former emperor. Wan Zhen'er, favored above all the women in the palace, still waits alone for her Prince of Yi, uncertain of what lies ahead. That year, Yu Q 25Reads8.5Score11514d adds
- 163 Chongzhen, Father, Call Me Your Majesty: An Emperor for the Ages 崇祯，父皇请叫我陛下：千古一帝 I'm the Fourth Prince, Zhu Cizhao? And it's still the fifteenth year of Chongzhen... “Li Zicheng, I don't care if you take the south, but if you cross Kaifeng, don't blame me for making sure your own family won't know where you are!” I'm out here fighting for my life, while you, Zhu Youjian, and your court officials keep wavering and scheming against one another. Then don't blame me for marching into the palace in armor and forcing your hand with tens of thousands of refugees outside the capital 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Transmigration: The Jiashen Upheaval, Carrying the Revolution Through to the End 穿越：甲申之变，将革命进行到底 Li Baoguo, a soldier in the revolutionary army, has an unwavering faith. He isn't afraid of grueling training or of bleeding and dying in battle. Danger lurks at every turn during a rescue mission. When he wakes after an aftershock, he finds himself in another time and place. What should he do? Can he hold fast to his beliefs and carry the revolution through to the end...? 346Reads—Score11114d adds
- 165 A Farming Diary from the Late Ming Dynasty 明末种田日记 At Greenwater Academy, Li Qi only wants to clear land and farm, making sure his people have enough to eat. But the dynasty is on the verge of collapse, and a chaotic age is coming. To keep civilization from being buried, he has no choice but to fight back. Li Qi clears land, farms, builds ships and factories, digs canals, and raises an army, all for the sake of protecting himself. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 I Pursue Sea Power in the Late Ming Dynasty 我在明末搞海权 He wakes up to find himself a poor thousand-household commander in southern Liaodong on the eve of the Battle of Sarhu, with the military garrison so rotten that only a list of phantom soldiers remains. Lin Yi just laughs. First, he cleans out the corrupt officials and introduces “performance reviews,” then wins over the eunuch inspector with seafood hot pot. The Later Jin cavalry are fierce? He’ll use coastal artillery and economic warfare to fleece Huang Taiji until he’s bankrupt. Who says the 167Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Ming Dynasty Border Troops 大明边军 Zhu Wei A transmigrator. A transmigrator with no particular talents. A pawn of the Wanli Emperor. The Tianqi Emperor's teacher. Huang Taiji's father's killer. The Liaodong Prince's lifelong nemesis. Wu Sangui's godfather. A good friend of Prince Gui, Zhu Changying. He had thought he could use his knowledge of the future to stir up the winds of change. But the chaos in the imperial court and the complexity of the situation left Zhu Wei in constant danger. The late Ming... was an era where people 4kReads8.5Score34214d adds
- 168 Transmigration: I Arrived in the Late Ming with an Entire City 穿越：我带着一座城来到了明末 After transmigrating to the late Ming dynasty, Li Lin receives an enormous golden finger from the heavens: he brings a thriving coastal city to the final years of the Ming. And as his influence expands across the dynasty, he can reach more and more cities and acquire more and more supplies! In an age when human lives were worth no more than grass, Li Lin works tirelessly to survive, to avoid being forced to shave his head or lose it, and, above all, to keep his fate out of other people’s hands. 2.7kReads8.4Score19814d adds
- 169 Late Ming: After Joining the Rebels, I Stole Da Yu’er 明末：造反上岸后抢走大玉儿 There is a System, and the story focuses on development, with relatively little description of war. Tian Ze transmigrates to the end of the Ming dynasty by accident and rescues a little girl being hunted by pirates, only to be forced to flee with her. Only later does he learn that the girl is named Chen Yuanyuan. Determined to survive in the late Ming, Tian Ze doesn't hesitate to start a rebellion. He later also crosses paths with the legendary Da Yuer, as well as Liu Rushi, Bian Yujing, and the 852Reads6.5Score10614d adds
