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- 1 Great Ming: Enlisting from the Start to Reach the Dynasty's Peak 大明：开局从军，巅峰大明 [No System, rigorous logic, power struggles and mind games, meticulous, emperors, faithful to historical events] At the end of the Yuan dynasty, I never expected to transmigrate into such a chaotic age. I joined forces with Zhu Yuanzhang, studied under Liu Bowen, and fought alongside heroes and champions to win the realm. We crushed Chen Youliang in the east, Zhang Shicheng in the south, and the Mongol Yuan in the north. With the realm finally at peace, Zhu Yuanzhang asked me to draw up a pl 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Back in the Late Ming, I Became a Powerful Minister 回到明末当权臣 The Ming Dynasty in its final days was like an old man on his deathbed. The eunuch faction wreaking havoc in government, untimely natural disasters, bandits running amok across the borders, insatiably greedy officials, endless factional strife, and repeated invasions by the Later Jin all joined forces to hasten his demise. The historical tragedies of the emperor’s suicide at Coal Hill, the Ten Days in Yangzhou, and the Three Massacres in Jiading seemed inevitable… But Lu Tianxing, who had tran 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Winds of Change in Great Ming, 1449 风起大明1449 Zhu Yingtian, a top student at a renowned university of political science and law in 2021, got drunk at a class reunion shortly before graduation. For some reason, when he woke up, he had arrived in the Ming Dynasty, more than five hundred years in the past. He had transmigrated and become Zhu Qiyu, a historical figure. Returning to the year 1449, he took charge from the start of the Ming Dynasty, reeling from its crushing defeat at Tumu Fortress. Watch as he turns the tide, defies fate, and bui 562Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 4 Transmigrating to the Late Ming: Gathering Refugees and Becoming Emperor 穿越明末：收拢流民，登基称帝 [Transmigration] + [Late Ming] + [System] + [Conquest] + [Rising from the Steppe] Wu Jie transmigrated to the second year of the Shunzhi reign, only to discover that he was bound to the "Perfect Popular Idol System." But what happened in the second year of Shunzhi? The Ten Days of Yangzhou. The Three Massacres of Jiading. Eight short characters, every one of them steeped in the mountains of bones left by the Han people. The Central Plains was about to fall! For centuries to come, the stench of t 114Reads—Score10214d adds
- 5 Rebuilding the Great Ming: From Rebellion to Ruling the World! 重铸大明：从造反开始君临天下！ [Late Ming] + [Zhu Cilang] + [System] + [Rebellion] + [Multiple Storylines] Zhu Cilang transmigrates and becomes the Crown Prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty, with only a year left before the dynasty falls. The first mission from the System: seize the throne or the power to act as regent. After thinking it over, he decides to bring troops and have a serious talk with his father on New Year's Eve. Zhu Cilang: "Father, after making such a mess of the Great Ming, don't you think it's time to abd 11.9kReads—Score1.3k14d adds
- 6 The Rise and Fall of the Great Ming 大明之风起云涌 Like a sudden clap of thunder, Ye Zichen is unexpectedly reborn at the end of the Ming Dynasty. My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven’s. Since I’ve been reborn into these troubled times, I’m going to live well and enjoy the ride. The Ming Dynasty is now ravaged by plague and natural disasters, its government rotten to the core. Outside, the Jurchen cavalry of Jianzhou are sharpening their blades; inside, rebel armies spring up everywhere, killing officials and rising in revolt. Emperor Chongzhen 858Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 7 Eighteen Riders from the Start: Reborn as Li Zicheng at the End of the Ming Dynasty 十八骑开局，重生明末李自成 Li Chuang transmigrates to the end of the Ming dynasty and becomes Li Zicheng, the last overlord of the cold-weapons era. Burning with boundless fury, he slaughters corrupt landlords, wipes out the Donglin faction and the regional princes. He topples the Ming dynasty, destroys the Later Jin, and campaigns against Zhang Xianzhong’s Great Western regime and the Southern Ming. With his sword sweeping westward, he leads his army north. His cavalry tramples Kaifeng, and his arrows batter Yanjing. He 250Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 8 I’m a Big Shot in the Ming Dynasty: Zhengde’s Unfinished Dream 我在明朝当大佬，正德遗梦 [No System + Mind Games + Political Intrigue + Everyday Life] What do you do when you inexplicably transmigrate to the Ming dynasty? Li Xiuran says: “Since I’ve ended up here, I might as well do something big!” A senior court official: “This man is deeply calculating. We must keep an eye on him!” Fellow martial artists: “His swordsmanship is godlike, far beyond anyone like us!” Ordinary folk: “Even the most seasoned traders can’t hold a candle to this young master’s business sense!” Those wh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Great Ming: With Generals by the Thousands, How Dare the Qing Invade the South? 