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- 1 Chongzhen of the Great Ming: I Open-Book Exam! 大明崇祯：朕开卷考试！ Heaven, you gave me another life, so I'll make the most of it. You made me emperor, so just watch me be a good one! I'll restore the Ming to its former glory and make the people of Huaxia stand at the top of the world! Donglin faction, you want me to "hang myself on a branch facing southeast"? Then I'll hang you first. Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and the rest of you want to rebel? I'll give you all high-ranking posts! Go help me conquer the realm! The Jianzhou Jurchens? The Tartars? Don't be af 1Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 2 Rebuilding the Great Ming: From Rebellion to Ruling the World! 重铸大明：从造反开始君临天下！ [Late Ming] + [Zhu Cilang] + [System] + [Rebellion] + [Multiple Storylines] Zhu Cilang transmigrates and becomes the Crown Prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty, with only a year left before the dynasty falls. The first mission from the System: seize the throne or the power to act as regent. After thinking it over, he decides to bring troops and have a serious talk with his father on New Year's Eve. Zhu Cilang: "Father, after making such a mess of the Great Ming, don't you think it's time to abd 11kReads—Score1.2k14d adds
- 3 Great Ming: Enlisting from the Start to Reach the Dynasty's Peak 大明：开局从军，巅峰大明 [No System, rigorous logic, power struggles and mind games, meticulous, emperors, faithful to historical events] At the end of the Yuan dynasty, I never expected to transmigrate into such a chaotic age. I joined forces with Zhu Yuanzhang, studied under Liu Bowen, and fought alongside heroes and champions to win the realm. We crushed Chen Youliang in the east, Zhang Shicheng in the south, and the Mongol Yuan in the north. With the realm finally at peace, Zhu Yuanzhang asked me to draw up a pl 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I, Zhu Youxiao, Transmigrate to the Late Ming and Become Emperor 我朱由校，穿越明末做皇帝 Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, he becomes Zhu Youxiao, who is on the verge of death. Like hell he’s going to die a pathetic death. Armed with memories of a future life, Zhu Youxiao begins defying fate and rewriting history. End the factional strife. Anyone who won’t shut up gets executed. Purge the corrupt officials. Anyone who wants money more than life gets executed. Reform the land, build guns and cannons. Anyone who stands in my way gets executed. Build an army of a million, crush the S 1.4kReads7.3Score10414d adds
- 5 The Great Ming Dynasty, 1627 大明王朝1627 [Late Ming] [Chongzhen] [Sun Chengzong] [Wei Zhongxian] [court intrigue] [alternate history] I, Chongzhen, am the Ming dynasty’s weightlifting champion. The two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming are all resting on my shoulders. Eighth month of the seventh year of Tianqi. The candlelight in the Qianqing Palace had just gone out when the carpenter emperor, Zhu Youxiao, breathed his last. Prince Xin Zhu Youjian, who had just been escorted into the Forbidden City, clutched the dry rations 334Reads6.1Score2114d adds
- 6 From Laborer to the Chongzhen Emperor: Beauties in One Hand, the World in the Other 从打工仔到崇祯，左手美人右天下 An office worker transmigrates as Chongzhen. He has none of Chongzhen’s memories and no golden finger, so he can only carve out a path through the bloodshed using the little he knows from his past life. In the end, he still manages to thrive. The beginning may be hard, but people make their own way forward. I’ll hold a beauty in one hand and build an empire with the other, leading the Ming dynasty to the pinnacle of the world. 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Emperor Yongle 永乐大帝 If you could transmigrate to the Ming dynasty and change history, when would be the best time? People would offer all kinds of answers, but the further you get into the dynasty, the harder it becomes. The Donglin faction has spread throughout the court, and even Wei Zhongxian’s bloody purges failed to wipe them out. What makes you think you could succeed? The later period is like a gauntlet of bosses. Before you even finish fighting your way through, you’ll be completely spent. So the best time 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Chongzhen: From the Start, Armed with Just a Rope 崇祯开局一根绳 [Fighting the Qing at the end of the Ming, no System, no overpowered golden finger, rising step by step, Chongzhen's comeback] I transmigrate into Chongzhen as he hangs himself on Coal Hill. Watch how I return as a king from the depths of despair! I'll kick the Shun rebels into submission, tear the Qing apart, and