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- 151 Great Ming: Your Majesty, the Prince of Qin Has Joined the Crown Prince in Rebellion 大明：皇上，秦王带着太子造反了 [Alternate history] [No System] After unexpectedly transmigrating into Zhu Yuanzhang’s second legitimate son, Zhu Shuang, he becomes an arrogant and overbearing man, hated by every official. He eggs his brothers on to rebel against their old man. Zhu Shuang: “Big Brother, do you want to be emperor? Just say the word and I’ll help you seize the throne!” Zhu Gang: “Exactly, Big Brother. Just say the word and we brothers will help you!” Zhu Di: “Big Brother, same here!” Zhu Biao: “All right! Second 10.9kReads8.5Score40914d adds
- 152 A Hero of the Seas at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末之海上雄师 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin Tartars repeatedly raided the borders. The Central Plains were engulfed in war, and the Ming court had lost control of the southeastern coast and its maritime power. The empire was on the brink of collapse. Tang Xuezhi, a marine of the Huaxia Empire, transmigrated by accident to the chaotic end of the Ming Dynasty, where he became the son of the great pirate Yan Siqi. Hunted for no reason, he went on to pacify the coastal frontier, fight the 5.7kReads8.2Score58514d adds
- 153 The Son of Heaven 明天子 Reborn in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, he finds himself inhabiting the body of an eight-year-old child. But that’s not important. What matters is that he is the crown prince, the heir to the throne! In simple terms, this is the story of an eight-year-old emperor’s rise: seizing the palace, governing the court, bringing peace to the people, quelling internal unrest, recruiting talent, improving agriculture, and developing commerce... Through civil and military accomplishments, he will restore 150Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 154 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: The Empire's Collapse 崇祯十七年：帝国的崩塌 The Great Ming was at the height of its power and prosperity, yet collapsed overnight. What happened? This book is not a simple account of a dynasty's decline. It is a panoramic dissection of how a complex civilizational system crashed completely. Through the interwoven fates of more than twenty central figures, including the Chongzhen Emperor, Li Zicheng, Yuan Chonghuan, Wu Sangui, and Johann Adam Schall von Bell, we are drawn into the scene of an irreversible collapse. You will witness with yo 7.7kReads8.8Score56314d adds
- 155 Get on Board! It's Time to Overthrow the Qing and Restore the Ming 快上船，反清复明啦 Standing before you is Zhu Zaiming, His Majesty the Emperor of the Second Ming Empire: lord of Australia, savior of the Yin people, leader of the Americas, pioneer of the ironclad battleship, nightmare of Europe, dear friend of Napoleon, supreme leader of Eastern civilization, and father of the world… The story of the Second Ming’s rise begins with a group of Han people stranded in Australia… 187Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 156 Zhao Gouzi's Struggles in Ancient Times 赵狗子的古代奋斗史 At the end of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Gouzi was born. The Ming was visibly in decline, while the world hurtled into the Age of Discovery, with wealth pouring in from across the seas. Zhao Gouzi lifted his chin and resolved to catch the last wave of the Age of Discovery, sending the peoples of Huaxia sailing across the seas to conquer new lands! 8.1kReads8.9Score67414d adds
- 157 A Late Ming Revolutionary Reorganizes the Ranks and Handcrafts a Mortar 明末觉醒分子重组，手搓迫击炮 History's unluckiest transmigrator starts out as a refugee in northern Shaanxi at the end of the Ming dynasty. Just as he thinks he's about to die on arrival, his “molecular restructuring” cheat comes online! Any substance can be rewritten; any structure can be rearranged! Hungry? Restructure cellulose into glucose and turn weeds into porridge! The original grain seeds yield too little? Induce genetic mutations in the seeds and harvest three thousand jin per mu! The Tartar cavalry is formidable? 44.2kReads8.1Score4.7k14d adds
