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- 51 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—14d adds
- 52 Dreaming Back to Southern Ming: A Han Man Is No Slave 梦回南明，汉儿不称奴 Lin Yan, a construction contractor, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Southern Ming dynasty and meets Li Dingguo, who has twice defeated the Ming princes. Watch me help Prince Jin Li defeat them a third time! Knowing that the Manchu queue hairstyle marked nearly three hundred years of oppression for China, he resolves to fight the Qing and restore Han clothing and customs with the knowledge he has brought from modern times. 1.4kReads8.0Score15314d adds
- 53 Saving 1644: Starting with Transmigrating as Li Yan 拯救1644：从穿越李岩开始 How can a disaster be prevented? It is often harder than we imagine. Disasters are never caused by individuals, but by whole societies. Looking at the problems of several centuries ago through the eyes of someone who has transmigrated might help ordinary people like us better understand the crises we face today and how to overcome them! 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 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. 2.7kReads8.5Score22314d adds
- 55 The Cruelest Chongzhen of the Great Ming 大明最狠崇祯 He transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and becomes the Chongzhen Emperor. Faced with the crisis at the end of the Ming Dynasty, what's the best solution? Of course: kill. With a blade in hand, follow me. We'll fight our way to a brighter world. 423Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 56 The Revival of Longwu in Southern Ming 南明隆武中兴 [Historical what-if + System + industrialization + domination + feel-good power fantasy] The Chongzhen Emperor hangs himself, the Manchus enter the passes, the Longwu Emperor is captured, and the Ming Dynasty teeters on the brink of collapse. Reborn as the Longwu Emperor, he gains the [Knowledge] System and turns the tide, keeping Zheng Zhilong in check and establishing his own power in Guangzhou. He lifts the maritime ban, develops industry, casts guns and cannons, and trains a new army, conque 42Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 57 Grand Protector of Anxi 安西大都护 In 2024, beside a collapsed ancient tomb on Mount Zhongnan, an archaeological team unearthed an iron certificate mottled with rust. They brushed away the dust, revealing several lines of fierce inscription that pierced through a thousand years: “Li Yan, loyal and valiant general of the Great Tang and Pillar of State, was originally a son of Huaxia. My soul crossed a hundred years, while my body guarded Anxi. The spirit of the Zhenguan era had not yet faded, and the beacon fires of Tianbao were a 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 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 373Reads8.4Score5014d adds
- 59 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. 1.4kReads8.5Score11214d adds
- 60 A Woman in Chongzhen's Reign: I Survived Long Enough to Become an Old Monster! 女穿崇祯：苟到活成老妖精！ I got hit with a bottle while breaking up a bar fight. When I opened my eyes, I'd become Chongzhen, just as he was about to hang himself. What the hell did I do to deserve this?! A System suddenly popped into my head: “Hang on and hold on to the south of the Yangtze. Every year you survive adds five years to your life!” Lin Lan kicked over the imperial throne. “Hang on? I'll hang on until the Qing army is begging for mercy!” The moment she arrived in Nanjing, she melted down her dowry gold bangl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Battling for Supremacy at the End of the Ming: From the Start, I Have an Armored Tank 明末争霸，开局一辆装甲战车 [Rousing + Decisive and Ruthless + Historically Grounded + No Mindless Stupidity] On the night of the eighteenth day of the third month in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, modern mercenary Xu Chen is driving his armored vehicle when he unexpectedly transmigrates to the Ming capital. Watch how he uses one armored vehicle, a lifetime of brotherhood, and his courage to break through the encirclement in the turbulent final years of the Ming dynasty, and begins his own rousing legend! 2.1kReads8.6Score21714d adds
- 62 Industrial Tang: From Xuanwu Gate to Ruler of the Universe 工业大唐：从玄武门到寰宇之主 I transmigrated as Li Shimin, with the entire modern industrial system in my head. A Turkic envoy boasts in the palace: “In three months, our khagan will water his horses in the Wei River!” I smile. “Perfect. You can be the test subjects for my new weapons.” As a steam locomotive hauling a hundred cannons rolls across the grasslands. As a telegram carries an imperial decree in an instant to the Persian battlefield ten thousand miles away. As ironclad warships crush the last of the Roman navy's p —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Great Ming Without Colonies 大明不殖民 The Uncolonized Ming is an alternate-history novel that begins in the thirteenth year of the Yongle reign. Zheng He returns from his fourth voyage to