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- 1 The Pirate King from a Humble Home 寒门海贼王 In the Ming dynasty, he is saddled with enormous debts. Corrupt officials demand money, and the Chongzhen Emperor demands his life. The rebel king is at his door, and the Manchus are breaking in. Han Chen opens his eyes. “This realm is falling apart. Watch me turn the tide.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Ming Dynasty Banner Man: Rebuilt by Aliens, Invincible in Battle 大明包衣：天外改造，铁血无敌 No System, no harem, and only a modest golden finger. From a bondservant to a bandit and then an official soldier, he starts from nothing, builds a team, grows grain, mines ore, and casts cannons. He suppresses bandits, fights the Qing, and then contends for the empire! Chen Polu keeps the people of the realm in his heart and changes the Great Ming. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Rise and Fall of the Great Ming 大明之风起云涌 Like a sudden clap of thunder, Ye Zichen is unexpectedly reborn at the end of the Ming Dynasty. My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven’s. Since I’ve been reborn into these troubled times, I’m going to live well and enjoy the ride. The Ming Dynasty is now ravaged by plague and natural disasters, its government rotten to the core. Outside, the Jurchen cavalry of Jianzhou are sharpening their blades; inside, rebel armies spring up everywhere, killing officials and rising in revolt. Emperor Chongzhen 812Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 4 A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains, Restoring the Han Ways 山河万里复汉风 Passion, conquest, political intrigue, no System. In the final years of the Chongzhen reign, the realm fell into chaos. The Qing army entered the passes, forcing people to shave their heads and adopt Manchu clothing. The land stretching for thousands of miles was stained with blood and filth. Dorgon: “Heaven’s mandate belongs to the Qing! Shave your head, and you can still be rewarded with noble titles!” Shi Kai: “I will reclaim the Central Plains and free the people from their misery! I long to 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Transmigrating to the Late Ming: Gathering Refugees and Becoming Emperor 穿越明末：收拢流民，登基称帝 [Transmigration] + [Late Ming] + [System] + [Conquest] + [Rising from the Steppe] Wu Jie transmigrated to the second year of the Shunzhi reign, only to discover that he was bound to the "Perfect Popular Idol System." But what happened in the second year of Shunzhi? The Ten Days of Yangzhou. The Three Massacres of Jiading. Eight short characters, every one of them steeped in the mountains of bones left by the Han people. The Central Plains was about to fall! For centuries to come, the stench of t 115Reads—Score102Shelves
- 6 Chongzhen: From the Start, Armed with Just a Rope 崇祯开局一根绳 [Fighting the Qing at the end of the Ming, no System, no overpowered golden finger, rising step by step, Chongzhen's comeback] I transmigrate into Chongzhen as he hangs himself on Coal Hill. Watch how I return as a king from the depths of despair! I'll kick the Shun rebels into submission, tear the Qing apart, and while I'm at it, deal with those useless cowards of the Southern Ming. 6Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 7 Late Ming: With Money, Food, and Soldiers, I Am Invincible! 明末：有钱有粮有兵我无敌！ [Mass Recruitment + Age of Empires + Space + Resources + Lighthearted] A word of warning: This is my first clumsy attempt at writing, so the story may jump around. The Empire space is powerful, but the protagonist isn't. He's just an ordinary person. Han Xi transmigrates to the late Ming Dynasty, landing in the chaos of Liaodong, which terrifies him. But before long, Han Xi obtains the space from Age of Empires III. At first, he thinks it's a free-for-all where he can slaughter his way to victor 919Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 8 A Long Spear Washes the Snow, a Pear Blossom Horse 长缨濯雪梨花马 In the digital world of the future, the AI super-soldier Shushu violated the rules by breaking into the Data Blue Sea, triggering a System pursuit. Three powerful AI spirits, Suiyi, Tingyue, and Nanyao, were ordered to hunt Shushu down. During the escape, Shushu unexpectedly transmigrated through time and space and possessed Lu Xiangsheng, a famous general of the late Ming Dynasty. However, Lu Xiangsheng was sentenced to death by the Chongzhen Emperor because of infighting at court, so Shushu ha —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Late Ming: Rebuilding the World, Starting in Liaodong 明末，从辽东开始再造天下 (Late Ming) + (no System) + (Late Ming) + (wildly gratifying power fantasy) Bad news: I've transmigrated to the end of the Ming Dynasty as a border scout. Good news: I'm unbelievably strong and a master of martial arts! In the sixth year of the Tianqi reign, the Eight Banners beyond the passes are about to trample the land of China. They intend to turn every Han Chinese into a slave! Inside the passes, thousands of miles of land lie barren. The Central Plains are desolate in every direction. Whe 1.1kReads7.4Score101Shelves