- 158 A High Schooler Transmigrates into the Chongzhen Era and Saves the Great Ming from Collapse 高中生穿越崇祯力挽大明天倾 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! A high school student transmigrates into the Chongzhen era without any cheats. He comes up with an original three-year strategy to pacify Liaodong, defeat Huang Taiji, wipe out the Later Jin, and overcome both internal and external crises. Even an ordinary person can use this strategy to clear the late-Ming challenge. Revive the Ming dynasty and build a glorious empir 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Late Ming: Dawn Drives Out the Night 明末，天明驱夜 [Traditional historical fiction] [No System] [Not pure wish fulfillment] [The unique power struggles of the Ming Dynasty] [Unraveling how power shifts and collapses] At the end of the Ming Dynasty, demons and monsters run rampant. Civil officials cling like parasites and drain the country dry; military nobles scheme over national policy; the emperor is consumed by lust for power; border garrisons are little better than bandits; the central court is riven by intrigue; local officials take their 2.6kReads8.7Score24214d adds
- 160 Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty to Become Emperor 穿越明朝当皇帝 [Historical Writing Contest] He transmigrates into the body of the Ming dynasty’s last emperor, with less than five months left before the dynasty falls. Zhu Youjian, now with a new soul, is deeply troubled. He can only rely on his knowledge of future history and set out to turn the tide and change the course of events. First, move the capital and make a strategic retreat. Anyone who disagrees gets executed! Next, cultivate the land, carry out land reform, and manufacture guns and cannons. Anyon 371Reads8.8Score11514d adds
- 161 What Does It Mean to Be Bright? 何以为明 Xie Shiqing transmigrates into the Ming Dynasty recorded in the history books, often called the most regrettable dynasty in Chinese history. He enters the court as a young Taoist by Liu Bowen's side. What can he change? What can he bring? No one knows yet. The ups and downs of officialdom, the repeated trials of human nature, the art of keeping one's head down at court, and an emperor's tests and suspicions are all things Xie Shiqing must face. This is not only a story about transmigrating into 40Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 162 I Went to the Late Ming to Save the Righteous 我去明末救义士 Entirely handmade, absolutely no AI, so updates are slow! Read at your own risk, and don’t rush me. In 1642, the Ming dynasty’s final struggle had already failed, and the darkest hour in Chinese history was about to arrive. To prevent three hundred years of national collapse from repeating itself, countless people transmigrated into the past. Could the Chongzhen Emperor have died so easily without someone guiding him? As the Jiashen Catastrophe looms, see how Tian Youjia and his three brothers f 157Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 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 6.9kReads9.1Score63914d adds
- 164 Great Ming: Zhu Gaochi, Empress Ma's Dream Grandson 大明：我朱高炽马皇后的梦中情孙 [Empress Ma Saves the Ming Dynasty] + [Expanding the Empire] + [Changing the Ming Dynasty] + [Golden Finger] + [No Regrets] In the fifteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming dynasty, two major events were about to unfold: Zhu Xiongying, the eldest imperial grandson, and Empress Ma were both on the verge of death. Zhu Gaochi: “Big Brother Xiongying, Grandmother, don’t be afraid. Fatty’s here!” I was born into the body of the ten-month-old Zhu Gaochi, later known as Emperor Renzong of Ming, and received 8.7kReads8.1Score55814d adds
- 165 Slam Dunk: Becoming a Basketball Superstar! 灌篮高手：成为篮球巨星！ [Sports Fan Fiction + Passionate + Slam Dunk + Championship Victory + National Tournament] “Basketball isn't a one-man game!” Gu Chen held up one finger as he looked at the breathless Rukawa Kaede in front of him. A professional basketball player who had been a starter in the CBA in his previous life, Gu Chen transmigrated into the world of Slam Dunk with a Basketball Superstar System. He became sworn brothers with Sakuragi Hanamichi, became rivals with Rukawa Kaede, and teamed up with Miyagi Ry 4.9kReads9.1Score25914d adds
