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- 101 Great Ming: My Brother-in-Law Is the Crown Prince, and He Begs Me to Stop Courting Death 大明：姐夫是太子，求我别作死 [Great Ming]+ [Invincible]+ [Power fantasy]+ [Devoted fan of the Imperial Entertainment Bureau] Chang Sen, the third son of Chang Yuchun and the Great Ming’s number-one warrior, is reborn with superhuman strength and courage. But at the age of six, Zhang Lata took a liking to him and dragged him off to cultivate for ten years. Ten years later, Chang Sen returns to Jinling. He joins Crown Prince Zhu Biao’s cause, treating Zhu Biao, destroying the false Yuan, and saving Lan Yu, changing the fates 7.5kReads7.1Score226Shelves
- 102 The Great Ming Without Colonies 大明不殖民 The Uncolonized Ming is an alternate-history novel that begins in the thirteenth year of the Yongle reign. Zheng He returns from his fourth voyage to the Western Ocean with the Map of the Myriad Countries. Military officials at court champion expansion by force, while Xu Hongyuan, a scholar at the Directorate of Astronomy, establishes the Four Seas Commercial Accounting Office with the Crown Prince’s support, hoping to replace traditional conquest with a new system. Xu Hongyuan pushes for the So 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: I Am the Great Ming’s Sagely Founder! 崇祯十七年：朕乃皇明圣祖！ He transmigrates back to New Year’s Eve in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. The Ming dynasty is on the verge of collapse, officials are corrupt, rebel armies press on, and the Manchus watch like tigers poised to pounce. In his previous life, he governed diligently for seventeen years, only to become the ruler who lost his country. In this life, Zhu Youjian will endure no more! Confiscate corrupt officials’ fortunes to raise a million soldiers’ pay; Take in the refugees outside the city and put —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 The Flourishing Ming Dynasty 盛世大明 [Historical fiction contest] In the main hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Zhu Hou, whose soul had transmigrated into the Jiajing Emperor, sat regally on the Dragon Throne in his imperial robes, smashing walnuts with the imperial seal. Huang Jin put on a fawning smile and said, "Your Majesty, Chief Grand Secretary Yang is here!" "You idiot! Why didn't you say so earlier?" "..." On the northern frontier of the Great Ming, Anda Khan's forces had grown dramatically in power. As he attacked Xua 481Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 105 The Most Authentic Ming Dynasty Imperial Exams 明朝最真实科举 A novel with one female lead, no System, no storage space, and no special powers. A grounded story with consistent logic and intelligent characters, set in the Ming dynasty and following a path from the imperial exams to officialdom. Discover a different Great Ming! A blue steed prances up the palace steps, beneath the imperial standards and the raised cup of a long life. Sun and moon shine upon the jade trees, while clouds and rosy hues reflect in the Jasper Pool. Double pennants descend early 59Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 106 Chongzhen's Revolution 崇祯要革命 (The only book online that saves the Ming dynasty through revolutionary ideas.) I am Chongzhen: “Rather than have the peasants liberate themselves from the bottom up, I’d rather liberate them from the top down.” I won’t just take the lives of corrupt officials. I’ll take the lives of the scholar-officials, the imperial clan, and the unscrupulous merchants too... Whoever dares obstruct my new policies, I’ll take their life. I am benevolent. I only take the lives of the parasites of China. 40Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 107 Late Ming: My KPIs Will Save the Great Ming 明末：我的KPI拯救大明 A top modern management consultant transmigrates to the turbulent final years of the Ming dynasty, becoming a disgraced county magistrate awaiting his death. He sees the crumbling Great Ming as a corporation on the brink of bankruptcy, and saving it as the ultimate KPI he must achieve. From then on, a barrage of modern management strategies, from audit crackdowns and KPI assessments to currency wars and state-owned enterprise reform, slams into the corrupt old world. He must not only keep the Gr 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 Transmigrating to the Great Ming Empire 穿越之大明帝国 In the late Ming dynasty, Chongzhen ascends the throne amid crises at home and abroad. The eunuch faction and the Donglin faction clash, and the empire teeters on the brink of collapse. But what if the Ming dynasty could reform and recover, expand its manufacturing, and pacify the four corners of the realm? Follow the protagonist, Lin Hao, as he writes a different possible future. 2kReads8.0Score100Shelves
