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- 101 Emperor Yongle Is My Brother-in-Law! Let’s Play It Safe! 永乐大帝我姐夫！苟苟苟出发咯！ Authors interested in adapting this novel can search for "My Brother-in-Law, Emperor Yongle" to apply. All authors are welcome to adapt it! By a stroke of luck, I transmigrated and became Xu Huizu, eldest son of Xu Da, Duke of Wei of the Ming dynasty. What? My brother-in-law is the future Emperor Yongle, Zhu Di? Then all I have to do is keep my head down, right? And so... During the Hongwu reign, I kept an extremely low profile! During the Yongle reign, my brother-in-law was Zhu Di! During the H 5.9kReads8.1Score339Shelves
- 102 Chongzhen: I Bloodbath the Donglin Party from the Start 崇祯：开局血洗东林党 A special forces soldier transmigrates into Chongzhen. He hasn’t even warmed the dragon throne before petitions demanding donations pile up like a mountain. The treasury is so empty even rats have run off, the soldiers guarding the nine frontiers are starved to skin and bone, and the whole Donglin faction knows only how to kowtow and plead poverty. Looking at these “loyal ministers,” all fat and soft, Lu Feng laughs. He draws the emperor’s sword. “Fine, if none of you have money, then I’ll start 16Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 103 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末逐鹿 Reborn in the final years of the Ming dynasty, he takes the imperial exams, enters government service, quells the Prince of Yan’s rebellion, wipes out the Jurchens, and rises step by step to contend for the realm. 1.4kReads8.5Score112Shelves
- 104 The Rise of Tibet 吐蕃崛起 What if Tubo had attacked Tianzhu first? What if Tubo had become a feudal state? What if Tubo had held off attacks from the Arabs, the Tang, and the Uyghurs on three fronts? Duojie, a modern man, falls from his horse while riding. When he comes to, he discovers he has transmigrated into the body of Chide Zuzan, the Tubo king. As a man from the modern age, how will he lead the Snowy Plateau into the future? 960Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 105 In the Great Ming, I Conquer the Nine Frontiers 人在大明，横推九边 [Rousing Action] [Political Intrigue] [Conquest] [Ensemble Cast] (The rating just came out and will rise later.) In the Tianqi era of the Ming Dynasty, the empire was beset by internal strife and external threats... Wang Ma transmigrated to this world and rose from a humiliated concubine-born son of a military officer to an unmatched God of War who struck fear into the Nine Frontiers. At the bloody Battle of Hun River, he fought alongside Qin Liangyu and dealt a crushing blow to Huang Taiji, Nur 32.4kReads8.2Score3.4kShelves
- 106 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
- 107 While Chongzhen Hangs from a Tree, I Head South and Restore the Ming with My Roommates 崇祯挂树我南渡，带室友重振大明 [No System + multiple transmigrations + slow burn + drive out the northern barbarians + colonize the world] (This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel or pseudo-history. If you want wish fulfillment, look elsewhere. And to those who push pseudo-history, please use your brains and stop believing marketing accounts.) The sun and moon never lose their proper course, so though they may be obscured, they shine again! In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng captured Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emper 129Reads—Score104Shelves
- 108 Zhu Yuanzhang: Sun and Moon Shine Over the Land 朱元璋：日月照山河 The sun and moon retain their nature, so though they are obscured, they shine again. The Yangtze and Han rivers retain their source, so though they run dry, they flow again. The Sun and Moon Shine on the Rivers and Mountains: an epic that captures Zhu Yuanzhang and the Ming dynasty In Chinese history, only one person ever unified the realm from south to north: Zhu Yuanzhang. No one had done it before him. Under the banner of “Drive out the barbarians and restore China,” he drove the Mongols back 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 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
- 110 Chongzhen, Is My Dragon Throne Comfortable? 崇祯，朕的龙椅坐着舒服吗？ (No cheap melodrama, no brainless characters, no System, no invincible protagonist, and not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. Qing loyalists and those who may be offended, proceed with caution.) On the twenty-fourth day of the eighth month of the seventh year of Tianqi, Chongzhen sat high upon the dragon throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, receiving the court officials’ homage as he prepared to ascend the throne. A thunderclap jolted the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao awake in his coffin. Look 8Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 111 Great Ming: I'm Chang Yuchun's Younger Brother, and I Rewrite Ming History 大明：我常遇春亲弟弟，改写明史 What’s it like to transmigrate as Chang Yuchun’s younger brother? Chang Yulin says: The pressure is immense! Other people transmigrate and get a System from the start, with divine weapons dropping from the sky. He transmigrated at fifteen, malnourished, and ended up following his brother into banditry! Year 1355, beneath the walls of Hezhou. Liu Ju wanted to take them to raid Zhu Yuanzhang's army. Chang Yulin grabbed his brother, who was about to attack. “Brother! We can't raid them! That man w 9.2kReads8.6Score706Shelves