while I'm at it, deal with those useless cowards of the Southern Ming. 4Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 9 Something's Off About This Great Ming 这个大明不对劲 Transmigrated as the Chongzhen Emperor, with the previous emperor dead and the court in turmoil from the start! I thought I was in for a hellish start, but it turned out this was a cultivation-world Ming dynasty! Activate the Emperor's Mandate: Within the Imperial City, I am invincible! Beyond the Imperial City, I won't leave it lightly! Dragon qi floods my body, sending my cultivation soaring. Even Nascent Soul experts must bow and pledge allegiance! The Donglin Party are hypocrites? Crush th 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Ashes: The Sixteenth Year of Chongzhen 余烬录崇祯十六年 When I woke up, the beacon fires at Tongguan had been out for three hundred and eighty years. As a Ming history scholar, I knew the stories that might lie beneath every inch of its rammed-earth walls. In the autumn of the sixteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Commander-in-Chief Sun Chuanting died here defending the country, Tongguan fell, and the last backbone of the Ming broke. I had read those lines in history books thousands of times. I could even recite the famous verdict in the History of 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Transmigrate as Han Xin’s Eldest Legitimate Son! 穿越韩信嫡长子！ Transmigrated as Han Xin’s son, and from the start my entire clan is sentenced to death! Liu Bang, Lü Zhi, since you’ve shown me no mercy, don’t blame me for showing none in return! My dream was once to make the Han dynasty stronger. Now it has become overturning the world and bringing down the Liu dynasty! As I flee, I gather allies, cross mountains and rivers, and travel three thousand miles to this desolate land of the southern tribes! I draw up a five-year plan to develop industry, agricultu 389Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Great Ming: I, Zhu Changhuan, Rebel in the Founder’s Footsteps! 大明：我朱常换，仿祖造反！ No System, no golden finger. Zhu Changhuan has an impressive lineage: his ancestor is Zhu Yuanzhang, and he comes from the branch descended from Zhu Gaosui, Prince of Zhao, the third son of Zhu Di. Since his is a distant offshoot of a collateral branch, by the time of his father, the family had long since lost all its fiefs and stipends. They had only a few acres of poor farmland, and now, with disaster caused by other people, they can barely survive. Thinking of his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang's upr 306Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Ming Dynasty, 1638 大明王朝1638 (The rating just came out, but it's bound to rise.) [Political intrigue + passion + conquest + no System + destroy the Qing + restore the Ming] [The early part is a slow burn, because it's packed with hidden details.] Year eleven of the Chongzhen reign, a human market in Shaanxi. Chen Wang is tied to a wooden post, waiting for someone to pick him out like livestock. The child beside him starved to death last night. Rats are gnawing at his eyes. The sun is about to set. Anyone who hasn't been sol 7.1kReads7.2Score65614d adds
- 14 Return to the Great Ming and Unite the Realm 回到大明朝一统天下 A mirage is a time tunnel forged by the power of the universe, connecting two different dimensions of space and time. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Ma Xiaotian, a top military academy student, and Zhu Yuyan, the heiress of a wealthy family, transmigrated together to the Ming Empire. One believed in building a strong nation through military power, while the other believed commerce could make the country prosper. They loved and battled each other, all for the sake of a wealthy people 151Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Late Ming: I Rebel and Crown Myself Prince of the North 明末：造反自封镇北王 You're lucky. When you transmigrate, you become an emperor or a crown prince. I transmigrated as the son of a notorious traitor. I had no choice! Fine, then I'll start a rebellion... History trembles beneath my feet... 1.6kReads6.8Score—14d adds
- 16 Ming Secrets: The Worthless Rule the Land 大明秘闻，刍狗当道 [Schemes and Intrigue] [Dark Power Struggles] [Imperial Palace Secrets] [The Shifting Nature of Humanity] [No System, Not Pure Wish Fulfillment] [No Idiots, No Dumbing Down] The Zhu Ming Dynasty was once the world's wealthiest, strongest, and most populous feudal dynasty, ruled by absolute imperial authority with power balanced to perfection. But the Zhu Ming Dynasty also bore every sign of an impending dynastic collapse: land seized into the hands of a few, the treasury in ruins, border threats 2.1kReads8.8Score18414d adds
