Novels like The Crumbling Ming
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- 151 Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Marry the Princess of Yan from the Start 大明，我，朱棣，开局迎娶燕王妃 He transmigrates to the ninth year of the Hongwu era as the young Zhu Di. From the start, he marries Xu Miaoyun, activates the System, and gains the power of Xiang Yu multiplied tenfold. He then demonstrates his martial prowess in Fengyang, forms the Three Yan Guards, and marches north into the desert. Leading his guards in person, the young Zhu Di captures the Northern Yuan royal court, becoming the brightest star in the Ming dynasty overnight! Behind his dazzling rise is a host of devoted foll 5.2kReads8.6Score341Shelves
- 152 Late Ming: Turning the Tide 明末之力挽狂澜 The protagonist is hit by a shell while saving someone and transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty, where he sets out to save the Great Ming. This is a historical strategy SLG game... No, wait, it's a transmigration novel. Starting out as a low-ranking scholar, the protagonist perseveres through hardship and ultimately turns the tide in this extraordinary story... 215Reads8.6Score137Shelves
- 153 The Great Ming: From the Start, I Destroyed the Jurchen Tribes of Liaodong 大明，开局覆灭辽东女真 Overnight, he finds himself in the Ming Dynasty, and to his surprise, he has become the Wanli Emperor. What does the Wanli era have to offer? Famed ministers like Zhang Juzheng, Shen Shixing, and Wang Xijue. Famous generals like Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, and Deng Zilong. And, of course, the Three Great Campaigns of the Wanli era and the Three Victories at Huangzhong. But none of that matters. What matters is pacifying the Jurchens in Liaodong first. And there's no need to worry about losing, be 62Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 154 I Had Just Held the Fengshan Ceremony at Mount Tai When I Unlocked the Myriad Worlds’ Great Ming Instance 刚泰山封禅，便开启诸天大明副本 Reborn in the womb as Zhu Youjian, he kept his head down until he took the throne. Drawing on years of preparation, he strengthened the secret police at home, trained a new army, and executed corrupt officials. Abroad, he took down the Manchu invaders. After years of toil restoring the Ming Empire, he never expected the System to activate and open up alternate Ming Dynasty worlds across the heavens... He had just transmigrated to the Hongwu era when he saw the Great Ancestor, Zhu Yuanzhang, beat 6.9kReads8.6Score330Shelves
- 155 Jiajing's Second-Generation Emperor: My Great Ming Rules the World! 嘉靖的帝二代：我大明天下无敌啊 He transmigrates and becomes Zhu Zai Zhen, the Jiajing Emperor’s fourth son, Prince Jing. Jiajing: What? I told you to fight the Japanese pirates in the southeast, and you conquered Japan? Jiajing: What? I told you to provide disaster relief, and the more you give, the more money the treasury has? Jiajing: No more fighting! Everywhere I look, it’s all Ming territory! 3.8kReads8.8Score269Shelves
- 156 The Qin Prince of Great Ming: Starting by Stealing Xu Miaoyun 大明秦王，从截胡徐妙云开始 The man standing before you possesses the bearing of a dragon and phoenix, the majesty of the sun and sky, a magnificent countenance, and an extraordinary bone structure. He is Grand Commander of the Ming Five Armies Command, Commander of the Imperial Guards, General of the Southern Campaign, Grand General of the Northern Campaign, Governor of the three southwestern provinces, and Viceroy of the six southeastern provinces. He is also a Grand Secretary of the Wen Yuan Pavilion and concurrently Mi 24kReads7.6Score2kShelves
- 157 I Have a Plan to Bring Light Back to China 我有一计，可使华夏幽而复明 Zhang Ning transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty. If he can just get Zhu Yuanzhang to execute him, he can return to the 21st century and reach the pinnacle of success. He embarks on a career as a poison-tongued strategist, doing everything he can to get himself killed! He never expected Old Zhu to join the History Guild by accident, too. The moment he sees Emperor Ming Zhu Youjian, he flips the table. “This is outrageous! It’s a rebellion! Even the Fourth Son has become emperor!” Fuming, he consults 1.7kReads8.0Score137Shelves