- 112 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
- 113 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
- 114 Reviving Great Ming, Starting from Childhood 中兴大明，从娃娃开始 [Ming dynasty + no System + reform + political scheming + struggle for supremacy] Zhu Yijun, a descendant of Ming founder Zhu Yuanzhang and a teacher sent to the borderlands, transmigrates back to the Longqing era after an accident and takes over the body of the future Wanli Emperor, Zhu Yijun. Though his body is only nine years old, it houses the soul of an adult. And he arrives on the eve of Zhang Juzheng's sweeping reforms. See how Zhu Yijun takes on powerful ministers, purges corrupt eunuchs 1.4kReads8.1Score101Shelves
- 115 The Ming Dynasty's Number One Madman, Zhu Yu Is at His Wits' End 大明第一癫公，老朱人麻了 Li Shen transmigrates to the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, inhabiting the body of a candidate sitting the imperial examination. Thinking of the events about to unfold over the next few years, including the Blue Jade case, Zhu Yunwen's accession to the throne, and Zhu Laosi's Jingnan campaign, Li Shen feels a chill run down his spine. Just then, he binds to the Death Remonstration System. As long as he keeps submitting remonstrances, he can earn all kinds of rewards. If Zhu Yuanzhang kills him, 247Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 116 Great Ming: Transmigrating to the End of the Ming Dynasty to Revive the Empire 大明，穿越明末，中兴大明 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Transmigrating to the Great Ming to Become an Emperor Who Runs a Business 穿越大明当个老板皇帝 In the ninth month of the forty-eighth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty welcomed an emperor who ran the country like a business: Zhu Youxiao. (This book has no internet conspiracy theories.) But this boss had a bit of a temper. As soon as he transmigrated, Li Xuanshi tried to stop him from meeting his ministers? He personally smashed a eunuch to death, walked out of the Qianqing Palace, and put an end to the Palace Transfer Case. He didn’t know how to be an emperor on his first day on the throne? 20.9kReads8.4Score2kShelves
- 118 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
- 119 Great Ming: I'm in the Hongwu Era, and I'm Wild as Hell 大明：身在洪武，我狂的一批 The man standing before you is Empress Ma's godson, Zhu Biao's good friend, the beloved son-in-law of Lan Yu and others, Zhu Xiongying's mentor, and Old Zhu's lifelong nemesis. The twelfth year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty. Back then, the sky was blue, the clouds were white, and the air was still sweet. Fang Jingzhi came staggering from the Qinhuai River, leaning against the wall, intent on hearing all the juicy gossip about Lan Yu and Old Zhu. But he never imagined that the Old Zhu f 1.3kReads8.4Score—Shelves
- 120 I Am the Way of Heaven: The Great Ming Sun-and-Moon Banner Shall Fly Across the World 朕即天道：大明日月旗，插遍寰宇 The blood-red setting sun shines over the land, and three centuries of humiliation are carved into our bones! Unwilling to let China sink into ruin, the will of Heaven tears through time at the empire’s final hour, possessing the drowning, dying Tianqi Emperor, Zhu Youxiao! Inside the court, the powerful eunuch Wei Zhongxian holds sway. Outside, the Later Jin cavalry watches like a tiger waiting to pounce! Factional strife among the Donglin scholars drains the empire’s strength, while corrupt Sh 408Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 The Great Ming Sage Emperor 大明圣皇 After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, he lies low for two years, then launches his late-Ming career with a major case. On land, he is invincible. He builds a Ming navy and drives off armed merchant ships, becoming unstoppable at sea. This is my Ming Dynasty, and I am its Holy Emperor. 168Reads8.1Score139Shelves
- 122 In the Great Ming, Starting with Tofu 人在大明，从做豆腐开始 Wu Zishan, a medical master's graduate, transmigrated to the early Ming dynasty. At first, he only wanted to earn a few taels of silver to improve his life and, while he was at it, marry a beautiful wife. But a beauty pursued him with tearful pleas, and through a twist of fate he entered government service. He was promoted every few days and somehow became a major figure who stirred up the political landscape and changed history... 1.6kReads7.9Score123Shelves