- 17 The Sun and Moon Begin Anew: Chronicles of War Across the Nine Provinces 日月重开：九州烽烟录 An ordinary person like you or me transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty. The Ming empire is already on its last legs. The Jianzhou Jurchens in the northeast are marching straight toward Beijing, peasant armies are sweeping through the Central Plains, and drought, locusts, and plague repeatedly ravage the people. The Qingliu faction, nobles, Donglin scholars, eunuchs, salt merchants, Shanxi merchants, rebels, Jianzhou forces, river pirates, salt merchants, Mongols, and all kinds of other powers 1.5kReads8.1Score12614d adds
- 18 A Great Upheaval in the Ming Dynasty 明朝大换血 With a sword in hand, he can cover the world with clouds and turn the tides with a wave of his hand. The protagonist conquers the Tsar in the north, defeats Fusang in the east, takes the lands of the barbarians in the west, and sweeps through the islands in the south. Then he ventures into space and defeats the aliens, before pursuing the Heavenly Way and accomplishing an unprecedented feat. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Reborn as Zhu Qizhen, Ushering in a Golden Age for the Great Ming 重生朱祁镇，开启盛世大明 In the fourteenth year of Zhengtong, the Ming dynasty is at the height of its power. That same year, Emperor Zhu Qizhen, later known as the emperor who knocked on the enemy's gates, suffers a crushing defeat at Tumu Fortress. In just two short months, the defeat breaks the Ming dynasty's rising fortunes, and the empire begins its decline. Zhu Qizhen, who has transmigrated into this era, discovers that he is about to set out on campaign. He swears he will never become the emperor who knocks on th 75Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 20 The Bright-Eyed Tyrant 明枭 Yu Feng, a modern man, transmigrated to ancient times in his sleep. He found himself in the late Ming dynasty, a period of turmoil, and had become a penniless scholar in Shandong. How will he build a life for himself in the chaos that is about to come? How will he wield power over the realm by day and sleep in a beauty’s arms by night, becoming a force to be reckoned with in his age? Read on as the author tells you the story... 883Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 21 Red Alert at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末红警 Zhao Song transmigrates to the end of the Ming dynasty with a bulldozer. The bulldozer can build military camps from the 1960s and summon that era's troops and technology. As the areas he has subjected to land reform grow to a certain size, the military camps advance to later eras, eventually allowing him to summon cutting-edge weapons such as the Type 99A tank, J-20 fighter, Type 055 destroyer, Fujian aircraft carrier, DF-41 missile, drone swarms, and laser weapons. Just as he is brimming with —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Stealing the Heavens, Changing the Sun: They Stole Chinese Civilization 偷天换日：他们偷走了华夏文明 In 2050, the most secretive institution in Huaxia, the Huaxia Institute of Origins, combines cutting-edge technologies such as brain-computer interfaces, time compression, and energy-gathering matrices with the ancient Daoist cultivation technique, the Primordial Return to the Void Art. Together, they train three superpowered elites to form the Void Return Special Operations Team. Their primary mission is to travel back in time and find evidence. In the Ming dynasty, they search for traces sugge 225Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Great Ming's First Companion Reader 大明第一伴读 I am Liu Hanwen, the third grandson of Liu Bowen, the Earl of Sincerity of the Ming dynasty. In my previous life, I was a university student who had only just graduated when I spent two and a half years struggling through illness in a hospital bed. I thought that, reborn, I could use my scattered memories from my past life to live out this one in carefree style. But in my first month of life, Emperor Taizu of the Ming, Zhu Yuanzhang, appointed me as the future Crown Prince’s study companion. I f 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I'm a Corrupt Official Who Took Two Commoner Girls. What's the Problem? 