- 166 Late Ming: Becoming Emperor Was Never My Wish 明末：称帝非我愿 [No System + No Cheat Abilities + Ming Dynasty + Rebellion] Wang San, worn down by society and working grueling 24/7 shifts, becomes another Wang San, a villager in Baishui County, Shaanxi, near the end of the Ming dynasty. A terrible famine strikes, and people resort to eating one another. Wang San is frail and sickly, on the verge of becoming someone else’s meal, when his brother Wang Er comes charging back and saves him. As Wang San leaves with Wang Er, he discovers that his brother is well-c 5.7kReads8.7Score33014d adds
- 167 Lone Loyalty in the Vast Sea 沧海孤忠 The Solitary Loyalist of the Vast Sea: The Complete Biography of Zheng Chenggong is a heroic elegy that delves deep into the heart and probes the soul. This book seeks to go beyond a simple tale of monument-building and portray a real man struggling amid the upheavals of his age. He was the son of a pirate, of mixed Chinese and Japanese heritage, and a Confucian scholar with the world in his heart. He was the "Lord of the Imperial Surname," personally named by the Longwu Emperor, and a lone mini 83Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 168 From the Start on a Late Ming Battlefield: Three Kills in My Debut 开局明末战场，首秀三连杀 [Late Ming + war + a soldier's perspective + not a power fantasy + an ordinary man's resolve to defend his home and country] The whole court curses and vows to destroy the barbarians; a mighty army marches forth from the borderlands! What is the use of grand ambitions? At Sarhu, a lake of blood was left behind. I am Wang Jiu, one of the most ordinary people in the great tide of transmigrators, and an utterly inconspicuous foot soldier on the battlefields of the late Ming. In historians' account 2.7kReads9.0Score18314d adds
- 169 Great Ming: I’m the Strongest Imperial Grandson, So, Old Zhu, Step Down 大明：我最强皇孙，请老朱退位 In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Zhu Xuan transmigrates and becomes an abandoned infant, set adrift down a river in a wooden basin. Just then, Zhu Biao dies, and Zhu Yuanzhang comes across Zhu Xuan while taking a walk at the foot of Mount Zhong. To survive, Zhu Xuan quickly wins Zhu Yuanzhang over. His adorable smile soothes Zhu Yuanzhang’s grief over losing his son, and Zhu Yuanzhang takes him back to the palace. Zhu Yuanzhang initially plans to look into Zhu Xuan’s origins, but his investig 2.2kReads8.1Score23814d adds
- 170 Late Ming: Stop Rushing Me! This Governor Just Wants to Slack Off 明末：别催了！我这巡抚只想摸鱼 Chen Du, a modern office drone, transmigrated into the late Ming Dynasty as the son of a Sichuan merchant. He spent all forty thousand taels of silver he had just to buy an easy government post in Zhejiang, where he could lie flat and stay alive. But Chongzhen issued an order transferring him straight to Shanxi, making him governor of the province: a northern frontier death trap that his predecessor had failed to escape despite submitting seventeen resignation letters. Beacon fires blazed acros 751Reads—Score12314d adds
- 171 Great Ming: An Elite Snow-Dragon Cavalry from the Start, and My Grandfather Is Zhu Di! 大明：开局大雪龙骑，祖父朱棣！ [Conquest + political intrigue + palace power struggles + divine selection + charisma] Zhu Zhansheng transmigrates to the Ming dynasty, becoming the eldest grandson of the Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, the eldest grandson of the Yongle Emperor, Zhu Di, and the eldest son of Prince Han, Zhu Gaoxu. After Zhu Di has a dream, he and Zhu Zhansheng become candidates for the title of Sage Grandson. When Zhu Di returns from his fourth northern campaign, he is assassinated in the street, sending the emp 5.7kReads9.2Score32114d adds
- 172 The Martial Emperor Comes to Qing: Wielding Dream of the Red Chamber to Restore the Ming 武皇临清：手执红楼复大明 “My empire! Who’s kneeling down and handing it over to someone else?!” Outraged by the late Qing’s incompetence and treachery, Wu Zetian and Zhu Di rise from the dead and travel through time in a fury. With the cipher key to Dream of the Red Chamber in hand, they restore the Ming dynasty… 61Reads—Score214d adds
