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- 1 An Emperor's Tutor from a Poor Family: The Man Behind the Empress 寒门帝师：女帝背后的男人 [Empress + Court Intrigue + Alternate History + play the pig to eat the tiger] After transmigrating, He Shen finds himself branded a disgraced imperial exam cheater, despised by everyone. With no other choice, he goes home to start a business and revamp his family's tavern. To his surprise, he becomes famous throughout the Great Qian Dynasty. Even the poems he casually writes are celebrated by the Hanlin scholars. The peerless empress visits him three times, begging him to enter her service! “Si 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Great Ming: My Father Is Zhu Di. I Beg Him to Chop Me to Death 大明：我爹是朱棣，求他砍死我 After transmigrating as the Yongle Emperor’s youngest son, I bind to a System and recklessly court death, but my family thinks I’ve gone crazy and is unbelievably tolerant of me. Half a month ago, a Confucian scholar from Shandong quoted Confucius: “If I hear the Way in the morning, I can die content in the evening!” Zhu Gaoxi said, “Tell me where your house is in the morning, and you’ll be dead by nightfall.” Dad, I made the Confucian scholar from Shandong faint. Hurry up and punish me! Zhu Di: 429Reads7.6Score100Shelves
- 3 Back in the Ming Dynasty as the Crown Prince's Grandson 回到大明当太孙 After transmigrating to the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Xiongying becomes the legitimate eldest grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor, and gains the Fate Deduction System, which lets him divine the fate of all things in the world. [Subject of deduction: Zhu Xiongying] [Fate talents: Hidden ailment (Gray), Average aptitude (White)] [May 1382: Transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty. His hidden ailment leaves him gravely ill and bedridden.] [June 1382: Falls into a trap set by Lady Lü and dies 750Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 4 The Splendor of Scholars 士子风华 [Political intrigue] + [Alternate history] Li Jinxing transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, just as Zhu Yuanzhang has ascended the throne. The Huai River faction’s nobles and veteran meritorious officials are stirring up trouble at court... Six or seven years pass, and officials at court come and go in quick succession. Li Jinxing rises to the position of chancellor. Eight years later, Zhu Yuanzhang abolishes the office of chancellor. Li Shanchang is gone, Hu Weiyong is gone, and most of the marqui 26Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 5 Returning to the Ming Dynasty to Become a Prince 回到明朝当藩王 After transmigrating, he became Zhu Yuanzhang's seventeenth son. Enfeoffed as Prince of Ning, Zhu Quan was quite the little troublemaker. Zhu Yuanzhang: My seventeenth son is the biggest playboy in the Zhu family! Then came Zhu Yuanzhang's sixtieth birthday... On this day, someone slew a rebel general single-handedly, and Naghachu surrendered. On this day, someone distributed grain to disaster victims, and the people finally survived. On this day, an auspicious sign descended from heaven: the Im 1.3kReads8.5Score106Shelves
- 6 Song Soldier 宋卒 A strange door brought Zhao Shang to the Northern Song dynasty, where he became the only son of Emperor Renzong of Song. Bao Zheng memorialized: “Your Majesty should study the successes and failures of past dynasties and examine the gains and losses of the present. Then the ancestral state will enjoy lasting peace.” Zhao Shang smiled. “I'm just a minor soldier of the Great Song. I'll leave it to you, my trusted minister.” Han Qi memorialized: “Your Majesty should carry on the will of your ancest 1.4kReads8.2Score100Shelves
- 7 When Autumn Comes on the Eighth Day of the Ninth Month, I’ll Ride Through Tokyo to Admire the Cherry Blossoms 待到秋来九月八，马踏东京赏樱花 I command eight thousand Wei Wu troops, and Zhu Yuanzhang demands I give up my military authority. “Father, I am willing to defend a part of the Ming Dynasty!” · I command a hundred thousand Iron Pagoda troops, and Zhu Yuanzhang tells me to take off my armor and retire to the countryside. “Father, a true man is born between heaven and earth. How can he accept a life of subservience?” · I command a million Guan Ning cavalrymen, and Zhu Yuanzhang insists I stay in the imperial city and enjoy my re 2.7kReads7.2Score183Shelves