the Western Ocean with the Map of the Myriad Countries. Military officials at court champion expansion by force, while Xu Hongyuan, a scholar at the Directorate of Astronomy, establishes the Four Seas Commercial Accounting Office with the Crown Prince’s support, hoping to replace traditional conquest with a new system. Xu Hongyuan pushes for the So 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Mighty Imperial Ming 巍巍皇明 The fires of youth are slowly dying down, and danger is quietly drawing near. Zhang Ziming’s soul transmigrates to the storm-tossed final years of the Ming dynasty, where he becomes Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian. To save the Han realm and keep the bleak days of later generations from coming to pass, he resolutely raises the butcher’s knife. Corrupt officials? Kill them! Smuggling and selling out the country? Kill them! Refusing to pay taxes? Kill them! Preying on the common people? Kill them! I 232Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 65 Transmigrated as Chongzhen, and I’ve Set My Sights on Your Daughter 穿越崇祯，朕看上你女儿了 Ming Mo, a high school sophomore who’s hopeless at school, wakes up transmigrated as Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty. While others transmigrate to develop technology, strengthen the army, and conquer the realm, all he wants is to slack off, sleep, and get a wife. In his previous life, he was average-looking and ignored by every girl in his class. In this life, he looks in the mirror and sees a heartthrob. He can take his pick from the imperial garden. “Whoever insults me, I’ll m 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Border Fires of the Great Ming 大明边火 This is the turning point at which an empire began to decline, and the starting point of a warlord's rise. During the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty, the seemingly powerful empire was already rotten to the core, plagued by factional strife and lax frontier defenses. Beyond the empire's gaze in Liaodong, among the Jurchen tribes, contemptuously called the “wild men of Jianzhou,” a man named Nurhaci raised an army with thirteen suits of ancestral armor, unified the Jurchen tribes, and founded the 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Turmoil of the Late Ming: A Red-Hot Beauty Defies Her Fate 明末风云之逆世红颜 This novel has no System and opens in 1644, with Li Zicheng entering Beijing. Its main story follows the fight against the Qing and overseas expansion, weaving the plot into the historical timeline. A chemical engineering PhD transmigrates to the end of the Ming dynasty, recruits troops in Zhejiang, helps defend Yangzhou, joins forces with the Zheng family in Taiwan to fight the Dutch, holds Huzhou against Dorgon, battles Jirgalang in Jiangxi, keeps Portugal in check in Macau, seeks control of t 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 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! 392Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 69 Great Ming Ascendant: The Ming Army Is Mighty, Uniting All Nations 霸道大明：明军威武，一统万国 From the start, I transmigrate as Chongzhen and even get a powerful System? With the System at his side, a spark of light returns to Zhu Youjian's eyes... For those “loyal and patriotic” Donglin worthies and “generous” wealthy merchants, he will give them the highest “honors”: a thorough physical extermination! Surely I can do this at least as well as Huang Chao, right? With the mightiest Ming army in hand, who can stand against me! What? The Eight Banners of the Jurchens are invincible warriors 439Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 70 Late Ming: From Rebellion in the Northwest to Rebuilding the World 明末：从西北造反到再造天下 [Late Ming]+ [Rebellion]+ [Development]+ [No System] In the sixth year of the Tianqi reign, the earthquake in the capital had just ended, while natural disasters continued to ravage the northwest. Not a single grain was harvested in northern Shaanxi. In another year, Wang Er would raise the banner of rebellion, firing the first shot of the peasant uprisings at the end of the Ming dynasty. Now, Wang San, a younger brother of Wang Er who never existed in history, fainted and passed through nine cy 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Late Ming: Chronicle of the Flames of War 明末：烽火录 After escaping with their lives, they face an even more brutal age of chaos In the third year of Chongzhen’s reign, the banks of the Yellow River are engulfed in flames. Shaanxi is stricken by severe drought, with corpses of the starving covering the land. Officials and gentry hoard food instead of distributing it, and uprisings break out everywhere. As the land falls apart, Li Qing and Chen Yun search for a glimmer of hope amid the flames of war, all for the sake of a promise: to turn this worl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 A Rake in the Late Ming Dynasty 明末混球 With transmigration to the late Ming Dynasty becoming all the rage, Yang Menglong, a fine young man from the twenty-first century, the school's king of brawling and a menace in the eyes of street punks, also somehow transmigrated back to that era. And yet... Waving his dog-leg knife, Yang Menglong roared hoarsely, “Which bastard said the late Ming was easy to get by in? Come out here! I promise I won't chop you to death!” 270Reads8.7Score5214d adds