- 173 Starting Out in a Ming Dynasty Garrison 明末从卫所开始 Was the late Ming truly beyond saving? Was the Ming Dynasty really worthless? Was the Great Ming truly so easy to defeat? Join me as we explore this era. The seventh year of the Chongzhen reign, late spring. Farther north than northern Shaanxi, beyond the frontier, watch as a hereditary soldier from a military garrison rises step by step and changes everything along the way. This book has no golden finger, only one heroine, no runaway tech tree, and no high-yielding corn or sweet potatoes. A new 3.4kReads7.4Score25114d adds
- 174 The Great Ming Shrimp Prince 大明虾亲王 Xiaren went to teach in a remote mountain village, but by a twist of fate ended up in the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era as Empress Ma's nephew. A single song about the Zhu family being doomed threw the Hongwu Emperor into turmoil and sent the wheel of Ming history veering onto a different path! 6.7kReads8.6Score34014d adds
- 175 Late Ming: I Cleave Chongzhen with My Blade 明末：刀劈崇祯 In the final years of the Tianqi era of the Ming dynasty, a transmigrator born into a family of loyal ministers rises amid chaos and turns the tide when all seems lost. Then he personally brings down this rotten dynasty, corrupt to its very roots. 568Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 176 The Tang Dynasty’s Greatest Arms Dealer 大唐第一军火商 Li Shimin watched Lu Cheng with a pained expression and said, “Shopkeeper Lu, give me another thousand 98Ks! I want to wipe out the Turks! Can't you lower the price a little?” “No discounts. But I can throw in a pistol as a friendly gift. After all, you're my father-in-law.” 206Reads8.2Score13214d adds
- 177 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 21.6kReads8.7Score1.9k14d adds
- 178 The Hakka Army of the Late Ming 明末客家军 This book is entirely original. The protagonist transmigrates into a kind, ordinary Hakka family in southern Jiangxi at the end of the Ming dynasty. The family starts by expanding the patrol office from 20 people, then takes up farming and development, quells rebellions and builds an army, suppresses pirates in the Guangdong Sea, resists the Dutch in the Fujian Sea, fights the British at Humen, and recovers Taiwan. There are naval battles at Hailingyang, Nan'ao, Luoliowan, Humen, and Meizhou Isl 4kReads8.1Score34414d adds
- 179 I Was Reborn as the Bowl from Zhu Yuanzhang’s Great Ming Origin Story 我穿成了大明朱元璋开局那一个碗 Everyone knows the history of the Ming Dynasty began with a bowl and ended with a rope. The good news is that I, Chen Xihai, transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty with a System. The bad news is that I’m the very bowl the dynasty began with. To activate the System, Zhu Yuanzhang has to touch me with his own hands. Tell me, when will a broken bowl enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple ever get the chance to activate a System? Then one day, Zhu Yuanzhang came to the temple with Empress Ma, Zhu Bia 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 180 I Was Buried Alive Right After I Transmigrated, Now I'll Conquer the Late Ming 刚穿越就被活埋，我要横推明末 [No System + Ming Dynasty + Late Ming + Passionate + Ruthless Battles + Rise to Power + Chongzhen] Forge muskets, build a modern cavalry, wipe out the Eight Banners, crush the rebel bands, and conquer the realm! Zhou Jian'an never imagined he would transmigrate to the final years of the Ming Dynasty. He ends up in the body of a down-and-out military household member. That's right: in the late Ming, being in a military household meant being dirt poor. By a twist of fate, he wins the favor of 12.7kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds
- 181 The Ming Dynasty Reborn: At Three Years Old, I Ascend the Throne and Become Emperor 大明重启：年方三岁，登基称帝 The heavens collapse and the earth splits, while fate is turned upside down. Can a modern soul save the empire as the fires of late Ming China rage? In the sixth year of the Tianqi era, the Wang Gongchang explosion tears open the sky, and history takes a new turn. Zhu Guangming's soul transmigrates into Zhu Cijiong, the infant son of the Tianqi Emperor, only to discover that he is standing on the Ming dynasty's last drifting piece of ice... At seven months, he speaks to his father. At one, he wr 24kReads8.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 182 Great Ming: From the Start, I Cut Zhu Yunwen Off from the Throne 大明：开局断绝朱允炆帝王路 At the end of the eleventh year of Hongwu... Less than four years remained before Zhu Xiongying, the eldest imperial grandson, and Ma Xiuying, the virtuous empress celebrated throughout history, would die! Less than fourteen years remained before Zhu Biao, the most steadfast crown prince in history, would die! Less than twenty-four years remained before the utterly incompetent Zhu Yunwen would take the throne! ...But the relentless wheels of history were set to turn differently with the arrival 17.3kReads8.6Score73214d adds