- 109 The Great Ming at Its Height: My Grandpa Is Yongle, My Brother Is Xuanzong! 大明至盛：我爷永乐，我哥宣宗！ He transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty overnight. He becomes Zhu Zhan Yong, the famous stand-in for Zhu Pangpang’s family. Unwilling to live in Zhu Zhanji’s shadow, he decides to leave the royal family and barrels down the road to certain disaster. But he doesn’t even realize he’s heading in the wrong direction. He plans to use modern knowledge to make a little pocket money. Instead, he somehow leads the Ming Dynasty into the industrial age ahead of schedule. Staring at the AK-47 in his hands, Zhu 433Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 110 Ming Dynasty Border Troops 大明边军 Zhu Wei A transmigrator. A transmigrator with no particular talents. A pawn of the Wanli Emperor. The Tianqi Emperor's teacher. Huang Taiji's father's killer. The Liaodong Prince's lifelong nemesis. Wu Sangui's godfather. A good friend of Prince Gui, Zhu Changying. He had thought he could use his knowledge of the future to stir up the winds of change. But the chaos in the imperial court and the complexity of the situation left Zhu Wei in constant danger. The late Ming... was an era where people 4kReads8.5Score337Shelves
- 111 The Apocalypse Hunts the Bright 天启狩明 Ming history + no brainless plotting + no System + political scheming After his soul transmigrates into Zhu Youxiao, he faces fierce enemies ravaging the borders and endless factional strife among the civil officials at home. With his father dead early and himself still a child, how will the fifteen-year-old emperor untangle the threads of a treacherous court and finally break through the deadlock...? 741Reads6.9Score107Shelves
- 112 The Benevolent Father of Great Ming, Zhu Qiyu 大明慈父朱祁钰 A month after transmigrating: “The despicable usurper ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor in Shuntian Prefecture.” Three months after transmigrating: “The spineless coward tries to hold on to the crumbling Ming Empire.” Two years after transmigrating: “That useless young punk actually thinks he can counterattack the steppe?” Five years after transmigrating: “The Zhu family’s prodigy, a reincarnation of Emperor Wen, has occupied the vast, boundless lands of East Asia!” Ten years afte 1.3kReads7.6Score104Shelves
- 113 Reborn as Zhu Youxiao of the Great Ming! Who Says the Ming Dynasty Is Doomed? 重生为大明朱由校！谁说大明要亡国了？ Everyone dreams of becoming emperor, but who can truly guard the nation’s borders and die for the realm? Only the Great Ming! When Zhu Youxiao awoke from a great dream, he found himself in the darkness before dawn. Faced with an undercurrent of turmoil at court and dangers lurking in the inner palace, the Red Pill Case was already unfolding and the Palace Transfer Case was about to begin. As imperial and ministerial power clashed, Zhu Youxiao was left bewildered. What was he to do? The Great Min 3.9kReads8.4Score202Shelves
- 114 Fighting for the Realm in the Late Ming Dynasty 我在明末争天下 The Great Ming Dynasty is engulfed in flames of war, its lands falling into enemy hands. Prince Ying, Zhu Youju, rises from Jiangnan to turn the tide, build an elite army, vie for supremacy over the Central Plains, reclaim the realm, and usher in a new golden age for the Ming! 3.9kReads8.4Score213Shelves
- 115 Rebuilding the Song Dynasty in Australia 在澳洲重建宋朝 [No transmigrators] [Protagonists change as the times progress] [Multiple protagonists] [Ensemble cast] [Historical] “What did you say? The Song dynasty didn't fall?” Zhu Di asked in astonishment. “That's right. Not only did it survive, it thrived in the Southern Seas!” Zheng He replied. The Great Song: Heh, bet you didn't see that coming! I'm so good at surviving. The Great Ming, here I come! The Great Ming: No, no, don't come any closer! The Song-Ming rivalry is about to begin. 500Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 116 Biding My Time in the Late Ming: Lying Flat Makes Me Invincible 苟在明末，躺平即无敌 The late Ming is in chaos. Bones stretch for miles, and the dynasty is on the verge of collapse. Ambitious warlords fight for their lives everywhere, and everyone is struggling to survive. But the System keeps me, a transmigrator among the refugees, on a tight leash: No striving, no raising an army, no standing out. I’m only allowed to lie flat and slack off. The more I keep my head down, the stronger I get. The lazier I am, the more invincible I become. While the world risks everything to save 431Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 117 The Great Song Bandit 大宋悍匪 The seventh year of the Xuanhe era, the thirteenth day of the seventh month. Less than four months remain before the Jurchens march south. The realm is on the brink of ruin, and the Nine Provinces are in turmoil. Liu Shuan, a low-ranking Imperial Guard officer in Daming Prefecture, has no desire to risk his life for the worthless emperor, much less flee south and live as someone’s underling. So he decisively heads for the mountains and becomes a proud bandit. Years later, before Chenqiao Station 95.1kReads8.5Score11kShelves