- 170 Modern Life for the Common People of the Late Ming 明末百姓的现代化生活 A different kind of Ming Dynasty transmigration story. What is it like to teach Emperor Chongzhen and Ming officials to scroll through short videos? You! Yes, you! If you transmigrated to ancient times, how would you survive? How would you grow rich and reach the pinnacle of life? Soap? Fine salt? Refined sugar? Gunpowder? Or would you plagiarize poetry and prose? If an entire country could transmigrate to an ancient parallel world, what would become of it? Would it crush everything with forekno 388Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 171 War Flames over the Ming: A Special Forces King Rebuilds the Tang Dynasty 大明烽烟：特种兵王再造大唐 Li Mo, a modern special forces commander, had his soul transported into the body of Li Mo, a poor scholar and distant clan relative from Dacun Village, Shiqiao Township, Jiahe County, Guiyang Prefecture, in the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637). Although the original owner’s family had fallen into decline, the clan genealogy clearly recorded his descent from Li Sheng, a famous general of the mid-Tang dynasty. This became an important source of inspiration for the protagonist’s rise. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Rebel Army at the End of the Ming 明末义军 [Transmigration to the Late Ming] [No System] [Establishing a Base] [Fighting the Landlords] [Redistributing the Land] Li Xiangdong transmigrates to the Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming dynasty. To get a bowl of millet porridge, he joins a band of rebels. His bravery in battle and sharp mind earn him a post as a junior infantry officer. When the rebel army is scattered by government forces, Li Xiangdong leads his men into the mountains, where they fight the landlords, redistribute the land, 1.6kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 173 I Transmigrate as the Ming Crown Prince and Build an Industrial Empire for China 穿越大明太子，打造华夏工业帝国 [Ming military industry + Industrial Revolution + transmigration with no System + scientific genius] Mighty Qin, powerful Han, prosperous Tang, wealthy Song, and strong Ming. A modern engineering PhD transmigrates, and from the start he's dealt a winning hand: he becomes the Ming Crown Prince. As a descendant of the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, he relies on three books, The Friend of Military-Civilian Talent, The Militia Military Training Manual, and The Barefoot Doctor's Manu 254Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 174 Laying Low in the Late Ming: Heroes Have Always Come from the Young 苟在明末之自古英雄出少年 A good-hearted fool from the future, a real-life jack-of-all-trades. He calls himself “a man who knows seventy-three of the world's seventy-two trades, but excels at none.” A freelance worker's soul is reborn in the Great Ming on the twenty-fifth day of the eighth month of the forty-seventh year of the Wanli reign, over four hundred years ago. He lives through the Tianqi and Chongzhen reigns, with no pocket dimension and no golden finger. All he has is the memory of his previous life. What if th 3.2kReads8.5Score24314d adds
- 175 Late Ming: The Steel Tide Rolls On 明末，钢铁的洪流滚滚向前 [No Romance + No System + Has a Golden Finger (Does an armory count?) + Invincible + Farming and Development + Slow-Burn but Packed with Conflict] Ammunition-disassembly expert Zhong Qing survives an explosion by sheer luck, only to be transported with his warehouse to the third year of the Tianqi era, at the end of the Ming dynasty. When he opens his eyes, he sees no beautiful women in his harem, only dust kicked up by Mongol cavalry. His System? Doesn’t exist. His golden finger is the clas 2.2kReads7.2Score16314d adds
- 176 I, the Great Ming's First Imperial Grandson, Have Returned 我，大明第一皇太孙回来了 Zhu Xiongying rubbed his eyes and slowly opened them, looking at this unfamiliar world. “He’s alive! He’s alive! My son is alive!” A tearful cry rang out, forcing Zhu Xiongying to look at the weeping man before him. The weeping man was a man. Judging by his luxurious clothes, he was also wealthy. So, had I, a highly educated and highly skilled martial artist working as a senior security guard at Rand in the twenty-first century, transmigrated after protecting my client from a cliffside attack? 