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- 1 Great Ming: I Run Away with the Emperor Grandpa from the Start! 大明：开局带着皇帝爷爷跑路！ Zhu Ye wakes up and finds himself in the Ming Dynasty, with a new, conveniently acquired grandpa! “Grandpa, Zhu Biao is about to die, and Zhu Yuanzhang is about to start a killing spree. We should grab our things and run!” Those words leave his grandfather dumbfounded. So, from the start, Zhu Ye builds a steel mill, manufactures Frankish cannons, and recruits talented people, preparing for his own father’s rebellion in the future! Just as Zhu Ye has recruited troops and gathered everything he ne —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Father Is Zhu Yuanzhang: I Can Hear His Thoughts 家父朱元璋：我能窃听洪武心声 [No System] [Lighthearted and Funny] Reborn as Crown Prince Zhu Biao, he can also hear the thoughts of the Hongwu Emperor, leaving the Grand Ancestor utterly flabbergasted. “How come Biao'er knows every little scheme in my head?” Zhu Yuanzhang: “Guards! Execute this man and wipe out his entire clan!” Zhu Biao: “Father, wiping out nine generations is too cruel. Three generations will do.” The ministers: “The Crown Prince is damn benevolent.” Years later, Zhu Yuanzhang holds his hand. “You can hea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Great Ming: During the Battle of Lake Poyang, I Spirited Zhu Di Away 大明：鄱阳湖大战，我拐走了朱棣 He transmigrates to the end of the Yuan dynasty as a young orphan and awakens a System. Knowing that the decisive Battle of Poyang Lake is underway and that Zhu Yuanzhang will soon become emperor, he decides to join him. Relying on his knowledge of history, he hopes to get himself an official post. But he is turned away because he is too young. Just then, Zhu Di sneaks off to look for his father, and an idea strikes him. Kidnap him! For the first time, Zhu Yuanzhang panics. “Who could have spiri 15Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 4 The Strongest Imperial Grandson of the Ming Dynasty 大明之最强皇孙 After transmigrating as Zhu Biao’s third son, Wang Xi had hoped to become a carefree prince. But his eldest brother, Zhu Yunwen, was weak and treacherous, while his fourth uncle, Zhu Di, was ambitious. With wolves on both sides, he had no choice but to reveal his true abilities! He protected Lan Yu, forged alliances with Xu Da and Tang He, and came up with brilliant stratagems, bringing the monk-turned-chancellor Yao Guangxiao into his service early. Then he headed south to bring Southeast Asia 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Great Ming: I’m Really Not the Emperor’s Eldest Grandson 大明:我真的不是皇长孙 In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu reign, a man from a later age unexpectedly arrived in the Ming dynasty, a Ming unlike any he knew. Wang Baobao, a famed general of the Northern Yuan, was gathering his strength, intent on making a comeback and conquering the Central Plains. The Jianzhou Jurchens seized the opportunity to rise, overcoming every obstacle to establish the Later Jin dynasty. The Great Sun Shogunate had little control over its lands. The local daimyo vied for dominance, invading ac 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Splendor of the Ming Dynasty (The Imperial Concubine) 大明风华（大明皇妃） [The hit TV adaptation starring Tang Wei and Zhu Yawen is now airing] In the fourth year of the Jianwen era of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Di’s army captures the imperial capital of Yingtian. Censor-in-Chief Jing Qing and his wife perish, while their eldest daughter, Ruowei, is rescued by Deputy General Sun Yu, and their second daughter, Manyin, is saved by Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi. The sisters are separated, one raised in the palace and the other in the martial world, but they grow up at the same time 10Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 7 Great Ming: I, Zhu Zhanqi, Am the True Worthy Grandson of the Emperor! 大明：我朱瞻圻才是好圣孙！ Reborn in the Ming Dynasty as Zhu Zhanqi, the second son of the Prince of Han. He gains the [Dreamweaver] skill. And launches a plan to save the barbecue-loving prince. He can freely manipulate anyone’s dreams and defy fate! He gives Zhu Di a dream: “The son of your beloved grandson actually became a student in Wala?” He gives Zhu Gaochi a dream: “I was emperor for ten months, then the Crown Prince had me killed?” Zhu Zhanji: “Grandfather, Father, I’m innocent!” He gives Zheng He a dream: “So th 33Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 8 Great Ming: I Actually Became Zhu Silang 大明：我竟成了朱四郎 [Alternate History]+ [Great Ming]+ [No System] May the mountains, rivers, sun, and moon endure, and the Great Ming empire stand forever. My name is Zhu Di, and I have another identity: I am Zhu Yuanzhang's fourth son, the Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, also known as Fourth Brother Zhu. Why is that? That's right, I transmigrated. Lying on the bed, Zhu Di silently accepts his new identity, a flame burning fiercely in his heart. Since Heaven has brought him to this magnificent Great Ming, he must make the 105Reads6.4Score10214d adds
- 9 Great Ming: My Dad Really Is Zhu Yuanzhang 大明：我老爹真的是朱元璋 As the Ming Dynasty’s first Prince of Zhao, he was also the first prince to ‘die.’ He ‘passed away’ at just one year old and was buried in the imperial mausoleum. But sixteen years later, a young man named Zhu Qi comes from Fengyang to Nanjing in search of his origins... Years later, the old man he knows says, “Qi’er, we can’t go on like this. Stop now! Our Ming territory has stretched all the way to the other side of the globe!” His elder brother Zhu Biao says, “Ninth Brother, I’m not your equa 28Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 10 Great Ming: From the Start, I Mistook Zhu Yuanzhang for My Father 大明:开局错把朱元璋认做了爹 Zhu Lin transmigrates to the twelfth year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming dynasty! His real father died at sea, and Zhu Lin, who had never met his supposed father, mistakes Zhu Yuanzhang, traveling incognito, for him! His “father” becomes an imperial merchant favored by the emperor, who often consults him and discusses major matters of economics, politics, and people's livelihoods. “The emperor has executed Hu Weiyong and his accomplices. How can we reassure the people?” “Will expanding maritime 382Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 11 Great Ming: Your Majesty, Please Keep Your Old Zhu in Check 大明：娘娘管管你家老朱 When he wakes up, office worker Li Hao finds himself a naked little rascal hanging from a tree branch in the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty! He is about to be eaten by wild dogs when Xu Da, Duke of Wei, rescues him on his way back from a northern campaign. Thus begins his unconventional path to redemption in the Ming dynasty, one full of chaos and mischief. He is born with immense strength. He is brilliant. He is audacious beyond belief! Crown Prince Zhu Biao is his best buddy. The Prince of Qin 396Reads6.5Score11714d adds
- 12 Great Ming: The Old Zhu Wants Me Dead from the Start 大明：开局老朱要杀我 Zhu Ba, a sales department manager at a publicly listed company, gets promoted. His subordinates treat him to a celebratory dinner, but when he wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated and become Zhu Yuanzhang's twelfth son. Zhu Yuanzhang is furious and threatening to kill him, while Zhu Biao, Zhu Shuang, and the other sons are desperately holding the old man back. Zhu Ba is terrified... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The First Rebel King of Great Ming: Chongzhen 大明第一反王崇祯 In the halls of government, rotten timber serves as officials; between the palace steps, beasts draw their stipends. The Great Ming Dynasty is rotten to the core. How are we supposed to play this? Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng! There's no need for you to rebel. I'll lead the rebellion myself. Eat their food, drink their drink, throw open the gates to welcome our emperor. When our emperor arrives, no taxes will be collected! From then on, one city called “Ruling the East” vanished from the world. But —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Great Ming: From the Start, I Urge Zhu Di to Rebel 大明：开局劝朱棣造反 Cheng Wen transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and is forcibly bound to the Strongest Choice System. He only wants to run a small business and live comfortably as a shopkeeper. But the System makes him choose. "Choice One: Declare yourself king and claim the world for yourself. Quest reward: the title of Ultimate Idiot!" "Choice Two: Join Zhu Yunwen and help the Jianwen Emperor secure his reign. Quest reward: the legacy of the treacherous minister Qin Hui." "Choice Three: Become a strategist and he 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Great Ming: Old Zhu Wants Me to Be Emperor! 