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- 1 Dreaming Back to Southern Ming: A Han Man Is No Slave 梦回南明，汉儿不称奴 Lin Yan, a construction contractor, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Southern Ming dynasty and meets Li Dingguo, who has twice defeated the Ming princes. Watch me help Prince Jin Li defeat them a third time! Knowing that the Manchu queue hairstyle marked nearly three hundred years of oppression for China, he resolves to fight the Qing and restore Han clothing and customs with the knowledge he has brought from modern times. 1.4kReads8.0Score150Shelves
- 2 A Grand History of the Ming Dynasty 明朝大历史 This book is the culmination of Mr. Meng Sen's research on Qing history. It is also a representative and foundational work on the subject. Drawing on the Veritable Records of the Qing, the Draft History of the Qing, archival records of the Qing court, and rarely used sources such as the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty, Meng Sen reveals and analyzes many of the central issues in Qing history. He offers a comprehensive account and assessment of more than two hundred years of Qing politics, 6Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 3 The Ming Dynasty's Junior Banner Officer 大明小旗官 The first day of the seventh month, in the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong reign. Xuanfu Garrison. A battlefield surgeon transmigrates into the lowest-ranking Ming Dynasty officer, a squad leader with ten soldiers under him, a monthly salary of two and a half qian, and a life hanging by a thread. He knows all too well that in forty-five days, at Tumu Fortress, half a million Ming troops will be wiped out in a single night. He also knows that in one hundred and ninety-five years, the Ming Dynast 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Late Ming Chongzhen: I Deserve the Temple Name Shengzu 明末崇祯，朕当得起圣祖庙号 Zhu Bao'an is reborn. He never expected to become the Chongzhen Emperor. He's doomed now. Fortunately, it's the first year of the Chongzhen reign, so there's still hope. Watch him rebuild the Embroidered Uniform Guard and Eastern Depot, killing not a single loyal minister and sparing not one treacherous official. He takes charge of the economy, politics, and military, and makes sure all three are strong. Hong Taiji: "That brat Zhu Youjian fights dirty, always going for my kidneys. And now he has 972Reads7.2Score105Shelves
- 5 The Most Dangerous Job: Transmigrate to the Late Ming as Chancellor 最危险的工作：穿越到明末当宰相 #Historically Researched #No System, Just a Comeback #Industry Saves the Nation Help! A cultural relic restorer has barely transmigrated when the Chongzhen Emperor hands him a delicate young princess: “Li Zicheng will be at the city gates in three days. Hurry and get her out of here!” Me: ??? I restore artifacts. I can't restore a script about a fallen dynasty! Luckily, while restoring artifacts, I saw the secret behind the Tianqi explosion, which led me to a formula for silver gunpowder! I 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: Saving This Ming Dynasty Is Impossible 崇祯十七年，这个大明真难救 Zhu Youzhe, a fourth-year history student, was sheltering from the rain beneath the crooked-neck tree on Longevity Hill when he was struck by lightning and transmigrated to the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, alongside the soul of the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian. From mutual dislike to working together, the two hold back Li Zicheng’s advancing army and face Dorgon in a decisive battle near the capital, reshaping the Ming dynasty into something entirely different. In this life, the on 670Reads8.6Score112Shelves
- 7 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
- 8 The Embers of Kaiping 开平余烬 He possesses glory and honors beyond anything the world would dare imagine, but behind every honor lies a death warrant. He is Zheng Guogong, the youngest founding duke of the Great Ming Dynasty. At fourteen, he is the most notorious young wastrel in the empire. His father is the Prince of Kaiping, posthumously honored with the finest title a military general can receive: Zhongwu, "Loyal and Martial." His father-in-law is the Duke of Song, one of the six founding dukes of the Great Ming. His eld 1.4kReads—Score155Shelves