- 8 Great Ming: Summoning 100,000 Elite Qin Soldiers from the Start 大明：开局召唤十万大秦锐士 After transmigrating to the late Ming dynasty as Zhu Cijiong, the third son of the Chongzhen Emperor, he finds Li Zicheng’s rebel army at the gates and the fall of the Ming just around the corner. From the start, he summons 100,000 elite Qin troops and crushes Li Zicheng. Li then joins forces with Wu Sangui and the Qing army, plotting to divide the Ming realm among them. How can our mighty Ming simply sit back and wait for its end? This young man will lead his troops to defeat the enemy, pacify 2.4kReads8.8Score171Shelves
- 9 Old Zhu, Listen to My Thoughts and Go on a Killing Spree. I'll Just Be a Lazy Fish 老朱听我心声杀疯了我负责咸鱼 He transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and ends up inhabiting the body of an idiot prince. He gets a Slacker System and quietly builds up Slacker Points every day. Little does he know, Zhu Yuanzhang can hear his thoughts. You don’t want to work for me? No chance! You don’t want to be the Crown Prince’s heir? Not a chance! 1.6kReads8.1Score156Shelves
- 10 Great Ming: Asking the Hongwu Emperor to Abdicate from the Start 大明：开局请洪武大帝退位 [Ming Dynasty + System + transmigrate + from the start + ruthless and decisive + Seal the Wolf's Mountain] In the fourth month of the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao passed away. In the ninth month of the same year, the Hongwu Emperor named Zhu Yunwen Crown Prince's Heir. One after another, a great many meritorious officials and nobles were slaughtered, like cooks discarded after the hare is dead. Prince Ning Zhu Quan: Father, you must be killing meritorious officials because 2.9kReads8.0Score102Shelves
- 11 Great Ming: I'm the Emperor, So Why Are You Hailing the Crown Prince? 大明：咱是皇帝，你喊太子万岁？ [Not mindless! Fast-paced plot! A Hongwu-era take on Home with Kids!] After his soul transmigrates into Zhu Biao, he awakens the Long Live System. Every time he oversteps his bounds and acts like the emperor, he gains more years of life! And so Zhu Biao begins his journey as a rebellious son! Zhu Biao: Stripping the vassal princes of their military power isn’t enough. We should cut their stipends, too! Old Zhu: You’re not leaving your brothers any way to survive! Zhu Biao: Having only two consor 7.3kReads7.0Score479Shelves
- 12 Great Ming: Starting with 100,000 Yue Family Troops 大明：开局十万岳家军 Never make peace through marriage, never pay tribute, never submit, never cede an inch of land! The Son of Heaven guards the nation’s gates; the ruler dies for his country! In this world, those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish! Wherever the sun and moon shine, all belongs to the Great Ming! 5.4kReads8.5Score337Shelves
- 13 Great Ming: Abandoned from the Start, I’m Begged by Yongle to Claim the Throne 大明：开局被弃，永乐求我称帝 In the first year of the Jianwen era, Zhu Zhanji is born and immediately becomes the apple of his grandfather Zhu Di's eye. His birth prompts Zhu Di to decide to rebel. In the first year of the Yongle era, Emperor Chengzu of Ming crushes the Jianwen court and slaughters more than fourteen thousand of Jianwen's ministers and their families. During the war, his most beloved grandson is captured by his second son, Zhu Gaoxu, and dies in a mass grave. Eleven years later, after soundly defeating the 481Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 14 Great Ming: Reopening Ten Thousand Times, Absorbing Power from the Start 大明：重开一万次，开局吸功大法 Zhu Youji transmigrates into a novel’s world and becomes the Ming dynasty’s fourth prince. His mother is Noble Consort Wan, who controls the Western Depot and colludes with the powerful minister Yan Song and Cao Zhengchun of the Eastern Depot, holding the court in the palm of her hand. However, Zhu Youji is not her real son. He is the result of a baby swap, a tool Noble Consort Wan used to secure her position. Caught between internal and external threats, Zhu Youji obtains the [Life Restart Simu 2.3kReads8.5Score223Shelves