- 158 A History of the Southern Ming (Two-Volume Set) 南明史（全二册） A nation on the brink of ruin still descends into infighting, and even in its final days, the infighting continues! Nothing is more absurd than human nature. In March 1644, Li Zicheng's Great Shun forces captured Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself. When news reached Nanjing, the Southern Capital, the question of who would be enthroned became urgent. Civil and military officials alike scrambled to make a name for themselves before the new ruler, each hoping to claim the credit for 4.7kReads9.5Score1.4kShelves
- 159 Zhu Cilang: I Refuse to Be the Crown Prince of a Fallen Dynasty! 朱慈烺：我不做亡国太子！ Lighthearted + political intrigue + war + passionate action + no System + no brainless decisions! See how he manipulates the levers of power and wins people’s hearts, outwits civil officials and military officers, and crushes every rival faction! See how he develops the economy and technology, trains his troops into a powerful army, conquers the world, and builds a Ming Empire on which the sun never sets! If they go to war, then their nations will be destroyed and their people wiped out! 4.9kReads8.7Score385Shelves
- 160 Great Ming: My Sister Is Ma Xiuying 大明：我姐是马秀英 I am Ma Shilong. My name may be ordinary, but my status in the Ming is anything but. I am the younger brother of Empress Ma, brother-in-law to Zhu Yuanzhang, founding emperor of the Ming, and maternal uncle to the Crown Prince Zhu Biao, the Prince of Qin Zhu Shuang, the Prince of Jin Zhu Gang, the Prince of Yan Zhu Di, and the Prince of Zhou Zhu Su. I took up a blade and joined the fight at fifteen, earned enough military merit to be made a marquis at twenty, dared to compete with Chang Yuchun f 37.5kReads8.2Score2.2kShelves
- 161 Transmigrate to the Ming Dynasty: I Serve the Sixteen Ming Emperors 穿越明朝，辅佐大明十六帝 Gao Zhiyun transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, where he herds cattle and becomes a monk alongside Zhu Yuanzhang, borrows the east wind at Lake Poyang to burn the enemy fleet, and wins every battle. After the dynasty is founded, he is made Duke of Yun of the Great Ming. He marries Zhao Min, opens a restaurant, executes corrupt officials, teaches the princes to read, and can do just about anything... only to discover that his body remains perpetually thirty-two years old. The court is rife with und 30Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 162 General Zuo Menggeng, the Pacifier of the Rebels: I'm Really a Good Person! 平贼将军左梦庚，我真的是好人啊 [Late Ming + transmigration + no System + feel-good power fantasy + lighthearted comedy + loyalty + reviving the Han] After transmigrating into the body of Zuo Menggeng, a pacification general of the Southern Ming, he starts off defeated at Tongling and retreating to Jiujiang in 1645. Zuo Menggeng was born in 1624, the fourth year of the Tianqi reign. His father was Zuo Liangyu, a pacification general of the Ming dynasty. When I was a general, I was the sun in the sky, and our slogan was “Loyalt 4.5kReads8.8Score319Shelves
- 163 Returning to the Ming Dynasty to Rule as Regent 回大明摄政 A paragon of brotherly love in the imperial family, the wise counselor of Emperor Mingwu, the new ruler of the Golden State, Wang Yangming's guide, the architect of the westward expansion, the man who controlled the court for decades, the most powerful man beneath the throne, a towering genius of invention, the helmsman of new sea routes, and the Great Ming's emperor in all but name. 8.4kReads8.8Score676Shelves
- 164 Great Ming: I Became Zhu Yuanzhang's Beloved Son 大明：我成了朱元璋好大儿 After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Tao just wants to live quietly as a wealthy gentleman. Unexpectedly, he mistakes Zhu Yuanzhang for his real father, while Zhu Biao becomes his distant cousin. “Dad, something big is going to happen at court soon. Hu Weiyong will probably be eliminated by the emperor, so be careful.” “Cousin, you look frail and weak. I'm afraid you won't live much longer.” “What? You want me to hand over the potatoes I planted? No rush. Let's wait until Zhu Di rebels 5.9kReads8.6Score302Shelves
- 165 Great Ming: Asking the Hongwu Emperor to Abdicate from the Start 大明：开局请洪武大帝退位 [Ming Dynasty + System + transmigrate + from the start + ruthless and decisive + Seal the Wolf's Mountain] In the fourth month of the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao passed away. In the ninth month of the same year, the Hongwu Emperor named Zhu Yunwen Crown Prince's Heir. One after another, a great many meritorious officials and nobles were slaughtered, like cooks discarded after the hare is dead. Prince Ning Zhu Quan: Father, you must be killing meritorious officials because 3.1kReads8.0Score102Shelves