- 9 Thirty Years Against Fate in the Late Ming 逆天明末三十年 In 1619, the Ming dynasty sent four armies on converging routes toward Sarhu. Nurhaci relied on the brilliant military strategy of “Let them come at me from every direction; I’ll focus on one,” and wiped out three of the Ming armies. A mountain of corpses, a hell on earth. An outstanding cadet from a Republic-era military academy in 2019 was reborn at Sarhu after a training exercise accident. Refusing to accept fate, he hoped to save the dying Ming dynasty. Watch as he defies heaven and changes 379Reads8.4Score127Shelves
- 10 The Ming Chronicles: Emperor Hongzhi 大明录之弘治大帝 [Transmigration] [Decisive and ruthless] [Expanding the realm] [Wuxia] [Uncovering historical secrets] Protagonist: Zhu Youji He transmigrates into the grandson of the Ming dynasty's God of War. The Crown Prince of the Chenghua era is the eldest son of the Chenghua Emperor and the son of Consort Wan. This story sets history's regrets right, features brain-teasing political intrigue, and is a contest for supremacy. If you can figure out who the final villain is, the author concedes defeat. The Gr 140Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 11 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
- 12 Reborn in the Ming Dynasty, I Become the Emperor Everyone Calls a Tyrant! 魂穿大明，天下成我为昏君！ (The Spirit of the Ming Dynasty) No System, no golden finger. Everyone says I am a foolish, reckless emperor who indulges in pleasure. But who knows that beneath this body's surface lies a soul from the modern world? I feign madness to fool the court, while secretly making plans, reforming the government, opening up the seas, and expanding the realm. When the day comes for sails to stretch across thousands of miles, the whole world will kneel at the feet of the Ming Dynasty! 1.7kReads—Score101Shelves
- 13 I Never Wanted a Marquisate in the Late Ming, but Was Forced to Become a Warlord 明末封侯非我意被逼当军阀 [No System] [Realistic] [Maximum Immersion] [Hebei Warlord] [Takes Orders, Not Proclamations] [The Imperial Robe Is Thrust Upon Him] From the start, he cuts his way through the Qing army’s encirclement at Jia Village in Julu, rising through the ranks at a breakneck pace: garrison commander, field commander, deputy brigade commander, and regional commander. By the time he comes to his senses, he is already wearing the imperial robes. “General! It’s cold. Put on another layer!” “Hey, no, no... I a 125Reads—Score109Shelves
- 14 Late Ming: Your Majesty, the Crown Prince Has Rebelled 明末：陛下，太子殿下造反了 No System + a transmigrator in the late Ming + rebellion from the start + killing corrupt officials + wiping out the Manchu A 21st-century overworked office drone transmigrates into the body of Zhu Cilang, the Crown Prince at the end of the Ming dynasty. After transmigrating, he tries to talk Emperor Chongzhen into seeing reason, but the emperor refuses to listen and instead punishes him by ordering him to reflect behind closed doors and forbidding him to leave. His reputation is ruined, too, an 5kReads7.9Score288Shelves
- 15 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
- 16 The Great Ming’s Restorer, Emperor Tianshun 大明朝中兴之主，天顺帝 Zhu Qiyong, a loser from the 21st century, drowned his sorrows after a breakup. But in the middle of the night, he woke up needing to pee. He got up to relieve himself, slipped, and drowned in his own urine. He transmigrated as the son of Hu Shanxiang in the TV drama The Story of Minglan, and the elder brother of Zhu Qizhen, the Ming dynasty's famed God of War and a hostage in Wala. And so began a very different story of Minglan... 460Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 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
- 18 The Sun and Moon Shine Anew: Restoring the Great Ming's Realm 日月重光：重整大明河山 (No melodrama, no brainless characters, no power fantasy, no System, and no invincible protagonist. Readers who only want clean, wholesome content or are bothered by it should proceed with caution.) His soul transmigrates into Zhu Youxiao, the Ming dynasty’s imperial grandson, at the end of the Ming. He faces the consecutive deaths of the Wanli and Taichang emperors, the Red Pill Case, the Palace Transfer Case, the Donglin faction, and the Little Ice Age, while the catastrophic defeat at Sarhu, 5.3kReads8.3Score236Shelves