- 15 Promote the Ming 扬明 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, the court grows increasingly corrupt, factions spring up everywhere, and political infighting rages on. Beyond the passes, the Jurchens are ambitious and hungry for power. Zhu Youxiao decides to do something, to save the Ming Dynasty from the brink of collapse and prop up its crumbling foundations! 12.5kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 16 Great Ming, So You're the Qing? 大明，就你叫满清啊？ In 1690, the twenty-ninth year of the Kangxi reign, the Ming dynasty was already history. A soul from the future possessed Zhu Hechang, a Ming imperial grandson in exile in Luzon. At first, faced with this unfamiliar world, Zhu Hechang was confused and discouraged. Then... “Empire Rising System is now online...” “Congratulations, Host, the System has been fully upgraded!” “Congratulations, Host, you have received 500 soldiers from the Ming Divine Machine Battalion, all equipped with Minié rifles 3.1kReads8.7Score221Shelves
- 17 The End of Dayan: Winds Rise in Hanzhou 大衍末路：邯州风起 [Transmigrate to the Late Ming] [Imperial Son-in-Law] [Not Mindless] [Not a Power Fantasy] [No System] [New Book] In the first year of the Chongzhen reign, at the end of the Ming dynasty, there are no golden fingers, no System, and the story unfolds at a measured pace. Zhao Yanzhi, a modern office worker, transmigrates by accident and becomes the illegitimate son of a landowning family in Handan during the early years of the Chongzhen reign. The realm is on the verge of chaos, bandits roam every 1.2kReads—Score117Shelves
- 18 Forward, Ming Battle-Line Infantry! 大明战列线步兵前进 [An original story about the Imjin War, exclusive to Tomato] In the twentieth year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty (1592 by the Western calendar), Peng transmigrates into the past. Among the routed soldiers, he's nothing more than a low-ranking scout captain. Facing the utterly rampant Japanese pirates, and a Ming Dynasty that has effectively fallen under the Wanli Emperor's rule, Peng throws back his head and roars, “I'll make them submit through virtue!” The gear strapped across my shou 6.9kReads9.1Score633Shelves
- 19 Three Kingdoms: The Han Dynasty Rises Again in Liangzhou 三国之大汉再起西凉 [Power Struggles, Strategy, Development, Alternate History] From a down-and-out scholar to the King of Xiliang! The end of the Han dynasty, the Three Kingdoms era. Liu Mu, a poor young man from a declining branch of the Han imperial clan, earns his living writing letters for people on the street. He buys an official post, digs up ancient tombs to raise funds for his army, and builds a covert guard force. He recruits renowned strategists Li Ru, Jia Xu, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, and Chen Gong to manage 842Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Great Ming: From the Start, I’m the Crown Prince, and Grandpa Is Zhu the Butcher 大明：开局皇长孙，爷爷朱屠夫 [Ming Dynasty + technological farming + contest for dominion + political schemes + inventions + from the start + no more hiding] After transmigrating to the fifteenth year of the Hongwu reign, I climbed out of a coffin from the start and became Zhu Yuanying, the true eldest imperial grandson. Zhu Yuanzhang silently withdrew his blade from the heads of the Huai-Xi nobles. “Well, now that I’m the Ming Dynasty’s Crown Prince, Zhu Yunwen, there’s no place for you anymore! Zhu Di, from now on, work w 577Reads8.4Score118Shelves