大明：老朱要我当皇帝！ After transmigrating into the Ming dynasty as Prince Zhu Di, he met a tragic end when uncle and nephew turned against each other. This time, he wants to be a carefree prince, but unexpectedly awakens a dynasty-changing System. Every proposal Zhu Yuanzhang accepts earns him a reward. When Zhang Dingbian defects, Zhu Di says: “Father, I have a plan to get rid of Zhang Dingbian. Let’s announce to the world that he has found a treasure. Then everyone will scramble to get it, and the realm will be 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I, Zhu Shuang, the Carefree Prince of the Great Ming Seas 我，朱樉，大明航海逍遥王 What? I transmigrated, and ended up in the body of Zhu Shuang, the dim-witted second prince? With memories of his previous life, Zhu Shuang knows he won’t outlive his cheap old man, Zhu Yuanzhang. So in this life, he has to keep his head down and avoid getting cocky. Zhu Yuanzhang: “Japan is nothing but a tiny island, not worth worrying about.” Zhu Shuang: “You old geezer, Japan’s gold and silver mines are rich enough to keep the Great Ming mining for generations. You’re blind!” Zhu Yuanzhang: “ 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 My Father Is Zhu Yuanzhang 家父朱元璋 My name is Zhu Qi, and I was born in the second year of Hongwu. The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, is my father. I originally wanted to compete for the throne, but when I thought of my older brother, Crown Prince Zhu Biao, still being alive, I gave up. I couldn't beat him. And I didn't dare try. So I made a decision: I would do everything in my power to help Zhu Biao weather his misfortunes, and become a benevolent emperor who cared for his people. As for me, I'd be a caref 2Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 18 Great Ming: Taking Liu Bowen as My Master from the Start 大明：开局拜师刘伯温 [Great Ming + Zhu Yuanzhang + prince + no System] The fifteenth year of Zhizheng. It was an ordinary year, and yet an extraordinary one. That year, Zhu Yuanzhang, the future emperor of the Great Ming, was still only a deputy commander under Guo Zixing. But that year, Zhu Yuanzhang welcomed a child who had never existed in history. And that year, the Great Ming saw the birth of a Prince of Qin. (This blurb doesn’t do it justice. Please read the novel itself.) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Idle Scholar of Great Ming 大明咸鱼状元郎 “Sigh, Father-in-law, don't just rub my shoulders. My legs are sore too. And tell Mother-in-law she doesn't need to make anything too elaborate tonight. Nine dishes and two soups will do.” 20Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 20 Great Ming: My Father Is Zhu Di 大明：我父王是朱棣 [Ming Dynasty Succession Struggles and the Jingnan Campaign] + [Farming, Business, and Development] + [Political Scheming, Military Affairs, and the Struggle for Hegemony] + [Court, Jianghu, and Common Life] [Humorous Writing] + [Vivid Characters] + [Foreshadowing That Pays Off Much Later] + [A Tightly Interwoven Plot] Zhu Gaosui, a hapless man from the twenty-first century, has a powerful trait: Not only is he unlucky himself, he also brings bad luck to everyone around him. Wouldn’t you know it —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 From the Start, I Unveiled the Imperial Decree, Only to Find My Father Was Zhu Yuanzhang 开局揭皇榜，我爹竟是朱元璋 Zhu Tong transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty and became Zhu Yuanzhang's long-lost eldest son. Adopted as a child, he and his adoptive family had always depended on one another. It was the ninth year of the Hongwu era, and Empress Ma was gravely ill. Zhu Yuanzhang issued an imperial decree throughout the land: anyone who could cure the empress would receive a thousand taels of silver! Zhu Tong went to the palace to arrange his adoptive father's burial, never expecting a twist of fate to expose his 207Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 22 Great Ming: The Extraordinary Life of Duke Cao Li Jinglong 大明：曹国公李景隆的妖孽人生 [Ming Dynasty] [One Female Lead] [Li Jinglong] [Not a Brainless Story] A modern special forces soldier was reborn as Li Jinglong, the Ming Dynasty’s great general! What? I’ve been reborn in the third month of the seventeenth year of Hongwu. Doesn’t that mean my father, Li Wenzhong, is about to die? When I helped the Crown Prince, Zhu Biao, amass wealth with soap and sugar, Zhu Yuanzhang thought I was a loyal and worthy minister of the Ming. When I blasted open the Japanese pirates’ gates with ca 2.9kReads6.0Score12714d adds