我一个贪官抢两个民女有问题吗 [Ancient setting] [Transmigration] [Alternate world] [Comedy, schemer protagonist] This story starts a little slowly, but the protagonist is definitely no goody-goody! Xiao Chen transmigrates to the Dayu Dynasty and becomes a county magistrate from the start! He spends five years turning his county into a top-tier city, hoping to rule like a local emperor in a remote region. But the emperor discovers that Xiao Chen's county has more silver than the imperial treasury. He wants Xiao Chen to hand o 123Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 25 The Thirteenth Year of the Great Ming 大明十三年 A lowly security guard accidentally transmigrates to the second year of the Chongzhen reign. The moment he arrives, he faces the prospect of starving to death and being devoured by starving refugees. Fortunately, I’m a security guard who studied history. A lesson in the importance of systematic bluffing: after predicting the Manchu invaders’ moves, he is introduced to Chongzhen by Wang Cheng’en. The emperor’s temper is impossible to read, so he saves his life with the line, “I laugh with my swor 44Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 26 Moonlight Over the Vermilion Tower 朱楼月明 In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming dynasty, Li Zicheng advances on Beijing while the Qing armies beyond the frontier watch like hawks. The realm is shattered, rebellions rage, and the Ming dynasty stands on the brink of collapse. Faced with this crisis, Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian, finally decides to move the court south. A grand historical epic is about to unfold. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Chongzhen: The Ming Dynasty Will Set the World Order 崇祯：世界秩序大明来定 [No System, no harem, meticulous historical research, hard-core technical details, solo transmigration to the late Ming dynasty.] After transmigrating into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, the fate awaiting him is no longer death on Coal Hill. Instead, he will forge a new realm from steel and smokeless gunpowder. The Westerners’ mighty ships and cannons? Against breech-loading guns with a range of ten li, capable of piercing armor and shattering ships, they are nothing but rotten wood waiting 3.7kReads7.9Score26314d adds
- 28 Shining Across the Globe: The Imperial Legend of Zhu Youxiao 明耀全球：朱由校的帝国传奇 “I am the Son of Heaven. It is only right that I lay the unshakable foundations of the Ming for all eternity!” Zhu Youxiao stood in the great hall of the Forbidden City, his gaze steadfast and profound. The Ming dynasty, an empire on which the sun would never set, was rising. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 My Uncle Is Zhu Chongba 家叔朱重八 [Setting the history section straight] + [Top-tier historical prose] + [All original] + [Political intrigue + no System + the most authentic historical fiction...] My name is Zhu Wenzheng, Zhu Yuanzhang’s nephew and Zhu Biao’s eldest brother. I am the great Ming’s God of War, who held Hongdu against Chen Youliang’s six hundred thousand troops, and the dynasty’s greatest hero since its founding... By all rights, I should have become a peerless prince of the Ming. But history played a cruel joke o 1.4kReads8.7Score10214d adds
- 30 Great Ming: I, Zhu Qiyu, Am No Stand-In Emperor! 大明：我朱祁钰不是代班皇帝！ [No System] + [No Harem] + [No Extremes] + [No Dumbing Down] + [Farming] + [Tumu Crisis from the start] The crown prince's death was suspicious, and the coup that put him on the throne went all too smoothly. In the end, it went so smoothly that his good-for-nothing elder brother, Zhu Qizhen, who did nothing but call for the gates to be opened, the so-called War God of the Ming, seized the throne and restored his rule. Such an absurd turn of events is one of a kind in all of history. Kindness is 66Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 31 Awakening on Coal Hill: Zhu Yuanzhang's Soul Transmigrates into Chongzhen 煤山觉醒：朱元璋魂穿崇祯 Beneath the crooked-neck tree on Coal Hill, the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself. The next second, the man who opened his eyes on the dragon throne was the iron-fisted king who had risen from a beggar in Haozhou to become the Hongwu Emperor! The rebel army was at the gates, the court was full of spineless lackeys, the warlords sat on their armies and watched, and the Manchus eyed Liaodong hungrily. Zhu Yuanzhang sneered. “I’ve spent my whole life fighting wars. Should I be afraid of this bunch o 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Transmigrating to the Late Ming: A Campaign of Conquest 穿越之明末征途 When Fu Xing, a special-forces soldier, suddenly arrives in the final years of the Chongzhen reign, the beleaguered Ming dynasty is already burdened by deep-rooted problems, and the tragedy of dynastic collapse is about to unfold once more. The story opens against the grand backdrop of shifting global hegemony. Built on a grounded, realistic transmigration premise, it rejects extravagant fantasy in favor of a pragmatic, rigorous path of technological development. He has no intention of taking th 