- 19 Rebuilding the Great Ming: I Am Crown Prince Zhu Cilang 重建大明，我是太子朱慈烺 In the final years of the Chongzhen reign, during the Little Ice Age, the empire is beset by internal strife and external threats. The land lies in ruins, the people live in misery, and corpses of the starved litter the fields. As Zhu Cilang, rightful heir to the Great Ming, I must turn the tide, restore order, and rebuild the empire from the ground up. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 I'm a Military Engineer, and You Want Me to Save the Ming? 我一搞军工的，你让我拯救大明？ [Traditional history] [Historical farming and development] [Survival in a chaotic age] [No System] [Military-industrial system] [Late Ming power struggle] Qin Feng, a technician at an arms manufacturing group and a major military history forum influencer, opens his eyes to find himself a low-ranking border officer in the second year of the Chongzhen reign, with only ten men under his command. Three days later, Hong Taiji’s fifty thousand Eight Banners troops breach the frontier. Historically, no 3.4kReads6.8Score207Shelves
- 21 I Refuse to Be an Emperor Who Dies Within a Month 老子不当一月就死的天子 Zhu Changluo, the timid and overlooked eldest prince of the Ming Dynasty, sees on a wall in a secluded side hall of Jingyang Palace the fate awaiting him: he will ascend the throne and die a month later, along with visions of the Ming Dynasty's collapse… 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Don't Panic, Great Ming, I'm Here to Save You! 大明别慌，我来救你！ This is a race against the inertia of history. With plans far ahead of his time, a modern soul changes the course of an empire's collapse. Watch as he transmigrates into the Chongzhen era, revives Huaxia, and ensures the lands of the Great Ming endure forever! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Saving the Dynasty from Ruin: The Revival of the Southern Ming 挽天倾之南明复兴 Zhu Cibi, a second-year history student at Jiangling Yangtze University in the twenty-first century, accidentally falls into the water while out for a stroll and transmigrates, reborn as Zhu Cixi, crown prince of the Southern Ming's Hongguang Emperor. With the Southern Ming facing ruin, its fortunes in decline and its country on the brink of destruction, and the first wave of colonization following the West's imminent Age of Exploration looming, how will he save the nation, restore the Ming, and 353Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 24 The Ming Dynasty in the Wake of the Tsunami 海啸大明 Heroes need not worry about what comes after them; the history books should resound with songs of their deeds. Blood-soaked warriors on the battlefield, demons and monsters in the bureaucracy, the tangled romances of courtesans and sea lords: all are brought to life as the Ming Empire is struck by a catastrophic wave of raids and calamities. Beset by troubles at home and abroad, the Ming Empire faces the ferocious Tatar Altan Khan in the north, whose forces raid and pillage with savage brutality 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Reborn for a New Life, Tyrant Chongzhen Kills! Kills! Kills! 重活一世，暴君崇祯杀！杀！杀！ The seventh year of the Tianqi reign, eighth month. Zhu Youjian knelt before the imperial bed in the Qianqing Palace, his knees aching against the floor. He did the math in his head: seven years ago, on a late night working overtime, he had died suddenly at his computer. When he awoke, he had become Zhu Youjian, the Prince of Xing. Seven years. For seven whole years, he had stayed in his manor, pretending to be ill, pretending to be a fool, pretending to be invisible. In secret, he had trained e 12kReads7.0Score1.1kShelves
- 26 Ming Dynasty Overseas Soldier: Slapping Chongzhen from the Start 大明海外悍卒：开局掌掴崇祯 [Alternate History] + [Parallel World] + [Great Ming] + [System] + [Multiple Heroines] On the nineteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, a white silk noose atop Coal Hill was about to bring an era to an end. Just as Chongzhen kicked away the stone he was standing on, a lowly soldier from a Great Ming overseas garrison teleported back and slapped him across the face! “Die? Who gave you permission to die?!” “Dying is easy. The hard part is living to fight the Q 2Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 27 General of the Great Ming 大明奉国将军 In the first year of the Hongguang era of the Southern Ming, Zhu Lianbi, a former special forces soldier, accidentally transmigrates to the outskirts of the fallen capital, carrying a sniper rifle. He is immediately hunted by the Manchu invaders. With no other choice, Zhu Lianbi fights back. Wherever the sun and moon shine, there lies the land of our Great Ming! The Manchu invaders, Li Zicheng, the Chuang King, Zhang Xianzhong, the King of the Great Western Kingdom, the pirate leader Zheng Zhilo 1.8kReads8.6Score139Shelves