- 21 Zhu Houzhao: The Worst Temple Name I'll Accept Is Shengzong 朱厚照：朕的庙号最次也得是圣宗 [Ming Dynasty’s Zhu Houzhao + court intrigue + cracking down on corrupt officials + sweeping through Mongolia + crushing the barbarians + opening up a New World] Drowning from the start, with civil officials always trying to kill me! Crush the landlords and put the Ming economy under state ownership! Let the red flags fly and open up nine continents and five seas! Rule the entire world: from the founding to the fall of the Ming, none can rival us! 14.4kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 22 Great Ming: Your Son Zhu Changluo Requests That Wanli Abdicate 大明：儿臣朱常洛，请万历退位 [Not a beginner-friendly read + historical power struggles + no farming + court factional battles. The author is a seasoned political operator who used to work in government, and knows power games inside out.] After transmigrating, he discovers he has become the most pathetic Crown Prince in the Ming Dynasty. For thirty-two years, he has been everyone’s punching bag. His court robes are patched, his mother has been imprisoned until she went blind, and his father lavishes forty thousand qing of f 43.9kReads8.5Score4.3kShelves
- 23 Zhu Biao of the Great Ming: Zhu Yuanzhang’s Biggest Hater 大明朱标：朱元璋头号黑粉 Zhu Biao was a die-hard Ming dynasty fan. One day, while arguing with an online user, he accidentally transmigrated to the Ming dynasty. Since he was the crown prince, he would act like one. Zhu Biao: Zhu Yuanzhang is cold and ungrateful, slaughtering meritorious officials and implicating hundreds of thousands of people. He’s no different from a butcher. Zhu Biao: Zhu Yuanzhang is stubborn and suspicious. He has military prowess, but lacks the skills to govern. Enfeoffing his sons will bring the 21.4kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves
- 24 Reborn as a Tyrant in the Great Ming 重生大明当暴君 You think you can secretly collude with the Jian Nu and I won't know? You think you can conceal your commercial taxes and I won't know? The southeast is prosperous, while Shaanxi lies barren for a thousand miles, littered with the starving dead. The court's ministers care nothing for the people's lives or the fate of the realm. They suck the blood of the Great Ming and strip the flesh from its people! Even an ordinary man in a fit of rage can spill blood three feet high. But do you know what hap 17.2kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
- 25 Chongzhen! Reclaim the Throne! 崇祯！重征！ After Zhu Youjian hanged himself at Coal Hill, his soul returned to the day his elder brother, the Tianqi Emperor, died in the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, just as Zhu Youjian was about to ascend the throne. He is not a transmigrator with modern knowledge. His only golden finger is the memory of the seventeen years he spent as emperor in his previous life: he knows which decisions led to the fall of the dynasty, whom he can trust, and whom he must not put to use. Every memory was bought wit 3.5kReads6.3Score276Shelves
- 26 Great Ming: Zhu Biao Turns Evil, and the Jingnan Campaign Is No More 大明：朱标黑化，靖难没了 History records that Crown Prince Zhu Biao died of illness in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu. What history does not record: he died once, then came back to life. His soul wandered for three days, and he saw the entire fate of the Ming dynasty over the next 276 years: The Jingnan Campaign, the burning palace, Tumu Fortress, and the strip of white silk hanging from a tree on Coal Hill. When he opened his eyes again, he was in his sickbed in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu. The charcoal fire blaz 50.3kReads8.8Score4.2kShelves
- 27 Great Ming: If the Tianqi Emperor Lives, Great Ming Will Never Fall 大明：天启不死，大明不灭 [Rating just released, and it’ll rise later] [Handcrafted] + [No System] + [No mindless protagonist] + [Power struggles] + [Imperial court] + [Battle for supremacy] The soul of the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming dynasty drifted through four hundred years before he was reborn on the eleventh day of the eighth month of the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, just eleven days before his historical death. At this point, the Ming dynasty had just won the Battle of Ningjin. The Mongol tribes had 98.7kReads9.0Score13.2kShelves
- 28 I Woke Up to Find That My Great Ming Had Only Ten Days Left? 一觉醒来，朕的大明只剩十天了？ Original title: I Woke Up, and My Great Ming Has Only Ten Days Left? In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the countdown to the fall of the Great Ming begins. (No System) While lying unconscious on the dragon throne, Zhu Youjian had a long, vivid dream. In the dream, he became a child and studied centuries in the future. He opened The History of Ming, a book filled with the humiliating end that awaited him. In the end, he became a hardened soldier, tempered by modern military training. After twe 282.6kReads9.0Score39.8kShelves