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Chongzhen Has Three Days Left Before He Hangs Himself, and All I Can Do Is Read People 崇祯还有三天上吊，而我只会看人 He spent eight years tightening screws on an assembly line, then dropped dead at his station. When he opened his eyes again, a gazette lay spread across the table, dated the sixteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. Three days later, Li Zicheng would breach Beijing. Seven days later, the Chongzhen Emperor would hang himself on Coal Hill. And his new identity was Zheng Sen, Zheng Zhilong’s son, a Fujianese provincial graduate in the capital to sit the metropolitan exa 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Great Ming: From the Start, I Led the Whole Village Through a Famine 大明：开局灾荒我带全村荒年求生 During the Chongzhen era, years of drought left the land strewn with the dead. Lu Yuan, a modern young man who transmigrated into the body of a poor peasant, finds himself from the start in a desperate situation with no way out: tax collectors are squeezing him for money, bandits are on their way, and his only younger sister is about to be sold for food! No System, no pocket dimension. All he has are basic modern knowledge and foresight into the course of history. Facing greedy petty officials a 10Reads—Score12914d adds
- 35 The English Prince and the Ming Empire: A History of Colonial Expansion 英皇子与明帝国：殖民开拓史 [Global colonization + changing history] [Political intrigue] [Passionate] [Struggle for supremacy] [Blood and iron] [No System] A modern man with a background in science and engineering transmigrates and opens his eyes to find himself a British prince, in control of two major colonial estates in North America, yet his heart aches for the declining Ming Dynasty! In the waning years of the Wanli Emperor's reign, factional strife plagues the court, the Later Jin watches from the shadows, and Japan 41Reads—Score214d adds
- 36 I Transmigrated to the Northern and Southern Dynasties as the Deposed Emperor Gao Yin 穿越南北朝我是废帝高殷 He transmigrated on the eve of the Qianming coup and became Gao Yin, the deposed emperor of Northern Qi. The two princes were sharpening their knives, while Lou Zhaojun secretly backed him. The genius Yang Yin even showed up with his whole crew. With danger closing in from every side, he must fight with all his might to win a slim chance of survival. 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Save the Great Ming: It All Starts with Printing One Hundred Thousand Copies of the Sunflower Manual 救大明：从印十万份葵花宝典开始 [Sunflower Manual] + [100,000 Adopted Sons] + [100,000 Years of Cultivation] Using 100,000 eunuchs as pawns, he trains 100,000 Dongfang Bubais, rebuilds the Ming dynasty, and points his sword at the whole world! 1.2kReads6.0Score—14d adds
- 38 Return to the Ming 回明 [No System] + [Transmigration] + [Late Ming] + [Founding a Nation Overseas] In the fourteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the situation at Songshan grows increasingly dire, and Hong Chengchou is ready to surrender. Suddenly, a modern special forces unit appears in the heart of Liaodong. When modern weapons appear on a battlefield of cold weapons, surrounded by countless armored soldiers, do you fight or surrender? Return to the Ming, build from nothing, become stranded in a foreign land, and cr 195Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Chongzhen Is Reborn, and I've Become Li Zicheng? 崇祯重生，朕成了李自成？ [No System] [Wits and Courage] [Not Mindless] [Revenge] [Villains with Brains] [Restore the Ming, Defeat the Qing] I am the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian! I hanged myself at Coal Hill, all hope lost. When I opened my eyes again, I had become Li Zicheng?! The throne is the same, but the realm is no longer the one I knew. In my previous life, I worked tirelessly day and night, yet ended up betrayed by everyone, with my country destroyed and my family dead. In this life, my soul inhabits a rebel. 26Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 40 The Ming Dynasty's Tusi King 大明土司王 [Native Chieftains] + [No System] + [Native and Appointed Officials] [Solving Cases] + [Farming] In the fifth year of Zhengtong, Qin Zhongkai received his appointment from Heaven and took office as a judicial commissioner, adjudicating cases and upholding the law. In Yunnan Provincial Administration Commission, the native chieftains ruled like local emperors. As an appointed official, Qin Zhongkai had neither power nor influence and was constantly bullied by the powerful local officials. His fat 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 A Common Man in the Great Ming 大明匹夫 An indecisive, self-important emperor? Courtiers with their own