- 166 Transmigrating as Chongzhen: Only Three Months of Imperial Rule Remain 穿越崇祯：只剩三个月国祚 [A happy ending for the heroes of the late Ming + Industrial Revolution + global rule + no System + no harem] (The story is mainly about saving a nation on the brink of collapse and uniting the world under one rule!) Transmigrate as the Chongzhen Emperor with only three months left before the dynasty falls? Then defy fate and change history! Zhu Mingyuan, a modern physics researcher, opens his eyes to find himself as the Chongzhen Emperor. Li Zicheng's army is at the gates. The imperial treasury 100.1kReads8.6Score12.6kShelves
- 167 Old Zhu, Listen to My Thoughts and Go on a Killing Spree. I'll Just Be a Lazy Fish 老朱听我心声杀疯了我负责咸鱼 He transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and ends up inhabiting the body of an idiot prince. He gets a Slacker System and quietly builds up Slacker Points every day. Little does he know, Zhu Yuanzhang can hear his thoughts. You don’t want to work for me? No chance! You don’t want to be the Crown Prince’s heir? Not a chance! 1.5kReads8.1Score161Shelves
- 168 Great Ming: I'm the Emperor, So Why Are You Hailing the Crown Prince? 大明：咱是皇帝，你喊太子万岁？ [Not mindless! Fast-paced plot! A Hongwu-era take on Home with Kids!] After his soul transmigrates into Zhu Biao, he awakens the Long Live System. Every time he oversteps his bounds and acts like the emperor, he gains more years of life! And so Zhu Biao begins his journey as a rebellious son! Zhu Biao: Stripping the vassal princes of their military power isn’t enough. We should cut their stipends, too! Old Zhu: You’re not leaving your brothers any way to survive! Zhu Biao: Having only two consor 6.5kReads7.0Score426Shelves
- 169 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
- 170 Zhu Youjian: Taking Taizu to Crush the Jingnan Rebellion, No Big Deal, Right? 朱由检：带太祖去靖难，没逝吧？ [Sixteen Eras of the Great Ming]+ [A Loving Father and Filial Son]+ [The Great Ming at Its Peak]+ [Dynasties Across the Heavens]+ [The protagonist faces no hardships, only smooth sailing] After transmigrating into the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian gains the ability to travel through sixteen eras of the Great Ming. With the rebel forces already entering the capital, things are disastrous from the start. Zhu Youjian steels himself and heads to the “Hongwu Era” to persuade his ancestor, Zhu Yuanzh 697Reads9.0Score100Shelves
- 171 This Adorable Kid Is Actually Zhu Xiongying, the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Grandson 这个萌娃竟然是大明太孙朱雄英 A bronze phoenix bird opens a passage between the Ming dynasty and the modern world, sending Zhu Xiongying, the Ming emperor’s eldest grandson, on a fantastical journey of transmigration, while also giving twenty-something Ma Liang the job of raising a child... 5kReads7.9Score270Shelves
- 172 Smoke and Fire in the Great Ming 大明烟火 Zhu Yuanzhang: “A bunch of corrupt lawbreakers! I’m going to kill them all.” Han Du: “Your Majesty, please calm down. Rather than killing them, why not put them to use and squeeze every last bit of value out of them?” Zhu Yuanzhang: ... 190Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 173 Great Ming: Abandoned from the Start, I’m Begged by Yongle to Claim the Throne 大明：开局被弃，永乐求我称帝 In the first year of the Jianwen era, Zhu Zhanji is born and immediately becomes the apple of his grandfather Zhu Di's eye. His birth prompts Zhu Di to decide to rebel. In the first year of the Yongle era, Emperor Chengzu of Ming crushes the Jianwen court and slaughters more than fourteen thousand of Jianwen's ministers and their families. During the war, his most beloved grandson is captured by his second son, Zhu Gaoxu, and dies in a mass grave. Eleven years later, after soundly defeating the 491Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 174 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, 5.6kReads8.3Score245Shelves
- 175 Great Ming: I Reform the Law with the Clan Genealogy 大明，我以族谱变法 During the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, Fang Shi transmigrates into the body of a scholar. He would never have believed that one day he would be bundled off to the Imperial Prison along with chickens and dogs. P.S. One female lead [a plot device, no romance]. No dumbing down, no System. 544Reads9.2Score102Shelves