- 23 Great Ming: I'll Come Clean, I'm the Chongzhen Emperor 大明：摊牌了，我是崇祯 In the seventh year of the Tianqi era, the Ming dynasty is on the brink of collapse. Zhou Meng, who transmigrated into this world, becomes the Chongzhen Emperor and finds himself facing a complete mess. At home, eunuch factions abuse their power, natural and man-made disasters abound, and refugees are everywhere. Beyond the borders, the Tatar cavalry watches hungrily, and even a barbarian kingdom in the far west dares to covet Ming islands off the coast! Well, then, there's nothing left to say. 273Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 24 Back in the Ming Dynasty as a Teacher 回到大明当老师 What happens if you transmigrate to the start of the Jianwen reign and marry Fang Xiaoru's daughter? You get skinned alive, that's what. No way. I need to head north and find a powerful patron, then get close to Zhu Di. I used all the tricks I knew to cheat and con my way into his trust. I handed that little demon of a daughter over to Guo Yu to look after, then took her out and made her mine. Once you've made a mistake, that's the best protection for your life. Zhu Zhanji was handed over to me 45Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 25 Great Ming: I Own a Billion Gold, Making Zhu Yuanzhang Green with Envy 大明：坐拥十亿黄金，馋哭朱元璋 He transmigrated to the eleventh year of the Hongwu reign in the Ming dynasty, becoming Zhu Su, Prince of Zhou. From the start, he seized ten thousand mu of fertile land and enraged Zhu Yuanzhang! Old Zhu swung his shoe at him, but Zhu Su casually tossed out an object! Old Zhu was stunned. “This divine potato can ensure that no one in our Great Ming ever starves again?” Zhu Su put his head down and got to work building railways! Old Zhu gaped. “Ride this iron dragon, and it takes only half a day 170Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Great Ming: Son of the Taizu, I Become the Strongest by Slaying Enemies 大明：太祖之子，杀敌成最强 Reborn at the end of the Yuan dynasty, when the land was in chaos and warlords were rising everywhere, Zhu Ke enlisted in the army to revive China and fulfill the ambitions of the Han people. As luck would have it, he awakened the Ultimate Enemy-Slaying System. All he had to do was keep killing enemies to earn rewards. By slaying his foes, Zhu Ke rose step by step to become the army’s supreme commander. When he finally met Zhu Yuanzhang, he was stunned. Why did this man look so much like him? La 96Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 27 My Father Is Zhu Yuanzhang: I Transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty to Live Off Him! 朱元璋是我爹，穿越大明啃老！ Zhu Bo transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and mistakes Zhu Yuanzhang for his father. He mooches off the emperor himself, becoming the ultimate freeloader! 99Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 28 The Ming Dynasty's Imperial Grandson 大明皇太孙 After transmigrating, I become an imperial grandson. So what if my father doesn’t care for me and my mother doesn’t love me? Grandpa Wanli treats me like a treasure. At home, factional strife never ends. Abroad, the Jianzhou Jurchens lurk. Zhu Youjian takes command of the realm. Leading the armies of the Ming in the seventeenth century, he will fulfill the unfinished mission of the Han Chinese dynasty. 102Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 29 Great Ming: Execute First, Report Later, and Steal Xu Miaoyun Away 大明：先斩后奏，截胡徐妙云 After transmigrating to the Ming dynasty, he becomes Zhu Zhen, the fifth son of Zhu Yuanzhang. Xu Miaoyun traps him into marriage, insisting that she'll marry no one but him. Zhu Zhen says, “I only want to develop technology.” Zhu Yuanzhang says, “Son, with a rice harvest of five thousand jin per mu, even Confucius doesn't have as high a standing in the eyes of the people as you do.” Xu Da says, “The King of Chu took a thousand men and that hunting thing of his, what's it called, a Gatling gun, 261Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Mountain Bandits Who Ruled the