- 28 The Watch and Meditations of the Countryside 乡野的守望与沉思 The experiences and reflections of a rural community worker, alongside an imagined vision of how their hometown might develop, incorporating stories of successful townships and villages. “Keeping Watch” reflects township officials’ commitment to their roots and hopes for rural development. “Reflection” emphasizes their deep consideration of grassroots issues as they go about their work. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Furious Chongzhen: Who Needs Scheming? Just Get It Done 暴躁崇祯：要什么权谋？干就完了 [I’ve already slaughtered every island in Japan, but Chongzhen still isn’t satisfied. He insists on digging up all the magma, too.] Just how thrilling can a hotheaded Chongzhen story be if it skips political maneuvering and internal affairs and focuses only on fighting? Civil officials, gentry, wealthy merchants, the Jianzhou Jurchens, the Tungusic peoples, generations of officials who submitted to foreign powers, Japanese pirates, white-skinned foreigners... If they’re people whose deaths leave 10kReads8.5Score1kShelves
- 30 Late Ming: I Extend the Ming Dynasty’s Life by Seven Hundred Years 明末：我为大明延寿七百年 [Political intrigue] [Slow burn] [Ensemble cast] [Conquest] [Clever protagonist] [No System] After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Shuyuan is mistaken for an immortal by Zhu Youjian. Once the misunderstanding is cleared up, he realizes he's standing at a turning point in Chinese history! With that, Zhang Shuyuan resolves to become a fanatical defender of the Xia people! Donglin Party, die. Zhejiang, Chu, and Qi factions, disband. Liaodong? It's been Chinese territory since ancient time 718Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Zhi Long in the Late Ming Dynasty 明末芝龙 Zhang Xianzhong? He’s a defeated opponent of mine. Li Zicheng? He raises my men for me. Zhu Cilang? He’s my pet canary. Who am I? Zheng Zhilong, ruler of the Ming dynasty’s southeast. I reign over the seas, and half the Ming realm trembles beneath my iron hooves. What does it matter if I’m richer than a nation? What does it matter if I hold power over the court? Ming dynasty, call me Grand Marshal of All the Armies! 340Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 32 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
- 33 Reborn as Prince Longwu, I’ll Save the Ming Dynasty from Ruin 重生隆武皇子，挽天再造大明 The Ming dynasty: the last realm under heaven ruled by the Han Chinese. For all its countless failings, it was still far better than letting barbarian invaders rule the Central Plains! Reborn, Ling Yun transmigrates as Zhu Linze, the illegitimate son of the Longwu Emperor. The Xianxia Pass has fallen open, Zheng Zhilong is secretly conspiring with the Qing court, and the Longwu dynasty is on the brink of collapse. He lies low in southern Fujian, meets Zheng Chenggong and becomes his sworn broth 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 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 3.4kReads7.4Score251Shelves
- 35 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
- 36 Great Ming: Zhu Biao's Little Sidekick 大明：我是朱标的小跟班 Zhu Qi arrived in the second year of the Hongwu era, becoming Zhu Yuanzhang's ninth son, who had died young. Most people who transmigrate at least become princes capable of protecting themselves. He had to save himself the moment he arrived. Luckily, he had an elder brother. Seeing how frail Zhu Qi was, Zhu Biao took him under his wing. From then on, Zhu Qi changed Zhu Biao's way of thinking. Until one day... Zhu Yuanzhang: "Biao, you've changed!" Zhu Biao: "Father, you've changed too. Your blad 4.9kReads6.4Score254Shelves
- 37 Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty: My Uncle Is Zhu Biao 穿越大明：我的叔叔是朱标 [No System] [No Golden Finger] [Cozy Daily Life] [The Entire Zhu Family Is Here] [A Happy Family Reunion] A promising young man from the 22nd century (a hack novelist) was struck by lightning and unexpectedly arrived in the third year of the Hongwu era. He became the adopted son of Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, and the son of Mu Ying: Mu Chun. He had planned to lie flat and enjoy a life of idle luxury. But seeing how deeply Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma doted on him, along with t 37.7kReads8.2Score2.9kShelves
- 38 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