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Biding My Time in the Late Ming: Lying Flat Makes Me Invincible 苟在明末，躺平即无敌 The late Ming is in chaos. Bones stretch for miles, and the dynasty is on the verge of collapse. Ambitious warlords fight for their lives everywhere, and everyone is struggling to survive. But the System keeps me, a transmigrator among the refugees, on a tight leash: No striving, no raising an army, no standing out. I’m only allowed to lie flat and slack off. The more I keep my head down, the stronger I get. The lazier I am, the more invincible I become. While the world risks everything to save 420Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 178 The Ming Dynasty: The Tianqi Empire 大明之天启帝国 Glorious Ming, ruler of all nations; may our mountains and rivers stand forever, guarding our borders. Lofty China, its light reaching the four corners; may sun and moon shine forever, blessing our emperor. By a twist of fate, the protagonist transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty and becomes the Tianqi Emperor. The Ming has just won a great victory at Ningyuan, but the Later Jin have already grown into a tiger poised to devour the realm. Meanwhile, a Shaanxi uprising that will sweep across the 12Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 179 Great Ming: I'm an Emperor Now, So Why Would I Still Be a Carpenter? 大明：都是皇帝了，谁还当木匠 [No System] + [Passionate] + [Political Intrigue] + [Decisive and Ruthless] With a gravely ill father and a mother who died young, Zhu Youxiao is at a loss in the forty-eighth year of the Wanli reign. Factional strife runs rampant, the court is rotten, the Jurchens are watching hungrily, and the Mongols refuse to submit. Amid internal turmoil and external threats, the tide of the times sweeps along the fates of countless millions. The once-mighty Ming Empire is already in its twilight years. Cal 482Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 180 Great Ming: The First Emperor of Qin Lives in My Head! 大明：我的脑子里住了个秦始皇！ [Great Ming]+ [Princes]+ [Political Scheming]+ [Battle for Supremacy]+ [One Female Lead] Consort Yang gave birth to a son, the seventeenth prince. Born clutching a jade, he was greeted by purple light filling the city. Heavenly omens marked him as extraordinary from birth! The officials looked on in astonishment! The palace was in uproar! But... if the prince is extraordinary, where does that leave the Crown Prince? After all, Zhu Biao, history's greatest crown prince, is still alive! His virtue 340Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 181 Eternal Homestead 永恒家园 A man on the road is as beautiful as jade, a gentleman unmatched beneath the heavens. A young man is granted a new life and reunited with his parents, forging their family bonds anew as father and son, mother and son. He strives forward, vowing to build a happy home for his parents and make money from the bounty of the mountains. With his remarkably good memory, he takes the scholar exams, earns official honors, and helps build a heartwarming story for his hometown. There is family affection and 213Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 182 Chongzhen: A New Era Dawns 崇祯：日月新天 Also known as: “Reborn in a New Life: The Tyrant Chongzhen Slays! Slays! Slays!” and “The Ming Empire: Commands the Seven Continents from Coal Hill” The Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian, dreams of seventeen years and wakes on the eve of his coronation! In his dream, he witnessed the fall of his country and the destruction of his family, his suicide by hanging on Coal Hill, and the grim future of the Manchu invasion and a century of national humiliation! This time, armed with memories of the twenty 14.9kReads8.6Score1.8k14d adds
- 183 Water Margin: The Di Family Generals 水浒之狄家将 A modern athlete with an elite martial arts ranking accidentally transmigrates into the world of Water Margin and takes over the body of Di Quan, descendant of the great hero Di Qing. Though born into a military family, Di Quan has fallen among the displaced. Upon waking, he encounters Lin Chong, who is about to be ambushed by Lu Yuhou. He helps Lin Chong through the snowy ordeal at the mountain god’s temple, and the two swear brotherhood. That year, in the capital of Dongjing, Emperor Huizong o 632Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 184 Free and Easy Wanderings 逍遥游 Through a twist of fate, he mistakenly entered the Tang Dynasty. Here was the handsome Li Chunfeng, as well as the sly and secretly scheming Yuan Tiangang. Here was the peerlessly charming Xiao Gaoyang, as well as the thirteen-year-old Wu Meiniang. Since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. Follow Li Yulang, who transmigrated with a jaunty swagger, as he laughs his way through the Zhenguan era and turns the Tang Dynasty upside down with favors, grudges, romance, dreams, promises, a 5.9kReads8.2Score1k14d adds