大明：猛将如云，清军竟敢南下？ He graduated from the fifth class of the Whampoa Military Academy and died in battle in Nanjing. His soul transmigrated into the legitimate son of the Chongzhen Emperor, Prince Ding, Zhu Cijiong. Zhu Youjian hanged himself at Coal Hill, Li Zicheng was defeated at Shanhai Pass, and the Manchus entered the Central Plains! The world was in turmoil, and the Ming dynasty stood on the brink of collapse. The common people suffered terribly, and the Han people were slaughtered. When a dynasty falls, it 1.5kReads7.5Score11414d adds
- 10 Great Ming: I'm a Construction Worker, So Why Are You Forcing Me to Rule the World? 大明：老子农民工非逼老子掌天下 In the spring of the sixteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, I became the most miserable transmigrator in the Ming dynasty. I opened my eyes to find my wife conspiring with someone to set me on fire. As the flames rose, the Construction Worker System activated. Starting out as an ordinary laborer in Chencang City, I showed the Ming dynasty what the “art of infrastructure mania” could do. I built Little Red Tower in ten days. My seepage irrigation system saved countless lives and made the Little I 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Great Ming: I Really Don't Want to Transmigrate 大明：我真不想当穿越啊 Wang Lingshan transmigrates only to arrive at Zhu Yuanzhang's morning court. To survive, he tells a lie. As a result, that lie turns him into a god in the Great Ming. “I really didn't want to transmigrate!!!” 29Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 12 Getting By in the Late Ming Dynasty 我在明末混日子 Ancient history + late Ming + real historical figures + an underdog's rise + a struggle for supremacy Who says history can't be changed? Then I'll just have to give it a try. Even if everything ends up completely different, I won't let the sorrow of future generations come to pass again. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Zhu Di Faked His Death? Then I Guess I'll Have to Conquer the World! 朱棣假死？那朕可就要征伐天下了! In the eighteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Gaochi, who transmigrated here long ago, discovers that Zhu Di has died unexpectedly ahead of schedule? Then I, Zhu Gaochi, can inherit the throne in the proper order. Anyone who dares cause trouble can have a taste of my new Three Great Battalions! What Zhu Gaochi doesn't know is that Zhu Di actually faked his death because his son never applied himself. Afraid the Jingnan Campaign would happen all over again, he wants to use this trick to see which of his 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Ming Dynasty's Tyrant: From Exiled Emperor to Conquering the World 明末暴君：从流亡皇帝到碾碎天下 [Political Intrigue] [Emperor Yongli] [No System] [Struggle for Supremacy] [Decisive and Ruthless] [War] [Farming and Development] In his previous life, Zhu Mingyuan was a martial arts instructor who loved Ming dynasty history. In this life, he transmigrates into the body of Zhu Youlang, the Yongli Emperor, a puppet ruler of the Southern Ming dynasty on the run. From the start, eunuchs keep him under house arrest, and he lives like a human imperial seal. The officials at court all think the empe 4kReads8.2Score32314d adds
- 15 Southern Ming: Starting as Cannon Fodder Beneath Nanjing's Walls 南明：从南京城下当炮灰开始 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to keep writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 375Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 16 Chongzhen: From the Start, Armed with Just a Rope 崇祯开局一根绳 [Fighting the Qing at the end of the Ming, no System, no overpowered golden finger, rising step by step, Chongzhen's comeback] I transmigrate into Chongzhen as he hangs himself on Coal Hill. Watch how I return as a king from the depths of despair! I'll kick the Shun rebels into submission, tear the Qing apart, and while I'm at it, deal with those useless cowards of the Southern Ming. 6Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 17 Great Ming: I, Zhu Changhuan, Rebel in the Founder’s Footsteps! 大明：我朱常换，仿祖造反！ No System, no golden finger. Zhu Changhuan has an impressive lineage: his ancestor is Zhu Yuanzhang, and he comes from the branch descended from Zhu Gaosui, Prince of Zhao, the third son of Zhu Di. Since his is a distant offshoot of a collateral branch, by the time of his father, the family had long since lost all its fiefs and stipends. They had only a few acres of poor farmland, and now, with disaster caused by other people, they can barely survive. Thinking of his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang's upr 306Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Late Ming: Reborn to Revolt Before Li Zicheng 明末：重生之我比李自成先造反 Liu Xun was an eighteen-year-old who was due to report to university the next day when he transmigrated to the late Ming dynasty and became a squad leader in a frontier army. It was the Little Ice Age. Shaanxi had suffered years of drought, and everywhere he looked was yellow sand. A single dou of rice cost a fortune. The emperor was stubborn and self-willed, ministers formed cliques for personal gain, and landlords and gentry lived in luxury and committed every evil imaginable. Liu Xun rose to 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Save the Great Ming: It All Starts with Printing One Hundred Thousand Copies of the Sunflower Manual 救大明：从印十万份葵花宝典开始 [Sunflower Manual] + [100,000 Adopted Sons] + [100,000 Years of Cultivation] Using 100,000 eunuchs as pawns, he trains 100,000 Dongfang Bubais, rebuilds the Ming dynasty, and points his sword at the whole world! 1.2kReads6.0Score—14d adds
- 20 Late Ming: I Rebel and Crown Myself Prince of the North 明末：造反自封镇北王 You're lucky. When you transmigrate, you become an emperor or a crown prince. I transmigrated as the son of a notorious traitor. I had no choice! Fine, then I'll start a rebellion... History trembles beneath my feet... 1.5kReads6.8Score—14d adds
- 21 Late Ming: Who Says Only the Eight Banners Can Enter the Pass? 明末：谁说入关的只能是八旗 “Great Commander, we can’t hesitate any longer! We can no longer suppress the rebel army inside the pass. We have to enter the pass now!” Li Chenghuan looked at the officers in the room, slowly rose to his feet, and nodded with satisfaction. “Those bandits inside the pass don’t fear the might of our heavenly troops. We must strike hard! Abatai, your forces will lead the charge. Rest assured, history will faithfully record our loyalty!” One day, the headline on the front page of a Liaoyang newspa 127Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 22 Transmigrating to the End of the Ming Dynasty, I Help the Ancestor Conquer the World 穿越明末，带老祖称霸世界 [Transmigration + no harem + technology + expanding territory + ushering in the Ming Dynasty's Age of Exploration] What? That boy is my ancestor? Oh! So I arrived too early in the timeline! No matter. Let's see how I can use modern knowledge to reform the military, develop the economy, deal with natural disasters, and draw on my knowledge of future history to maneuver through diplomacy, helping my ancestor conquer the world and rewrite history. Time travel, alternate history, industrial developm 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Great Ming at Its Peak: Starting with the Rebirth of the God of War at Tumu Fortress 巅峰大明，从土木堡战神重生开始 [Ming dynasty + no System + reform + political intrigue + conquest] A high-IQ, hard-hitting historical political novel dressed up as a rebirth story. This isn't a beginner-friendly wish-fulfillment tale: the thrills feel startlingly real. The Ming dynasty's infamous "Fortress Sect Emperor," Zhu Qizhen, has been given a chance to be reborn. A towering palace rises from level ground, and one's fortunes are one's own to make. Armed with memories of his past life, Zhu Qizhen can deal with Luchuan, t 85Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 24 The Ming Dynasty's Imperial Grandson 大明皇太孙 After transmigrating, I become an imperial grandson. So what if my father doesn’t care for me and my mother doesn’t love me? Grandpa Wanli treats me like a treasure. At home, factional strife never ends. Abroad, the Jianzhou Jurchens lurk. Zhu Youjian takes command of the realm. Leading the armies of the Ming in the seventeenth century, he will fulfill the unfinished mission of the Han Chinese dynasty. 102Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 25 Southern Ming: From Fleeing South for My Life to Reviving the Ming 南明：从亡命南逃到明光中兴 On the bloody night of 1644, he buries his father with his own hands and flees south with an imperial edict, with Li Zicheng's pursuing army and a crumbling empire at his back. From hiding in a cellar to sitting high upon the throne, from joining rebels to resist the invaders to sending iron cavalry beyond the passes... When he shatters the Eight Banners' cavalry with firearms, the court officials finally realize: The boy who once wept at Coal Hill has long since been forged into a cold flame of 4kReads8.2Score28614d adds