- 39 Chongzhen Must Not Die: I Lead the Great Ming to Global Dominance 崇祯不亡：朕带大明称霸全球 A university history student falls off a cliff and opens his eyes to find himself Emperor Chongzhen! By now, Li Zicheng's forces have surrounded Beijing, and the crooked tree on Coal Hill stands right before him. I refuse to hang myself! Abandon the capital and head south, establish my rule over Jiangnan, train a modern army, develop seafaring, crush Japan, and launch a northern campaign to reclaim our lands. Watch me save the dynasty from collapse and reshape the Ming, until all nations come to 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Transmigrate to the Late Ming and Become a Bomb Maniac 穿越明末之炸弹狂人 A fugitive is cast into the hell of late Ming China. No golden finger, no System to guide him, transmigrating is the only advantage he has. When modern killing skills collide with a decaying age, he belongs to neither side, yet with the bombs in his hands, he will make the whole world remember who the true hunter is. 1.1kReads6.6Score101Shelves
- 41 The Apocalypse: The Ming Empire Reboots 天启之大明帝国重启 Build a new inner factory, rebuild the Dragon Scale Guard, and train the Four Symbols Army. Slay the Shanxi merchants, destroy the Donglin faction, eliminate the Eight Banners, and ride down Tokyo. Move the fiefs overseas, and reclaim Lelang, Taiwan, the Southwestern Peninsula, North and South America, and Australia. Wherever the sun and moon shine, wherever rivers flow, all shall be Han lands. See how Ming Xingzu completes the task even the eternal emperor Qin Shi Huang could not finish... 67Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 42 Late Ming: Chongzhen the Rebel 明末：造反者崇祯 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 31.8kReads8.3Score2.4kShelves
- 43 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
- 44 Just Venting: My Cursed Roommate Became Chongzhen 吐槽一下：我的冤种舍友穿成崇祯 Li A Jie, a modern-day corporate drone, wakes up to find that he's landed in the disastrous final years of the Ming Dynasty, as the foolish son of a landlord, a spoiled brat from a small salt merchant family in Jiangnan. Even more absurdly, his useless roommate, who used to call him “Brother Jie, carry me to victory!” every day in their dorm, has become the Chongzhen Emperor, with a noose around his neck and a death countdown ticking away! With flames of war on all sides and the court rotten to —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Reborn: I Fight for Emperor Wanli 重生之我为万历爷打天下 Tang Song is reborn as a Ming general, taking part in the Wanli campaigns and witnessing the last glory of an ancient empire. By a twist of fate, he becomes good friends with the Wanli Emperor... 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Great Ming: I'm an Emperor Now, So Why Would I Still Be a Carpenter? 大明：都是皇帝了，谁还当木匠 [No System] + [Passionate] + [Political Intrigue] + [Decisive and Ruthless] With a gravely ill father and a mother who died young, Zhu Youxiao is at a loss in the forty-eighth year of the Wanli reign. Factional strife runs rampant, the court is rotten, the Jurchens are watching hungrily, and the Mongols refuse to submit. Amid internal turmoil and external threats, the tide of the times sweeps along the fates of countless millions. The once-mighty Ming Empire is already in its twilight years. Cal 518Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 47 A Corpse from the Start, and You Want Me to Revive the Ming Dynasty? 开局一具尸体，你让我中兴大明？ He lived for a man who was about to die, and for a country that was about to perish. College student Zhu Yuanwu transmigrated from the start into the body of a corpse on its last breath: the Tianqi Emperor, Zhu Youxiao. No System, no golden finger, just a sickly body that should have been dead and a set of memories belonging to someone else that had appeared in his mind. Wei Zhongxian wept by his bedside. The court awaited his death, starving people in Shaanxi had already raised their banners, a 2Reads—Score199Shelves
- 48 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 726Reads—Score123Shelves
- 49 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
- 50 Great Ming: After Revealing I'm a Transmigrator, Old Zhu Falls Apart 大明：自曝穿越后，老朱心态崩了 After transmigrating to the eighteenth year of the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Yuan had no choice but to reveal that he was a transmigrator. Old Zhu: “Since you say you're a transmigrator, then when will I die?” Lu Yuan: “Your Majesty, you'll die in the thirty-first year of Hongwu. You only have thirteen years left.” Old Zhu: “…” Lu Yuan: “Oh, Crown Prince Zhu Biao will die before you. Your good grandson Zhu Yunwen will take the throne.” Old Zhu: “…” Lu Yuan: “Zhu Yunwen wil 231Reads8.0Score104Shelves
