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- 101 Lucid Dreams and a Glass Heart: The Luo Family Daughter's Rise and Fall in the Harem 清梦璃心：洛氏女的后宫沉浮 Luo Li was born into a prestigious family. Clever and quick-witted from a young age, she was graceful and charming. When she came of age, a palace selection was underway. Her family status and exceptional talents earned her a place in the imperial palace, where she entered the Forbidden City, with its towering red walls and unfathomable intrigues, bearing the honor of her family on her shoulders. Amid the grandeur and deadly rivalries of the inner palace, she would write her own legend of rising 2Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 102 The Everlasting Harvest 永丰年 "Manjianghong: A World-Shaking Game of Go" In the Yongfeng era, fifty soldiers swept away the Japanese pirates. They burned the enemy's supplies, and their fame spread. A northern journey opened a new path through an alliance. A hundred cavalrymen broke through the rebel lines in a night raid, and three hundred cavalrymen blasted their way out of an encirclement. Their deeds were done, but their success came at a cost. We opened sea routes, sending our sails far away. We wove a hidden network 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 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
- 104 Red Ming: The Court Heads South, While the Lord Alone Goes North 红色大明：群臣向南君独北 On the day Chongzhen hanged himself at Coal Hill, Crown Prince Zhu Cilang drew his sword and cut the ship’s mooring rope. “Ministers, face south. The ruler alone faces north!” The entire court knelt and urged him to flee south and carve out a corner of the realm, but the sixteen-year-old led his battered remnants north against the tide. He used Marxism to organize the masses, flintlocks to teach the Eight Banners a lesson, and the vow “The Ming may fall, but the realm must never be lost” to kind 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Back in the Peaceful Years, I Saved an Emperor Named Chai Rong 穿回太平年，救了个皇帝叫柴荣 After a failed resuscitation, modern emergency physician Shen Yi transmigrates into Shen Qian, a junior medic traveling with the Later Zhou army. He opens his eyes to blood and fire in the military camp, where he uses modern medicine to stitch wounds and clean injuries, and devises a triage system. From an old soldier, he learns that it is the sixth year of the Xiande era, the final year of Chai Rong's northern campaign. This greatest ruler of the Five Dynasties has less than a year to live, whi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Fatuous Ming Emperor: From the Start, I Stage a Coup and Kill Zhu Yunwen 大明昏君：开局政变干掉朱允炆 As a wage slave working 996 every day, his biggest dream is to be his own boss, spending his days fishing, drinking, and chasing women... After being reborn in the Ming Dynasty, he discovers that he's a prince. Life can be even sweeter than being a boss, and it's pretty relaxing! But then he learns that because of his identity, he'll eventually be sent away to guard the imperial tombs, and later be sentenced to death. Just thinking about it is bleak... So he starts looking for a way out and soon 990Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 107 I’m in the Great Ming, So Why Worry? My Senior Brother Is Zhu Yuanzhang 人在大明我不慌，我师兄叫朱元璋 [Lighthearted comedy + turning every danger into good fortune + invincible + winning the love of a beauty] Jiang Xiaoyu transmigrates to the end of the Yuan dynasty and the beginning of the Ming, opening his eyes beneath a gleaming executioner's blade. With his life hanging by a thread, he is rescued by his senior brother, Zhu Chongba. From then on, Jiang Xiaoyu clings tightly to Zhu Yuanzhang’s coattails. In an age of collapsing empires and rising rebel armies, he joins Zhu Yuanzhang in roaming 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The Minister of State 枭臣 The modern-day Tan Zong died an unjust death, but his spirit refused to fade. By chance, he returned to an unfamiliar historical era and became Lin Fu, a newly successful provincial graduate from a collateral branch of the Lin family in Dongyang Prefecture. Timid and looked down upon by others, Lin Fu refuses to live like a dog in peacetime, yet he is equally unwilling to become a man adrift in an age of chaos. See how this man, who has lived two lives, begins at the very bottom of the power pyr 178Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 109 Setting Sail for Great Ming 扬帆大明 Transmigrating as Prince Fu of the Ming dynasty, and taking advantage of being Wanli’s favorite son, I sell salt, engage in overseas trade and arms dealing, purge the emperor’s wicked advisers, develop Yizhou, seize Luzon, bring the Ryukyu Islands to heel, take Malacca, sweep across South Asia, and conquer the Seven Seas… Also titled: Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty: My Dad Is Wanli 367Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 110 Unbelievable, Is This Rebel King Actually the Crown Prince of Great Ming? 震惊，这个闯王竟是大明太子？ [No System + one female lead + passionate ensemble cast + intelligent characters + warlords vying for supremacy] The rebel army has breached the capital, and the Chongzhen Emperor is preparing to hang himself. Is there still hope for the Ming dynasty? Zhu Cilang, who has just transmigrated, thinks there is. He plans to proceed in two steps: first, persuade Chongzhen to abandon suicide and retreat to Jinling, preserving the Ming dynasty's last line of defense; then, assume a false identity and in 54.7kReads8.6Score6k14d adds