- 176 Great Ming: Starting with 100,000 Yue Family Troops 大明：开局十万岳家军 Never make peace through marriage, never pay tribute, never submit, never cede an inch of land! The Son of Heaven guards the nation’s gates; the ruler dies for his country! In this world, those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish! Wherever the sun and moon shine, all belongs to the Great Ming! 5kReads8.5Score310Shelves
- 177 Great Ming: Reborn as Zhu Xiongying, Making Zhu Yuanzhang Overjoyed 大明：重生朱雄英，乐坏朱元璋 On the eve of Zhu Yunwen’s appointment as heir apparent, the Ming Dynasty’s true eldest legitimate grandson, Zhu Xiongying, climbed out of his tomb! Zhu Yuanzhang: “Wonderful, wonderful! My eldest grandson is back!” Minister: “He’s been dead for ten years and now he’s back? A ghost…” Zhu Yuanzhang: “You dare call my eldest grandson a ghost? I’ll make you a ghost! My grandson is clearly an immortal!” Military general: “The imperial eldest grandson’s methods are beyond belief. We can barely breath 12.8kReads8.8Score917Shelves
- 178 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 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 Zhu Yuanzhang and I Discuss the History of the Ming Dynasty 朱元璋与我聊明史 Zhu Yuanzhang dreamed of Chongzhen, and of Li Zicheng. In court, no one could fathom the hearts of men. Blood and turmoil were everywhere. A low-ranking official’s son transmigrated into this world. See how he uses the history of the Ming dynasty to debate with Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang: I want to kill Lan Yu. Chen Zewu: Whatever you wish, Your Majesty is wise. Zhu Yuanzhang: I want to kill Li Shanchang. Chen Zewu: Whatever you wish, Your Majesty is wise. May the sun, moon, mountains, and riv 2kReads8.1Score118Shelves
- 180 The Mad Dragon of Liaodong 辽东狂龙 On that rainy night on Shuangdao, Mao Wenlong, a wronged soul who had lingered for fifteen years, was reborn. When he used the imperial sword in his hand to cut off Yuan Chonghuan's head, he knew that nothing would ever be the same again... 146Reads9.4Score105Shelves
- 181 A Hero of the Seas at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末之海上雄师 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin Tartars repeatedly raided the borders. The Central Plains were engulfed in war, and the Ming court had lost control of the southeastern coast and its maritime power. The empire was on the brink of collapse. Tang Xuezhi, a marine of the Huaxia Empire, transmigrated by accident to the chaotic end of the Ming Dynasty, where he became the son of the great pirate Yan Siqi. Hunted for no reason, he went on to pacify the coastal frontier, fight the 5.9kReads8.2Score589Shelves
- 182 Great Ming: The Path to Becoming the Emperor's Teacher Begins with the Imperial Exams 大明：帝师之路，从科举开始 Xu Wen transmigrates to the Ming dynasty just as his family falls on hard times. His parents die, and someone shows up to break off his engagement, stacking two major disadvantages on him at once. He takes the imperial examinations, makes a name for himself as a young man, and enters government service, serving through nine reigns: Hongwu, Jianwen, Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, Zhengtong, Jingtai, Tianshun, and Chenghua. During the Hongwu reign, he is Zhu Yuanzhang’s sharpest weapon against corrupt of 14.5kReads7.9Score1.7kShelves
- 183 Superman Descends: From the Start in the Late Ming, I Crush the Pigskin Barbarians 超人降临：明末开局打爆野猪皮 (More Children, More Blessings, an Imperial Army, an Invincible Power Fantasy, and the Golden Zodiac Saints) The author used to be Superman, so this isn't made up! Bai Haoqing opened his eyes to find that he had transmigrated bodily to a Korean battlefield at the end of the Ming Dynasty, before the Jiazi Rebellion had even begun. Because he came from the original Earth, sunlight in the late Ming Dynasty granted him superhuman powers. At that moment, the Jianzhou Jurchens were massacring a city. 813Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 184 The Son of Heaven 明天子 Reborn in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, he finds himself inhabiting the body of an eight-year-old child. But that’s not important. What matters is that he is the crown prince, the heir to the throne! In simple terms, this is the story of an eight-year-old emperor’s rise: seizing the palace, governing the court, bringing peace to the people, quelling internal unrest, recruiting talent, improving agriculture, and developing commerce... Through civil and military accomplishments, he will restore 151Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 185 Get on Board! It's Time to Overthrow the Qing and Restore the Ming 快上船，反清复明啦 Standing before you is Zhu Zaiming, His Majesty the Emperor of the Second Ming Empire: lord of Australia, savior of the Yin people, leader of the Americas, pioneer of the ironclad battleship, nightmare of Europe, dear friend of Napoleon, supreme leader of Eastern civilization, and father of the world… The story of the Second Ming’s rise begins with a group of Han people stranded in Australia… 184Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 186 Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty to Become Emperor 穿越明朝当皇帝 [Historical Writing Contest] He transmigrates into the body of the Ming dynasty’s last emperor, with less than five months left before the dynasty falls. Zhu Youjian, now with a new soul, is deeply troubled. He can only rely on his knowledge of future history and set out to turn the tide and change the course of events. First, move the capital and make a strategic retreat. Anyone who disagrees gets executed! Next, cultivate the land, carry out land reform, and manufacture guns and cannons. Anyon 371Reads8.8Score115Shelves
- 187 The Hongwu Revival 洪武兴明 The land was in chaos at the end of the Yuan dynasty, with warlords rising everywhere. Zhang Shicheng posed a formidable threat in the east, Chen Youliang was a ruthless rival in the west, and the Yuan dynasty occupied the north, its iron cavalry poised to strike. Zhu Biao was still a child, Zhu Di was still wearing split-crotch trousers, and Zhu Yuanzhang was weak and isolated. The Ming dynasty had yet to be founded. Zhu Wenzheng stepped forward and drew his sword in a fury. “Uncle, let me, you 12.4kReads8.6Score552Shelves
- 188 The Emperor's Hegemony in Great Ming 帝霸大明 In the late Ming Dynasty, natural disasters struck one after another and the government was corrupt. After waking up as Zhu Youxiao during the final years of the Wanli Emperor's reign, he faced the Three Major Cases of the late Ming and the disastrous defeat at Sarhu. Faced with such a complicated situation, how will this young emperor turn things around? 18kReads8.9Score831Shelves
- 189 Great Ming: A Comparison of the Two Imperial Grandsons Leaves Old Zhu in Despair! 大明：双皇孙对比，老朱崩溃了！ In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao died! Just as Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated over which grandson to name heir, a parallel-world comparison sky screen appeared, revealing the very different lives of Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yuntong. Old Zhu watched Zhu Yuntong on the screen: though he had rebelled, his achievements far surpassed Zhu Yuanzhang's own. His name was celebrated through the ages and remembered for generations, and he was praised as an emperor without equal. Then he glanced 3.8kReads7.2Score184Shelves
- 190 Great Ming: The Crown Prince's Heir Is Invincible 大明之太孙无敌 The imperial court is a battleground for power, full of rivalries and the suppression of dissent. The martial world is a realm of right and wrong, of love, hatred, and endless fighting. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the Jinyiwei’s fearsome power shook the land! Zhu Xiongying’s soul transmigrated into the eldest grandson of the Ming emperor. With no way back, he could only press onward, stepping into an age both brilliant and turbulent. 3kReads8.6Score182Shelves
- 191 Jiajing: I Really Am Cultivating Immortality 嘉靖：朕真的在修仙 An emperor obsessed with cultivating the Dao? I'm cultivating immortality! After transmigrating into the Ming dynasty as the “Daoist Emperor,” he initially resolves to become the greatest emperor in history. But cultivation is real, and immortality is within reach. With a scroll of the Way of Peaceful Ascension, he concocts the elixir of immortality in a golden age! From then on, new rites flourish, and the Three Palaces stand together. The jade seal passes through the ages, and fortune soars ac 1.8kReads8.7Score102Shelves
- 192 The Ming Dynasty's Greatest Industrialist 大明第一工业巨匠 In the first year of the Hongwu era, a young man with a head full of science, technology, and down-to-earth experimentation transmigrates into the body of a beggar. Given a second life, he will use his modern perspective to help the Ming dynasty enter the Industrial Age a thousand years before the West! Local gentry block the way? Powerful clans stand in the way? Officials oppose him? Before the unstoppable tide of steel and machinery, every force that impedes progress will be tossed into the du 12.6kReads8.7Score742Shelves