- 118 Border Fires of the Great Ming 大明边火 This is the turning point at which an empire began to decline, and the starting point of a warlord's rise. During the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty, the seemingly powerful empire was already rotten to the core, plagued by factional strife and lax frontier defenses. Beyond the empire's gaze in Liaodong, among the Jurchen tribes, contemptuously called the “wild men of Jianzhou,” a man named Nurhaci raised an army with thirteen suits of ancestral armor, unified the Jurchen tribes, and founded the 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 Striving in the Great Ming 奋斗在大明 A man can be a teacher for generations, and a single word can serve as a rule for all under heaven. Two thousand years ago, Confucius was born, illuminating the ages! Two thousand years later, Zhouzi was born, a master for generations! The story of an “observer of the heavens” with a scientific mindset from the future, striving to make his mark during the Jiajing era of the Ming dynasty! 52Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 120 Great Ming: My Father Is Zhu Biao, So Make Me Emperor! 大明，家父朱标，求我当皇帝！ In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Ma, the love of Zhu Yuanzhang's life, suddenly passed away! Zhu Yuntong, the second legitimate son of Zhu Biao, had been raised by Empress Ma herself. Now he had lost the last person protecting him in the palace... Knowing that Zhu Yuanzhang would soon unleash years of bloodshed across the Ming Dynasty without Empress Ma to restrain him, Zhu Yuntong cried out the first words he had spoken since arriving in the Ming: "Grandpa Emperor!" From then on, Zhu Yuanzhang 327Reads6.6Score100Shelves
- 121 A Transmigrator’s Struggle in Hami Guard at the End of the Ming Dynasty 穿越明末哈密卫奋斗史 In his previous life, he started from nothing and built a team of several hundred people, carving out a path to success in the business world. In this life, armed with knowledge and methods centuries ahead of his time, is he really going to die in misery in this godforsaken, ramshackle military fortress? “Let’s start with a modest goal…” “Take Hami City.” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Great Ming: I Am Wanli's Father 大明：我是万历他爹 (No System + transmigration + history + reform and struggle + conquest) My father is the Jiajing Emperor. My son is the Wanli Emperor. My teachers are Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, and Xu Jie. My ministers are Hai Rui and Qi Jiguang. My name is Zhu Zaihou. I am the eleventh emperor of the Great Ming, the Longqing Emperor. I will change history. This time, no one will ever trample Huaxia underfoot again. We will never fall behind again. We will never miss out on the Age of Exploration again. Heaven bl 562Reads7.3Score105Shelves
- 123 The Great Ming's Illegitimate Son 大明私生子 “I had a very long dream. In it, I transmigrated to the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty.” “The Ming Dynasty? The Hongwu era? That sounds interesting. What did you do?” “I don't know. I remember doing a lot, but I can't recall any of it.” “Then aren't you just making things up? You can't remember a single thing?” “Not quite. I remember a few fragments, but they're scattered.” “Then did you rebel, or fight alongside Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the realm?” “Neither. But I met a lot of famous people fro 13.9kReads8.8Score763Shelves
- 124 Great Ming: First Crush the Donglin Faction, Then Execute the Jiangnan Gentry 大明：先灭东林党，再诛江南士绅 Transmigrating as the son of Wei Zhongxian, the Ming Dynasty’s great eunuch, he takes command of the Embroidered Uniform Guard from the start, blade in hand. First he slaughters the Donglin faction, then wipes out the gentry of Jiangnan. Those who embezzle, break the law, and seize land: kill! Those who traffic in strategic supplies: kill! Those who stand in the way of making the Ming great again: kill! Spread sweet potatoes and potatoes, improve salt production, invent the flintlock, sweep away 42Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 125 The Northern Wastelands in a Chaotic Age 乱世北荒 An alternate-history power fantasy with a slow build, this novel focuses on romance, beauty, warfare, and bloodshed... One nation falls, and ten thousand nations rise. After the ancient empire that unified the Northern Wasteland continent collapsed a thousand years ago, a thousand years of chaos began, as princes, nobles, heroes, warlords, and feudal lords all vied for supremacy. War and slaughter