- 29 The Rise of the Late Ming: A Reborn Man’s Celebration 明末崛起：重生者的狂欢 What should you do after arriving in the late Ming dynasty? The last unified feudal dynasty founded by the Han people was already nearing its end. Productivity was low, there was no industry, most people couldn't even read, and there was a severe imbalance between men and women. The only solution was to give the people land so they could eat their fill, then build schools where children could learn to read and do arithmetic. Next, establish a system that could be continuously improved, rebuild p 786Reads8.0Score109Shelves
- 30 Ming's God of War, Zhu Di 大明战神朱棣 Why do we love reading about him? Because he lived the way we wish we could: if you don’t like it, fight! If you lose, own it! If you win, don’t brag. He feigned madness, played the fool, and even ate pig feed in a pigsty. Then he fought his way from Beiping to Nanjing and seized the dragon throne with his own hands. Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, was twenty when he was sent to govern Beiping. No one had any faith in this “Fourth Son.” His imperial father suspected him, his nephew trie 19.6kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
- 31 The Descendants of the Hongwu Emperor 洪武朝的子孙们 After an accident, his soul travels a century into the past. On an ordinary day in the seventh year of Hongwu, he is born in the imperial palace of Yingtian Prefecture. He is the most honored child in all of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang’s beloved grandson. Zhu Biao’s eldest legitimate son. And yet, in the history books, he is merely a passing mention: Prince Yu Huai. Looking at the still-healthy Crown Prince Zhu Biao, at Hu Weiyong and the Blue Jade case, which have yet to unleash their blood 104.5kReads8.3Score7.5kShelves
- 32 Great Ming: My Uncle Is Zhu Yuanzhang 大明我大伯是朱元璋 He was Zhu Yuanzhang’s most trusted nephew. He was also the person who gave Zhu Yuanzhang the biggest headache. He loved to play the rascal, and though people could beat and scold him, they couldn’t kill him. After all, he was the only son of Zhu Yuanzhang’s second elder brother. But this guy really was a troublemaking lout who drove the entire court crazy: he tricked Old Zhu, conned Young Zhu, and loved beating up Zhu Laosi. 20.2kReads8.8Score852Shelves
- 33 Great Ming: I'm a Prince, Can't I Enjoy Myself? 大明：皇子的我还不能享受享受？ I'm no good at writing introductions. This is a new book by a new author. He transmigrates to the Zhizheng era, and the System blows up. What! I'm actually the Prince Qin Min, who did every evil thing imaginable? The second legitimate son of the Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang! He died young. After his death, Zhu Yuanzhang personally wrote a memorial condemning him: "Since you were sent to your fief, you have earned no good reputation. You kept company with petty men, indulged in wine and women, a 36.8kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
- 34 I Became the Wanli Emperor's Crown Prince, So Whoever Wants the Red Pill Can Eat It 穿成万历太子，这红丸谁爱吃谁吃 Reborn as an emperor who has only been on the throne for a month, he faces the Palace Coup and the Red Pill Incident, with treacherous officials within and bandits without. From crown prince to emperor, he plans every step. Great Ming, are you ready to welcome your Emperor Taichang? Nurhaci, are you ready to be put through the wringer? 7.4kReads7.3Score537Shelves
- 35 Great Ming: From the Start, I Reveal Zhu Yuanzhang's Future 大明：开局剧透朱元璋 Xu Qing transmigrates to the end of the Yuan dynasty and happens to arrive during a battle between the rebel army and the Yuan forces. Guo Zixing’s rebels mistake him for a spy and throw him in jail. As it turns out, his cellmate is Zhu Yuanzhang. “Brother Zhu, what’s your dream?” Zhu Yuanzhang: “A wife, kids, and a warm bed.” Xu Qing: “Why not dream bigger? Like becoming emperor.” Zhu Yuanzhang: “???” Xu Qing: “I can see that you’re destined for greatness, Brother Zhu. One day, you’ll surely be 19.9kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