- 193 Late Ming: Becoming Emperor Was Never My Wish 明末：称帝非我愿 [No System + No Cheat Abilities + Ming Dynasty + Rebellion] Wang San, worn down by society and working grueling 24/7 shifts, becomes another Wang San, a villager in Baishui County, Shaanxi, near the end of the Ming dynasty. A terrible famine strikes, and people resort to eating one another. Wang San is frail and sickly, on the verge of becoming someone else’s meal, when his brother Wang Er comes charging back and saves him. As Wang San leaves with Wang Er, he discovers that his brother is well-c 5.8kReads8.7Score343Shelves
- 194 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 3.8kReads6.8Score235Shelves
- 195 Great Ming: Emperor Zhu Secretly Reads My Diary and Can't Keep a Straight Face 大明：老朱偷看我日记，绷不住了 Lin Hao transmigrates to the Hongwu era and becomes a low-ranking official in the capital. All he has to do is write in his diary every day and record his daily life to receive rewards. It’s a pretty sweet deal, lazing his days away so easily. But Zhu Yuanzhang has a copy of Lin Hao’s diary, too, updated in real time. [My official rank is so low, yet I still have to attend court every morning. This old Zhu is really making life miserable!] [It’s just the imperial examinations, so why have a Sout 6.3kReads8.3Score474Shelves
- 196 A Ming Dynasty Soldier Rises to Power 明末小兵崛起 “What? Liu Boyuan has taken another Tartar head!” Li Yao, the Thousand-Man Commander of Weiwu Fort, exclaimed in astonishment. Chen Qiyu, the Governor of Yansui: “Thousand-Man Commander Liu, I hope you’ll lend us your full support in this campaign against the rebels!” The Qing army has entered the pass. “Quick, summon the Duke Who Guards the Nation to the capital to defend the emperor!” Chongzhen cried from his throne. 11.5kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 197 Great Ming: Zhu Gaochi, Empress Ma's Dream Grandson 大明：我朱高炽马皇后的梦中情孙 [Empress Ma Saves the Ming Dynasty] + [Expanding the Empire] + [Changing the Ming Dynasty] + [Golden Finger] + [No Regrets] In the fifteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming dynasty, two major events were about to unfold: Zhu Xiongying, the eldest imperial grandson, and Empress Ma were both on the verge of death. Zhu Gaochi: “Big Brother Xiongying, Grandmother, don’t be afraid. Fatty’s here!” I was born into the body of the ten-month-old Zhu Gaochi, later known as Emperor Renzong of Ming, and received 9.4kReads8.1Score605Shelves
- 198 Great Ming: From the Start, I Grabbed the Imperial Seal and Took on Old Zhu 大明：开局拿玉玺和老朱刚 The jade seal in hand from the start? Why bother fighting to be Crown Prince? Let's rebel! If Zhu Chongba can sit on that throne, then I, Zhu Yuntong, can sit on it too! One day, Zhu Yuntong stood with his hands on his hips, facing Zhu Yuanzhang. “Yuanzhang, your grandson has rebelled.” “Surrender. My men are everywhere outside.” Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed. “Wonderful, my grandson! You really went through with it?” “My grandson's staging a rebellion, so why aren't you wearing the imperial robe? 6.7kReads8.8Score376Shelves
- 199 I Secretly Built a Great Qin Technological Empire in Late Ming 我在明末偷偷建立大秦科技帝国 [Late Ming Dynasty + Infrastructure and Troop-Building + Technological Overwhelming Force + Interstellar] In the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the land falls into chaos. Qin Tian transmigrates into this world and uses a mysterious orb in his mind to rapidly develop infrastructure and technology. He recruits and trains troops, builds up his forces, defeats rivals across the land, establishes Great Qin, and unifies the Central Plains. He then continues expanding outward, conquers the glob 3kReads8.2Score169Shelves
- 200 Great Ming: I, Zhu Xiongying, Refuse to Be a Dutiful Grandson 大明：我朱雄英不当孝子贤孙 [Ming Dynasty + System + transmigration + from the start + Original + Historical What-If + Conquering the Xiongnu] I am the Ming Dynasty's first imperial grandson, who died young. By the Ming rule that the eldest legitimate son must inherit the position of heir, I was, in the truest sense, the third-generation heir to the Ming realm. I had a noble name: Zhu Xiongying. I died of smallpox, the only person to catch it. Ridiculous, isn't it? Even smallpox had it in for me. Born into the imperial fam 7.5kReads8.5Score457Shelves
