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- 151 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 113Reads7.5Score12514d adds
- 152 Great Ming: I Help Brother Zhu Zhanji Ascend from the Start 大明：开局送瞻基皇兄升天 I am Zhu Zhanshan, the greatest royal uncle in the Ming dynasty. I lived through seven reigns, served as regent twice, missed out on the throne three times, and am the younger brother of that pathetic emperor, Zhu Zhanji. Did China’s decline begin with Zhu Zhanji, a supposedly great Ming emperor? Then I’ll start by taking his throne. Isolation from the world, falling behind the rest of the globe? Then I’ll send fleets west again and colonize the world. Japanese pirates harassing us for three hun 899Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 153 Transmigrate to the Ming Dynasty as Emperor Taizong Wen 穿越大明之大明太宗文皇帝 In the twenty-fifth year of the Hongwu era, Crown Prince Zhu Biao died in Yingtian. The succession was left unsettled, shaking the court and the country. Reborn as Zhu Yunton, the legitimate second son of Zhu Biao of the Ming dynasty, he has no System, no golden finger, and no tiresome romantic entanglements. He has no interest in romance. He’s fighting for the slimmest chance of survival. He promotes farming and builds up grain reserves in the fields, easing the people’s hardships and securing 1.8kReads8.8Score11114d adds
- 154 Reborn in the Great Ming, with My Eldest Brother Dead from the Start 魂穿大明，开局大哥陨落 An accident sends his soul back a hundred years. After another mishap, he becomes Mu Sheng, the son of Mu Ying. To everyone else, Zhu Yuanzhang is a ruthless, cold-blooded emperor. But in Mu Sheng's eyes, this supreme ruler has a tenderness and vulnerability that history never recorded. He saves the emperor's eldest grandson, Zhu Xiongying, protects Empress Ma, and turns the tide as a young man, earning a title of nobility in a single battle! From then on, the course of Ming history is utterly 699Reads—Score10414d adds
- 155 1772: My Father Is the Grand Commander of Lanfang 1772：我爹是兰芳大统领 Luo Zhenjun had just returned home after leaving the army when he transmigrated to Borneo in 1772, during the reign of the Qing Emperor Qianlong. He didn’t return to his homeland, though. Instead, he traveled there with his people. What? My dad is the future president of the Lanfang Republic? Damn it! In that case, I’ll have to take down Qianlong! [Anti-Qing, Not Pro-Ming] [Power Fantasy] [Farming] [Slow Burn] [No System, Slow-Burn Story] 1Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 156 The Convict Official 罪吏 Lu Heng transmigrates. When he wakes up, he is merely an inconspicuous accounts clerk in the county office of Qingshan County, Great Qian. In seven days, the inspection team will arrive. He soon discovers that more than ten thousand shi of government grain are missing from the county's Ever-Normal Granary, and most of the fake account books used to cover up the loss were written by "him." The county magistrate wants him to confess, the deputy magistrate wants him to keep quiet, and everyone thin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 The Liu Song Dynasty in Turmoil 刘宋风云 After graduating at the top of his history class, he takes a job at an archaeological research institute. While cataloguing artifacts, he comes into contact with a silver ring and unexpectedly transmigrates to the end of the Eastern Jin dynasty. He discovers that he is Liu Yu’s third son, the founding emperor of the Southern Song, and the third emperor of the Liu Song dynasty. In this age of chaos between north and south, when heroes abound, knowing how history unfolds means seizing the initiati 3.1kReads6.8Score23114d adds
- 158 Who Taught You to Be Such a Spoiled Brat? 谁教你这么当纨绔的？ [Power-struggle power fantasy + play the pig to eat the tiger + wits and schemes] [He was supposed to be a carefree wastrel, so how did he end up ruling the court?] Qin Ping transmigrated to the Great Wei dynasty and became the only heir of the Duke of Chen’s household for three generations. His grandfather was a pillar of the state who had served under three emperors and saved the life of Emperor Wei. His father was a great general who guarded the north, but died unexpectedly on the battlefield 733Reads—Score10614d adds
- 159 A Nameless Death in the Ming Dynasty 明卒无名 In the third year of Chongzhen, a severe drought struck Shaanxi, and not a single grain was harvested. The government hounded the people for taxes like a tiger, while refugees were driven away like livestock. When Shen woke up, a knife was already at his throat. He was a transmigrator, and one of thirty-seven people waiting to die. With a single sentence, he escaped the blade and led the others into an abandoned village. No food? They would grow their own. No iron? They would smelt it themselves 67Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 160 Old Wei: Can You Still Shoulder the Blame? 老魏：这锅你还背的动吗？ You all want me dead? Then no one gets to live! I wield the eunuch faction as my blade and reform the Ming Dynasty. The eunuch faction holds sway across the court, while the Donglin Party has been beaten down to just a handful of stragglers. A god-tier start from the start. Doesn’t that mean I get the final say in court? Lift the maritime ban, reform commercial taxes, strip the nobles of their privileges, seize control of the military, redistribute land, clean up the bureaucracy, develop industr 355Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 In the Ming Dynasty, We Dug Up a Living Ancestor 大明咱挖出了个活祖宗 At the end of the Yuan dynasty, with the army short on funds, Zhu Yuanzhang sends Chang Yuchun tomb raiding and unearths a mighty Tang dynasty general who has slept for a thousand years. Clad in bright armor and wielding a long saber, the man is unmatched in battle, with no famous general able to defeat him. When he first wakes, he's simple and bewildered. Old Zhu wins him over with a bowl of meat, and he willingly charges into battle, taking on every tough fight. After the Ming dynasty is found 12Reads—Score114d adds
- 162 Great Ming: In Hongwu’s Reign, I’ll Be True to My Country and My Love 大明：人在洪武，不负家国不负卿 [Great Ming] [Transmigration] [One Heroine] [Humorous] [Passionate] [A Loving Father and Devoted Son, Brothers Who Treat Each Other with Respect] In the second year of Hongwu, a little hellion no one dared control appeared in the imperial palace at Yingtian: Zhu Su, the Hongwu Emperor's fifth son, just nine years old. He climbed trees to raid birds' nests, tormented eunuchs, drove Empress Ma to distraction, and kept Zhu Yuanzhang running in circles. He was always bouncing around, and everyone in 601Reads—Score13214d adds
- 163 Sentenced to Military Exile, I Use My Wits to Forge a Peaceful Age 充军死囚，靠脑子杀出个太平盛世 [A Scheming Tale with a System] After transmigrating into the eldest legitimate son of a disgraced crown prince, Cheng Zhao sees a female emperor usurp the throne and his father deposed. He is sentenced to death, exiled three thousand li, and sent to a death-row camp on the northern frontier to die. With his life hanging in the balance, the System activates. Dynamic visual tracking and ballistic weak-point targeting mean even a pebble can pierce a skull from a hundred paces. But as chaos descend 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Great Tang: I Saved the Crown Prince from the Brink of Death from the Start 大唐：开局救活病危太子 Crown Prince Li Chengqian is critically ill with smallpox. In a fury, Li Shimin orders: “If he isn’t cured within three days, the entire Imperial Medical Bureau will be exiled to Lingnan!” Who could have guessed that the only person brave enough to step forward wouldn’t be a physician, but Shen Mu, a menial worker who sorts medicinal herbs, with the Medical World System bound to his mind! Modern medicines, vaccines, and medical equipment are all available for exchange. Treating patients earns po 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Three Kingdoms: From the Start as a Yellow Turban, Zhang Jue Wants Me to Succeed Him! 三国：黄巾开局，张角求我继位！ (No System + Conquest + Decisive and Ruthless + Romance of the Three Kingdoms + Harem + Power Fantasy + No Stress!) I transmigrate to the end of the Han dynasty, and the imperial court is coming to suppress the rebels. That's great news! What? I'm the rebel! What do you mean I just transmigrated and already have to take part in the Battle of Julu? What? I'm fighting Guan Yu? No worries! I'll trick him! The Han dynasty is crumbling, the warlords are rising, the imperial court sees me as a traitor 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Zhang Jiuling, Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty 大唐宰相张九龄 I was born in Lingnan. My mother said that on the night I was born, the moon rolled right into her belly. As a boy, I stole lychees and disturbed hornets' nests with my two childhood friends. We fought for our friends, and by the Qujiang River I met a girl gathering herbs, whose eyes shone brighter than the moon. Later, I traveled north to Chang’an. From being a “southern barbarian” at the Imperial Academy, I rose to become a chancellor at the height of the Kaiyuan era. I saw the dagger hidden i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Hidden Dragon of Great Qin 大秦潜龙 [History] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Court Intrigue] + [War] His mother was a weaver from a fallen kingdom, and he had no powerful family to rely on. As a child, he had to tread carefully amid the undercurrents of the imperial harem. At eighteen, he was named crown prince. He traveled far and wide, resolving crises at court, and thought it was all thanks to his own schemes. Then he discovered that someone else had been playing an even greater game in the shadows. After years of planning, he brought 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 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 4.9kReads7.9Score27514d adds
- 169 Reforming the Great Ming 调教大明 Throughout the Ming dynasty, the empire never sent princesses to marry foreign rulers, paid no indemnities, ceded no land, and paid no tribute. The emperor guarded the gates of the realm, and the monarch died for the state. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Lan Bin transmigrates into the son of Lan Yu, the most notorious man in history for having people skinned and stuffed. Ten years later, his family will be confiscated and exterminated, and he will lose his head. Desperate to stay alive 168Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 170 A Revolutionary in the Qing Dynasty 清朝革命家 I used to think P2P platforms were an innovation. But after returning to the late Kangxi era of the Qing dynasty, I discovered that the model has a long history. It just went by another name. Well then, gentry, gangs, officials, emperors, and the imperial court: you have your platforms, and I have mine. Which of us can survive the brutal competition? The winner will be revealed when the dust settles. 623Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 171 One Bowl of Instant Ham Noodles, and I Somehow Became Emperor!? 一碗火腿泡面，我竟黄袍加身！？ Lin Beixuan transmigrates into an ancient dynasty just as chaos descends and famine ravages the land! Rebel armies rise across the realm, and the court teeters on the brink of collapse. Yet he becomes nothing more than a low-ranking garrison commander at a remote pass on the northern frontier. Beyond the pass, rebel forces swarm like locusts. Within it, his men are so gaunt they can barely lift their swords! How is he supposed to defend this city?! Just as Lin Beixuan is about to pack his things 83Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 172 The Tsundere Pontiff: From the Start, I Had Prussia in the Palm of My Hand 傲娇法皇：开局拿捏普鲁士 This is the best of times, and the worst of times. When Europe’s brilliance shines across the world, no one sees the blood and tears of countless people hidden behind it. The moment we turn our gaze to the Rhine, to that land that has never truly bowed to anyone, the war has already begun. Just last night, Lin Xingyue was a history teacher. This morning, she has become the “puppet empress” of France, a “pawn” of the Bonapartists. But a storm is coming. The clouds of the Franco-Prussian War alre 3.3kReads7.8Score21214d adds
- 173 The Missions Are Too Hard, So I Hand the System Over to the State 任务太难了，我把系统上交给国家 [Female-oriented, no CP] [Infrastructure building] [Alternate versions of the Ming Dynasty and other historical eras] [System] [Mind reading] Xu Qian has just graduated from university when she transmigrates to the first year of the Yongle era of the Ming Dynasty, only to be murdered and left for dead. Luckily, she binds herself to the National Prosperity System, comes back to life, and meets the famous Ming emperor, Zhu Di. For the sake of her life, she promptly introduces herself and clings to 957Reads6.8Score12814d adds
- 174 Transmigrating to the Zhengde Era: Restoring the Dynasty, Starting with the Seizing of the Gate 穿越正德：从夺门开始中兴 In the sixteenth year of the Zhengde reign, I “died.” When I opened my eyes, I had become Zhu Houzhao, the Zhengde Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The good news: I had transmigrated, and I was an emperor. The bad news: According to my “death edict,” I had been dead for three days. The new emperor, Jiajing, was on his way to the capital to seize the throne. The entire court, including my birth mother, was busy arranging my funeral and welcoming the new ruler. The even worse news: Grand Secretary Yan 214Reads6.8Score10414d adds
- 175 A Coward's Guide to Surviving the Late Ming: Volume One 明末怂人求生录第一卷 Reborn in the late Ming, I became Liu Hongqi, a warlord during the catastrophe of 1644. After a string of spectacular blunders, I was successfully hanged from a flagpole by the Qing army and died in agony. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the ninth year of the Chongzhen reign. My family was on the brink of ruin, I was unarmed, and all I had left was a bone-deep fear of death. In this life, all I wanted was to make money, run away, and live out my days as a wealthy man overseas, u 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Late Ming: From Three Small Plots of Farmland to the World’s Granary 明末：从三口薄田到天下粮仓 Lin Zhao woke up one day to find himself a small landowner without a father in the city of Yaozhou, in the first year of the Chongzhen reign. He had a hundred mu of poor farmland, a mother who did nothing but cry, and two elderly servants too frail to walk. The clan elders wanted to seize his family’s property, thinking he was too young to stop them. The grain merchants laughed at his incompetence and waited for him to go bankrupt so they could swoop in. But did none of you know what was coming 43Reads6.3Score10914d adds
- 177 Where the Heart Finds Peace, There Is Home 此心安处是予乡 [Reborn in the Womb + Mutual Firsts + History (All Based on Official Records, Some Speculation) + No System + Heartwarming Daily Life + Ensemble Cast] When she died, Meng Po took pity on her and let her be reborn with her memories. Who could have guessed she would be born in the time of Emperor Wu of Han? On the twenty-first day of the fourth month of the fourth year of Jianyuan, rain poured down as egrets circled overhead. A daughter was born to the Shi family, and they named her Yu Lu. The nex 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 I’m in the Great Ming, So Why Worry? My Senior Brother Is Zhu Yuanzhang 人在大明我不慌，我师兄叫朱元璋 [Lighthearted comedy + turning every danger into good fortune + invincible + winning the love of a beauty] Jiang Xiaoyu transmigrates to the end of the Yuan dynasty and the beginning of the Ming, opening his eyes beneath a gleaming executioner's blade. With his life hanging by a thread, he is rescued by his senior brother, Zhu Chongba. From then on, Jiang Xiaoyu clings tightly to Zhu Yuanzhang’s coattails. In an age of collapsing empires and rising rebel armies, he joins Zhu Yuanzhang in roaming 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 The Winds and Clouds of Great Liang 大凉风云 [Decisive and ruthless, fighting on the battlefield] One female lead. Give it a patient read; no fast-food fiction here. Lean meat can be killed. Life at court is like a furnace. Watch clans rise and fall, glory and shame come and go. Through battlefields and iron steeds, heroes forge their paths. Looking back, all that remains is a sigh: the past is gone, washed down with a jug of turbid wine. 448Reads—Score13414d adds
- 180 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—14d adds
- 181 I, the Hongguang Emperor: From the Start, I Confiscate the Donglin Faction’s Estates 我，弘光帝，开局抄家东林党 [Late Ming, Southern Ming, Hongguang Emperor, Political Intrigue and Power Struggles, Decisive and Ruthless, Resistance Against the Qing, No System, Courtroom Maneuvering] Transmigrated into the body of the Hongguang Emperor, who has only seven months to live, Zhu Yousong must defy fate and change his destiny from the start. With dirt on every official at court, I first force Ma Shiying to “voluntarily” donate a hundred thousand taels, then expose the mask of Qian Qianyi, leader of the Donglin f 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Great Ming: Got a Problem? Take It Up with My Army 大明：不服气？和朕的大军去说吧 "The Fourth Anti-Ming Alliance Sets Its Sights on Central Asia" "The Navy of the Ming Empire That Never Sets on Its Blood-Soaked Fight Across the Oceans" "Ming India Is Restless" "Unrest Is Brewing in the Vassal States" "The Ming Empire's Global Hegemony Is Teetering on the Brink" But then! "The Ming Empire's Navy Enters the Mediterranean!" "The Ming Army in the Caspian Sea Salutes the Nation!" "His Majesty, the Great Emperor of the Ming, Arrives in His Loyal London!" "The Global Anti-Ming Allia 827Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 183 Southern Ming: The Sun Never Sets on the Empire Rising from the Frontier 南明：从边境崛起的日不落帝国 On February 21, 1659 (the thirteenth year of the Yongli era of the Southern Ming, the sixteenth year of the Shunzhi era of the Qing), Qing forces crossed the Nu River and approached Tengyue Prefecture. General Li Dingguo decided to use the terrain to ambush them, and the bloody Battle of Mopanshan was about to begin. The Southern Ming crown prince, Zhu Cixuan, had been gravely ill and unconscious for days when he suddenly awoke, his eyes opening to a world beyond anything people could imagine. W 989Reads7.5Score10014d adds
- 184 Sui-Tang: My Father Is Yang Guang, Li Er, Keep on Rebelling 隋唐：家父杨广，李二你接着反啊 [Decisive and ruthless] + [Crowned emperor] + [Feel-good power fantasy] + [No System] + [Save the Sui Dynasty] I open my eyes and find I've become Yang Gao, a short-lived prince at the end of the Sui Dynasty! Rebellions rage across the land. Yang Guang insists on traveling south to Jiangdu, and the empire is on the brink of collapse! Armed with the script of history, I face my tyrant father from the start! I risk my life to kneel and remonstrate, fighting for the slimmest chance to survive! The 169Reads8.3Score10714d adds
- 185 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—14d adds
- 186 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 640Reads8.6Score11214d adds
- 187 Li Shimin Transmigrates into Fusu: Is This Not an Easy Win? 二凤穿扶苏，这不是躺赢吗？ Li Shimin lay in eternal sleep at Cuiwei Palace. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the thirty-sixth year of the First Emperor of Qin. Faced with the Great Qin’s deep-rooted decline, even Emperor Taizong Wen could only sigh, “This will be difficult!” Difficult or not, he still had to save it. Your position shapes your perspective. And now he was Fusu. The First Emperor held absolute power. He was no Li Yuan, and would never give him the chance to stage a Xuanwu Gate coup! Fortunat 32.2kReads9.2Score4.8k14d adds
- 188 Under Currents in Great Sheng 大晟暗涌 An epic tale of political intrigue set in an imaginary ancient dynasty. Spanning seven volumes and a million words, with five POV storylines, it depicts princes vying for the throne, secret wars among powerful clans, and the games of the heart amid flames of war on the frontier. 49Reads—Score10114d adds
- 189 Jiang Yue, Song and Ming 江月宋明 The shame of Jingkang remains unavenged. When Zhao Chen awoke, half the Song realm had already fallen. In his desperate bid to survive, he had no choice but to assume the name of the Crown Prince. He was trapped in a lone city, with the Jin cavalry pressing from the front and Prince Kang watching hungrily from behind. But he knew in his heart: though his title was false, the duty it demanded was real. Hold the land, comfort the people, restore the court, and reclaim the Central Plains. As 47.2kReads8.8Score4.3k14d adds
- 190 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 11.3kReads7.0Score1k14d adds
- 191 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 2.9kReads8.4Score16914d adds
- 192 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 35.9kReads8.2Score2.8k14d adds
- 193 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, 8Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 194 Late Ming: From Hundred-household Commander to Ruler of the Realm 明末逐鹿：从百户到天下的逆袭 [Blood and iron + warfare + farming + military training + no System] In the seventh year of the Chongzhen reign, Lu Fangzhou, a spoiled young officer in Xuanfu, awakens with a heart of iron and blood. The Ming dynasty is on the brink of collapse: the Jianzhou Jurchens are eyeing the passes, rebel armies are sweeping across the land, and corrupt officials are devouring the nation. He rises with a blade in hand. “I will put an end to this chaotic age!” He trains elite troops and forges guns and ca 9.1kReads8.3Score78814d adds
- 195 Great Ming: Sentenced to Death After the Autumn Harvest, with the Crown Prince as My Cellmate 大明：秋后问斩，太子是狱友 After transmigrating to the early Ming dynasty, the Yongle golden age has just come to an end. Hongxi takes the throne, and the Ming dynasty begins a full-scale strategic retreat. But none of this has much to do with Lin Yu, who is about to be executed after the autumn assizes. The System tells him that if he dies, he can return to the modern era and even receive a reward. So Lin Yu lies flat every day, waiting to die, and gives lessons to his two “strange” cellmates on the side. It passes the t 648Reads7.7Score11114d adds
- 196 Shocking! Reborn Zhao Gou Is a Hawk! 震惊！重生后的赵构竟是主战派！ Zhao Gou never imagined that after spending over seven hundred years as a bureaucrat in the underworld, he could be reborn, let alone into a romance novel set in the Song dynasty. And the male lead is actually Wanyan Tuhesu? What kind of nobody gets to be the male lead? Even worse, the heroine is his own wife, Empress Xing, the woman for whom he left the throne vacant for sixteen years! Zhao Gou touched his hair and said, “I want to dye this thing green.” In this life, he will not let the Jin pe 244Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 197 Rising from Wuchang at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末从武昌开始崛起 Being thrown into a time of chaos wasn’t my fault. Why does everyone misunderstand me like this? Wang Guozhi looks curiously at his trembling opponents. Zhang Xianzhong: You occupied Wuchang and refused to leave, then attacked while I was halfway across the river. I, the Great Eight Kings, nearly became the Great Eight Turtles. Damn you, you villain! Zuo Liangyu: You blocked the road and stopped me from heading north, costing me four of my Five Outer Camps. Damn you, you scoundrel! Chongzhen: Yo 135Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 198 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—Score19914d adds
- 199 Great Ming: I, Chongzhen, Will Never Hang Myself! 大明：朕，崇祯，绝不上吊！ [Reborn + hard-edged history + decisive and ruthless + naval hegemon + no System, but with memories of a past life] On Coal Hill, a strip of white silk brought an end to the Ming Dynasty's last shred of dignity. When Zhu Youjian opened his eyes again, he had returned to the seventh year of the Tianqi era. That year, he was still only the sixteen-year-old Prince of Xin. His imperial brother was gravely ill. Wei Zhongxian wielded power across the court, the eunuch faction controlled the government 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 The Blue Robe Supports the Heavens 青衫扶苍 [Studying at the Imperial Academy + Farming + Contending for Hegemony + Beauties + Meticulous + Not for Beginners] During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, in the fourteenth year of the Jianyuan era of Former Qin (378 AD), an age of upheaval and crisis, the young scholar Wang Yao, born to a humble family, carries the ideal of “serving the world and bringing peace to its people” as he travels from Huayin in Hongnong to Chang'an's Imperial Academy to study. Underneath the surface, Chang'an seethes with 2.5kReads9.4Score27714d adds