World at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末之山匪霸天下 An ordinary college student transmigrates back to the late Ming Dynasty and inherits his father’s position as the master of a remote mountain stronghold. From then on, his “happy” life begins! Feasting on meat and drinking bowl after bowl of wine? Dream on! He nearly starves to death and almost has to transmigrate again! Fine. To avoid going hungry and freezing, and, more importantly, to keep his head on his shoulders... Get to work, young man! The mountains are vast, and the opportunities a 10Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 31 Great Ming: The Ultimate Nepotist Rises from Nothing 大明：最强关系户从微末崛起 With the Ming Dynasty on the verge of being founded, Zhu Han and his family, hiding in Qingxi Village, had planned to muddle through the rest of their second lives. On Zhu Han’s birthday, bandits raided the village, and his family was soon facing a food shortage. He obtained the Carpenter profession through a System, but after carving a statue of a god, he caught the eye of local thugs in the county town. With no other choice, Zhu Han was forced to leave the small mountain village and flee to Yi 688Reads7.0Score10214d adds
- 32 A Long Spear Washes the Snow, a Pear Blossom Horse 长缨濯雪梨花马 In the digital world of the future, the AI super-soldier Shushu violated the rules by breaking into the Data Blue Sea, triggering a System pursuit. Three powerful AI spirits, Suiyi, Tingyue, and Nanyao, were ordered to hunt Shushu down. During the escape, Shushu unexpectedly transmigrated through time and space and possessed Lu Xiangsheng, a famous general of the late Ming Dynasty. However, Lu Xiangsheng was sentenced to death by the Chongzhen Emperor because of infighting at court, so Shushu ha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Great Ming: The Rebellious Prince Who Drove Old Zhu Mad 大明：叛逆皇子，老朱被我气疯了 One day, he transmigrates to the Ming dynasty and becomes Zhu Yuanzhang’s sixth son, Zhu Zhen. Unexpectedly, he activates a System that collects the wrath of emperors. To live out his days in peace, Zhu Zhen starts having fun by getting his father into trouble every day. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on creating an aphrodisiac incense and driving Zhu Yuanzhang mad with rage! Reward: 300 kilograms of potatoes!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on helping Zhu Di escape his wedding and making Zhu Yuan 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Invincible Imperial Grandson of Great Ming 大明无敌皇孙 I transmigrated as Zhu Yuntong, the biological grandson of Emperor Taizu of the Great Ming. At first, I escaped the palace just to become a carefree merchant. But my useless System led me step by step to the highest position of all. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, after the eight-year-old Crown Prince’s eldest son, Zhu Xiongying, died, Emperor Taizu took an unexpected interest in me and decided to groom me as his next heir. Inside the imperial palace that same year: “You useless lot! You can’t 1.3kReads7.3Score10214d adds
- 35 Your Majesty! That's Not How You Use the System 皇上！系统不是这样用的 [The rating just came in. Who knows if it'll go up later?] Zhou Dian accidentally castrates himself and dies! The next moment, he transmigrates and becomes the Chongzhen Emperor! From the start, he's supposed to perform a high-wire act from the crooked tree on Coal Hill. His loyal eunuch Wang Cheng'en clings tightly to his leg, weeping and shouting, “Your Majesty, don't be afraid! This servant will give you a hand!” Zhou Dian: “...” Luckily, the [Life Restart] System comes online! Other people s 1.8kReads8.1Score16714d adds
- 36 Return to the Ming Dynasty and Become Emperor 回到大明当皇帝 I transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty and somehow became Zhu Di, Prince of Yan? The same Zhu Di who raised an army in Beiping, marched all the way to Nanjing, and defeated Zhu Yunwen? But this Prince of Yan seems to have died young, meeting a fate entirely different from the one history recorded! Cast aside by the court and reduced to a powerless vassal prince? Reborn for a second time, I'll reform taxes, build an iron army, overhaul the military and government, promote farming, and create the mos 18Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 37 I, the Chongzhen Emperor of the Great Ming: Both Debonair and Domineering 朕！