- 111 I Am Hongwu, Rebuilding the Great Ming at the End of Chongzhen’s Reign! 我乃洪武，在崇祯末年重开大明！ In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he was “standing” in the shadows of the Qianqing Palace. Before him stood a gaunt emperor, trembling as he faced a map. Liaodong was stained red, and fires of war blazed across the Central Plains. “Your Majesty, Sun Chuanting… is still being held in the imperial prison,” the old eunuch stammered. Chongzhen said nothing. He simply traced the characters for “Kaifeng” over and over with his finger. Zhu Yua 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Emperor Tianqi and the Eighteen Beauties of Yanyun 天启大帝之燕云十八姬 In the Tianqi era, he seldom stops to admire the flowers, seizing both the realm and its beauties in his hands. The warm waters of Nanyang nurture dragons and serpents; the lush grasslands of Mobei let cattle and horses roam. The western mountains teem with cinnabar mines; the eastern fields are planted far and wide with cotton and hemp. Who says borders divide the civilized from the barbarian? The peoples of every nation come dressed in their finest to honor Zhonghua. The story begins when Tian 48Reads—Score10214d adds
- 113 I, Yan Shifan, Just Want to Slack Off, Not Die 我，严世蕃，只想摆烂不想死 A modern-day office worker and history blogger who loves ranting about history stays up late watching The Ming Dynasty in 1566 and cursing Yan Shifan, then transmigrates straight into the body of the newly adult young cabinet minister, before he has started getting himself killed. He comes with a built-in historical death-warning System: whenever he does something suicidal, he gets electrocuted and a pop-up appears: [Days until you get beheaded]. His only goal: slack off, stay alive, and keep hi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 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 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Great Ming: I, Zhu Yuntong, Refuse to Be Possessed 大明：我朱允熥，拒绝被夺舍 [From the start + mind-bending ideas + System + invincible + ruthless + sealing the Wolf's Mountain] The land of China lies within these rivers and mountains; the sun and moon rise anew over the Great Song. The sun and moon make brightness. Following Heaven's Way, the empire is brought to order: the Great Ming! A dynasty that inspires love and hatred in equal measure among later generations: the deeper the love, the sharper the hate. This was an age of extraordinary talent. Whether civil officia 156Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 116 Starting Out as Li Zicheng's Adopted Son 从李自成义子开始 In the eleventh year of the Chongzhen era, the rebel king Li Zicheng was defeated at Nanyuan, and eighteen horsemen fled into the Shangluo Mountains. Li Sheng's soul transmigrated into the body of Li Zicheng's adopted son. He joined the rebel army, fought the Ming, battled the Later Jin, and brought the gentry to heel! I am that tiny spark. In the end, I will set the whole world ablaze and decide the fate of the realm! 405Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 117 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
- 118 A Great Upheaval in the Ming Dynasty 明朝大换血 With a sword in hand, he can cover the world with clouds and turn the tides with a wave of his hand. The protagonist conquers the Tsar in the north, defeats Fusang in the east, takes the lands of the barbarians in the west, and sweeps through the islands in the south. Then he ventures into space and defeats the aliens, before pursuing the Heavenly Way and accomplishing an unprecedented feat. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Great Ming: My Brother Is Zhu Houzhao 大明之我哥是朱厚照 If Zhu Houwei, the second son of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, had not died, would Emperor Xiaozong still have favored Zhu Youjiao above all others when choosing an heir? For the sake of the Ming dynasty’s eternal prosperity, Zhu Houwei decides to take the throne himself and become the Zhengde Emperor. Because of Zhu Houwei, Ming history takes a completely different path. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 A Gambling Den Waiter Making His Way in the Ming Dynasty 奋斗在大明朝的赌坊小二 Qin Hu is the son of a convicted official. Three years ago, though he had been a scholar, he was sent to work as a waiter at Nanjing's biggest gambling house. Three years later, he made a stunning name for himself. Once a mere waiter at a gambling house, now he stood alone at the top of the Golden Powder Tower. He rose from gambling-house waiter to low-ranking officer in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Wearing a flying-fish robe and carrying an embroidered spring saber at his waist, he aspired to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The Story of Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧传 Told in an accessible yet rigorous style, this book follows the real timeline of Cixi’s life, from her birth in 1835 to her death in 1908, tracing the story of a woman who shaped half a century of the late Qing dynasty. From Lan Guiren, when the Yehenara woman first entered the palace, to Consort Yi and then Noble Consort Yi after giving birth to a prince; from seizing power in the Xinyou Coup and governing from behind the curtain alongside the other empress dowager, to wielding power alone, pro 1.7kReads7.1Score—14d adds