- 10 Late Ming: Reborn to Revolt Before Li Zicheng 明末：重生之我比李自成先造反 Liu Xun was an eighteen-year-old who was due to report to university the next day when he transmigrated to the late Ming dynasty and became a squad leader in a frontier army. It was the Little Ice Age. Shaanxi had suffered years of drought, and everywhere he looked was yellow sand. A single dou of rice cost a fortune. The emperor was stubborn and self-willed, ministers formed cliques for personal gain, and landlords and gentry lived in luxury and committed every evil imaginable. Liu Xun rose to 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 13 The Han Realm at the End of the Ming 明末汉江山 A new story is here! Zhao Lingwu transmigrates to Jinan Prefecture, Shandong, at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The choice is simple: keep your hair and lose your head, or keep your head and lose your hair. That won’t work on me. Just watch what I do to you! This is a rise to power unlike any other. You’re welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 653Reads7.5Score100Shelves
- 14 The Bright-Eyed Tyrant 明枭 Yu Feng, a modern man, transmigrated to ancient times in his sleep. He found himself in the late Ming dynasty, a period of turmoil, and had become a penniless scholar in Shandong. How will he build a life for himself in the chaos that is about to come? How will he wield power over the realm by day and sleep in a beauty’s arms by night, becoming a force to be reckoned with in his age? Read on as the author tells you the story... 911Reads8.2Score100Shelves
- 15 Late Ming: Who Says Only the Eight Banners Can Enter the Pass? 明末：谁说入关的只能是八旗 “Great Commander, we can’t hesitate any longer! We can no longer suppress the rebel army inside the pass. We have to enter the pass now!” Li Chenghuan looked at the officers in the room, slowly rose to his feet, and nodded with satisfaction. “Those bandits inside the pass don’t fear the might of our heavenly troops. We must strike hard! Abatai, your forces will lead the charge. Rest assured, history will faithfully record our loyalty!” One day, the headline on the front page of a Liaoyang newspa 135Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 16 The Rise of an Empire in the Late Ming Dynasty 明末之帝国崛起 After transmigrating into the body of someone in the late Ming Dynasty, can Wang Yi shoulder the banner of the Han people on the demon-haunted lands of Liaodong, with help from the Empire System? Wang Yi: “I've got more soldiers than I can afford to feed. Guess I'll have to find a few more places to farm.” The Manchus: “You flattened the old home our ancestors left us!” Russia, covered in blood, cries: “You've planted crops right up to my doorstep! Please, leave us alone!” 18Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 17 Getting By in the Late Ming Dynasty 我在明末混日子 Ancient history + late Ming + real historical figures + an underdog's rise + a struggle for supremacy Who says history can't be changed? Then I'll just have to give it a try. Even if everything ends up completely different, I won't let the sorrow of future generations come to pass again. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Transmigrating to the End of the Ming Dynasty, I Help the Ancestor Conquer the World 穿越明末，带老祖称霸世界 [Transmigration + no harem + technology + expanding territory + ushering in the Ming Dynasty's Age of Exploration] What? That boy is my ancestor? Oh! So I arrived too early in the timeline! No matter. Let's see how I can use modern knowledge to reform the military, develop the economy, deal with natural disasters, and draw on my knowledge of future history to maneuver through diplomacy, helping my ancestor conquer the world and rewrite history. Time travel, alternate history, industrial developm 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Ming Dynasty’s Greatest Warrior 大明第一武夫 Zhu Yunfei, once the greatest mercenary of his generation, is unexpectedly reborn in the late Ming Dynasty. He becomes a soldier on the Liaodong front, fighting at the Battle of Songjin. Watch as he turns the tide, sweeps away the Jurchen invaders, crushes the rebel bands, and claims an empire and its beauties. 2.9kReads8.5Score244Shelves
- 20 Better to Start a Rebellion Than Work for Old Zhu! 给老朱打工，不如造反！ “Exiled to Lingnan!” Xia Ren refuses an official post and is exiled to Peiqi Island. His fellow villagers are dragged into it and killed, so he gets a System and raises an army to attack the Ming! “Zhu Chongba, I’m up at the crack of dawn! I’m going to overthrow your Ming dynasty. Don’t think every transmigrator has to grovel to you or work for the Zhu family!” Xia Ren establishes an industrial base in Lingnan, develops firearms, and takes to the seas… Then he lists Zhu Chongba’s crimes and rais 468Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 21 The Tale of a Sword 一柄剑的故事 Yin Lian takes the only sword his father left behind and tries to sell it for some money. Unfortunately, it is so rusty and looks so much like a modern replica that no antique shop is willing to buy it. After a car accident, the sword soaks up blood, and its rusty exterior transforms into its original appearance. The sword cuts through time and space. On the other side, the fall of the Ming dynasty in 1644 has just taken place, and the Qing army is sweeping across the land. To stop them, Yin Lia 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Dominating the Great Ming: I Am Cao Cao 雄峙大明：我乃曹贼 While everyone else transmigrates into the role of a young lord, Cao Meng ends up as nothing more than a low-ranking border garrison soldier... The imperial troops are brutal, the bandits run rampant, and the Tartars are savage! What a start... This is way too damn harsh... Everyone else wants to avoid becoming a rebel, but Cao Meng has no choice. Cao the Thief! Here I come~ 2.2kReads8.2Score147Shelves
- 23 The Last Glow of the Late Ming 明末余晖 The late Ming dynasty is no place for an easy life. If you want freedom, you need money, which means going into business. But the bigger your business gets, the more people covet it, so you need an official title to protect yourself. To get one, you have to pass the imperial examinations. But what if you're a hopeless student who can't even pass the lowest level? No choice but to bribe your way through and cheat. He finally passes the exams and becomes a licentiate, then keeps studying and uses 1.9kReads8.5Score101Shelves
- 24 Transmigrating to 1644 穿越1644 It is 1644, the year Li Zicheng storms Beijing at the end of the Ming dynasty. But history changes because of those who transmigrate. Zhao Chen had planned to keep to a quiet corner of the world, but he discovers by chance that there are others who have transmigrated into this era. As crises pile up, what will he choose? Those who transmigrate change the world, yet in ways beyond their understanding, the world changes them, too. As time passes, the transmigrators cross paths. Who can stay hidden 425Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 My Base in Mingwei 我在明未的基地 “Holy crap!” Lin Xiao slapped the table. “Your brother really transmigrated?!” “Come on, how could that be possible?” Chen Yue pushed up her glasses. “The Ministry of State Security must have made a mistake.” “Not necessarily.” Their dorm leader, Li Si, suddenly cut in. “Have you heard of quantum tunneling? In theory, microscopic particles can pass through barriers. Under certain conditions, macroscopic objects...” “Stop, stop!” Lin Xiao interrupted her. “Speak human!” Li Si shrugged. “Simply pu 24Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 26 Chongzhen: The Ming Dynasty Will Set the World Order 崇祯：世界秩序大明来定 [No System, no harem, meticulous historical research, hard-core technical details, solo transmigration to the late Ming dynasty.] After transmigrating into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, the fate awaiting him is no longer death on Coal Hill. Instead, he will forge a new realm from steel and smokeless gunpowder. The Westerners’ mighty ships and cannons? Against breech-loading guns with a range of ten li, capable of piercing armor and shattering ships, they are nothing but rotten wood waiting 3.8kReads7.9Score264Shelves
- 27 Chongzhen: Reconquering the Realm 崇祯：重征天下 An ordinary university student transmigrated into the body of the not-yet-enthroned Chongzhen Emperor. He has no extraordinary martial skills, nor any world-defying technology. In this chaotic age, filled with heroes and beauties and plagued by wolves coveting the Central Plains, watch as he challenges fate, saves the people from suffering, reconquers the realm, and restores China’s glory! 393Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 28 The Iron Cavalry of the Dying Ming: The Bloody Battle at Tongguan 残明铁骑：从潼关血战开始 In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, Shaanxi suffered a severe drought, and rebel forces ran rampant. Lu Zhao, a low-ranking company commander under Sun Chuanting, was defeated after the bloody battle at Tong Pass and fled to Shanxi with the remnants of his troops. In an era of a corrupt court and refugees everywhere, he gathers the scattered soldiers, suppresses bandits, and brings peace to the people, gradually building his strength. All he wants is to carve out a way to survive in this 924Reads6.4Score100Shelves
- 29 The Great Ming Dynasty: If Wei Zhongxian Lives, the Ming Will Never Fall 大明王朝：魏忠贤不死，明朝不灭 Transmigration is not about a System, but political intrigue; Transmigration is not a mindless power fantasy, but a tale of decisive action and bloodshed; There is no golden finger in transmigration. An all-knowing perspective is a golden finger in itself. Some say the Ming dynasty fell because Chongzhen was headstrong, impatient, and suspicious, and lacked the skills of an emperor. Some say the Tianqi Emperor was a useless ruler. Some say that if Wei Zhongxian had not died, the Ming dynasty wo 96Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Burying the Ming: My System Is Full of Bugs 葬明：我的系统全是BUG The protagonist wakes to discover that he has become the frail, sickly, and overlooked heir of the Prince of Gui’s residence. He is only fifteen years old. News has just arrived that the Longwu regime has fallen, and Qu Shisi, the Guangxi governor, and others are urging his father, Zhu Youlang, to assume the regency. System Awakening: Thrust into the spotlight amid his terror, he faces a probing attack by the Qing vanguard under Li Chengdong. At this critical moment, a translucent panel appears 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Late Ming: Laying Low in the Mountains as a Rebel King 明末：苟在山里当反王 “Jiexi Province, Baliu Prefecture, Xuelin District, Chiban County: in Shangbao stands a Golden Throne Hall...” This folk song has been passed down for more than four hundred years in the remote mountains of Suining, Hunan, and the ruins of the ancient Shangbao Kingdom are still there today. This story grew out of that real folk song. A fake jade pendant bought for ten yuan, a faulty outlet, and when Wang Dabao opens his eyes again, 108 gaunt refugees have pinned him to a heated earthen bed and a 16Reads—Score125Shelves
- 32 Yongchang at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末永昌 What could be more exasperating than transmigrating as the Chongzhen Emperor, who hanged himself in Beijing in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen? The answer is transmigrating as Li Zicheng in Beijing in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. At this moment, although the Ming dynasty's rule in the north has already collapsed, the Southern Ming still controls China's most prosperous regions, while the Qing army is about to throw everything it has into a full-scale invasion. Li Zicheng has only tens of 505Reads7.4Score104Shelves
- 33 The Mongol Conquests in the West: Rebuilding Huaxia in Europe 蒙古西征：我在欧洲再造华夏 Liu Wei went out one day and hit the jackpot: he ended up in the Mongol Yuan era. His new body belonged to a craftsman who had been captured by the Mongols and forced to do hard labor for the army day in and day out. At last, Liu Wei couldn't take it anymore. The old beggar Zhu could win an empire, so why couldn't a fine young man from the modern age? He declared: “I'll rebel! I'll drive out the barbarians and restore China...” By the time Liu Wei finally escaped the Tartars, he had also gained 5Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 34 Damn, I'm Surrounded by Tartars! 完蛋，我被鞑子包围了 Elite special forces operative Zhu Pixie transmigrates by chance to the battlefield at Songshan while on a mission. Surrounded by the Manchu army, he narrowly escapes with the Ming troops. Amid the blood and carnage of Songshan, he seizes his moment to display his might. The winds of change howl, and tigers roar as dragons cry. Zhu Pixie trains elite troops, executes traitors, brings peace to the realm, and repels foreign invaders. With his own strength, he writes a stirring legend of heroism ac 2.8kReads8.6Score244Shelves
- 35 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
- 36 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 361Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 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
- 38 The Red Tide of Late Ming 明末赤潮 [No System + No Cheats + Late Ming + Rebellion + Farming + Enlightenment] In 1628, the first year of the reign of Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan proposes pacifying Liaodong within five years. That same year, a nationwide famine strikes and a large-scale peasant uprising breaks out in Shaanxi. Zhang Ying transmigrates into this age of chaos, where human life is worth no more than weeds, and becomes a low-ranking soldier in a Shaanxi garrison. Zhang Ying has to sur 81Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 I Have an Invincible Army in Late Ming 我在明末有支无敌军团 At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the land was plunged into chaos. Natural disasters and human calamities struck, and smoke from warfires rose everywhere. It was a dark age when human lives were worth less than those of ants. Liu Mingyu unexpectedly arrives in the late Ming Dynasty. Though he is a common man of modest stature, he commands an invincible army. He subdues the Mongols, crushes bandits, pacifies the Manchus, drives out the Western barbarians, expands the realm, and battles for dominion 54Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 40 The Tumultuous End of the Ming: From the Start, I Sell the City of Liaoyang 明末风云：开局卖掉辽阳城 Mao Chengjie somehow transmigrates to the turbulent Liaodong region in the late Ming dynasty, where he unlocks a System shop that lets him buy and sell anything. With a cheat like that, all sorts of ideas come to mind. The Jurchen in Liaodong, the Mongol invaders, the She and An rebellions in the southwest, Japanese pirates in the southeast, Fujianese sea raiders, the Shaanxi rebellion, red-haired foreign invaders, bitter cold, and unending natural disasters: can this Ming dynasty, whose destruc 1.1kReads6.2Score110Shelves
- 41 I Am the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty 大明之我是崇祯 When I awoke from my dream, I looked around in alarm. All those around me were greedy, grasping people, scrambling for power and profit. My realm had long been engulfed in flames of war, with disasters and upheavals following one after another. My armies were feeble and exhausted, suffering defeat after defeat... Reborn once more, I bear the fate of my ancestors' realm upon my shoulders, with my life hanging by a thread! I have inherited a crumbling dynasty burdened by deep-rooted troubles that 643Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 42 Emperor Chen Wu, Ruler of All Under Heaven 横行天下之陈武大帝 In an age when powerful clans controlled the path to office, how could a lowly soldier born to a poor family change his fate? He endures twists and turns, wagering his life in the struggle. What will become of him in the end? 315Reads6.3Score102Shelves
- 43 Late Ming: Flames Across the City 明末之烽火连城 The rebel army rises against the Ming! Kill the gentry and seize their silver! Kill the Manchus! Wipe out the Mongols! Only in his old age does Zhao Chengwu realize that his enemies' bones have already piled up like mountains! [This book is entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.] [Upright moralists, move along.] 213Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 44 The Ming Bandit 明贼 In the fourth month of the first year of the Tianqi era of the Ming dynasty, a new recruit joins Marshal Mao's surprise attack on Zhenjiang. He has fought three thousand miles in a single campaign, and one sword can stand against a million soldiers. Steal a hook and you are executed; steal a kingdom and you become a marquis. A butterfly quietly flaps its wings, and the Dongjiang Army, the most formidable military force in the Ming Empire, quietly veers from its original course... 38Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 45 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
- 46 Late Ming: The Steel Tide Rolls On 明末，钢铁的洪流滚滚向前 [No Romance + No System + Has a Golden Finger (Does an armory count?) + Invincible + Farming and Development + Slow-Burn but Packed with Conflict] Ammunition-disassembly expert Zhong Qing survives an explosion by sheer luck, only to be transported with his warehouse to the third year of the Tianqi era, at the end of the Ming dynasty. When he opens his eyes, he sees no beautiful women in his harem, only dust kicked up by Mongol cavalry. His System? Doesn’t exist. His golden finger is the clas 2.2kReads7.2Score162Shelves
- 47 Biding My Time in the Late Ming: Lying Flat Makes Me Invincible 苟在明末，躺平即无敌 The late Ming is in chaos. Bones stretch for miles, and the dynasty is on the verge of collapse. Ambitious warlords fight for their lives everywhere, and everyone is struggling to survive. But the System keeps me, a transmigrator among the refugees, on a tight leash: No striving, no raising an army, no standing out. I’m only allowed to lie flat and slack off. The more I keep my head down, the stronger I get. The lazier I am, the more invincible I become. While the world risks everything to save 431Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 48 Ruling the Four Seas: The Emperor's Dashing Ways 君临四海：吾皇风流 [Great Ming] [Chongzhen] [Transmigration] [Court Intrigue] [Struggle for Supremacy] [Dynasty-Building] [An Emperor's Making] [Alternate History] [Ensemble Cast Power Fantasy] After his Transmigration into Great Ming, Zhu Youjian thinks his luck couldn't get any worse. Fortunately, he has a good imperial sister-in-law. Determined to escape the fate of becoming the ruler who loses his country, Zhu Youjian decides to rebel against the corrupt Great Ming. The imperial estates become his base, and h 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 I, Zhu Youjian, Studied Abroad. I Absolutely Won't Hang Myself 我朱由检留过学的，绝不吊死 I, Chongzhen, will never hang myself! At the start of his reign, Zhu Youjian suddenly discovered he could travel to the future. When he saw himself hanging from a branch in the southeast, his eyes nearly split with rage. When he saw the Ten Days of Yangzhou and the Three Massacres of Jiading, his fury boiled over. But when he saw how posterity judged him, he was stunned. Was being diligent really a mistake? Aggrieved, Zhu Youjian decided to start correcting his mistakes. The first thing he did w 5.2kReads9.0Score524Shelves
- 50 The Great Chieftain of the Ming Dynasty 明朝大土司 A modern university student unexpectedly finds himself in the body of a southern scholar traveling to sit the imperial examinations in the early Ming dynasty. Then, by another twist of fate, he enters officialdom amid factional struggles. In an age when being an official is at its most perilous, he begins by protecting himself, keeping on good terms with everyone and navigating the official world. He traverses a turbulent era, rising in rank and making a fortune, with only his wife’s death left 617Reads7.6Score106Shelves