became the continent's eternal refrain, leaving the land devastated and its people in misery. Yet e 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Great Ming: I Find Zhu Xiongying and Turn Him into a Bully 大明：捡到朱雄英，调教成恶霸 Ren Yixu transmigrates to the Ming dynasty and, from the start, comes across Zhu Xiongying, who has already been buried. Zhu Xiongying has lost his memory, so Ren Yixu takes him in! Emperor Zhu goes incognito on an inspection tour and sees someone who looks exactly like his eldest grandson. After confirming it from every angle, he realizes it really is his grandson. Overjoyed, he becomes Ren Yixu's neighbor and starts doing business with him. Zhu Xiongying: "Old Huang, how about we start a r 6Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 127 Hegemonic Ming: My Industrial Age 霸明：我的工业时代 I am Zhao Zhiwei, the godfather of the Ming Dynasty. In this troubled era, I set off an industrial revolution and changed the fate of the dynasty. I am both mentor and friend to the carpenter emperor, Zhu Youxiao. I call the powerful eunuch Wei Zhongxian my brother, though we are constantly at odds as well. Of course, the Ming Dynasty has plenty of enemies: the Jurchens, who covet the throne; the Donglin faction, whose empty talk harms the nation; corrupt nobles and gentry who infest the land; a 2.5kReads8.4Score173Shelves
- 128 Restoring the Ming Dynasty from Burma in Its Final Years 明末从缅甸开始复国 In 1659, the Great Ming dynasty was on the brink of collapse. The Qing army was bearing down on Yunnan, and the court was beset by troubles at home and abroad. But at that very moment, fate took a turn: the modern-day Zhu Youlang unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of the Ming dynasty’s Yongli Emperor, Zhu Youlang. With the powerful support of a tool called the Strongest Restoration System, he set about restoring the glory of the Great Ming. Zhu Youlang must not only face the Qing forces pu 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Golden Finger at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末金手指 “A golden finger” nowadays usually means having a cheat, but for Zhang Hongbin, who arrived at the end of the sixth year of the Tianqi era, it also had the power to turn stone into gold. A link in his mind connected him to a “Knockoff Trade System,” where he could buy all kinds of counterfeit goods from the future. Their quality might not be guaranteed, but in the sixteenth century, they were unquestionably top-tier products. From everyday grain, oil, and household supplies to basic iron spearhe 810Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 130 Great Ming: The Zhu Family's Sixth Son Cultivates the Dao and Seeks Immortality 大明：修仙求道的朱家老六 [Transmigration + imperial grandson + filial father and son + cultivation] Zhu Zhankan transmigrates to the Ming dynasty and becomes the sixth son of Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi. He is bound to a mission System. He plans to use the System’s help to guide the Ming dynasty toward a steampunk cyberpunk future. He will become a sage remembered throughout history. But then [Ding!] [Congratulations, you have obtained a cultivation manual: Spring Renewal Guidance Technique] A cultivation manual? Then to he 3.2kReads6.1Score105Shelves
- 131 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 384Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 132 Great Ming: Bandit General, Sage of War, Great Rebel 大明，山贼大将军，兵圣大反贼 [No mindless characters, no pure power fantasy] [The dark side of human nature in the halls of power] [The truth behind the Ming emperors' frequent untimely deaths] [Monsters and demons at the end of a dynasty] [Cunning] [Scheming for the realm] The Ming Dynasty is incredibly unlucky: internal strife, foreign threats, natural disasters, man-made calamities, fiscal collapse, factional infighting... every condition for a dynasty's fall has come together. In the first year of the Taichang reign, a 2.5kReads8.4Score194Shelves
- 133 The Emperors of the Ten Kingdoms 十国帝王 After the Huang Chao Rebellion, Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty. Over the next fifty-odd years, the Central Plains saw five ruling houses and thirteen emperors. After arriving, he spent ten years lying low, reading three thousand volumes and honing a sword for the battlefield. He spent ten years at war, spilling blood across three thousand miles of north and south, defeating powerful foes on iron horses with blade in hand. Then he spent ten years governing, devising three thousand policies a da 35Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 134 Gaming in the Ming Dynasty: I Was Reborn After Being Locked Away 游戏大明：被关黑屋后，我重生了 Game + historical what-if + System + Ming dynasty + multiple heroines + transmigration + online game + NPC I, Zhu Biao! The eldest legitimate son of the Hongwu Emperor! The greatest crown prince in history! The Ming dynasty’s acting deputy emperor! I’ve arrived in the Ming dynasty, but why is this Ming dynasty so different? 