- 26 I Become the Chongzhen Emperor at the End of the Ming, and Just Want to Slack Off 明末成崇祯我只想摆烂 Zhu Youjian, a modern young man, worked late into the night for so long that he eventually died suddenly! By chance, he transmigrates to the end of the Ming Dynasty and becomes the Chongzhen Emperor. It is already the seventeenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, just one month before the emperor is due to hang himself. Faced with internal strife and threats from abroad, Zhu Youjian declares that he can’t turn things around and just wants to lie flat. Heaven apparently can’t bear to see how dispirited 173Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Late Ming: Iron Cavalry Shakes the Great Hall 明末：铁骑惊高堂 The author loves history, but is always heartbroken by the tyranny at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and by the Qing conquest that caused the loss of Chinese dress and customs, along with all the atrocities committed. This story is dedicated to that period of history. In May of 1626, the sixth year of the Tianqi reign, a soul from Earth named Wang Jingshun accidentally crossed the river of time through reincarnation and arrived in northern Shaanxi, in the final years of the Ming Dynasty, 400 years 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Scheming for the Ming 谋明 Transmigrating to the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, he farms diligently, follows the righteous path, trains a powerful army, and saves the collapsing empire. 6Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 29 White-Pole Soldiers at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末白杆兵 Ma Wanjun is a White-Pole soldier who is wounded in the Battle of Hun River and left behind at Xiping Fort in Liaodong. His injuries are so severe that a modern-day man named Ma Wanjun transmigrates into his body. He stays in Liaodong and launches a bloody fight against the Later Jin! Follow a modern Special Forces soldier as he gradually wipes out the Later Jin, crushes the rebels, and expands the territory in ancient times. 693Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 30 Great Ming: Starting by Changing the Tumu Crisis 大明：从改变土木堡事变开始 After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, he barely had time to enjoy his good fortune before facing the Tumu Crisis, a calamity that would determine the dynasty’s fate. At this critical moment, one careless step could see the Ming court wiped out, leaving the dynasty to decline from strength to weakness! Now, watch as Zhu Ji charges into the fray and carves out a path to turn the tide, leading the Ming Dynasty down a road unlike the one it followed in his previous life. Expand overseas, open up 11Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 31 Great Ming: In the Decisive Ming-Qing War, I Raid the Manchu Stronghold 大明：明清决战，我偷袭满清老巢 In the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Zhu Changzhan transmigrated and found himself a serf under the rule of the Manchus. Fortunately, he had brought an arsenal with him. He freed the serfs enslaved by the Manchus and built an army equipped with modern weapons. While the Ming and Qing fought their decisive battle at Songjin, he launched a surprise attack on the Manchus’ stronghold, Shengjing. The Eight Banners’ cavalry is invincible? Dance and sing in front of my machine guns! Aobai 43.4kReads8.3Score3.8k14d adds
- 32 Revive the Ming Dynasty, Rebuild China 中兴大明，再造华夏 After transmigrating to the end of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yihuang becomes the heir to the Prince of Taixing. The Great Ming is like an elephant, being torn apart by the Mongols, Burma, the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the Western barbarians in turn. To survive, Zhu Yihuang has Qi Jin train his troops, fighting fire with fire. He defeats Lin Danhan of the Jianzhou Jurchens, appoints the Fengguo Commandants as new leaders, and raids Japan for money and provisions. He seizes money, supplies, and land in t 182Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 33 Chongzhen: The Ming Dynasty Will Set the World Order 崇祯：世界秩序大明来定 [No System, no harem, meticulous historical research, hard-core technical details, solo transmigration to the late Ming dynasty.] After transmigrating into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, the fate awaiting him is no longer death on Coal Hill. Instead, he will forge a new realm from steel and smokeless gunpowder. The Westerners’ mighty ships and cannons? Against breech-loading guns with a range of ten li, capable of piercing armor and shattering ships, they are nothing but rotten wood waiting 3.8kReads7.9Score26414d adds
- 34 Late Ming: The Iron-Blooded Revival of the Soldier King Prince 明末：兵王太子的铁血中兴 As the last bullet pierces the smoke, the consciousness of Zhu Zheng, a special forces commander, plunges into the blood-red sunset of three hundred years ago. He opens his eyes to find the bloodstained Chongzhen Emperor holding out an empire reduced to scorched earth. Li Zicheng’s cavalry is already thundering at the gates, while the Eight Banners beyond the passes shake the pillars of the Forbidden City with their iron hooves. No System, no golden finger, only two decades of battle-hardened st 4.4kReads8.0Score34214d adds