大明暴君崇祯，既风流也霸道 Ming dynasty + political intrigue + passionate action + ruthless killing + struggle for supremacy + romance + no System. “Chongzhen, off you go. I'll take care of your wife, children, and sisters-in-law. I'll quell the internal rebellion and crush our foreign enemies. I will make the Ming dynasty stand tall atop the world...” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Great Ming: My Father Is Zhu Yuanzhang 大明：我爹是朱元璋 After transmigrating to the Ming dynasty, Zhu Ming discovers that he is Old Zhu's illegitimate son and is looked down upon. Worse, Old Zhu banishes him to the godforsaken frontier to serve as a prince. Fortunately, Zhu Ming awakens the more children, more blessings System! Old Zhu is stunned. How did our Zhu family end up with a fellow like this? And the things this guy comes up with just keep getting more outrageous. Firearms, armored cars, tanks, aircraft carriers... It's dazzling! In the end, 164Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 39 Great Ming: From the Start, I Became a Prince and Grew Potatoes 大明：开局成王，在种土豆 Zhu Yuanzhang: “Miaoyun, I told your father that I wanted our families to become in-laws. What do you think of my fourth son, Zhu Di?” Xu Miaoyun: “This humble daughter only wishes to marry the Third Prince!” The Third Prince, Zhu Gang: “?” Fourth Brother, I really wasn't trying to steal your wife! 198Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 40 Zhu Biao, the Wise Ming Emperor: My Unworthy Descendants Changed My Temple Name? 明圣宗朱标：不肖子孙改我庙号？ (Conquest! Ruthless! No System!) Zhu Biao, a special forces soldier, dies on the battlefield and is reborn in the body of the Ming Crown Prince Zhu Biao. He'd hoped to rule the world by day and sleep in a beauty's arms by night, but the Ming Dynasty hasn't even been founded yet! What? The safest crown prince in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Biao, has an unstable claim to the throne? Impossible. What? The Northern Yuan controls the grasslands, the Western world is divided among rival powers, the New Worl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Great Ming: Old Zhu Raises the Butcher's Knife from the Start, So I'll Build Up Merit 大明：开局老朱举屠刀，咱建功德 In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao suddenly dies of illness! Zhu Yuanzhang appoints Zhu Yunwen as crown prince. To secure Zhu Yunwen’s position, Zhu Yuanzhang decides to launch a bloody purge, and the Ming court is about to be swept up in a storm of bloodshed! The protagonist transmigrates into Zhu Yunxi, the fourteen-year-old fifth son of Zhu Biao, and gains a divine Merit System! As long as he does good deeds and earns merit, he can increase his merit points and receive 115Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 42 Great Ming: From the Start, I Sold Sesame Cakes, and Zhu Yuanzhang Begged Me to Become Emperor 大明：开局卖烧饼，朱元璋求我当皇帝 In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, I arrived in the Great Ming, a bold and martial age. Then I followed my adoptive father and sold flatbreads! And then my adoptive father starved to death in a famine! In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao died, shaking the court and the country. With the help of Old Huang, I opened a little tavern. “Old sir, I’ll take care of you in your old age and see you off when your time comes.” “I can brew Great Ming Yanghe strong-aroma liquor, make comp 33Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 43 Great Ming: I, Zhu Zi, Am Forced by Old Zhu to Become a Frontier Prince 大明：我，朱梓，老朱逼我当塞王 He arrived in the Great Ming during the Hongwu era and became Zhu Yuanzhang’s eighth son, Zhu Zi, Prince of Tan. All he wanted was to live a laid-back life, and then he got saddled with a slacker System. A perfect match. The Old Zhu only cares about his eldest son, Zhu Biao? That’s great. I only want to slack off anyway. Zhu Biao is going to die in a few years? What’s that got to do with me? I’ll just keep coasting. Zhu Yunwen takes the throne, Zhu Di rebels? Oh, I’ll just do nothing. Let the re 557Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 44 Great Ming: I Just Reincarnated, and You’ve Already Transmigrated? 大明：咱刚重生，你就穿越了？ In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness in the Fengtian Hall. In the blink of an eye, he was reborn! Given a second life, Zhu Yuanzhang was determined to make up for his regrets. But then he realized there was something off about his sixth son. Developing vaccines, defeating smallpox, cutting down Hu Weiyong with a sword, and kicking Li Shanchang aside. Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his head and leaned closer. “Lao Liu, come on, tell me. Were you reborn too?” Zhu Zhen 12Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 45 From the Start, Zhu Gaoxu Has the City Surrounded, So I Talk Him Into Becoming Emperor 开局朱高煦围城，忽悠他当皇帝 “Imperial brother, I know I was wrong. I don’t want to sit on the throne anymore.” “I only want to stay alive and live comfortably as a wealthy man.” “But I know that if I rashly abdicate in favor of your father, I’ll probably end up like those puppet emperors in the history books.” “I could drop dead in bed any day.” “So I hope we can join forces. Keep me alive and on the throne, and after your father passes away, I’ll abdicate directly in your favor.” “What do you think?” The sixth month of th 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Great Ming: The Truth Is Out, Your Father Is Zhu Yuanzhang 大明：摊牌了，你爹我是朱元璋 Zhu Huai transmigrates to the early Ming dynasty. Thanks to his sign-in System, he becomes a carefree little landowner and enjoys an increasingly comfortable life. His father, who left home when Zhu Huai was young, is about to return, so filial duty compels him to take good care of the old man. He only wants to be a good son and give his father a comfortable life. But who could have guessed his father would be such a restless sort, constantly asking all kinds of strange questions about the court 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Great Ming: Burying Zhu Yuanzhang Alive for Fourteen Years from the Start 大明：开局活埋朱元璋十四年 Lately, I’ve seen a lot of bizarre comments. I got the idea for this book from the TV drama Black Storm, where Sun Xing is utterly lawless and a lot like several of Zhu Yuanzhang’s sons. Sun Xing has an adoptive father, Gao Mingyuan, who shields him and acts as his accomplice. That’s a lot like the so-called good father Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao... so I made the stories intersect. There’s a character named Mai Zili in the show who is targeted for opposing the criminal forces... so I also made Z 185Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Empress Ma Dies from the Start, So I Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to Join Her in Death 开局马皇后崩，我请朱元璋殉葬 [Great Ming] [Time Gate] [Dual Transmigration] [Righting Regrets] [Military Expansion] [Building a Realm with Natural Borders] In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the empress passed away. The emperor wept bitterly and never appointed another empress. According to unofficial histories, when Empress Ma was being buried, someone petitioned Zhu Yuanzhang to be buried alive with her. That's right, that person was me. I opened a time gate and brought Empress Ma from the ninth year of Hongwu to the fiftee —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Late Ming: The Crown Prince's 100,000 Musketeers Rise to Power 明末：太子十万火枪兵崛起 A young man from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of Zhu Cilang, the unlucky final crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, bringing along a weapon exchange System. Taking things as they come, he uses the System to exchange for all kinds of modern firearms and reshape the realm amid the chaos. He heads south to crush the Southern Ming: “I'm the only legitimate Ming ruler. Prince Fu? Prince Lu? Who do you think you are?” He hunts the Manchus northward, all the way to Siberia. From Europe in 38Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 50 Great Ming: From the Start, I Told Zhu Di I Had Transmigrated 大明：开局告诉朱棣我是穿越者 The second year of the Yongle reign. Zhu Di has just wiped the blood from the Nanjing palace and held a grand sacrifice to Heaven and Earth in the southern suburbs of the capital. Xie Jin presides over the first imperial examinations of the Yongle era, and work on compiling the Yongle Encyclopedia has just begun. He is full of ambition, while Yang Shiqi is still only an editor at the Hanlin Academy. The Black-Clad Chancellor, Yao Guangxiao, has left the mortal world behind, while Ji Gang, who co 2Reads7.8Score—14d adds