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 My Elder Brother Is Zhu Chongba 家兄朱重八 At the end of the Yuan dynasty, in Huaiyuan, Zhu Yuanzhang and a young man become sworn brothers. From then on, the Hongwu Emperor has a powerful ally at his side. He establishes a stronghold, kills Yuan forces, crosses the Yangtze, and takes Yingtian. Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, and the rest are wiped out with a few words and a laugh. He founds the Great Ming and builds a great legacy. Now, a few words from His Majesty's sworn younger brother, Tang Wei: Recently, I used public resources to d 427Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 136 Late Ming, 1638: Crush the Later Jin, Then Conquer the World 明末1638，先砍后金再霸全球 A special forces soldier carries modern equipment back to the late Ming Dynasty. Only 210 rifle rounds? No problem. A miniature imaging device lets him sense everything for dozens of miles. Flintlock rifles, steam engines... The Ming Empire's dominion over a sun that never sets begins with the destruction of the Eight Banners! 1.3kReads7.1Score110Shelves
- 137 Great Ming: Giving the Useless Imperial Grandson a White Hat 大明：送废物皇孙一顶白帽子 Father and son transmigrate together + System + Riding roughshod over the emperor + Invincible + Unifying the world + Protagonist challenges Heaven, Earth, and the emperor + A few martial arts elements An unexplained explosion sends Dan Su transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, where from the start he finds himself locked inside an unmarked coffin for over a year! After finally seeing daylight again, he nearly gets killed by a useless System and ends up dumped on the streets of the capital to live 61Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 138 Grand Protector of Anxi 安西大都护 In 2024, beside a collapsed ancient tomb on Mount Zhongnan, an archaeological team unearthed an iron certificate mottled with rust. They brushed away the dust, revealing several lines of fierce inscription that pierced through a thousand years: “Li Yan, loyal and valiant general of the Great Tang and Pillar of State, was originally a son of Huaxia. My soul crossed a hundred years, while my body guarded Anxi. The spirit of the Zhenguan era had not yet faded, and the beacon fires of Tianbao were a 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Great Ming: Yongle Begs Me to Become Emperor 大明：永乐求我称帝 [Satisfying revenge] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [Family bonds] After transmigrating, he becomes Zhu Zhanji, the Ming Dynasty's Crown Prince's eldest grandson. He reforms state policy, annexes Mongolia, turns vassal states into Ming horse ranches, and sails the seas to rake in silver. The nations all suffer under Zhu Zhanji, while the Ming grows ever stronger! Then, one year, Zhu Zhanji takes five thousand soldiers out to sea. In just one month, he conquers nine nations. The territory of the Min 296Reads7.4Score103Shelves
- 140 I Vie with Jiajing for the Throne 我与嘉靖争皇位 He gets into a car accident on his way to the graduate school entrance exam interview and transmigrates back to the Ming Dynasty, only to find himself in the body of a seven-year-old cowherd from a remote village, the son of a landlord. He's all alone, with no one to rely on. He thinks this is how his life will be, until he discovers that his previous self was the illegitimate son of the Zhengde Emperor! After Zhengde dies, Zhang Yong, one of the “Eight Tigers,” comes to take him back to inherit 3.2kReads8.4Score180Shelves
- 141 Ming Dynasty: The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets 大明，日不落帝国 [Ming dynasty + System + Transmigration + From the start + Decisive and ruthless] In the 26th year of the Hongwu era, Zhu Yunwen has just become the eldest imperial grandson, and the Blue Jade Case is about to unfold. The Prince of Yan's heir, Zhu Gaochi, leads a force of one hundred thousand special troops in a show of force at the palace, demanding an audience with the emperor. Zhu Gaochi: “I ask that you, Imperial Grandfather, abdicate and become the Retired Emperor. Pass the throne to Zhu Di 537Reads6.9Score100Shelves
- 142 Great Ming: From the Start, I Snatched Da Yuer 大明：开局截胡大玉儿 In the first year of the Chongzhen era, Pi Island runs out of food, and 20,000 soldiers and civilians are on the brink of death. With worry turning his temples white, Mao Wenlong watches as his son Mao Chengzong awakens after a single dynasty. The fool who had played dumb for twelve years now possesses Li Cunxiao's peerless strength: he lifts a thousand-catty stone lock with one hand and sweeps the island's military bullies aside. The Later Jin ruler Hong Taiji sees Pi Island as a thorn in his s 4.6kReads6.8Score418Shelves