- 35 Shining Across the Globe: The Imperial Legend of Zhu Youxiao 明耀全球：朱由校的帝国传奇 “I am the Son of Heaven. It is only right that I lay the unshakable foundations of the Ming for all eternity!” Zhu Youxiao stood in the great hall of the Forbidden City, his gaze steadfast and profound. The Ming dynasty, an empire on which the sun would never set, was rising. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Ancestral Dragon Comes to the Ming Dynasty 祖龙临明 The Core Personality of Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng: Grand ambition and absolute control: He was the ultimate practitioner of China's ideal of unification, with a vision that reached beyond his era. He could not tolerate division or weakness, seeking absolute order through “one written script and uniform axle widths.” Suspicious, harsh, and quick to kill: Having grown up amid court intrigue in the state of Zhao, he had an extreme lack of personal security. He had zero tolerance for betrayal and 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Iron-Blooded Great Ming Empire 铁血大明帝国 Wang Yan, a transmigrator, was reborn as the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian, with the System to Protect the Nation. Tragically, he transmigrated to the eighteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen era in the Ming Dynasty. Li Zicheng would breach the city of Beijing the very next day… 432Reads7.4Score10314d adds
- 38 Great Ming: I, Zhu Qiyu, Am No Stand-In Emperor! 大明：我朱祁钰不是代班皇帝！ [No System] + [No Harem] + [No Extremes] + [No Dumbing Down] + [Farming] + [Tumu Crisis from the start] The crown prince's death was suspicious, and the coup that put him on the throne went all too smoothly. In the end, it went so smoothly that his good-for-nothing elder brother, Zhu Qizhen, who did nothing but call for the gates to be opened, the so-called War God of the Ming, seized the throne and restored his rule. Such an absurd turn of events is one of a kind in all of history. Kindness is 67Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 39 In the Chaotic Late Ming, More Children, More Blessings Means I'm Rolling in It 我在明末乱世，靠多子多福赢麻 More Children, More Blessings System + beauties of the late Ming The protagonist, Li Dingbang, transmigrated into the chaos of the late Ming. He had an incredibly formidable younger cousin named Li Dingguo. At the same time, Li Dingbang obtained the More Children, More Blessings System. Li Dingbang soon discovered that having the System really made all the difference: every child born to him was astonishingly exceptional. His eldest son excelled in both scholarship and martial arts, his second s 259Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 40 Transmigrating to the Late Ming: A Campaign of Conquest 穿越之明末征途 When Fu Xing, a special-forces soldier, suddenly arrives in the final years of the Chongzhen reign, the beleaguered Ming dynasty is already burdened by deep-rooted problems, and the tragedy of dynastic collapse is about to unfold once more. The story opens against the grand backdrop of shifting global hegemony. Built on a grounded, realistic transmigration premise, it rejects extravagant fantasy in favor of a pragmatic, rigorous path of technological development. He has no intention of taking th 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Transmigrating to the End of the Ming Dynasty: How Do I Defy Fate? 穿越明末，要怎么逆天改命 During the Chongzhen era, I unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a farmer named Li Yun. The Ming dynasty was beset by troubles at home and abroad, with bandits running rampant and foreign enemies stirring up trouble. Unwilling to live an ordinary life, I stepped forward. Armed with crude weapons, I first put down the bandit uprising and kept the region safe. Then I led a band of passionate young men in a bloody battle against the Tartars to defend our homeland’s borders. I marched north t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Chongzhen Has Three Days Left Before He Hangs Himself, and All I Can Do Is Read People 崇祯还有三天上吊，而我只会看人 He spent eight years tightening screws on an assembly line, then dropped dead at his station. When he opened his eyes again, a gazette lay spread across the table, dated the sixteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. Three days later, Li Zicheng would breach Beijing. Seven days later, the Chongzhen Emperor would hang himself on Coal Hill. And his new identity was Zheng Sen, Zheng Zhilong’s son, a Fujianese provincial graduate in the capital to sit the metropolitan exa 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Last Ruthless Man of Southern Ming 南明最后一个狠人 [No System + political intrigue + ruthless decisiveness + conquest and colonization + defying fate] Reborn at the end of the Ming, I became Wu Yingxiong, the ill-fated man destined to die in history? The most miserable Prince Consort of the Qing ever? No. I'm going to be the ruthless man who topples the Qing dynasty! In this chaotic age, I deserve to rule! Wu Chenxuan, a graduate student in Ming history, is struck by lightning and reborn as Wu Yingxiong, the Prince of Pingxi's heir who is about 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The English Prince and the Ming Empire: A History of Colonial Expansion 英皇子与明帝国：殖民开拓史 [Global colonization + changing history] [Political intrigue] [Passionate] [Struggle for supremacy] [Blood and iron] [No System] A modern man with a background in science and engineering transmigrates and opens his eyes to find himself a British prince, in control of two major colonial estates in North America, yet his heart aches for the declining Ming Dynasty! In the waning years of the Wanli Emperor's reign, factional strife plagues the court, the Later Jin watches from the shadows, and Japan 41Reads—Score214d adds
- 45 Late Ming: I Beat the Eight Banners to a Pulp! 人在明末，八旗被我一顿黑打！ [Ming Dynasty + System + ruthless and decisive + conquest + skill packs] The late Ming is plagued by internal strife and external threats? No need to panic. I, Zhang Jingchuan, am here! See the hundred thousand iron cavalry behind me? … Emperor Chongzhen: “Brother, sit down and let’s talk this over.” Zhang Jingchuan: “Who’s your brother? Don’t go claiming we’re related!” Emperor Chongzhen: “I hear you raised a hundred thousand cavalry for the Ming. Did you bring them?” Zhang Jingchuan: “I raised 92Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 46 Late Ming! I Raise a Rebellion in the Mountains of Hunan, Jiangxi, and Hubei 明末！我在湘赣鄂山区造反 [Entirely human-written + completely original + rebellion at the end of the Ming dynasty + farming + not mindless wish fulfillment + logical + advancing the tech tree + slaughtering Ming-era gentry and powerful families + colonizing the globe + satire of the present day] Yan Yu transmigrates unexpectedly to Ningzhou at the end of the Ming dynasty, carrying nothing but a lighter. Facing a time when people eat one another, see how Yan Yu uses common knowledge from the future and little tricks for 674Reads6.6Score10114d adds
- 47 Great Ming: From the Start, I Beat Up Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao 大明：开局怒揍太子朱厚照 Early September, in the sixteenth year of the Hongzhi reign. The Crown Prince, Zhu Houzhao, and his playmate Liu Jin sneak into the fields to steal chili peppers, only to be caught red-handed by Fang Yu, who has transmigrated here. In a fit of anger, Fang Yu beats up the Crown Prince, Zhu Houzhao. “Stop that!” “Stop it! Do you know who my young master is?” “Do you know who my lord is?” Liu Jin shouts. Fang Yu thinks the words sound a little like a joke that was all the rage in his previous life: 196Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 48 Chongzhen Is Reborn, and I've Become Li Zicheng? 崇祯重生，朕成了李自成？ [No System] [Wits and Courage] [Not Mindless] [Revenge] [Villains with Brains] [Restore the Ming, Defeat the Qing] I am the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian! I hanged myself at Coal Hill, all hope lost. When I opened my eyes again, I had become Li Zicheng?! The throne is the same, but the realm is no longer the one I knew. In my previous life, I worked tirelessly day and night, yet ended up betrayed by everyone, with my country destroyed and my family dead. In this life, my soul inhabits a rebel. 25Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 49 My Soul Transmigrated to the Late Ming: Yu Wen Rebuilds the Realm 魂穿明末：余文再造山河 Famine ravages the late Ming dynasty, and corpses litter the land. University student Yu Wen transmigrates as Zhao Ergou, a dirt-poor peasant with nothing but four bare walls, struggling to survive on the brink of death. Using modern knowledge, he saves withered potatoes with wood ash, rallies the starving, forges iron tools, and builds irrigation works, kindling a fire in a humble cave that will spread across the land! When the Tartars’ village massacres set the beacon fires ablaze, corrupt sch 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Southern Ming: Rising from the Southwest 南明：从西南开始崛起 [Transmigrate + no System + no golden finger + Southern Ming] After unexpectedly transmigrating to the Southern Ming period, he spends his days seeking immortals and the Dao, with just one goal: to return to the modern era. But immortals are nowhere to be found, and there's no way home. Along the way, he sees a nation shattered, its people displaced and starving in the streets, while the Manchu rulers are brutal and barbaric. As a son of the Han people, he feels it's his duty to save all the peo 3Reads—Score—14d adds