- 123 My Phone Connects to the Great Ming, From the Start Leaving Zhu Yuanzhang Stunned 手机连大明，开局吓懵朱元璋 “I am the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. Who are you?” A strange old man suddenly popped up on Zhao Fan's phone! After some back and forth, Zhao Fan realized the old man wasn't a con artist. He was the real Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang! When Zhu Yuanzhang learned that Zhu Biao had died, Empress Ma had met a tragic end, Empress Dowager Sun was meddling in government, and Ming's God of War Zhu Qizhen had appeared... he was utterly dumbfounded! And so, Zhao Fan arrived in the Ming dynasty with countless 64Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 124 Fourth Uncle, Are You Going to Pacify the Rebellion in Feng Tian Too? 四叔，你也要奉天靖难？ In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, the Eastern Palace falls into disarray, and the position of Crown Prince remains undecided. Zhu Yuntong, the legitimate grandson of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, watches helplessly as his grandfather favors the refined and gentle Zhu Yunwen. He knows that, as a “hardheaded sort,” he has no chance of becoming heir. Rather than let himself be manipulated at court in Nanjing, he decides to request a fief in distant, remote Little Ryukyu. Claiming that he “wishes to d 136Reads—Score104Shelves
- 125 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
- 126 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
- 127 The Invincible Soldier King of the Late Ming Saves the Empire 明末无敌兵王挽天倾 A modern strategic forces veteran codenamed “Dragon King” transmigrates into the body of the most formidable commander in the Ming dynasty, Xiong Tingbi’s own son! It is the first year of the Tianqi reign. Liaodong is in ruins, the court is riven by infighting, and the empire teeters on the brink of collapse. Other transmigrators get a hellish start, but I’m at my peak from the start! With command of Liaodong’s strongest army and military knowledge from centuries in the future, I’ll use flintloc 2Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 128 The Ming Dynasty: A Picturesque Realm 大明之江山如画 Flying-fish robes, embroidered-spring sabers. Those who betray the country: kill! Those who embezzle and take bribes: kill! Those who disrupt the court: kill! Those who form factions for personal gain: kill! The splendor of a flourishing age is like willow fluff drifting in the wind. Currents churn beneath the court, treacherous officials lie in wait, and threats loom at the borders. Clad in a flying-fish robe and armed with an embroidered-spring saber, Xue Zhenyue serves as a Jinyiwei guard, w 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Great Ming: I Am Xu Da's Fifteenth-Generation Descendant 大明：我是徐达的十五世孙 Xu Tianjue’s soul returns to the Ming dynasty, where he becomes the legitimate son of the Duke of Wei’s household and the fifteenth-generation descendant of Xu Da, Prince of Zhongshan. Faced with a dynasty beset by troubles at home and abroad, he wields the power accumulated by the Xu family over a century and vows to rewrite the fate of the Ming. At court, his family background lets him crush petty schemers; on the battlefield, he leads the Ming army to victory in every direction. This time, th 113Reads7.5Score125Shelves
- 130 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 696Reads9.0Score100Shelves
- 131 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 7.9kReads7.0Score501Shelves
- 132 Great Ming: Your Highness, Please Ascend the Throne 大明：殿下请登基 [No System, not a wish-fulfillment story] Zhu Qiyu's soul transmigrates into the Ming dynasty, where he becomes the Jingtai Emperor, a man with the same name. Facing the Tumu Crisis, Zhu Qiyu says: “This is hilarious. As long as I don't ascend the throne, the Oirat exchange student will never make it back.” 305Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 133 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
- 134 The Iron Cavalry of Liaodong 辽东铁骑 In the winter of 1580, when Nurhaci scattered his grandfather’s ashes into the Hun River with his own hands, Li Chengliang was at a training ground a hundred miles away, shooting a rebel general through the throat with a single arrow. The frigid land of Liaodong had always believed in one law: the strong prey on the weak. Li Chengliang, a descendant of a military family who had yet to make his mark even as he approached forty, finally saw his fortunes turn while his wife and children went hungry 410Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 135 Great Ming: Bandit General, Sage of War, Great Rebel 大明，山贼大将军，兵圣大反贼 [No mindless characters, no pure power fantasy] [The dark side of human nature in the halls of power] [The truth behind the Ming emperors' frequent untimely deaths] [Monsters and demons at the end of a dynasty] [Cunning] [Scheming for the realm] The Ming Dynasty is incredibly unlucky: internal strife, foreign threats, natural disasters, man-made calamities, fiscal collapse, factional infighting... every condition for a dynasty's fall has come together. In the first year of the Taichang reign, a 2.5kReads8.4Score194Shelves
- 136 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
- 137 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 1.7kReads8.0Score134Shelves