- 183 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 3.5kReads6.3Score28714d adds
- 184 The Last Loyal Minister of Chongzhen's Ming Dynasty 大明崇祯最后的忠臣 [Late Ming Dynasty + transmigrate + no System + passionate + lighthearted comedy] In the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the empire is on the brink of collapse. Though I, Li Shi, hold a lowly position, that does nothing to diminish my wholehearted devotion to my country. I still love Emperor Chongzhen, even though many people say he is arrogant and self-willed, suspicious and distrustful, hot-tempered, and cold-hearted... But this very “foolish ruler” you all talk about made me, Li Shi, G 5.9kReads8.9Score30414d adds
- 185 In the Late Ming, I Redeem the Celestial Globe and Become Earth's Supreme Ruler 明末兑换天日之表，登顶地球球长 The uprising at Suanzao: five hundred rebel bandits march a thousand miles, conquer Guangdong, swallow Guangxi, and set their sights on Hunan, while Yunnan and Guizhou fall into their grasp. Li Siyan, governor-general of five provinces. Call me the King of the Southwest. [Not mindless wish fulfillment] [Realistic tone] [Not chasing the rankings] [No spawning endless troops out of thin air] [No going all in] [Gets better as it goes] [God-tier ending] [The System provides support, then fades into 17.9kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 186 In Southern Ming, Beating the Qing Emperor Kangxi 人在南明，搓打康麻子 At the end of the Southern Ming, the last dynasty of Han Chinese rule, the Yongli Emperor fled west to Burma. The dynasty was doomed from the start. After transmigrating as a member of the imperial clan, the protagonist forms marriage alliances with warlords, outwits powerful ministers, schemes and deceives, seizes military command, and trains his troops to the limit. In the final showdown between the Ming and Qing, he turns the tide, slaughters Wu Sangui, drives the Shunzhi Emperor to his death 1.6kReads8.1Score10014d adds
- 187 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 49.7kReads8.8Score4.2k14d adds
- 188 From the Start, I Live-Stream the Great Ming, and Huaxia Civilization Leads by Ages 开局直播大明，华夏文明断层领先 (This book is not intended to disparage the present or glorify the past. The world I've created is fictional, so please don't conflate it with reality. My goal is to work toward China's rise! Nothing else is intended!) My name is Han Bixing, and I transmigrated into the Ming Dynasty as a fool. Everyone calls me crazy and pelts me with stones because I hold up a battered bronze mirror and talk to the air. They don't know that the other side of the mirror is connected to more than six hundred year 6.7kReads9.3Score63814d adds
- 189 The Time-Traveling Bookshop's Most Devoted Reader Is Zhu Yuanzhang! 超时空书店，忠实读者是朱元璋！ Zhu Chen returned to his hometown and opened a bookstore. Business was slow. But then a peculiar reader showed up, dressed like someone from ancient times. Zhu Chen wasn’t surprised, assuming he was an actor who made a living taking photos with tourists at a scenic spot. The two hit it off, chatting freely about everything from ancient times to the present, and Zhu Chen even taught him a few things. One day, several years later, time and space converged. Zhu Chen walked out of the bookstore alon 27.2kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
- 190 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 102kReads9.0Score13.7k14d adds