agendas, hell-bent on bringing about their own ruin; Common folk starving and suffering in dire straits! Are they bandits or rebels? Heroes or do-gooders? He flew into a rage for the sake of a beauty, only to find it no match for fame and fortune. The country fell and the ruler died, leaving the great principles of history buried. He struck back only to give the weary Han people a place to rest. His love for family and country was a 2Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 42 Chronicles of the Great Ming 皇明风云录 The turbulent late Ming dynasty faces threats from every side: the Jianzhou Jurchens rise in Liaodong, while rebellion ravages the heartland. How can the crisis be turned around and China saved from the brink of collapse? Watch the brave sons of Han mount their horses and charge into battle! 1Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 43 Clear and Bright 澈明 Transported into the late Ming dynasty, with hellish circumstances from the start. No System, no harem, just the soul of a modern wage slave and a profound unwillingness to accept the dynasty’s doomed ending. Keeping a low profile among the common folk, biding my time in the ranks, and advancing one careful step at a time. With the knowledge I’ve gained across four centuries, I will raise a new sun that never sets over a fallen China! 3Reads—Score—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 The Ming Dynasty Beneath the Sun and Moon 大明之日月之下 In an age of chaos, the world is a furnace that burns away the dross and tempers what remains into steel. On the twelfth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, five shooting stars fell into the Forbidden City. That night, the emperor in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the crown prince in the Palace of Gathered Elegance, the princess in the Palace of Longevity and Peace, Prince Ding in the Palace of Earthly Tranquility, and a hundred-household commander of the Embroidered Uni 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Biography of Wang Rende 王仁德传记 This is the story of a great minister’s rise, from a low-ranking officer to a renowned statesman. It is also the story of a passionate young man who devotes himself to serving the court and struggles to turn the tide, yet ultimately cannot save the day. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Great Ming: My Brother Is Zhu Houzhao 大明之我哥是朱厚照 If Zhu Houwei, the second son of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, had not died, would Emperor Xiaozong still have favored Zhu Youjiao above all others when choosing an heir? For the sake of the Ming dynasty’s eternal prosperity, Zhu Houwei decides to take the throne himself and become the Zhengde Emperor. Because of Zhu Houwei, Ming history takes a completely different path. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Ming Dynasty's Destiny: Hongwu's Legacy 大明国运之洪武遗策 As a descendant of Zhu Sheng, I transmigrated into the first year of the Chongzhen era. Before me lay famine-stricken northern Shaanxi. Behind me stood an empire on the verge of collapse. Zhu Qiming had bound the Kindling System and gained access to a technological tree far ahead of its time. But the System gave a chilling warning: every exchange would bring a backlash. I rescued Lu Xiangsheng, and a plague of rats broke out in Xuanfu. I built a steam engine, and the craftsmen were blown to piec 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Asura King of the Ming Dynasty 大明修罗王 In the late Ming, the land of China is strewn with corpses and rivers run red with blood. The once-mighty Ming Empire is on the brink of collapse. An ancient people is about to shed its splendid robes beneath the blades of foreign horsemen, its hair unbound from its high topknots... At this moment of life and death, Yan Zhen, a reconnaissance soldier from a later age, accidentally transmigrates into the body of a descendant of a Ming military household. From then on, he secures the northern fron —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 After Becoming Grand Secretary, I Revealed That I Am Zhu Xiongying 当上首辅后，摊牌了我是朱雄英 I am Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Yuanzhang’s eldest grandson and the most qualified heir to the throne of the Ming Dynasty. Eight years ago, I survived when I was supposed to die. The price was that I had to become the most powerful minister in the Ming court to earn a hundred years of life in the future. So... I sat the imperial exams and passed as the top candidate, then served as an official in constant fear under Zhu Yuanzhang’s watchful eye. I will expand the Ming Empire’s borders, restore the natio 114Reads6.5Score—14d adds