- 122 I Save the Great Ming Through Fortune-Telling 我靠算命救大明 Yu Ling, a Wudang disciple, received Zhang Sanfeng's lifetime of martial arts training when he was eight. By eighteen, he was invincible under heaven, so his sect leader kicked him down the mountain to gain experience. Fortune-telling, face-slapping, exposing frauds, punishing bullies: he takes charge wherever he goes, and along the way picks up a band of capable brothers: Shen Qingya, whose intelligence network reaches everywhere; Bai Zhi, a master of both medicine and poison; Zhao Xiaolou, sk 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Saving the Tang Dynasty: I Transmigrated into Prince Wei Li Yi 挽天倾，魂穿魏王李佾救大唐 In 873 AD, Emperor Yizong of Tang died. The eunuchs sealed the palace gates, preparing to depose the eldest son and enthrone the youngest. Li Yi, Prince of Wei and Emperor Yizong’s eldest son, was supposed to be stripped of the throne and die unnoticed six years later. But when he opened his eyes again, he had become a modern soul from the twenty-first century, well versed in power and the rules of organization. No System, no technological cheats. With just three secret letters, two imperial edi 1.6kReads—Score13814d adds
- 124 A Life Adrift, Yet Ever Faithful to You 浮生不负卿 A Floating Life, True to You —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Great Ming: My Dad Is Zhu Gaozu, Known Across the Jianghu as the Rebel Emperor 大明：俺爹朱高煦，江湖人称造反大帝 A devoted son from the late twenty-first century transmigrates to the last Han Chinese dynasty in history because of a countdown timer, and becomes the beloved son of Zhu Gaochi, a notorious master of self-destruction. Ji Yang says, “With my father around, staying alive is the hard part. The Prince of Han’s sweeping leg trips up three generations, and even after he dies, his name lives on.” Ji Yang: “Dad, stop tempting fate.” Zhu Gaochi: “Son, bail me out!” 830Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 126 The Peerless Young Marquis 无双小侯爷 [Alternate History + Power Fantasy + No System] Ye Changfeng transmigrated to ancient times... Without meaning to, he drove back a hundred thousand Di troops and became the revered Grand General of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Then, without meaning to, he wrote a few poems and became a literary genius admired by young women. After that, he casually came up with a few minor inventions and innovations, building a commercial empire. The princess would marry no one but him, the emperor wanted his 81Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 127 God-Level System: The Ruler of a Fallen Nation 神级系统：亡国之君 [Political Intrigue] [War] [Famous Generals] [Ruthless] [System] [Countless Beauties] Returning to the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, he summons the heroes of China to grant the Ming dynasty another five hundred years. No generals? Summon some! No civil officials? Summon some! He reforms the warlords of the late Ming, punishes corrupt officials and treacherous ministers, and brings peace and justice back to the empire. Guan Yu versus Qin Qiong? Bai Qi, the Butcher, against Han Xin, the G 1.3kReads7.5Score10814d adds
- 128 The Ming Dynasty's Imperial Tutor 大明帝师 The unexpected transmigration of the Qianmen Sect's leader leaves him a servant at a brothel. He meets Zhengde, and the two become sworn brothers. He enters government service to help restore the nation. Entrusted by the emperor on his deathbed to care for his son, he vows to ensure that his sworn brother's child ascends the throne safely and peacefully. This is a lighthearted story, a tale of brotherhood, and a book full of political intrigue and schemes at court. My new novel, The Perfect Body 8Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 129 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 4.3kReads8.0Score33914d adds
- 130 The Tyrant of Great Ming: I'm a Carpenter 大明暴君：我是个木匠 The protagonist, Lin Fan, accidentally transmigrates and becomes the Tianqi Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He activates a grassroots emperor-raising System and rises through a series of small missions, growing into a decisive and ruthless ruler. Some in the Donglin faction refuse to submit? Kill them! Some in the eunuch faction refuse to submit? Kill them! Corrupt officials and hidebound bureaucrats? Kill them! In this era, Lin Fan uses his iron-fisted rule to reform the rites and laws and abolish 544Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 131 Games Through the Ages: Livestreaming Myself Tearing Apart Japanese Soldiers from the Start 古今游戏：开局直播表演手撕鬼子 [Livestreamed worldwide + Fourth-Dimensional Disaster + Real history + Behind-the-scenes power fantasy] The day Lin Chen lost his job, he accidentally bonded with the Ancient and Modern Emotion Management System! He received a transmigration gate leading straight to the real past! Officially, it was an immersive historical game. In reality, everything beyond the gate was real history, real people, real blood, and real wars! The players thought it was VR as they built the Great Wall, fought Japan 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 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