- 143 Transmigrating Through the Ming Dynasty's Reigns, Making Sixteen Emperors Weep 大明各朝任穿越，16代帝王哭了 A hellish start: transmigrating into the bed of Zhu Yuanzhang’s favorite princess nearly drove the old Zhu mad! After activating the Great Ming Dynasty Fortune System, Jiang Feng can transmigrate freely to any era of the Ming Dynasty, extend its reign, and access even more incredible features. Imperial authority? With the System at my disposal, what good is that? From then on, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious every day, yet could do nothing about Jiang Feng and even had to beg him for help. Jiang Feng 636Reads7.7Score106Shelves
- 144 My Days as a Bandit at the End of the Ming 我在明末当贼寇那些事儿 (Farming, contending for supremacy, slow burn, no System, not a single female lead.) Transmigrated into the body of an impoverished scholar in the seventh year of Chongzhen, Li Wendong faces a choice when bandits overrun his county: Die by the blade. Or join the bandits. In troubled times, it's better to be a bandit who holds territory than one who roams. Other rebel armies seize grain, money, and women, sweeping up starving peasants and using them to snowball their forces. Li Wendong does th 75.1kReads8.5Score9.4kShelves
- 145 I Have a Family in the Early Ming 我在明初有个家 Ding Yi is a loser approaching forty. One stormy night, with lightning flashing and thunder rumbling, he discovers a portal in his childhood home. He can travel back and forth between the early Ming dynasty and the modern world. In the early Ming, he saves the Crown Princess and becomes sworn brothers with Crown Prince Zhu Biao, then pits his wits against Hu Weiyong... and Yao Guangxiao... With the flapping of his butterfly wings, history veers in an unknown direction... Meanwhile, his modern li 126Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 While Chongzhen Hangs from a Tree, I Head South and Restore the Ming with My Roommates 崇祯挂树我南渡，带室友重振大明 [No System + multiple transmigrations + slow burn + drive out the northern barbarians + colonize the world] (This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel or pseudo-history. If you want wish fulfillment, look elsewhere. And to those who push pseudo-history, please use your brains and stop believing marketing accounts.) The sun and moon never lose their proper course, so though they may be obscured, they shine again! In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng captured Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emper 129Reads—Score104Shelves
- 147 Springtime in the Great Ming 大明春色 In the turbulent early years of the Ming Dynasty, a king destined to lose his reputation and be burned alive must embark on a path of defying Heaven. How will old grudges, love and hatred, merits and failures all play out this time? 92Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 148 Great Ming: My Brother Is Zhu Houzhao 大明：家兄朱厚照 The Hongzhi Restoration is underway, and Zhu Houzhao is coming of age. Wang Shouren and Tang Bohu are sharpening their blades, preparing for the imperial examinations. A Little Ice Age is just around the corner, and a long, bitter cold is about to ravage the land. Li Mu has spent years building his own earthly paradise. He'd originally planned to live out his days there as a carefree little emperor, but then Zhu Houzhao, the landlord's silly son, showed up... 21Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 149 The Cunning Chongzhen: Extending the Ming Dynasty by Three Hundred Years 腹黑崇祯：再续大明三百年 Transmigrated into the ruler of a collapsing empire? No way am I hanging myself! I won't be a sage emperor. I'll become the sole major shareholder of the Ming dynasty's trade empire! The Donglin Party wants credit? I'll arrange a marriage to ruin your career, then use alliances between Shanxi merchants to sideline the Jiangnan gentry and turn your factions against each other! Bandits everywhere? I won't suppress them or appease them. I'll drive them beyond the passes to graze on the steppe. Li 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 The Great Ming Emperor-Slayer 大明屠皇 In the sixteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, military doctor Zhu Jian transmigrated into the body of Zhu Cilang, becoming the ill-fated crown prince of the Great Ming. The plague was raging, the government was rotten to the core, Li Zicheng was sweeping across the land, and Zhang Xianzhong was ravaging the southwest. In the northeast, the Jurchen cavalry was sharpening its blades, ready to invade the Central Plains at any moment. And to top it all off, his new father was a hopeless good-for-not 5.9kReads8.9Score534Shelves