- 36 Chongzhen: My Life Has Been on Thin Ice 崇祯：我这一生如履薄冰 (An immersive experience of Zhu Youjian's life and the true nature of the chaos at the end of the Ming dynasty! Not a power fantasy!) At the end of the thirty-eighth year of the Wanli reign, a report that Liaodong postal couriers had frozen to death was being used by a eunuch to prop up a table leg. The rice wasted at banquets by wealthy gentry in Jiangnan was worth more than three years of disaster relief in Shaanxi. Nanmu timber for the construction of the three great halls in the Forbidden Ci 668Reads6.4Score103Shelves
- 37 Father, I Only Want to Be a Prince 父皇，我只想当个王爷 In the 115th year of the Jingli era, the realm was in turmoil, with three kingdoms standing in opposition. On that day, Ye Zhuo, heir to the Prince of Shou, opened his eyes after being unconscious for three years... Ye Zhuo only wanted to live a quiet, carefree life as a hedonistic playboy. But he was so outstanding that he shone wherever he went. See how Ye Zhuo carves out a path to becoming a wise prince in this chaotic age, one that belongs to him alone! 28.2kReads8.7Score2.4kShelves
- 38 Reborn as the Ming Emperor, but the Ming Dynasty Is Already Gone 重生明帝，但大明已经没了 Li Yan is reborn. The good news: he’s the emperor of the Great Ming. The bad news: the Great Ming is already gone. The Southern Ming court is on the verge of collapse, the Qing troops are pursuing them south, and the court keeps fleeing south… Li Yan: “I’m done running! I’ll fight the northern barbarians to the death!” Factional infighting? Kill them! We’ll fight our way from Guangdong back to Beijing! Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi. This time, they won’t be disappointed! 33kReads9.3Score3kShelves
- 39 The Rise of an Empire: I Extend the Ming Dynasty by Seven Hundred Years! 帝国崛起：我为大明续命七百年！ [System + alternate-history Ming Dynasty + decisive and ruthless + iron-blooded emperor + farming] The Ming Empire is growing weaker by the day. Shen Yu, whose soul has transmigrated into this world, becomes the ninth prince. Let’s see how he makes the Ming realm shine brighter than ever. 29.5kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
- 40 Great Ming: The Strongest Crown Prince in History 大明：史上最强太子 [Great Ming] + [System] + [Invincible] + [Feel-Good Story] He transmigrated as Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son, Zhu Biao, the crown prince with the most secure position in history! He awakened the Fortune Golden Egg System! Once a year, he could smash open a golden egg. The stronger his fortune, the more amazing the prize! A flawless body, peerless swordsmanship, a divine command... With the System's support, he became the greatest crown prince in history! Under Zhu Biao's leadership, the Great Ming 41.9kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves
- 41 My Father Is the Emperor Who Begs at the Gate 我老爹是叫门皇帝 In the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong reign, my father, Zhu Qizhen, personally led an expedition beyond the borders, hoping to spread the might of the Great Ming far and wide. He never expected it to be like sending meat buns to a dog: he went out and never came back, becoming the Emperor Who Knocked at the Gates. Once he was no longer useful, they sent him back to the capital and confined him in the Southern Palace. Now Father is knocking at the gates again. Zhu Jianshen, who had been countin 55kReads8.8Score4kShelves
- 42 The Yongle Emperor: Zhu Biao 永乐大帝：朱标 (Decisive and ruthless! No System! Court intrigue and power struggles! Conquering the northern frontier!) A top wilderness survival expert transmigrates into the parallel world of the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, becoming his eldest son, Zhu Biao! From then on, the Yongle Emperor is no longer Zhu Di. At home, he executes Lady Lü to stabilize the inner court. Abroad, he trains iron cavalry and formations of musketeers, repeatedly sweeping through the Tatars, Jurchen, Oirats, and the Little Cher 36.2kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