- 133 The Veritable Records of Emperor Jingtai, Civilly Accomplished and Martial Virtuous 文成武德景泰皇帝实录 The Tumu Crisis of the Ming dynasty marked the turning point when the empire began to decline. Five hundred thousand elite soldiers and able-bodied men, along with dozens of high-ranking officials and nobles, were lost, and the young Emperor Zhu Qizhen was captured by Esen, the mighty ruler of the Oirat. The Ming dynasty was plunged into despair, with dark clouds gathering over the entire court. Yu Qian, remembered by history as the “savior minister,” emerged to rescue the empire from peril. But 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 A Man Like Me Can Be Emperor Too 我这等人，也能称帝 In the fifteenth year of the Daluo Jingyao era, Guo Shao transmigrates into another world. Things go disastrously wrong from the start, and an age of chaos is drawing near. To survive in this turbulent world, and to become the kind of person he admires, he begins to enter the game of power one step at a time. With a suspicious, cunning, and ruthless nature, he masters the art of reading people, crushes rival factions, devours heroes, drives out foreign invaders, and ultimately commands the realm 31Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 135 Great Ming! The Imperial Clan's Grandson Battles for the Throne 大明！皇明嫡孙争霸天下 Transmigrating to the fifteenth year of Hongwu, I become the Ming dynasty’s most unfortunate legitimate grandson: Zhu Yuntong. My birth mother died young, my eldest brother was murdered, Lady Lu is watching me like a hawk, and the palace maids and eunuchs dare to poison me to my face. The original owner was weak and ready to die, but now I’m here! Armed with an Emperor’s Contest System, I overturn the plot to poison me in the Eastern Palace from the start! Others rely on patience to win the succ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Swallowing the Ming 吞明 A portal connecting the modern era to the final years of the Ming Dynasty, and an orphan who grew up in the mountains. He decides to save the hundreds of millions of people living through the Ming Dynasty's collapse and build an unprecedented empire! 31Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 137 The Carefree Foolish Emperor 逍遥昏君 He transmigrated into the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils and became emperor. To survive and avoid dying from the start, Qin Zheng had no choice but to take up his blade and horse, wrest power from treacherous ministers, and consolidate imperial authority. I'm a tyrant. If you don't like it, I'll kill you... 984Reads8.6Score10314d adds
- 138 The First Tyrant of Great Zhou 大周第一暴君 A legendary God of War transmigrates to an unknown war-torn continent and becomes the tyrant emperor of Great Zhou! Power-hungry ministers dominate the court, conspiracies run rampant in the harem, and the feudal lords outside the capital command armies of their own. Meanwhile, foreign enemies watch hungrily from the sidelines! See how Tang Mou plots to conquer the realm, dominates the martial world, and claims both the empire and its beauties! 189Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 139 The Poor Scholar's Young Master 寒门小郎君 He can host a banquet, cook a meal, write an essay, and keep his cool when trouble strikes. Even a poor scholar can have a lovely wife, invent a few things, and earn some silver. The middle-aged man Zhu You has become a destitute young scholar. The scoundrel has had a beautiful wife for four years and still hasn’t touched her! Absolutely not! We’re consummating the marriage on our very first night. 29Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 140 The Splendor of the Jiajing Era 嘉靖风华时 He enters the capital, ascends the throne, and takes power over all under heaven. He battles powerful ministers, breaks up factional struggles, reforms officialdom, boosts farming and commerce, strengthens border defenses, and pacifies the Japanese threat. He roots out a century of entrenched abuses and recruits talented people from across the realm. With the strategic vision of another world, he governs the four seas; with decisive force, he brings peace to the Nine Provinces. He reverses the M 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Ruling the Four Seas: The Emperor's Dashing Ways 君临四海：吾皇风流 [Great Ming] [Chongzhen] [Transmigration] [Court Intrigue] [Struggle for Supremacy] [Dynasty-Building] [An Emperor's Making] [Alternate History] [Ensemble Cast Power Fantasy] After his Transmigration into Great Ming, Zhu Youjian thinks his luck couldn't get any worse. Fortunately, he has a good imperial sister-in-law. Determined to escape the fate of becoming the ruler who loses his country, Zhu Youjian decides to rebel against the corrupt Great Ming. The imperial estates become his base, and h 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 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