- 185 Great Ming: I Am Xu Da's Fifteenth-Generation Descendant 大明：我是徐达的十五世孙 Xu Tianjue’s soul returns to the Ming dynasty, where he becomes the legitimate son of the Duke of Wei’s household and the fifteenth-generation descendant of Xu Da, Prince of Zhongshan. Faced with a dynasty beset by troubles at home and abroad, he wields the power accumulated by the Xu family over a century and vows to rewrite the fate of the Ming. At court, his family background lets him crush petty schemers; on the battlefield, he leads the Ming army to victory in every direction. This time, th 113Reads7.5Score12514d adds
- 186 A Nameless Death in the Ming Dynasty 明卒无名 In the third year of Chongzhen, a severe drought struck Shaanxi, and not a single grain was harvested. The government hounded the people for taxes like a tiger, while refugees were driven away like livestock. When Shen woke up, a knife was already at his throat. He was a transmigrator, and one of thirty-seven people waiting to die. With a single sentence, he escaped the blade and led the others into an abandoned village. No food? They would grow their own. No iron? They would smelt it themselves 67Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 187 Old Wei: Can You Still Shoulder the Blame? 老魏：这锅你还背的动吗？ You all want me dead? Then no one gets to live! I wield the eunuch faction as my blade and reform the Ming Dynasty. The eunuch faction holds sway across the court, while the Donglin Party has been beaten down to just a handful of stragglers. A god-tier start from the start. Doesn’t that mean I get the final say in court? Lift the maritime ban, reform commercial taxes, strip the nobles of their privileges, seize control of the military, redistribute land, clean up the bureaucracy, develop industr 355Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 The Splendor of Hongwu 洪武风华 An epic tale of the late Yuan dynasty, a time of endless warfare and countless heroes! At the end of the Yuan dynasty, fate leads Zhu Yuanzhang to join the rebel forces and rise up against the government. He transforms from a lowly monk into a founding emperor whose name resounds across the land. This is not only the story of one man's rise against the odds, but also the glorious beginning of the Ming dynasty. Through sixteen turbulent years, from 1352 to 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang fights from the Haoz 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 The Creator God’s Science Diary 创世神的科学日记本 Who says people in the late Ming can't go to space? When one self-suspending triangular elevator craft after another are connected together, it will herald the completion and launch of the Dragon Mountain Empire's first space elevator. While the natives are still fighting to the death over scraps of land on this global village, Chen Shouzhuo's sights are already set on the stars and the sea… A hard science-fiction tale of technological development after transmigrating to the late Ming. The schem 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Late Ming: My KPIs Will Save the Great Ming 明末：我的KPI拯救大明 A top modern management consultant transmigrates to the turbulent final years of the Ming dynasty, becoming a disgraced county magistrate awaiting his death. He sees the crumbling Great Ming as a corporation on the brink of bankruptcy, and saving it as the ultimate KPI he must achieve. From then on, a barrage of modern management strategies, from audit crackdowns and KPI assessments to currency wars and state-owned enterprise reform, slams into the corrupt old world. He must not only keep the Gr 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 The Ming Dynasty Fell Too Fast: I Didn’t Have Time to Rebel 大明亡国太快：我没来得及造反 Late Ming: I inherit my father's post and guard the frontier. As the Qing army advances south, the situation at the border grows increasingly tense, factional struggles at court intensify, disasters occur one after another, and the first waves of refugees appear. Defeated troops pass through the area. The beacon tower where Lin Feng is stationed receives false military orders and is attacked by a small group of Later Jin scouts. His comrades suffer heavy casualties, the tower is destroyed, and t 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 The Rise of a Great Nation in the Late Ming 明末之大国崛起 A university student teaching in a remote area transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty after a mudslide and possesses Zhu Yujian, grandson of the Prince of Tang. Faced with a tragic era and a tragic life of his own, how will he defy fate, change his destiny, and usher in a new golden age for China? 1.6kReads8.3Score10114d adds
