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- 1 A Hooligan Becomes Empress, Then Leads Her Consorts in Rebellion 流氓直升女帝，她带着妃子造反 [Strong Female Lead + Turbulent Times + Farming + Development + Conquest + Rebellion + No System] Chu Lan was a beggar, but one day she was suddenly thrust onto the throne as the new ruler. The previous emperor died, leaving behind a complete mess. Ministers, maternal relatives of the imperial family, and regional princes schemed against one another, each hoping to seize imperial power. The court was in turmoil, rebellions were spreading, foreign enemies surrounded the realm, and the treasury w 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Case Files of Zhiyou Hall 知幽堂笔录 [First Person] [Soul Transmigration] [Political Intrigue] [Mystery Solving] [Wuxia] [Court Politics] In the twenty-fourth year of Jingde, during the Great Qian dynasty, I was an ordinary modern man who unexpectedly transmigrated into the soul of Chu Jinglan, the greatest swordsman in the realm, trapped in a death row with no way out. My execution was set for three days later, and I had no idea how to survive. Then Sikong Zhiyou, the Great Qian dynasty's eldest princess, famed for solving the re —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Concubine's Son Rises: From the Cold Courtyard to the Chancellor's Seat 庶子青云：从冷院到宰执 When he woke up, modern university lecturer Gu Yanzhou had become the least favored eight-year-old illegitimate son in the Marquis Dingyuan household. His birth mother had died young, his father ignored him, his stepmother was cold, and his siblings bullied him. His former self had even been pushed into a pond and “accidentally” drowned. In his previous life, he led graduate students through academic research. In this life, he’ll make his mark in the imperial examinations of the fictional Shengj 777Reads7.7Score111Shelves
- 4 The Great Zhou’s Number One Villain Raises a Top Scholar 大周第一奸臣，养出了个状元郎 [Transmigration] [Imperial Examinations] [Court Politics] [No Golden Finger] The short drama is now streaming on Fanqie under the title The Playboy Takes Up His Brush to Protect the Realm (Season 1). After transmigrating to Great Zhou, Gu Chang'an finds himself the son of a treacherous minister, reviled by everyone. His father, Gu Mingyuan, wields immense power at court. He purges the court and suppresses the scholars, earning the condemnation of the realm's literati as a traitor to the nation 113.5kReads8.6Score13kShelves
- 5 A Name in the Unofficial Histories: The Young Prince's Unorthodox Path to Office 名留野史，小世子的另类为官路 An unconventional farming-and-imperial-exams story: transmigration and rebirth, with no pocket dimension, no System, and no golden finger. He's simply absurdly lucky. In his previous life, Jiang Ruyan was bedridden and paralyzed for fifteen years. He never imagined that after closing his eyes and opening them again, he would transmigrate. He spent twelve years wandering the world with his parents, who were always chasing poetry and distant horizons, before they finally sent him off to school. 893Reads—Score110Shelves
- 6 A Phoenix Rising from a Humble Household 寒门枭士 Yun Yi somehow transmigrated to the Great Zhou dynasty and became a poor scholar with an empty house and barely enough to eat. He had planned to use simple, homespun techniques to earn a little money and support his family. He never expected to attract the attention of powerful figures at court. To protect himself, Yun Yi outwitted the powerful men, with help from his confidante, and eventually caught the emperor’s eye through a twist of fate. Once he stepped into the court, the emperor wanted t 3.8kReads8.0Score166Shelves
- 7 The Imperial Exams Are No Easy Feat, So I’ll Take My Whole Family to the Azure Sky 科举不易，我携全家共青云 Lin Shu opened his eyes and found himself reborn as a newborn in a farming family in Xiaolin Village, Great Yong. In his previous life, he was alone, bedridden and sick. In this life, his family gathered around him, their home warm with lamplight. His frail mother embroidered money for books by lamplight. His silent father used his own back to open the way for him to study. His gentle older sister poured her girlhood into the soup she made for him. Even the eggs his grandparents secretly slipped 16.9kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
- 8 Reigning Over the Warring States 君临战国 The Seven Warring States stand like the legs of a tripod. Each dreams of conquering all under heaven, uniting the feudal lords, bringing order to the world, and claiming the lands in every direction. For a time, the land of Huaxia is swept by upheaval, smoke rises from countless battlefields, and the people suffer amid war, famine, and death. Wails of grief fill the land. The chaotic age is fraught with dangers, yet it also gives rise to heroes. The protagonist of this story rises to prominence 712Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 9 A Commoner's Son Schemes for Power 庶子谋权 Reborn in the womb as the illegitimate son of a marquis, he and his mother were targeted by the legal wife from an early age. His birth mother was murdered when he was still young, so he began concealing his true self and biding his time. In this life, he will hold all power in his hands and dominate both the imperial court and the martial world. He will make everyone fear him and become a notorious minister. 2.1kReads7.7Score125Shelves