- 191 A Professional Rebel at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末造反专业户 [No System + No Cheat Powers + Late Ming Dynasty + Rebellion] Wu Cheng, a newly graduated college student working as a village official, transmigrates to the second year of the Chongzhen reign in the late Ming Dynasty and becomes a military household member of the Great Ming. A corrupt court, an incompetent emperor, greedy officials and gentry, and commoners treated as less than human push Wu Cheng step by step toward rebellion. Watch as he takes on the local tyrants, fights the Great Ming, dest 14.3kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 192 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 3.1kReads8.7Score22114d adds
- 193 Civilization Invasion: Summoning Players to Steamroll the Backrooms 文明入侵：召唤玩家平推后室 [The Fourth Calamity]+ [Pure Wiki Backrooms]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [A Touch of Healing in the Mid-to-Late Story] “If you accidentally noclip out of reality in the wrong place, you’ll eventually fall into the Backrooms...” “Nothing but damp, foul-smelling carpet, maddeningly monotonous yellow, the endless buzz of fluorescent lights running at full power, and roughly six hundred million square miles of empty rooms divided up at random, waiting to swallow you whole...” In 203X, as 300Reads9.6Score—14d adds
- 194 Great Ming: My Brother-in-Law Is Zhu Biao 大明：我的姐夫叫朱标 I transmigrated to the Great Ming. My elder sister is the Crown Princess, my elder brother is a founding duke, and my maternal uncle is the Great Ming’s “Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.” Most importantly, my brother-in-law is Zhu Biao. That’s a royal flush from the start! But the current emperor seems rather petty, so to live comfortably, I’ve decided to keep my head down and be a nobody. For ten years, I’ve stayed secluded in the inner chambers, a quiet, handsome young man. Then my uncle brought a sec 39.4kReads7.9Score2.2k14d adds
- 195 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 102.5kReads8.3Score7.4k14d adds
- 196 I’m a Ming Imperial Clansman, Not a Bandit 我，大明宗室，不想当流贼 In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the splendor of “the Great Ming, whose dominion encompassed the seas and lands, surpassing the Three Dynasties and eclipsing Han and Tang, whose subjects filled all beneath the heavens...” had quietly faded away. The realm was in turmoil and the great edifice on the verge of collapse. Barbarians ran rampant, rebels wreaked havoc, natural and man-made disasters abounded, and the starving dead lay everywhere. Amidst the smoke of war that now blanketed the land, 38.2kReads8.7Score3k14d adds
- 197 The Steady Chongzhen, Starting with Saving Wei Zhongxian 稳健崇祯，从救下魏忠贤开始 [Ming dynasty + contending for supremacy + no System + Chongzhen] Transmigrating to the Ming dynasty, he becomes Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian, at Coal Hill. The land is in ruins, the sun and moon have lost their light, and the people are suffering. If that is how things stand, then I shall bear the stars on my back and shoulder the sun and moon! From the start, I save the dying Wei Zhongxian and confiscate the estates of the eight great Shanxi merchant clans! Rebellion? Kill! Manchu invaders? 27.3kReads8.6Score2.9k14d adds
- 198 The Great Warlord of the Late Ming 晚明大军阀 Advance notice: Farming-focused story. Anti-Ming and anti-Qing. Firearms. Conquest. Advancing technology. No System, and there is a female lead, but she gets very little page time. After a stroke of incredible luck, the protagonist wakes up to discover he has become a bandit chief. He has just settled an internal dispute in the stronghold when government troops arrive to surround and suppress them. To avoid being wiped out by the authorities, the protagonist can only use what he has at hand to 1.8kReads8.8Score18114d adds
- 199 The Ming Dynasty's Greatest Maverick 大明第一狂士 In the 35th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty, a ruthless schemer is reborn as the son of a county deputy magistrate. Using modern political tactics, he cracks one strange case after another. With modern strategies of maneuvering and intrigue, he shakes the imperial court and becomes unstoppable! Rebel bands run amok? Under my powerful army, they’re nothing but fodder! I will rebuild the Ming dynasty, extend its might across the seas, and usher in an unprecedented age of prosperity! 6.8kReads9.1Score66814d adds
- 200 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 1.3kReads—Score12714d adds