- 193 General of the Great Ming 大明奉国将军 In the first year of the Hongguang era of the Southern Ming, Zhu Lianbi, a former special forces soldier, accidentally transmigrates to the outskirts of the fallen capital, carrying a sniper rifle. He is immediately hunted by the Manchu invaders. With no other choice, Zhu Lianbi fights back. Wherever the sun and moon shine, there lies the land of our Great Ming! The Manchu invaders, Li Zicheng, the Chuang King, Zhang Xianzhong, the King of the Great Western Kingdom, the pirate leader Zheng Zhilo 1.8kReads8.6Score14214d adds
- 194 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 129Reads—Score10414d adds
- 195 Transmigrate as Zhu Di and Make My Eldest Brother Zhu Biao Emperor 穿越朱棣，让大哥朱标当皇帝 [The Zhu Family’s Big Happy Family]+ [Comedy]+ [Reforming the Great Ming]+ [No Regrets]+ [Lie Flat]+ [Expanding the Borders]+ [Golden Finger] He transmigrates to the transition from the Yuan to the Ming dynasty and obtains a “Merit System.” What?! He’s actually Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor! The fourth legitimate son of Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang! The younger brother of Crown Prince Zhu Biao, and the uncle of imperial grandsons Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Yuntong, and Zhu Yunwen! In history, Zhu Di won th 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Fighting for the Realm in the Late Ming Dynasty 我在明末争天下 The Great Ming Dynasty is engulfed in flames of war, its lands falling into enemy hands. Prince Ying, Zhu Youju, rises from Jiangnan to turn the tide, build an elite army, vie for supremacy over the Central Plains, reclaim the realm, and usher in a new golden age for the Ming! 3.9kReads8.4Score20614d adds
- 197 Transmigrate to the End of the Ming: Survival on the Loess Plateau 穿越明末：黄土高原求生 In the chaotic final years of the Ming dynasty, famine strikes year after year. The Loess Plateau is a barren wasteland stretching for miles, its fields littered with the dead. The modern young man Shen Zi'ang unexpectedly transmigrates into this troubled era, arriving in the desolate ravines of the Loess Plateau with survival knowledge and skills far beyond his time. (No System, no golden finger.) Oppressive policies, roving bandits, and natural disasters batter the common people in turn. In de 7.4kReads7.6Score69414d adds
- 198 Great Ming: Why Has the Crown Prince Rebelled! 大明：太子何故造反！ He transmigrates as Zhu Cilang, the last Crown Prince of the Great Ming. But he arrives in the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign. In March of that year, Li Zicheng will enter Beijing, the Chongzhen Emperor will hang himself, and Zhu Cilang, as Crown Prince, will be handed over to Li Zicheng by his own maternal grandfather before ultimately being executed. Unwilling to sit back and await his fate, Zhu Cilang turns to a scorched-earth approach and sets out to restore the Great Ming. He upend 2.9kReads8.5Score19814d adds
- 199 Great Ming: From the Start, I Extend Zhu Biao's Life 大明：开局给朱标续命 One day, he transmigrated to the Hongwu era and became Zhu Su, Prince of Zhou of the Ming Dynasty. To avoid being killed later by his adopted nephew, Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Su decided to prolong the life of his elder brother, Zhu Biao... And so Zhu Su became the Ming Dynasty's Sage of Medicine! He could restore life to the dying and cure all manner of difficult ailments. He could also stabilize the realm and govern a region. Even his elder brother Zhu Biao became Zhu Su's number-one fan. “Fifth Brother 148Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 200 I Pulled Chongzhen Down from the Noose Mid-Hanging 崇祯上吊到一半，被我薅下来了 [No System · Gritty late Ming setting · Redemption between ruler and subject · Not a power fantasy] On Coal Hill, Chongzhen has just put his neck in the noose. A pair of hands grabs him by the collar. “Come with me. No arguments.” A battered frontier soldier. A fallen emperor. As for saving the empire, wiping out the rebels, and repelling the Manchus, those are pretty words for the history books. I’m no hero. I’ve got nothing but this worthless life. In a world that turns people into beasts, som 33.9kReads8.6Score3.5k14d adds