- 10 A Late-Born Son of a Farmer Takes the Imperial Exam and Leaves the Emperor Stunned 农家老来子考科举，强到朕傻眼了 Also known as The Late-Born Son of a Farming Family Takes the Civil Service Exams, and Grows So Powerful Even the Emperor Is Stunned; I Entered Government Through the Civil Service Exams and Became a Powerful Minister of Great Qian; Song Yuan, a rising star in the legal world, dies in a car accident and transmigrates into a farming family in Great Qian, becoming the late-born son whom the whole village mocks. With disasters striking one after another and his family mired in poverty, his life fro 12.4kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
- 11 I Had a Fiancée in Ancient Times 在古代有个未婚妻 After three years of high school, Xiao Yansheng sets off on a graduation trip. A tsunami strikes, and a towering wave sends him flying. When he opens his eyes again, he has become an eight-year-old boy in ancient times. And as if that weren't enough, he somehow has a fiancée! And so the story begins... 11.4kReads8.8Score973Shelves
- 12 I Transmigrated and Got a Wife, Then Began Cultivating with 3D Printing 穿越得媳妇，靠3D打印起步修炼 After modern office drone Su Yan suddenly died, his soul crossed into another world, where he became a frail scholar with nothing but bare walls to his name. He also got a gentle, virtuous wife, Liu Yuner, thrown in for free. Just as he thought he would spend his life copying books to get by, he discovered that his soul had somehow bonded with the new smartphone from his previous life, along with its AI, Wanxiang! With 3D printing and modern technology, he easily earned his first pot of gold by 414Reads5.7Score101Shelves
- 13 Power Over All: Shaking Up the Court with Logic 权倾天下：靠逻辑搅动朝堂 Ling Mo wakes up as the foolish eldest legitimate son of the Chancellor’s household, and the moment he opens his eyes, he’s caught red-handed spying. With a few words, he turns the scene of a caught-in-the-act affair into a masterclass in logical reasoning. Before he can even enjoy the good life, he’s forced to take over the family’s mess. His sister is being married off for an alliance, his younger brother stabs him in the back, and his father is a sly old fox with plenty of secrets. The family 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Transmigrate, Turn the Imperial Exams Around, and Raise a Wife 穿越，科举逆袭养媳妇 [One heroine + imperial examinations + transmigration + alternate history + devoted husband] Zhang Yue feels a sudden wave of dizziness. When he wakes up, he has become the illegitimate son of the Zhang family's second branch. Just thinking about being an illegitimate son gives him a headache, but then he sees his gentle, tender concubine mother and the First Madam, who has always looked after him, and feels like things might just work out after all... Life is hard. Yue sighs!!! 329Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 15 Shi Potian Transmigrates into Lin Pingzhi and Trains in the Evil-Resisting Sword Manual 石破天穿越林平之，硬练辟邪剑法 After drinking two gourds of medicinal liquor brewed by Zhang San and Li Si, Shi Potian wakes up and finds himself transmigrated into the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer as Lin Pingzhi, with all his powers intact. The Qingcheng Sect is hunting him down, and Yu Canghai is closing in at every turn. Shi Potian: "I really didn't mean to kill your son. Don't come any closer! I'm afraid I might accidentally beat you to death too." Scene One: Dongfang Bubai descends from the sky, imposing and 6.5kReads8.4Score512Shelves
- 16 The Unparalleled Illegitimate Son 绝代庶子 [Alternate World + Transmigration + Ancient Setting] After transmigrating, he finds his mother brutally murdered and his younger sister unconscious beside her. When she wakes, she has developed a split personality. He heads to the capital to find his biological father, only to discover that his father's family is the source of all the hatred. Watch as a concubine-born son avenges his mother and drives his father into an inescapable corner, step by step. Once his revenge is complete, where will h 420Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 17 From the Start, I Was a Lowly Illegitimate Son, but the Imperial Exams Carried Me to Success 开局低贱庶子，我靠科举步步青云 Transmigration, imperial examinations, illegitimate son, political intrigue, court politics, play the pig to eat the tiger, male-oriented, historical, one female lead When Lin Yan transmigrated, he became an inconspicuous illegitimate son of the Lin family. He harbored no deep-seated hatred and had never endured relentless bullying. All he knew was how to keep his talents hidden, guard his heart, and live quietly. While others studied hard for the imperial examinations, he already had a firm gr 19.3kReads6.7Score1.7kShelves
- 18 You Mock My Clan for Never Passing the Imperial Exams? What Are You Crying For Now That I Passed All Three with Top Honors? 笑我全族不中举？三元及第你哭啥 Zhang Yan, the top scholar of nine provinces, has just earned his doctorate when he opens his eyes and finds himself in a poor village in the Great Yong Dynasty. His clan has spent generations taking the imperial examinations, but after decades, not one of them has even passed the first degree. They have become the laughingstock of the entire village. But Zhang Yan sees the clan elders' good intentions. People say studying is hard, but how can it be harder than farming? He secretly swears, “Sinc 314Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 19 From the Start, I Was Lame, Yet I Built a Glorious Dynasty 开局瘸腿，打造盛世皇朝 A modern special forces soldier dies while standing up for what is right, then transmigrates into a lame borderland commoner in a turbulent age. Powerful enemies threaten the frontier from without, intent on conquering the Central Plains and looting and slaughtering its people. Within, corrupt officials rule and scheme to squeeze the people dry. In an age of chaos, commoners are worth less than grass. Yet Zhao Cen thrives amid the turmoil, rising step by step to become a regional overlord. The G 3Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 20 I'm Just an Adviser, I'm Really No Good at Scheming 我只是幕僚真不擅长权谋 Powerful clans rule the land, and bandits run rampant. In a world this beautiful, with its lush mountains and clear waters, people still fail to cherish what they have. They have no idea how terrifying the apocalypse will be, yet spend all day scheming against one another. Since you love playing games of intrigue, I suppose I’ll have to join in and play politics with you. 1kReads7.6Score102Shelves
- 21 The Legendary Story of the Yun Family 云老二一家的传奇故事 So what if he was kicked out with nothing? Yun Laoer, who had refused to accept his fate since childhood, lets loose completely. All he has left is a house full of sons, but he heads to the wilderness without a care in the world and settles down there. He insists on sending his sons to school and, through hard work and a generous helping of luck, gets into plenty of hilarious scrapes. In the end, he makes his fortune, his son succeeds in the imperial examinations, and they both reach the pinnacl 10.4kReads8.6Score609Shelves
- 22 Zhaowu Restoration: Prince Gui Saves the Ming 昭武中兴：桂王挽明 An epic of the late Ming, not a transmigration tale, and a stirring lament for the Southern Ming. This is not the story of a transmigrator. There is no System and no golden finger. There is only Zhu Youheng, the son of a prince, born in the last days of an empire and raised deep within the palace. He bore the destiny bound up in the name “Youheng,” bestowed upon him by his grandfather, the Wanli Emperor. When the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself at Coal Hill, the empire’s skies collapsed. Power, 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Noble Young Lord of a Marquis's House 侯门贵公子 Su Shi transmigrates into the prosperous Great Qian dynasty and becomes the second young master of a marquis's household! The young master may have a handsome face, but he's a useless wastrel, a notorious playboy in the capital. His engagement is broken off right from the start, and everyone waits to see him make a fool of himself. Su Shi couldn't care less. He casually recites a poem, never expecting to shake the entire capital. Su Shi smiles. Writing poetry and essays? Is that all? I can do a 3.2kReads8.4Score230Shelves
- 24 Imperial Exam Comeback: From Farmer’s Son to First-Rank Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：从农家子到一品阁老 A modern young man transmigrates overnight and becomes a farm boy, descended from generations of farmers. Other people who transmigrate get a golden finger or a System. But when he takes a look at himself, he has nothing at all and is one of the lowest-ranking people of this era. He wants to invent things and change the age, but he's hopeless with his hands. He wants to master Neo-Confucianism and stand above the world, but, well, he knows nothing... Sigh, he'd better face reality. After thinkin 4.7kReads8.8Score357Shelves
- 25 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1960s and Became the Ultimate Little Uncle? 穿书六零，我成了极品小叔子？ [Transmigrate into a book + period setting + System + romance + passionate struggle + comeback + imaginative premise] Jiang Yang unexpectedly transmigrates into a book set in the 1960s, right as a nationwide famine strikes… He opens his eyes to find his reputation ruined. He’s been accused of harassing his own sister-in-law?! It turns out Jiang Yang has become the terrible, good-for-nothing younger brother-in-law of the female lead in the novel Reborn in the 1960s: The Charming Army Wife, D 427Reads6.9Score108Shelves
- 26 White Plus King: Has the Eighth Prince Become an Emperor for the Ages? 王上加白：八爷成千古一帝了？ A dark story. After killing his father and usurping the throne, he murders his younger brother and wipes out the empress's entire clan. Politics is a filthy game, and I am a filthy player. What? Aren't you afraid the historians will record the truth? Once I take the throne, great scholars will be ready to argue my case. A Chinese student wakes up to find he has transmigrated into the Qing dynasty, becoming the eighth prince, Aisin Gioro Yinsi. How did I end up as him? Eighth Prince was defeated 311Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 27 Reborn as a Treacherous Official in Great Ming 重生大明当奸臣 (Historical ancient setting + Ming Dynasty history + Political intrigue + No System + Officialdom + One heroine) I am no loyal minister, but a treacherous one. I only lay bricks for the Great Ming. A modern college student is unexpectedly reborn as Yan Shaoqing, grandson of Yan Song, Grand Secretary during the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming. From the undercurrents of political intrigue during the Jiajing reign, to tentative reforms under Longqing, and then the deepening reforms of the Wanli rei 4.7kReads8.5Score349Shelves
- 28 The Marquis's Son Takes the Imperial Exams 侯府子科举 When fortune’s winds are fair, I’ll seize their strength and climb the ladder above the crowd. Before the palace gates, whips crack; the road to the clouds is lined with seven beams of purple jade. I have mastered the Four Books and Five Classics, and trained with blades, spears, swords, bows, and halberds. If I will not give myself to the realm, then what was the point of all my self-cultivation? A single-heroine story. Many thanks to all my readers. 430Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 29 You Asked Me to Cover a Residency, Not Diagnose Every Difficult Case in the Hospital 让你当规培，你确诊了全院疑难 The rating has only just come out, so it will rise! No CP. (This is not a power fantasy; if you want one, I may write another later. Thanks.) Lin Yan is the most inconspicuous resident in the emergency department of City No. 1 Hospital. He earns a meager stipend and does the hardest work. Then he unexpectedly discovers that whenever he comes into contact with a patient, he can see [disease entries] for conditions that are extremely easy to miss or misdiagnose. [Ruptured ectopic pregnancy], [Type 328kReads8.6Score46.5kShelves
- 30 A Farmer's Son's Road to the Imperial Exams, His Achievements Shining Across the Land 农家儿郎科举路，勋名耀山河！ [Imperial Examinations] [A Farmer’s Son Changes His Fate Through the Exams] Zhou Xu opens his eyes and finds himself in another era! Determined to make his mark in this new age, he looks down at his patched trousers and the endless fields stretching to the horizon. Zhou Xu decides he’d better study. Education can change your fate! His eldest aunt spits and says, “A country bumpkin thinks he can study?” Zhou Xu passes the county-level examination. His second aunt says enviously, “That’s as far as 28.9kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
- 31 The Sinful Sea of the Capital 京门孽海录 The enmity between the Zhao family and the Emperor, the Chancellor, and the Empress has always been a thorn between them. They must trust and work together, yet they keep rubbing against that thorn. Can a unity born of pain endure into the next generation? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Marquis's Son Fails at Lying Flat 侯府郎君躺平失败记 Just after Feng Yanchu transmigrates, he hears a series of smacks before feeling a stinging pain on his butt. How embarrassing! His pants have been pulled down and he’s being spanked! Then he hears several children wailing. Three other kids are getting beaten nearby, too. Looks like they got into trouble. At least he isn’t the only one being punished, which makes it a little less embarrassing. The male lead transmigrates into the body of an illegitimate son in a marquis’s household. He expects t 70.7kReads8.5Score5.5kShelves
- 33 Late Jin: Sima Yi Is Reborn as a Jiehuo Army Soldier 晋末：司马懿重生为乞活军 A hundred and forty years after his time had passed! Sima Yi studied the young body he now inhabited. The Army of the Refugees was an armed force of displaced people at the end of the Eastern Jin dynasty, struggling to survive between the Hu and Han peoples. The original owner, Ran Cheng, was twenty-four. His father and brothers had all died in battle, and he commanded the three hundred survivors of the refugee army. Why do you fight to survive? To die like a dog by the roadside, or to reclaim t 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Top Scholar and Grand Secretary Keep Carrying Me in the Imperial Exams 科举：状元首辅又带飞朕了 (The rating just came out, so it will rise later) In his previous life, Shen Zhiyan was an engineering PhD at one of China's top five universities. In this life, he transmigrated to a peasant family in the Great Sheng dynasty. A poor household, a grandmother who played favorites, a taciturn father, and a third uncle who failed the imperial exams time and again... In an era when everything was inferior save for studying, Shen Zhiyan edged out his third uncle and set out on the path of the imperia 163.9kReads8.7Score14.2kShelves
- 35 I Am the Son of a Prestigious Clan 吾乃世家子 Pay attention, everyone!! This is not a feel-good power fantasy! But it is definitely lighthearted! An unconventional succession to the Tang throne + cheerful day-to-day developments + revelations about the protagonist's background + choices in the face of the tide of history + shifting loyalties + examinations of human nature (by putting other people on trial). This is a story that uses a modern perspective to peer into an alternate version of history, and follows a member of a millennium-old a 61Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 36 Transmigrated into an Insectoid Base System 穿成虫族基地系统 [Transmigration and rebirth + insectoid race + male-male romance + progression fantasy + interspecies war] [Become an insectoid System from the start + help the insectoid king ascend to the throne of the Supreme King] Early stage: [Building the race] Middle stage: [The entire insectoid race evolves] Late stage: [War between races] - An unconventional take on the insectoid race. What’s it like to transmigrate into an insectoid base System? Song Chen'an, chosen by a rift in space and time, found o 246Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 37 The Son of Heaven of Han 汉天子 At the end of the Western Han, Wang Mang usurps the throne and chaos engulfs the realm. A commoner draws his sword and strides into the turmoil. He devises strategies from afar and campaigns across ninety thousand li, his sword pointed at eight hundred feudal lords, daring them to defy him. He fights in every direction, sweeps away the warlords who have carved up the land, and brings the realm under control. He rules with benevolence and devotes himself to good governance, gathering every outsta 3.3kReads8.8Score386Shelves
- 38 The Imperial Exams! After Ten Years of Study, I Pass and Take Down the Nobility 科举！寒窗十年，上岸就斩勋贵 “The autumn wind howls in August, sweeping three layers of thatch from my roof!” The moment Mei Cheng'an opened his eyes, he found himself facing a catastrophe. Framed and cast out of the marquis's household by his own father, he was now being hunted, with his life hanging by a thread. He chose to fake his death and flee south to seek refuge with family friends. On the way, however, he ran into an imperial inspector investigating a case. From the inspector, he learned that his family friends had 9.3kReads8.1Score475Shelves
- 39 Rising Through the Imperial Exams: Changing My Family's Fate 科举兴家：带着全家改换门庭 [Imperial examinations + transmigration + farming + no golden finger] [Romance included. The male lead is devoted to one woman. The heroine appears less often, and romance is not the main plot.] [The male lead is talented, but he still has to work hard. He climbs the ranks one step at a time.] A top student who had just graduated suddenly transmigrates into the body of a farmer’s son in ancient times. Determined not to spend his whole life farming, he embarks on the long road to the imperial exa 10kReads6.9Score757Shelves
- 40 Ten-Thousandfold Returns: I, the Holy Mother, Slay My Way Up the Death Line 万倍返还：我，圣母，逆伐斩杀线 In the era when everyone can become a City Lord, Zhou Yun turns eighteen and gets an F-grade junk town for his brutal start. The town is rundown and desolate, and most of its residents are elderly, weak, sick, or disabled, hardly useful at all. By the usual rules, more than seventy percent of the population is already on the kill list. For the town to prosper, they have to be driven out! But Zhou Yun isn’t worried. He has the Infinite Rebate System! “Ding! You successfully gifted 1,000 jin of ri 58.7kReads7.1Score6kShelves
- 41 RE0: Clearing the Hollow Knight Dungeon RE0：空洞骑士通关副本中 [Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World] [Re:Zero] [I Love Subaru TV] [Nonhuman] [Subaru's Favorite Companion] “Unhinged Self-Indulgent Work” [Note: Contains some elements of an immortal Grimm] After delivering an elbow strike to Radiance, the Little Knight arrived in this world. Drawn to the familiar presence of Subaru, who had just crash-landed, it followed him around and began exploring a new world with him You should prioritize estimating the sarcastic follower. Subaru was like a failed ma 2.9kReads8.7Score195Shelves
- 42 Reborn, I Tricked the Adorkable Top Student Into Marrying Into a Wealthy Family 重生后，我哄骗呆萌学霸嫁入豪门 The male lead was a total sucker who raised another man's child in his previous life! 100% pure! The manhua adaptation is now available! Each version has its own independent adaptations, so we recommend treating them separately rather than conflating them. "Su Wanwan, I want to marry you, not because I feel responsible for you. It's because I like you so, so much that I can't bear to be away from you for even a minute. If you like money, I'll earn you lots and lots of money. If you want love, 74.7kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves
- 43 High Martial: My Brother's the Protagonist, So Am I an NPC? 高武：兄弟是主角，我当NPC？ The Myriad Worlds Battlefield descends in the form of a game. They said the student faction only had to lie low in the beginner village and do odd jobs. Tang Yuan thinks of himself as an obedient student, but Mother Earth sends him a transmigration starter pack. Before he knows it, he’s walked out of the beginner village. What should he do? To survive, students are the ones who can create miracles, aren’t they? 60.6kReads8.5Score6.1kShelves
- 44 Reborn in the Insectoid World, Living Off My Wife 重生之我在虫族吃软饭 He transmigrates into the insectoid world, hoping to find a wife, live off her, and spend the rest of his life in peace. But can someone explain why an F-rank male insect, the lowest rank of all, is so popular? A former imperial marshal with formidable martial prowess, an ailing and scheming viscount... Don't come near me, any of you! I really don't like you. I only love my wife. The protagonist is the pursuer, okay? It's basically 1VN, but the strongest romantic feelings are directed back at Ji 220Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 45 A Rising Star in Government 官道红人 Fresh out of university, Zhao Dagang rises from humble beginnings, taking every step one at a time, with danger lurking at every turn. 7Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 46 Fleeing Famine: Sign-In for a Spatial Farm from the Start 逃荒：开局签到空间农场 Tags: Space / System / transmigration / fleeing famine / food / cultivation / sign-in / farming / natural disasters He has barely transmigrated when drought strikes. The crops are on the verge of total failure, and the northern enemy kingdom is poised to invade. A traitor joins forces with them from within, and they attack the northern frontier. Natural disasters, human calamities, and war all arrive at once, so he has to flee for his life from the start! Fortunately, he has a sign-in System. 8.1kReads6.9Score622Shelves
- 47 I Bled My Family Dry in My Past Life, Now Six Yuan Makes Me a God 前世吸光全家血，今生六元来封神 [Farming]+ [Imperial examinations]+ [Making a fortune]+ [Power fantasy]+ [Lighthearted comedy] Lin Yunzhou spent half his life working his way up to the rank of interstellar marshal. He never expected to transmigrate to an ancient era with not a trace of technology... The good news: He went from being an orphan to the most doted-on youngest son in the family, and fell in love at first sight with a young lady. The bad news: His parents play favorites, his brothers are blindly filial, and his olde 5.8kReads8.0Score430Shelves
- 48 Great Ming: From the Imperial Exams to Absolute Power 大明：从科举到权倾天下 Li Ji accidentally transmigrates back to the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty, becoming the illegitimate son of a minor gentry family in Jiangnan! For ten years, no one knows he exists. His father dislikes him, and his elder half-brother and the servants bully and beat him at will. What a miserable life! No System, no inherited memories, just a completely new life... In the Great Ming, where everything else is beneath contempt and only scholarship is worthy, Li Ji originally only wanted to study, p 12.8kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
- 49 I Am the Realm 朕即天下 [Three Kingdoms] [Conquest] [No Heroine] [No System] [Restoring the Han] In the sixth year of Zhongping, beneath Beiman Slope north of Luoyang, the Han capital, Emperor Liu Bian stared down Dong Zhuo, his gaze sharp and unflinching. In a clear voice, he declared: “The realm does not belong to the realm’s people. The realm belongs to Me. All beneath Heaven is the emperor’s land. All who live within its borders are the emperor’s subjects!” “I am the realm!” “Governor of Bingzhou, would you rebel 64Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 50 Modern Cadre: I Play Power Politics in the Ming Dynasty 现代干部：朕在明朝玩权斗 The Hongzhi Restoration left problems piling up. The treasury was in the red, with deficits year after year! Land was swallowed up by the powerful, and displaced people rose in rebellion! The military was weak, and the Tartars threatened the border! Civil officials grew too powerful and challenged imperial authority. With troubles at home and abroad and the dynasty on the brink of collapse, Zhu Shou became the Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao. To struggle against Heaven is a joy without end. To strugg 5.7kReads7.4Score391Shelves