- 138 The Last Loyal Minister of Chongzhen's Ming Dynasty 大明崇祯最后的忠臣 [Late Ming Dynasty + transmigrate + no System + passionate + lighthearted comedy] In the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the empire is on the brink of collapse. Though I, Li Shi, hold a lowly position, that does nothing to diminish my wholehearted devotion to my country. I still love Emperor Chongzhen, even though many people say he is arrogant and self-willed, suspicious and distrustful, hot-tempered, and cold-hearted... But this very “foolish ruler” you all talk about made me, Li Shi, G 5.9kReads8.9Score304Shelves
- 139 Great Ming: The Prince of Yan's Eldest Grandson Teaches Zhu Di to Rebel from the Start 大明：燕王长孙，开局教朱棣起兵 In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yunwen ascends the throne and launches a sweeping campaign to strip the princes of their power. Zhu Zhanhe transmigrates to the Prince of Yan's residence, becoming Zhu Di's eight-year-old eldest grandson. His father, Zhu Gaoxu, and his two brothers are under house arrest in the capital. His grandfather, Zhu Di, pretends to be insane to keep himself alive, while the beloved grandson Zhu Zhanji is about to be born. At this very moment, Zhu Zhanhe decides to 11Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 140 Great Ming: The Ancestor Emerges and Is Named the Pillar King! 大明：老祖宗出山，被封靠山王！ Zhu Min’s soul traveled back to the early Ming dynasty, where he became a small landowner. One day, a middle-aged man showed up, called him uncle, and invited him to serve in the imperial court. Become an official? Serving under Old Zhu has to be a joke. No way. If I’m going to serve anyone, I’d rather become a duke under Zhu Di. What? This middle-aged man is Zhu Yuanzhang? I’m Old Zhu’s uncle? The highest-ranking member of the imperial clan? Even though Zhu Min doesn’t know who he really is, he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 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 2.7kReads8.0Score100Shelves
- 142 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 12.9kReads8.7Score760Shelves
- 143 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
- 144 Reborn as the Chongzhen Emperor 重生之我是崇祯帝 A modern man transmigrates into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor. On his first day at court, Censor Mao Yujian suggests abolishing the courier stations. Hmm, not bad. It would save money. That night, the emperor suddenly realizes that if they abolish the courier stations, Li Zicheng will be out of a job! What a stupid suggestion from that worthless censor. Wang Cheng'en, hurry and retrieve the imperial order to abolish the courier stations!!! 604Reads8.1Score102Shelves
- 145 Rebelling Alongside Zhu Yuanzhang, We’ll Share the Dragon Throne 和朱元璋造反，我与他同坐龙椅 [A turbulent age, a charming troublemaker, no System, the apple of Old Zhu's eye, a regent of the Hongwu era] After transmigrating to the end of the Yuan dynasty, he became Zhu Yuanzhang's younger brother and buried their parents from the start. “Little brother, you go beg for food. I'll become a monk. If we don't have enough to eat, I'll save my share for you!” Just as the Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Chongba, was about to hand him a broken bowl, Zhu Yuan smashed it and decided that this time he would l 1.9kReads8.8Score115Shelves
- 146 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. 531Reads9.2Score102Shelves
- 147 Reborn as the Yongli Emperor at the End of the Ming, I'm Back Again 重生明末永历帝，朕又回来了 Only after dying once do you learn who would die for you, and who wants you dead. Only after being reborn do you understand that being emperor isn't about sitting on the dragon throne. It's about bearing the weight of an empire. On the first day of my reign, I issued these orders: Open the maritime trade ban and exchange with the red-haired barbarians for firearms. Put an end to empty talk. Add practical firearms examinations to the imperial civil service exams. Secretly order Li Dingguo to head 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 EN Reborn as Zhu Yunwen: Forging a Mighty Ming 大明：我重生成了朱允炆 In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang passed away. Zhu Yunwen, the imperial grandson with a soul from a later age, ascended the throne! “Since I've become the Son of Heaven of the Great Ming, then... sorry, Zhu Di, you'll just have to be a capable minister who brings peace to the realm!” “Let's set up a cabinet, build a military academy, open a state-owned bank, develop the commercial tax system, and make nine years of compulsory education universal...” “Send Zheng He to S 42Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 149 Great Ming: Yongle Begs Me to Become Emperor 大明：永乐求我称帝 [Satisfying revenge] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [Family bonds] After transmigrating, he becomes Zhu Zhanji, the Ming Dynasty's Crown Prince's eldest grandson. He reforms state policy, annexes Mongolia, turns vassal states into Ming horse ranches, and sails the seas to rake in silver. The nations all suffer under Zhu Zhanji, while the Ming grows ever stronger! Then, one year, Zhu Zhanji takes five thousand soldiers out to sea. In just one month, he conquers nine nations. The territory of the Min 296Reads7.4Score103Shelves
- 150 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