- 73 Laying Low in the Late Ming: Heroes Have Always Come from the Young 苟在明末之自古英雄出少年 A good-hearted fool from the future, a real-life jack-of-all-trades. He calls himself “a man who knows seventy-three of the world's seventy-two trades, but excels at none.” A freelance worker's soul is reborn in the Great Ming on the twenty-fifth day of the eighth month of the forty-seventh year of the Wanli reign, over four hundred years ago. He lives through the Tianqi and Chongzhen reigns, with no pocket dimension and no golden finger. All he has is the memory of his previous life. What if th 3.3kReads8.5Score25314d adds
- 74 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 2.3kReads7.2Score16614d adds
- 75 Reborn as a Soldier, Rising in the Late Ming 重生小兵，崛起在明末 (Late Ming Dynasty + passionate + ruthless conquest + hegemony + war + farming) Li Junye accidentally transmigrates to the final years of the Ming Dynasty. Through relentless effort, he finally builds an invincible army... He leads his troops on campaigns across the land, carving out a place for himself amid the chaos. A brand-new empire rises, spreading his ideals to every inch of its territory. 582Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 76 Brother Chongzhen, Step Down! I'll Be the Emperor of Great Ming 崇祯皇兄退位吧，我来当大明皇帝 In the fifth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming dynasty, once the world’s foremost power in science and military technology, the empire was already teetering on the brink of collapse. A modern graduate student in materials science unexpectedly transmigrates with Doubao AI and becomes Zhu Yihai, the sixth illegitimate son of the Prince of Lu. With the Kong Youde Rebellion already underway and Shandong’s provincial administration in growing turmoil, even a prince’s illegitimate son faces a di 605Reads—Score10614d adds
- 77 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, 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 The Cunning Chongzhen: Extending the Ming Dynasty by Three Hundred Years 腹黑崇祯：再续大明三百年 Transmigrated into the ruler of a collapsing empire? No way am I hanging myself! I won't be a sage emperor. I'll become the sole major shareholder of the Ming dynasty's trade empire! The Donglin Party wants credit? I'll arrange a marriage to ruin your career, then use alliances between Shanxi merchants to sideline the Jiangnan gentry and turn your factions against each other! Bandits everywhere? I won't suppress them or appease them. I'll drive them beyond the passes to graze on the steppe. Li 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Transmigrated to the Late Ming to Destroy the Treacherous Qing 穿越明末灭苟清 [Transmigration + Late Ming Dynasty + Rise to Power + Strategy + Destroying the Qing + System] Transmigrating into the Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming dynasty, history PhD Li Rui rises from a small frontier post to contend for the Central Plains, destroy the treacherous Qing, and rebuild China. 405Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Overthrow the Qing, Not Restore the Ming: The Gods Descend in a Golden Age of Abundance 反清不复明：神降糠稀盛世 Kill! Kill! Kill! Li Wei never expected that this time gate, truly his own, would lead straight to the sixteenth year of the Kangxi era. He had brought his brothers here to make a fortune, and the backer funding them was eager to see huge profits. But the sight of starving people strewn across the land filled him with uncontrollable fury. Upright official or corrupt official, if they served the Qing, they were all to be killed. Forced to take to the mountains and become bandits? If they caused t 177Reads—Score12414d adds
- 81 Wu Zetian Comes to the Great Ming: I Shall Uphold Its Three-Century Legacy 武后临明：朕扶大明三百年 In the early years of the Chongzhen reign, the Ming dynasty was beset by turmoil, its collapse seemingly just around the corner. The legendary female emperor Wu Zetian transmigrated into the body of Empress Zhou. The moment she opened her eyes, she was beset by troubles at home and abroad, surrounded by enemies on all sides. She did not rule from behind the curtain or meddle in state affairs. As empress, she advanced one careful step at a time: She built armies of warrior monks and established 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 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 484Reads7.4Score10414d adds
- 83 Transmigration: I Arrived in the Late Ming with an Entire City 穿越：我带着一座城来到了明末 After transmigrating to the late Ming dynasty, Li Lin receives an enormous golden finger from the heavens: he brings a thriving coastal city to the final years of the Ming. And as his influence expands across the dynasty, he can reach more and more cities and acquire more and more supplies! In an age when human lives were worth no more than grass, Li Lin works tirelessly to survive, to avoid being forced to shave his head or lose it, and, above all, to keep his fate out of other people’s hands. 2.7kReads8.4Score20214d adds
