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- 1 Great Song: Born a Poisonous Strategist, the Empress Tells Me to Keep Calm! 大宋：毒士圣体，女帝劝我冷静！ In a parallel Song dynasty, the empress asks Chen Feng, “Jin forces are marching south and besieging Taiyuan. How should we respond?” Chen Feng replies, “Give me enough gunpowder, and I’ll level Taiyuan to the ground!” With locusts ravaging the land and Western Xia raising its forces, the empress is at a loss. Chen Feng says, “Put out every fire in the city, and the locusts will swarm toward the Western Xia camp!” The empress asks again, “I’ve been feeling unwell lately, and fear you might assas —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 I’m the Poisonous Strategist, a Living Yama, Yet the Empress Begs Me to Calm Down 我毒士活阎王，女帝跪求我冷静 Shen Chen transmigrates to the Great Wu Empire and awakens the Poison Strategist System at a moment of crisis. The Empress: “Locusts are everywhere, the people are suffering, and rebellion is on the verge of breaking out. What should we do?” Shen Chen: “Persuade the ministers to lead by example and eat locusts. Turn them into the nation’s number-one banquet dish, spark a locust craze, then sell them at high prices to the wealthy merchants. Trick those troublemaking commoners into catching and ea 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I Am the Poison Strategist! I Keep Offering Deadly Schemes, and the Empress Urges Me to Calm Down 我毒士！屡献毒计，女帝劝我冷静 113Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 4 I, the Ultimate Schemer, Am Urged by the Empress to Be Kind 我，最强毒士，女帝劝我善良 Liu Xiu wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to the Great Qian dynasty. He takes down the imperial notice, but if he doesn't offer a plan, he'll be executed? Empress: If you wiped out your enemy's entire family but left one child alive, what would you do? Liu Xiu: I have ten thousand ways to make sure the child can't go on living! Empress: The Wala have invaded from the north. Ministers, how should we respond? Liu Xiu: Your Majesty, have you heard of economic warfare? He only wanted to qui 128Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Great Ming's Living King of Hell, Part-Time Executive Deputy Emperor! 大明活阎王，兼职常务副皇帝！ Zhu Shuang transmigrated to the Great Ming and became the second prince. Ding-dong! System activated! He could earn points just by contributing sinister schemes. The store even had a hundred-pace flying sword and a sword strike that could split open Heaven’s Gate, and there was even an elixir of immortality! The Huaixi faction? Sorry, I’m only after points. When the Great Ming launched its northern campaign, Zhu Shuang strolled along with his hands in his pockets, not knowing what it meant to ha 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Capital's Number One Poison-Tongued Strategist: You Call This Mr. Crouching Dragon? 京城第一毒士，你管这叫卧龙先生？ Transmigrated to Great Chu, he becomes the heir to the Duke of Zhao and the capital's number one wastrel. Just then, the Xiongnu raid the border, and smallpox breaks out in the frontier regions. Drunk, Zhao Yi takes down the imperial decree offering a reward. Armed with his reputation as a poison strategist, he meets the Empress of Great Chu, cures the smallpox, and drives off the Xiongnu. The Empress of Great Chu: “Zhao Yi really is a living King of Hell!” 237Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 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—14d adds
- 8 I, the Poison Strategist Incarnate, Leave the Empress Speechless 我，毒士圣体，女帝直呼受不了 Cheng Yu transmigrates to the Great Zhou Dynasty to avenge his father, becoming an imperial censor. One day, while attending court, the empress puts the officials on the spot with a question. Empress: “My ministers, I want to strip the vassal princes of their power while keeping the royal clan at peace. How should I do it?” Cheng Yu: “Send each prince several beautiful concubines and have them father plenty of children! Then divide their fiefs among all their offspring, granting them noble title 1.2kReads8.2Score10014d adds
- 9 The Poisonous Strategist: I Enter the Game and Ask the Empress to Exterminate My Clan 毒士：以身入局，自请女帝诛九族 After transmigrating to ancient times, Wu Liang had hoped to live quietly as a wealthy young master. But his father and brother were murdered, and his family fortune was seized. Well, there was only one thing to do: head to the capital. File a complaint with the emperor? No, it would be better to assassinate the empress and get the whole clan wiped out in one spectacular swoop. Wu Liang: “Wait, you can wipe out my entire clan, but spare my life. I have a plan that can help Great Liang rise from 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Three Kingdoms: The Greatest Poisonous Strategist, Cao Cao Urges Me to Stay Calm 三国：最强毒士，曹操劝我冷静 Wang Cong, a rich second-generation heir, transmigrates to the late Eastern Han Dynasty, where the realm is in chaos, Dong Zhuo holds power, and the people are suffering terribly. Wang Cong plans to use ruthless modern business tactics to survive and gain wealth and power amid the turmoil. Yuan Shao clenched his fists. “Brother Cao is absolutely right. We can’t just sit here waiting to die. Sooner or later, that tyrant Dong will come after us all!” “But Dong Zhuo is naturally suspicious, and he 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Cruelest Strategist Leaves the Empress Stunned! 最狠毒士，女帝惊呆了！ From the start, Lin Mo transmigrated into the body of the Great Zhou's number-one wastrel heir. But he was immediately saddled with the blame: the previous owner had torn down the first list issued by the empress, the Recruitment List, and now Lin Mo was about to be punished. Lin Mo wasn't worried. He had countless poisonous schemes up his sleeve. And if all else failed, he'd be a hero again eighteen years from now. Qin Hui: “When the two armies are at war and you enter the enemy camp, only to f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Most Poisonous Strategist in Water Margin: Wu Yong Calls Me a Pro 水浒第一毒士，吴用直呼内行 Coming your way is The Water Margin's most venomous strategist, number one on the Song Dynasty's wanted list; Liangshan's chief brains, whose every scheme succeeds. Some call him the ultimate strategist, unrivaled in cunning and calm as still water; others say he may not be a good person, but he is a fine strategist. With a medicine chest for saving lives on his back, he roams the land without saving anyone, preferring instead to study poisons. He masters every kind of deadly poison, and his exp 4Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 13 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 85Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 14 Great Ming: The Poison-Tongued Censor, and Old Zhu Tells Me to Hold Back 大明：毒士御史，老朱劝我收敛 Bai Chen transmigrated into the Hongwu era as a minor official. He thought he'd spend the rest of his life in the Ming Dynasty. He never expected that repeatedly offering Zhu Yuanzhang ruthless schemes would take him to the peak of his career. Old Zhu: “There are too many corrupt officials, and the court is broke. What do we do?” Bai Chen: “Promote the corrupt officials first. Let them embezzle until they've made a fortune, then execute them and send all their assets to the treasury.” Zhu Yuanzh 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 My Entire Family Fell in Battle, Turning Me into a Poisonous Strategist: The Empress Urges Me to Be Good 满门战死化身毒士：女帝劝我善良 Zhao Yu transmigrates into the Great Qin Prince of Pingxi, who died in a brothel while having sex with a prostitute! He thought he would get to live the carefree life of a spoiled young master, but instead, everyone in the Prince of Pingxi’s household had been killed in battle. Now wielding great power, he is coveted by countless people and finds himself in extreme danger. Ten regional princes want him dead. The Empress’s intentions are unclear... With the ten regional princes hemming him in, Zh 124Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 16 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—14d adds
- 17 The Legend of Qin: The Ultimate Poison Strategist, Ying Zheng Calls Me a Living Devil 秦时：最强毒士，嬴政直呼活阎王 Ying Jian transmigrates to the Qin dynasty just as Qin Shi Huang unifies the Six Kingdoms and recruits talented people from across the land. As the most ruthless strategist around, he repeatedly offers the First Emperor one vicious scheme after another. Qin Shi Huang: Gai Nie was your teacher, but he betrayed Qin and fled. What do you think we should do with him? Ying Jian: He's the most ungrateful man under heaven. He should be cut to pieces and executed by a thousand cuts. Qin Shi Huang: Uh... 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Sui-Tang: I Keep Offering Poisonous Schemes, and Yang Guang Begs Me to Stop Going Too Far 隋唐：屡献毒计，杨广劝我别极端 [Transmigration + no System + no female lead + political scheming + conquest + a genuinely poisonous strategist!] My name is Yang Shanen, but they say I’m no good person, not even human. Just as Yang Guang suffers defeat in his first campaign against Goguryeo and plans to send in the troops again, his ministers urge him to reconsider. With no just cause for war, victory reports suddenly arrive from Liaodong, where the fighting had already ended. General Yang Shanen has taken several cities with 248Reads6.5Score10514d adds
- 19 I Keep Offering Diabolical Plans, and Cao Cao Urges Me to Be a Good Person! 我屡献毒计，曹操劝我善良！ Wang Hou transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms and became the top schemer in Yuan Shao's camp. He presented Yuan Shao with twelve sinister schemes. Eighteen warlords formed an alliance, Dong Zhuo was defeated, and the forces settled in Ji Province, shaking the realm! During the Battle of Guandu, he advised Yuan Shao on three schemes, the best, the middle, and the worst, to defeat Cao Cao and eliminate Liu Biao. But Yuan Shao, ambitious yet inept, thought Wang Hou's schemes were far too vicious. Wi 11Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 20 The Great Qin's Number One Poison-Tongued Strategist: Ying Zheng Calls Him the Living King of Hell 大秦第一毒士，嬴政直呼活阎王 Zhao Che unexpectedly transmigrates to the place where Ying Zheng is conducting the Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai. With no idea what’s going on, Zhao Che is immediately arrested as an assassin. To stay alive, Zhao Che has no choice but to tell Ying Zheng that he’s a man of great talent! He figures Ying Zheng is someone who cherishes talent, and since he has a modern man’s way of thinking, handling things should be a piece of cake, right? Who could have guessed he’d activate the Poisonous Strate 536Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Great Qin: I, the Poison Strategist, Help the First Emperor Unite the Realm 大秦：我为毒士助力始皇一统天下 Han Liang, a modern office drone, transmigrates to the pre-Qin era. In Handan, he befriends Zhao Zheng, and the two become sworn brothers. Han Liang: “I can tell you’re destined to be emperor.” Ying Zheng: “Brother Han, help me unite the land.” The nobles of the Six States: “Han Liang is no decent man. He slaughtered the armies of the Six States and massacred their nobles!” Qin generals: “Han Liang is a devil. He threw plague-ridden corpses into the Six States’ ranks. How vicious...” Han Liang c 514Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Great Qin: I Keep Offering Poisonous Schemes, and Zhao Ji Begs for Mercy 大秦：我屡献毒计，赵姬疯狂求饶 Su Xu transmigrates to the Great Qin dynasty and becomes Ying Zheng's advisor. He thought this was the perfect start, but then he also acquired the Poisonous Strategist System. Whenever one of his schemes is adopted, he receives a reward from the System. At the time, Ying Zheng had only recently ascended the throne. Lao Ai was causing trouble in the harem, while Lu Buwei held the court in his grip, leaving him unable to make a move. Ying Zheng: Lao Ai and the Queen Mother have had an illegitimat 4.1kReads6.1Score26314d adds
- 23 I Have a Plan to Bring Light Back to China 我有一计，可使华夏幽而复明 Zhang Ning transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty. If he can just get Zhu Yuanzhang to execute him, he can return to the 21st century and reach the pinnacle of success. He embarks on a career as a poison-tongued strategist, doing everything he can to get himself killed! He never expected Old Zhu to join the History Guild by accident, too. The moment he sees Emperor Ming Zhu Youjian, he flips the table. “This is outrageous! It’s a rebellion! Even the Fourth Son has become emperor!” Fuming, he consults 1.7kReads8.0Score13414d adds
- 24 The Battle of Red Cliffs: Cao Cao Makes Me His Chief Strategist! 赤壁大战：曹操拜我首席军师！ Gu Ze transmigrates into the Three Kingdoms era and joins Liu Bei's camp. He takes Xuzhou, kills Che Zhou, and tricks Cao Cao out of fifty thousand troops, earning one great victory after another. He helps Liu Bei enter Xinye, defeats Xiahou Dun at Bowang Slope, and drives Cao Ren back at Fancheng. But Liu Bei considers his schemes too cruel and asks Zhuge Liang to come out of retirement, so Gu Ze resigns and seals away his official seal and gold. Serving under Cao Cao, he repeatedly offers up r 3kReads7.5Score21114d adds
- 25 I Keep Offering Poisonous Schemes, and the Empress Calls Me the Living King of Hell 我屡献毒计，女帝直呼活阎王 Empress: “The remnants of the previous dynasty keep causing trouble. Do you have any good ideas, Minister Lu?” Lu Duo: “Your Majesty could announce to the realm that a shrine will be built for the former imperial family, with a monument erected so their surviving followers can come pay their respects. Then, in the name of benevolence and righteousness, grant them titles as a sign of respect.” “Once they're all gathered, set the place on fire and burn them alive.” Empress: “Three ministers have b 18.1kReads8.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 26 I'm a Strategist, and I'm Good at Raiding and Wiping Out Entire Clans 我是一个谋士，擅长抄家灭门 [Alternate World] [Cold Weapons] [No Female Lead (or One Female Lead)] [System] “I have a hundred plans for this matter!” “Do you have one that isn't especially vile?” “Then I have fifty more!” “No scorched-earth schemes!” “Then I have twenty more.” “No poison.” “Ten.” “I'd still like to have a decent reputation.” “Then I'm out.” If a man lives a regular life, traveling between the same three places every day, serves as the empire's chief strategist, and never has to worry about money, does 8.9kReads8.5Score64314d adds
- 27 The Three Kingdoms’ Confucian Strategist 三国抡语军师 Xu Ping: “There are five married women, and the lord took three. Wenruo, you're not one of them.” Xun Yu: “Do you think you're funny?” Xu Ping: “Not really, but I can try to be. I can bark like a dog.” Xun Yu: “Let's hear it.” Xu Ping mimicked Xun Yu's voice: “Ahem. Do you think you're funny?” Xun Yu silently set down the bamboo slips in his hand and reached for the bronze candlestick beside him. Xun You hurriedly stopped Xun Yu. “Uncle, you can't beat Ji'an. Calm down.” Guo Jia: “Huh? Is Ji'an 200Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 28 A Rogue Poison Strategist, the Empress Dowager Says I'm So Bad 痞子毒士，太后直呼你好坏 [Transmigration + no System + lighthearted entertainment + multiple women] “King Fengmei, you already have a harem of wives and concubines. You still want to be my father?” “The court is in turmoil. To put an end to the consort clan’s meddling in government, I am willing to marry the Empress Dowager!” With the Empress Dowager’s peerless beauty, how could Tu Yile let her go? Tu Yile transmigrates into the Great Feng dynasty as a beggar?! To save his life, he answers the imperial proclamation. 16.9kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 29 The Three Kingdoms: Seizing the Advantage to Win the World 三国之截胡赢天下 Cao Cao: Liu Xiu, son of Liu Jingsheng, really is a child prodigy. He’s blessed with tremendous fortune! Liu Bei: Liu Xiu has countless fierce generals and wise strategists. Can someone tell me how I’m supposed to take Jingzhou from him? Sun Quan: Just hearing Liu Xiu’s name makes me uneasy. He isn’t going to take Jiangdong from me, is he? 15kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 30 The Poisonous Strategist, the Emperor's Son-in-Law: Zhu Yuanzhang, Don't Panic 毒士帝婿，朱元璋你别怂 Li Qi transmigrated. And, of all people, he ended up as Li Shanchang’s only son! To avoid the fate of having his entire family executed, Li Qi decided to court disaster and unconditionally fawn over the wise and mighty Hongwu Emperor, Taizu of the Great Ming, Zhu Yuanzhang. “What? There’s a corrupt official?” “Your Majesty, don’t worry. How about peeling off his skin and stuffing it with straw?” “What? Most scholars in the early Ming refuse to serve in office?” “Don’t worry, Your Majesty. Strip 2.9kReads8.7Score46014d adds
- 31 I Switched Sides to Zhang Han and Rebuilt Great Qin, Leaving Liu Bang in Tears 我转投章邯再建大秦，刘邦哭麻了 Zhao Long transmigrates to the end of the Qin dynasty and joins Xiang Yu’s eight thousand Jiangdong troops. When Xiang Yu insults him after he offers a strategy, Zhao Long switches sides to Liu Bang and renders outstanding service. After the fiefdoms are assigned in Xianyang, Liu Bang is dissatisfied with the division of power. Secretly wary of Zhao Long’s achievements and suspicious of his identity, he angrily drives Zhao Long away and plots to kill him. Xiang Yu looks down on him, and Liu Bang 22.2kReads8.6Score2.1k14d adds
- 32 The Ultimate Schemer: I Lower the Bar for Romance-Focused Fiction 最强毒士，我拉低女频世界下限 [Transmigrate into a Book + Poison-Tongued Strategist + Ruthless + No Romance + Comedy + Maximum Satisfaction] Lin Yi transmigrates into a romance novel and becomes a strategist by the female lead’s side? Having read the original, he knows: The female lead, Su He, may be a princess with power in her hands, but she’s an utterly love-addled saint! Her younger brother the emperor, her princess consort, even her maids and servants can all bully her! Fortunately, Lin Yi has the [Strongest Poison-Tong 4.4kReads8.3Score34814d adds
- 33 A Different Ming Dynasty: I Became a Saint with a Hundred Lives 异世大明：我用一百条命成圣 Alternate-history Ming Dynasty / Fighting for the People / The Art of Toppling Dragons / Loyal Ministers Who Risk Their Lives to Remonstrate / Rules Horror Lately, the atmosphere at court in the Fengtian Hall has grown rather grim. For several days in a row, officials from one particular residence have been risking their lives to remonstrate, and they really do die on the spot. “I stake my life on this remonstrance!” Here we go again. But Emperor Zhu Chongba has changed his approach, too. “Do yo 9.6kReads9.2Score75914d adds
- 34 Great Qin: The Ruthless Chancellor, Whom the First Emperor Begs Not to Kill 大秦：最狠丞相，始皇求我别杀了 [Decisive and Ruthless + The Protagonist Is a Master Schemer + No Romance + Career-Focused Protagonist] After transmigrating into the Great Qin dynasty, Liu Bai rose straight to the position of Great Qin's Left Chancellor. From the start, he had seven thousand surrendered rebels buried alive. When he returned to Xianyang, everyone was sharpening their knives, ready to impeach the chancellor. Only then did they realize it was all just the beginning. “Your Majesty, Left Chancellor Liu Bai beat Zha 32.3kReads9.4Score3.8k14d adds
- 35 Great Ming: I Transmigrate as the Chongzhen Emperor, Starting with a Rope 大明：穿越崇祯帝，开局一根绳 [No System + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Ruthless Combat + War] Good news: Zhu Lian transmigrated and became Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming dynasty. Bad news: It was the tenth day of the third month of Chongzhen’s seventeenth year, just seven days before Li Zicheng’s rebels stormed the outer city. The Ming dynasty was already on the brink of collapse, in grave danger. The Jurchens threatened from the north, rebels from the west, with one natural disaster after another an 58.6kReads9.3Score6.1k14d adds
- 36 I, the Ultimate Schemer: The Empress Calls Me a Living Yama 我，最强毒士，女帝直呼活阎王 [Search Tomato to watch the short drama: The Third Greatest Stratagem of All Time] Gao Yang transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty just as the Empress ascended the throne and began recruiting talent from across the land. So he volunteered himself as a poison strategist! The Empress: “Suppose you personally wiped out your enemy's entire family. As you looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, you suddenly realized there was still a child in the house. What would you do?” Gao Yang: “I'd say, ‘Re 382.6kReads9.2Score32.3k14d adds
- 37 I Only Make Money, Never Romance: I'm the Best Professional Simp! 只赚钱不谈情，职业舔狗我最行！ (Succubus + winning back the husband + lighthearted comedy + everyday campus life + no System + not reborn + sweet and angsty) A gambling-addicted dad, an alcoholic mom, a sick little sister, and a broken-hearted him. To make money, Lu Xing chose to provide emotional support instead of doing either brainwork or manual labor. Everyone knows Lu Xing is the humble pursuer of the aloof campus beauty Wei Qingyu. He loves her to his very core and takes care of her in every possible way! Wei Q 263kReads9.5Score19.5k14d adds
- 38 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
- 39 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
- 40 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