- 143 Great Ming: From the Start, I Raid the Entire Court 大明之开局抄了满朝文武 In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the Ming dynasty was beset by turmoil. Within its borders, the rebel king was capturing city after city; beyond them, the Manchu barbarians watched like hungry wolves. The court was riddled with treacherous officials, while powerful clans ran rampant among the people... As civilization once again stood on the brink of being conquered by barbarism, Zhu Youjian, who had transmigrated from the future, held the crumbling empire together. With sheer for 614Reads6.7Score10514d adds
- 144 EN Reborn as Zhu Yunwen: Forging a Mighty Ming 大明：我重生成了朱允炆 In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang passed away. Zhu Yunwen, the imperial grandson with a soul from a later age, ascended the throne! “Since I've become the Son of Heaven of the Great Ming, then... sorry, Zhu Di, you'll just have to be a capable minister who brings peace to the realm!” “Let's set up a cabinet, build a military academy, open a state-owned bank, develop the commercial tax system, and make nine years of compulsory education universal...” “Send Zheng He to S 42Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 145 Reborn as a Treacherous Official in Great Ming 重生大明当奸臣 (Historical ancient setting + Ming Dynasty history + Political intrigue + No System + Officialdom + One heroine) I am no loyal minister, but a treacherous one. I only lay bricks for the Great Ming. A modern college student is unexpectedly reborn as Yan Shaoqing, grandson of Yan Song, Grand Secretary during the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming. From the undercurrents of political intrigue during the Jiajing reign, to tentative reforms under Longqing, and then the deepening reforms of the Wanli rei 4.4kReads8.5Score32114d adds
- 146 Ming Dynasty 1617 大明1617 What can a modern businessman do after transmigrating to Shanxi at the end of the Ming Dynasty? Will he become the leader of the Shanxi merchants? Will he grow richer than the state itself? Will he win over people, establish a council, and ultimately turn the Ming Dynasty into a vast joint-stock corporation? Will he form a merchant army, using profit to spur soldiers on and eventually gaining supreme power? It all unfolds in Ming Dynasty 1617, a story that approaches the Ming Dynasty from a merc 27Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 147 Building on Two Lifetimes of Glory, I Cling to Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to Become Emperor of the Han Heavens 奋两世余烈！抱紧卫霍成汉天大帝 [No System + Transmigration Between Two Lives + High-Tech Nation-Building + Political Scheming and Counterattacks + Global Conquest] Why are we called the Han people? Everyone knows of the mighty Han and Tang dynasties, as well as the Great Qin Empire established by our First Emperor, the Ancestral Dragon. So why isn't the largest ethnic group in China called the Qin or Tang people? And why, after more than two thousand years and countless dynastic changes, do so many people still identify as 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Great Ming: Escaping After Setting Myself on Fire 大明：从自焚出逃开始 [An alternate-history tale with no System. Watch the iron hooves of Great Ming conquer the four corners of the world!] Zhu Yunwen faked his death by fire to escape the imperial palace. He fled overseas, where he died in a storm at sea, and Ye Zhe, whose soul had transmigrated into his body, took his place. Leading the survivors, he would carve out new territory overseas. 102Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 149 The Romance of the Later Three Kingdoms 后三国演义 Three hundred years after the tripartite division of the realm between Wei, Shu, and Wu at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, China once again saw a three-way division lasting several decades, this time between the Northern Zhou, Northern Qi, and Southern Chen. This book tells the legendary history of this later Three Kingdoms period. Familiar idioms such as “the three religions and nine schools,” “to kill two birds with one stone,” “a jade-like body lying in state,” and “to win the hand of a 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Great Ming: Reborn as Emperor Taizong of Ming 大明：重生之明太宗 The first crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, an emperor who should never have appeared in the pages of history, is a feudal ruler armed with modern ideas. He leads his country onto the road to wealth and power, raising it to the pinnacle of the world’s great nations. He teaches the grassland tribes to sing and dance, forces a queen to sign a treaty, beats the Russians until they call him “Dad,” and makes the little Japanese say goodbye for good. 208Reads6.0Score—14d adds