- 84 Unfinished Business in the Year of Jiashen 甲申未竟 When people look back on the late Ming, they always lament that Zhu Yujian and Li Dingguo never stood together as ruler and subject. Why couldn’t Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong join forces? Why couldn’t Qu Shisi and He Tengjiao set aside their prejudice against the peasants? But even if history had unfolded just as you hoped, one person would still have appeared. This person would place great hopes in you, beckon you over, and say, “Little one, little one, don’t be afraid. Would you like to come 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 War Flames over the Ming: A Special Forces King Rebuilds the Tang Dynasty 大明烽烟：特种兵王再造大唐 Li Mo, a modern special forces commander, had his soul transported into the body of Li Mo, a poor scholar and distant clan relative from Dacun Village, Shiqiao Township, Jiahe County, Guiyang Prefecture, in the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637). Although the original owner’s family had fallen into decline, the clan genealogy clearly recorded his descent from Li Sheng, a famous general of the mid-Tang dynasty. This became an important source of inspiration for the protagonist’s rise. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Rise of a Great Nation in the Late Ming 明末之大国崛起 A university student teaching in a remote area transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty after a mudslide and possesses Zhu Yujian, grandson of the Prince of Tang. Faced with a tragic era and a tragic life of his own, how will he defy fate, change his destiny, and usher in a new golden age for China? 1.6kReads8.3Score10114d adds
- 87 Great Ming: My Choices Summon the Greatest Ministers in History 大明：朕的抉择召唤千古名臣 On a snowy night in the first year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian transmigrates and jolts awake before the empire falls. Beneath the Dragon Throne lies a land strewn with corpses, its people starving for miles. At court, the Donglin faction and the eunuchs endlessly brawl for power. Beyond the passes, the Jianzhou Jurchens sharpen their blades. At his waist hangs the white silk sash with which he will hang himself on Coal Hill seventeen years later. At this desperate moment, the Mandate of Heave 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Chongzhen: I Bloodbath the Donglin Party from the Start 崇祯：开局血洗东林党 A special forces soldier transmigrates into Chongzhen. He hasn’t even warmed the dragon throne before petitions demanding donations pile up like a mountain. The treasury is so empty even rats have run off, the soldiers guarding the nine frontiers are starved to skin and bone, and the whole Donglin faction knows only how to kowtow and plead poverty. Looking at these “loyal ministers,” all fat and soft, Lu Feng laughs. He draws the emperor’s sword. “Fine, if none of you have money, then I’ll start 16Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 89 Zhi Long in the Late Ming Dynasty 明末芝龙 Zhang Xianzhong? He’s a defeated opponent of mine. Li Zicheng? He raises my men for me. Zhu Cilang? He’s my pet canary. Who am I? Zheng Zhilong, ruler of the Ming dynasty’s southeast. I reign over the seas, and half the Ming realm trembles beneath my iron hooves. What does it matter if I’m richer than a nation? What does it matter if I hold power over the court? Ming dynasty, call me Grand Marshal of All the Armies! 339Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 90 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: I Am the Great Ming’s Sagely Founder! 崇祯十七年：朕乃皇明圣祖！ He transmigrates back to New Year’s Eve in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. The Ming dynasty is on the verge of collapse, officials are corrupt, rebel armies press on, and the Manchus watch like tigers poised to pounce. In his previous life, he governed diligently for seventeen years, only to become the ruler who lost his country. In this life, Zhu Youjian will endure no more! Confiscate corrupt officials’ fortunes to raise a million soldiers’ pay; Take in the refugees outside the city and put —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Chongzhen, Father, Call Me Your Majesty: An Emperor for the Ages 崇祯，父皇请叫我陛下：千古一帝 I'm the Fourth Prince, Zhu Cizhao? And it's still the fifteenth year of Chongzhen... “Li Zicheng, I don't care if you take the south, but if you cross Kaifeng, don't blame me for making sure your own family won't know where you are!” I'm out here fighting for my life, while you, Zhu Youjian, and your court officials keep wavering and scheming against one another. Then don't blame me for marching into the palace in armor and forcing your hand with tens of thousands of refugees outside the capital 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 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 347Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Chongzhen's Revolution 崇祯要革命 (The only book online that saves the Ming dynasty through revolutionary ideas.) I am Chongzhen: “Rather than have the peasants liberate themselves from the bottom up, I’d rather liberate them from the top down.” I won’t just take the lives of corrupt officials. I’ll take the lives of the scholar-officials, the imperial clan, and the unscrupulous merchants too... Whoever dares obstruct my new policies, I’ll take their life. I am benevolent. I only take the lives of the parasites of China. 43Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 94 The Ming Dynasty Fell Too Fast: I Didn’t Have Time to Rebel 大明亡国太快：我没来得及造反 Late Ming: I inherit my father's post and guard the frontier. As the Qing army advances south, the situation at the border grows increasingly tense, factional struggles at court intensify, disasters occur one after another, and the first waves of refugees appear. Defeated troops pass through the area. The beacon tower where Lin Feng is stationed receives false military orders and is attacked by a small group of Later Jin scouts. His comrades suffer heavy casualties, the tower is destroyed, and t 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Reborn as Prince Longwu, I’ll Save the Ming Dynasty from Ruin 重生隆武皇子，挽天再造大明 The Ming dynasty: the last realm under heaven ruled by the Han Chinese. For all its countless failings, it was still far better than letting barbarian invaders rule the Central Plains! Reborn, Ling Yun transmigrates as Zhu Linze, the illegitimate son of the Longwu Emperor. The Xianxia Pass has fallen open, Zheng Zhilong is secretly conspiring with the Qing court, and the Longwu dynasty is on the brink of collapse. He lies low in southern Fujian, meets Zheng Chenggong and becomes his sworn broth 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Young Overlord of the Late Ming 明末小霸王 All proceeds from this book will go to charity. I transmigrated to the Ming dynasty? Where’s my golden finger? Where’s my System? At the very least, couldn’t I have transmigrated as the Chongzhen Emperor? But no, you send me to some remote backwater. Let’s see how Wang Jingyue rises to power amid the chaos of the late Ming dynasty! Genghis Khan: Where have all my warriors of the steppe gone? Li Zicheng: Where has my rebel army gone? Hong Taiji: Bandits, thieves, they even snatched women! My belo 12Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 97 I Pursue Sea Power in the Late Ming Dynasty 我在明末搞海权 He wakes up to find himself a poor thousand-household commander in southern Liaodong on the eve of the Battle of Sarhu, with the military garrison so rotten that only a list of phantom soldiers remains. Lin Yi just laughs. First, he cleans out the corrupt officials and introduces “performance reviews,” then wins over the eunuch inspector with seafood hot pot. The Later Jin cavalry are fierce? He’ll use coastal artillery and economic warfare to fleece Huang Taiji until he’s bankrupt. Who says the 171Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 One Tael of Silver a Day for Everyone: Restoring the Ming in Yangzhou 每人每天一两银，我在扬州复大明 Territory and Population System + military affairs + political intrigue + wish fulfillment + decisive action + fast pace The sun and moon never lose their nature, so though obscured, they shine again. The Yangtze and Han rivers never lose their source, so though blocked, they flow once more. The people of Xia never lose their spirit, so though fallen, they rise again. In 1645, 100,000 Qing troops surround Yangzhou. Shi Kefa has burned five letters of surrender, and the people of the city are pre 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Back to the End of the Ming Dynasty to Crush the Qing 回到明末虐大清 A mischievous high schooler transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty with an AI. As the AI's power supply improves, Li Dingguo's technology advances, making this a thrilling tech-powered story about crushing the Qing. First, there's the thrill of overwhelming superiority: the weapons wielded by the various factions are generations apart. Readers can revel as the protagonist outguns the Qing, the Southern Ming, Japan's shogunate, Spain, Portugal, Britain, and other forces. Second, there's the thril —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Golden Finger at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末金手指 “A golden finger” nowadays usually means having a cheat, but for Zhang Hongbin, who arrived at the end of the sixth year of the Tianqi era, it also had the power to turn stone into gold. A link in his mind connected him to a “Knockoff Trade System,” where he could buy all kinds of counterfeit goods from the future. Their quality might not be guaranteed, but in the sixteenth century, they were unquestionably top-tier products. From everyday grain, oil, and household supplies to basic iron spearhe 855Reads7.8Score—14d adds