- 43 Great Ming: From the Start, Zhu Di Exposed My Simulated Life 大明：开局被朱棣模拟人生曝光了 [Ming Dynasty charmer + father’s resignation, son’s delight + simulator + two golden fingers] In the sixteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Gaoshuo transmigrates to another version of the Ming Dynasty and becomes Zhu Di's fourth son. With three dragons and two pythons around him, he had planned to live quietly and enjoy his life as a prince. But to his surprise, he attracts the spirits of legendary figures from history. The First Emperor Ying Zheng, Xiang Yu the Conqueror, Chancellor Zhuge Liang, the God 20.1kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
- 44 With My Blood, I’ll Save These Mountains and Rivers 我以我血挽山河 [Not a Power Fantasy + Slow Burn + Multiple Storylines + No Golden Finger + Passionate Conquest of the Song] At the end of the Northern Song dynasty, Bianjing was under siege, and the realm was falling into enemy hands. After his soul traveled nine hundred years through time, Gu Yuan found himself on the snowy plains outside Bianjing, where he and a band of fleeing soldiers happened to rescue the reborn Princess Zhao Yingluo. Through careful planning at every turn, he rose to become the era’s gr 33.6kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
- 45 The First Duke of the Great Ming 大明第一公 I am Li Jinglong. This is my story, and the story of the Great Ming. 130.1kReads9.2Score14.2kShelves
- 46 A Different Ming Dynasty: I Became a Saint with a Hundred Lives 异世大明：我用一百条命成圣 Alternate-history Ming Dynasty / Fighting for the People / The Art of Toppling Dragons / Loyal Ministers Who Risk Their Lives to Remonstrate / Rules Horror Lately, the atmosphere at court in the Fengtian Hall has grown rather grim. For several days in a row, officials from one particular residence have been risking their lives to remonstrate, and they really do die on the spot. “I stake my life on this remonstrance!” Here we go again. But Emperor Zhu Chongba has changed his approach, too. “Do yo 9.7kReads9.2Score741Shelves
- 47 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 [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
- 48 My Father Is Emperor Wu of Han! 家父汉武帝！ [Winner of the National Library writing contest] [Top-tier historical storytelling + no System + rebellion + political intrigue + a love-hate relationship between father and son] Reborn in the womb as Liu Ju, the eldest legitimate son of Emperor Wu of Han. His father is Liu Che, the most powerful carbon-based life form on Earth in the second century BCE! And his maternal family’s lineup is even more outrageous! His mother is Wei Zifu, his uncle is Wei Qing, his cousin is Huo Qubing, and his youn 86.4kReads9.2Score8.1kShelves
- 49 Treasures of China: From the Start, I Talk with the Ten Greatest Emperors 典藏华夏：开局对话十大皇帝 Jiang Yi transmigrates and becomes the most promising host at the national television network. From the start, he's hosting "Treasures of China" and plans to find actors to portray the great figures of history. Luckily, the System arrives, granting Jiang Yi the power to cross between past and present and speak with historical figures! Li Shimin asks, “If I sign the Treaty of the Wei River with the Turks, will it keep my empire and people safe?” Jiang Yi replies, “Your empire will survive, but yo 30.3kReads9.5Score4.6kShelves
- 50 My Emperor Father Can Read Minds 我的皇帝父亲会读心 [Infrastructure Building Focus ✚ Mostly Comedy ✚ Not Historically Accurate ✚ No Romance] Emperor Wei prided himself on being a wise ruler. His ministers served him well, his harem was harmonious, and his children were clever and filial. That is, until he was struck by lightning. Afterward, he gained the ability to read minds, and finally learned that everyone around him was two-faced, saying one thing while thinking another! Emperor Wei was devastated. So he had been such a failure as an emperor 57.1kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves
