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- 51 Great Ming: With Generals by the Thousands, How Dare the Qing Invade the South? 大明：猛将如云，清军竟敢南下？ He graduated from the fifth class of the Whampoa Military Academy and died in battle in Nanjing. His soul transmigrated into the legitimate son of the Chongzhen Emperor, Prince Ding, Zhu Cijiong. Zhu Youjian hanged himself at Coal Hill, Li Zicheng was defeated at Shanhai Pass, and the Manchus entered the Central Plains! The world was in turmoil, and the Ming dynasty stood on the brink of collapse. The common people suffered terribly, and the Han people were slaughtered. When a dynasty falls, it 1.5kReads7.5Score107Shelves
- 52 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—Shelves
- 53 The Late Ming Dynasty: The Fourth Calamity Corrects History 大明末年，第四天灾修正史 [Late Ming history] + [The Fourth Calamity] + [ensemble cast] + [global power struggle] On the very brink of hanging himself, Chongzhen awakens the “Seeds of Civilization System.” “My Ming, I will save it!” But... the reinforcements he summons are a little unusual. “Your Majesty! The Manchus are at the pass, rebels are everywhere, and the rats are about to outrun the money in the treasury!” Chongzhen: “Don’t panic. I’ll call in some help.” The next moment, an army of a million players from the 193Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 I’m the Empress’s Poison Strategist, and the Princes Call Me the Living Yama! 我给女帝当毒士，藩王叫我活阎王！ Your Majesty, the vassal princes are growing too powerful. Do you have a good plan? Your Majesty, I have the greatest strategic masterstroke of all time: the Enfeoffment Edict. Your Majesty, the treasury is empty. Do you have a good plan? Your Majesty, I have three strategies to ensure a prosperous nation and a thriving people. Your Majesty, the long nights are lonely. Will you keep me company? Your Majesty, please show some restraint. I’m an upstanding man. In an alternate world where a transmi 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 A Great Ming Censor: The Corrupt Officials I Impeach Are Killed by Old Zhu 大明御史，弹劾的贪官被老朱杀 Wu Shou’an transmigrated to the Great Ming in the twelfth year of the Hongwu era and activated the Censor System. All he had to do was impeach Zhu Yuanzhang or the civil and military officials to earn System rewards. “Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your successful impeachment of Hu Weiyong has earned you the skill of a master copyist!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your successful impeachment of Zhu Biao has earned you five hundred shi of grain!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your successful impea 84Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 The Great Ming Inspector 大明巡检 This is a slow-paced farming story. If that’s not your thing, feel free to skip it. The protagonist, Li Zheng, farms, trains troops, and builds up his strength. The story spans from the Chongzhen era to the Southern Ming. He won’t fawn over Zhu or rebel. He’ll watch dynasties rise and fall, then ultimately claim the Central Plains. 110Reads6.9Score100Shelves
- 57 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 55Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 58 Great Ming's Worthy Grandson: Zhu Yuntong, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Xu Miaojin 大明贤嫡孙！朱允熥朱元璋徐妙锦 The protagonist has no System or golden finger. He relies solely on the survival skills he gained in his previous life: first, he firmly attaches himself to Emperor Hongwu; then he builds on the plans Zhu Biao made before his death. From there, he distinguishes himself among a host of outstanding imperial sons and grandsons to secure the position of heir apparent. Finally, he works tirelessly to help Zhu Yuanzhang reform the country and strengthen its people. After ascending the throne, he train 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Great Ming: Livestreaming the Fight for the Throne 大明：直播夺嫡 Who hasn't dreamed of becoming emperor? I woke up to find myself in the iron-willed Ming dynasty! My soul had transmigrated into Zhu Yuntong, the third generation of the Ming imperial family. And the strongest crown prince in history was gravely ill in bed. “Ding! Livestream System activated!” A mechanical voice rang out. At last, my golden finger had arrived. Save Zhu Biao and begin the real Ming life! “See? That's what the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty really looked like. Stop making thin 45Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 60 Great Ming: The Ultimate Nepotist Rises from Nothing 大明：最强关系户从微末崛起 With the Ming Dynasty on the verge of being founded, Zhu Han and his family, hiding in Qingxi Village, had planned to muddle through the rest of their second lives. On Zhu Han’s birthday, bandits raided the village, and his family was soon facing a food shortage. He obtained the Carpenter profession through a System, but after carving a statue of a god, he caught the eye of local thugs in the county town. With no other choice, Zhu Han was forced to leave the small mountain village and flee to Yi 721Reads7.0Score102Shelves
- 61 I Become the Chongzhen Emperor at the End of the Ming, and Just Want to Slack Off 明末成崇祯我只想摆烂 Zhu Youjian, a modern young man, worked late into the night for so long that he eventually died suddenly! By chance, he transmigrates to the end of the Ming Dynasty and becomes the Chongzhen Emperor. It is already the seventeenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, just one month before the emperor is due to hang himself. Faced with internal strife and threats from abroad, Zhu Youjian declares that he can’t turn things around and just wants to lie flat. Heaven apparently can’t bear to see how dispirited 164Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Great Ming: My Brother Entrusted Me with His Heir, and I Changed My Fate at the End of the Dynasty 大明朝：皇兄托孤，我在明末改命 [Explosive Transmigration! Inheriting a Ming Dynasty on the Brink of Collapse from the Start] When a modern soul transmigrates into the Chongzhen Emperor, he has barely accepted his elder brother's dying charge to "rule like Yao and Shun" when he faces a triple death trap: Wei Zhongxian colluding with the enemy and plotting regicide, Later Jin's cavalry at the gates, and starving peasants in northern Shaanxi rising in revolt! Watch me use imperial statecraft to balance the Donglin faction and th 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Scheming for the Ming 谋明 Transmigrating to the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, he farms diligently, follows the righteous path, trains a powerful army, and saves the collapsing empire. 6Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 64 The Most Sinister Strategist: The Empress Fears I've Gone Too Mad 最阴毒士，女帝怕我太疯癫 Yue Yun transmigrates to the Daqing Dynasty, just as the Empress is purging her powerful ministers. One confession, and his whole family is saved! Everyone: “How can a confession for framing a court official save anyone? Shouldn't the whole family be executed?” Yue Yun: “Heh. The Empress herself executed him! If I confess, that means the Empress confesses too!” Empress: “A terrible famine has struck Guanzhong. My esteemed ministers, do you have any good solutions?” Yue Yun: “Trade grain for husk 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 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
- 66 Great Ming: The Zhu Family's Sixth Son Cultivates the Dao and Seeks Immortality 大明：修仙求道的朱家老六 [Transmigration + imperial grandson + filial father and son + cultivation] Zhu Zhankan transmigrates to the Ming dynasty and becomes the sixth son of Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi. He is bound to a mission System. He plans to use the System’s help to guide the Ming dynasty toward a steampunk cyberpunk future. He will become a sage remembered throughout history. But then [Ding!] [Congratulations, you have obtained a cultivation manual: Spring Renewal Guidance Technique] A cultivation manual? Then to he 3.2kReads6.1Score105Shelves
- 67 Great Ming: From the Start, I Swear Brotherhood with Zhu Chongba 大明：开局拜朱重八为义父 [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Transmigration] + [Great Ming] + [Changing History] + [Great Ming for Ten Thousand Years] + [Dominating the Ancient World] While reading in a library, Zhu Lin was caught in an earthquake and transmigrated to the end of the Yuan and beginning of the Ming. He became an orphan from Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, and Zhu Yuanzhang took him in as an adopted son, taking pity on his loneliness and helplessness. Since he was here, he might as well settle in: attach himself to Zhu B 584Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 68 Born to Be a Poisonous Strategist, the Empress Calls Me Less Than Human 先天毒士圣体，女帝骂我不是人 Empress: “My ministers, a plague is raging through the army camps at the front. Does anyone have a good plan to ease the plight of our soldiers?” Chancellor: “Your Majesty, I believe we should quickly recruit skilled physicians from across the country and send them to the front. We should also strictly isolate any soldiers who die of the plague and cremate their bodies, to eradicate the source of the disease and gradually stop its spread.” Mu Bai: “Why not just use catapults to launch the plague 88Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 69 Transmigrating as Zhu Cilang, I Borrow Ten Thousand Soldiers from the First Emperor from the Start 穿越朱慈烺，开局向太祖借十万兵 Meng Yun unexpectedly transmigrates into the Ming Dynasty as its last crown prince, Zhu Cilang. It is 1644, and Li Zicheng’s army will soon arrive at the capital. Just as Zhu Cilang has no idea what to do, he suddenly obtains the strongest Dynasty-Lending System, and instantly finds his feet. From then on, Zhu Cilang borrows five thousand years from the past and five thousand years from the future. Whether it’s technology, military equipment, soldiers, talent, or people’s livelihoods, he can tra 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 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. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 A Ming History Professor Transmigrates: I Am the Chongzhen Emperor 明史教授穿越之我是崇祯帝 When a professor of Ming history transmigrates back to the late Ming dynasty, can a young emperor turn the tide when all seems lost, save a collapsing empire, and extend the Ming dynasty’s life by 200 years? Faced with foreign invasions, political infighting, a financial collapse, natural disasters, and man-made calamities, what skills and strategies will he bring to this catastrophic start? Let’s wait and see. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Tyrant Chongzhen: Extending the Ming Dynasty's Fate by 300 Years 暴君崇祯，续运大明三百年 He opens his eyes to the sixteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign! Three days until Li Zicheng breaches the city, and seventy-two hours until Chongzhen hangs himself on Coal Hill! A modern man transmigrates into Zhu Youjian. Looking at the officials throughout the court, all ready to surrender, he draws the Son of Heaven's sword: "Want to surrender? First ask whether my blade agrees!" Day One: Bloodily purge Qianqing Palace, hang the chief minister, execu 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 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... 1.5kReads6.8Score—Shelves
- 74 Forced to Reveal I Transmigrated, I Broke Zhu Yuanzhang 被迫自爆穿越后，朱元璋破防了 Yang Qu transmigrates to the Ming dynasty, only to find himself about to be taken away for execution. In desperation, he has no choice but to reveal his transmigrator identity to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang: “You’re really a transmigrator? How can you prove it?” Yang Qu: “Your wife will die this year!” Zhu Yuanzhang: “!!!” Yang Qu: “Your son will die of illness ten years from now, before he can ascend the throne!” Zhu Yuanzhang: “!!!” Yang Qu: “Your grandson will inherit the throne and launch a 165Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 75 Old Zhu's 500,000 Steamed Buns: Raising an Army to Destroy the Ming 老朱的馒头五十万，起兵灭大明 “Do you know how badly prices have soared because Zhu Chongba keeps printing Great Ming paper money? Do you know how much a single steamed bun costs now?” “Five hundred thousand! You couldn't fit all that money in a single cart! I don't care if you're the Hongwu Emperor! I don't care about your so-called Hongwu Prosperity. All I know is that one steamed bun costs five hundred thousand! I'm going to overthrow the monarchy. The people don't need an emperor lording it over them! Long live the No-Sh 86Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 76 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 138Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Endless Horizons at the End of the Ming 明末无涯 [Late Ming Historical Figures] [Respect for Culture and History] [For the Nation and Its People] [The Protagonist Turns Dark] Jiangnan is awash with blossoms, Shaanxi and Shanxi lie barren for a thousand miles, and Yan and Liao are bitterly cold, their lands bristling with weapons. An old dream is recast as a tale, beneath a fading moon amid endless ruins and a boundless sea of suffering. “The sacred deeds of the Five Emperors and Three Sovereigns have deceived countless wanderers. How many fame —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 A Minister for the Ages? He's Clearly the Great Ming's Number One Heckler! 千古名臣？分明是大明第一喷子！ He fiercely denounces Hu Weiyong in court: “Forming cliques for personal gain, framing loyal officials, acting with unchecked authority, and harboring treasonous ambitions!” With a sharp tongue, he dares to confront Zhu Yuanzhang: “You let Hu's faction run rampant, leaving endless trouble for the future of the Great Ming!!” Zhu Yuanzhang's face turns livid! He is about to order the man's execution! Zhu Biao: “Father, spare him!” 246Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Great Ming: You Put Me Under House Arrest, Yet Still Want Me to Come Out of Retirement? 大明，软禁我，还想让我出山？ Zhu Shiyi transmigrates to the end of the Yuan dynasty. In the twelfth year of the Zhizheng era, he joins Zhu Yuanzhang and is made Left Chancellor of the Ming for his achievements. He formulates national policies and uses his modern knowledge to transform the empire. During his eleven years as chancellor, the Ming government is upright and the people enjoy peace and prosperity. But in the eleventh year of the Hongwu era, Zhu Yuanzhang dismisses him and places him under house arrest. The old Zhu 39Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 80 I, the Deadly Strategist, Am Urged by the Empress to Calm Down 我，绝命毒士，女帝劝我冷静 Chen Hanzheng transmigrates to the Great Xia Dynasty, comes top in all three levels of the imperial examinations, and earns the title of top scholar. The empress takes a keen interest in him and orders him to draft policies for governing the country and maintaining peace, as well as decide on an official appointment. But his first memorial on governing the country and maintaining peace is a love letter to the empress. Empress: I told you to write policies for governing the country. Chen Hanzheng 105Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Journey to the West: The Schemer Risks His Life, Outwitting Heaven by Half a Move 西游：毒士以身入局，胜天半子 He transmigrates and becomes King Yama, ruler of life and death. After diligently serving as an underworld official for thousands of years, the calamity of Journey to the West begins. The merit from the pilgrimage doesn't go to him, but when it's time to take the blame, they think of him? Fine! The Devious Plot System is activated. I'll make you all pay! Fengdu Ghost Emperor: King Yama, that monkey is about to break into the underworld. You need to help him erase his name from the Book of Life a 113Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 82 Ming Dynasty: Spare Li Qi, and Enrage the Aristocratic Clans 大明，伤天和不伤李琪，气傻世家 [Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty + saving the Huai-Xi lineage + the Industrial Revolution + conquering the world] [In the early Ming Dynasty, far too many people died who shouldn't have. Li Qi transmigrates back to set things right and save the Huai-Xi lineage.] [The imperial grandson Zhu Xiongying shouldn't have died, and neither should Chang Shi or Zhu Biao. Was there a conspiracy behind what happened back then?] [The Ming Dynasty's sorrows and heartbreaks, loves and hatreds, court intrigue 935Reads6.6Score100Shelves
- 83 Chongzhen: Building the World's Strongest Nation 崇祯：打造全球第一强国 Wang Xiaowei, a Peking University scholar with two postdoctoral degrees, wakes up as Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian. Facing a nightmarish situation from the start, he laughs. Internal strife and foreign threats? Just a list of bugs to fix! Corrupt officials? Watch me write an “Anti-Corruption Scan Program”! A rotten army? Quantify new recruits' training with KPIs, and tie their pay directly to performance! The civil officials tremble as they hold their “Job Responsibility Agreements.” “Your Majes 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 The Ming Dynasty's Greatest Menace 明朝大祸害 In the thirteenth year of the Wanli era, a boy in the capital who had been kicked in the head by a horse suddenly opened his eyes after a doctor pronounced him dead… From then on, the Ming Dynasty lost a petty menace who bullied men and preyed on women, but gained a major scourge who kept the entire country in turmoil… 3.1kReads7.9Score129Shelves
- 85 Great Ming: Chongzhen Hangs Himself, So I Weld the Shanhai Pass Shut 大明：崇祯自缢，我焊死山海关 [Late Ming power struggle + transmigration and farming + a wife from the start + hard-core troop building + political intrigue + multiple heroines + no System] Transmigrated to the late Ming, and no System would be bad enough, but he was on the verge of starving to death from the start? Staring at the recruitment notice on the wall that read “Earn merit and get a wife,” Qin Huairong grabbed the clerk by the collar: “Sir, can I pick my own wife? And if she's too ugly, can I return her?” He though 121Reads—Score116Shelves
- 86 Great Song: Who'd Still Be a Spendthrift Heir After Transmigrating? 大宋：都穿越了谁还当败家世子啊 [Northern Song Dynasty] [Spendthrift System] [Misunderstandings] [Daddy’s Girl] “Oh no! Father’s brain illness is acting up again! He says he’s going to sit the imperial examinations and become the top scholar!” I’d just transmigrated into the body of the Prince of Yan’s heir in the Northern Song Dynasty. I wanted to rally everyone to save the realm, but my four-year-old daughter reported me, and I nearly got turned into a genuine imbecile when the imperial physician stuck me with eighty-one sil 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Late Ming! I Raise a Rebellion in the Mountains of Hunan, Jiangxi, and Hubei 明末！我在湘赣鄂山区造反 [Entirely human-written + completely original + rebellion at the end of the Ming dynasty + farming + not mindless wish fulfillment + logical + advancing the tech tree + slaughtering Ming-era gentry and powerful families + colonizing the globe + satire of the present day] Yan Yu transmigrates unexpectedly to Ningzhou at the end of the Ming dynasty, carrying nothing but a lighter. Facing a time when people eat one another, see how Yan Yu uses common knowledge from the future and little tricks for 696Reads6.6Score101Shelves
- 88 Great Ming: From the Start, I Beat Up Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao 大明：开局怒揍太子朱厚照 Early September, in the sixteenth year of the Hongzhi reign. The Crown Prince, Zhu Houzhao, and his playmate Liu Jin sneak into the fields to steal chili peppers, only to be caught red-handed by Fang Yu, who has transmigrated here. In a fit of anger, Fang Yu beats up the Crown Prince, Zhu Houzhao. “Stop that!” “Stop it! Do you know who my young master is?” “Do you know who my lord is?” Liu Jin shouts. Fang Yu thinks the words sound a little like a joke that was all the rage in his previous life: 196Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 89 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—Shelves
- 90 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 168Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 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 1Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 92 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—Shelves
- 93 Striving in the Great Ming 奋斗于大明 Liu Zibin, a graduate student in history, is thrown by an accident into the thirteenth year of the Chenghua era of the Ming Dynasty. Even so, he still has the drive to make something of himself. Watch as he rises through the ranks step by step and lives life to the fullest. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Transmigrate as Chongzhen and Rebuild the Great Ming 穿越崇祯再造大明 At 80 years old, Zhu Qiming transmigrates into Zhu Youjian. Armed with modern knowledge and well-versed in Chinese classics, he fights magic with magic. The ministers fear nothing more than debating the classics with the emperor. When the emperor issues an edict blaming himself, the ministers are all terrified! A Ming Dynasty Renaissance, with steam engines born from bellows? A heart of compassion, with the methods of a devil? This is an age of saving the Ming Dynasty through intellect, military 625Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 The Strategist Teacher Is Too Unhinged, His Students Beg Him to Calm Down 毒士老师太疯癫，学生哭求冷静点 [A teacher who's a total schemer + endless poisonous plots + torment and memes + easy laughs + brilliant twists] Some teachers are old fogeys, and some are downright devious. Lu Ze transmigrates to a parallel world and torments a class full of troublemakers for two whole years. He's earned himself a rather unique title: [Lu. Peerless Devious Tormentor. Poisonous Schemer, Deranged Creep, Master of Underhanded Tricks. Ze] Actually, all he wanted at first was to quietly clock in and out 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 When Mountains and Rivers Fall Into Night: Ming Dynasty, 1644 山河入夜：大明1644 In 1644, the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Beijing fell. The great edifice crumbled, officials fled, the rebel army closed in on the city's nine gates, and the cavalry beyond the passes watched like tigers ready to pounce. Everyone said the Ming Dynasty had reached the end of its days. Yet the sun and moon remain unchanged in their course: though they may be obscured, they can shine again. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 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 316Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Transmigrated as Zhu Yuanzhang: Rebuilding the Hongwu Dynasty 穿成朱元璋：重铸洪武 Programmer Zhang Ziyang was pressed against the wall of his rented apartment, eavesdropping on the couple next door. His hand trembled, his vision went black, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself before a dragon throne, dressed in a dragon robe, with Ming officials kneeling all around him. He had become Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor, the Son of Heaven of the Great Ming. Before he could even celebrate, he learned something even more terrifying: it was the fifteenth year of Hon 35Reads—Score148Shelves
- 99 Great Ming's Prince of Another Surname: Hu Weiyong's Rebellion from the Start 大明异姓王：开局胡惟庸造反 [No System] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [No Rebellion] + [Ming Dynasty Infrastructure] + [Everyone Is Clever] After transmigrating to the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Lin Feng becomes Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son. He grows up alongside Zhu Biao and becomes the Ming Dynasty's only prince with a different surname. At first, all he wants is to lie flat as an idle prince, listening to music at the pleasure quarters and enjoying a life of luxury. But seeing the corruption in the bureaucracy and 85Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Stealing the Light 窃明 The hero bears the hopes of the court and the people; the Demon King dreams of conquering the realm. He never loses a battle, never fails to take a city, revives the Great Ming, and ushers in peace for generations. The hero is held in the hearts of two emperors. He keeps his word, acts decisively, wins fame across the land, and wins the hearts of the realm, while the Demon King plots in secret. A long road of bones paves the way to the throne: the hero's blood flows without end, and the heads of 41Reads7.7Score—Shelves
