Novels like Getting By in the Late Ming Dynasty
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- 151 The Reversal That Began at Prince Fu's Mansion in the Late Ming 明末从福王府开始的逆袭 After transmigrating to the fourth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Cihua became the most unfortunate eldest grandson of the Prince of Fu in history. His grandfather was a notorious miser, his father did nothing but listen to music, and his two uncles were waiting eagerly for him to fall out of favor. Worse still, he remembered history: ten years later, Li Zicheng would capture Luoyang, and the whole family would become part of a “Fu-Lu Feast.” Rather than wait to die... So eleven-year-old Zhu Cihua start 958Reads6.0Score10014d adds
- 152 The Tyrant of Great Ming: From Crushing Wei Zhongxian to Ascending the Throne 大明暴君：从镇压魏忠贤登临帝位 Political intrigue, passion, espionage, ruthless action, conquest, no System "Rest easy, Imperial Brother. Your younger brother will inherit the kingdom." Wei Zhongxian intends to use a pregnant palace maid to plot for the throne? "Heh, what master gets bitten to death by his own pet?" A severe drought in Shaanxi? The people are starving to death? "Annam has been Ming territory since ancient times. Is it really too much for Us to take some grain?" The southeastern civil officials are rebelli 235Reads7.5Score10114d adds
- 153 Transmigrated into a Pirate King, I Picked Up a Female General from the Start 穿越成海盗王，开局捡到女将军 Lin Feng transmigrates and becomes a pirate king. He thinks he's in for an adventure conquering the seas, but instead finds himself facing a government manhunt and a mutiny. He's left with a single battered ship and seven or eight old, weak men: a hellish start. Lin Feng isn't afraid of any challenge, no matter how great! I'm going to be the King of the Pirates! Think the ship is too small and shabby? I'll draw up plans for a modern warship right here! Still relying on traditional boarding tacti —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 The Mad Dragon of Liaodong 辽东狂龙 On that rainy night on Shuangdao, Mao Wenlong, a wronged soul who had lingered for fifteen years, was reborn. When he used the imperial sword in his hand to cut off Yuan Chonghuan's head, he knew that nothing would ever be the same again... 144Reads9.4Score10514d adds
- 155 A History of the Peasant War at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末农民战争史 Sixteen years of unstoppable victories, followed by four hundred days to total collapse. Open this book and discover why Li Zicheng was defeated, and why his downfall came so quickly! In March 1644, Li Zicheng captured Beijing, bringing the Ming dynasty to an end. By then, he had fought for sixteen years. In April of that year, Li Zicheng was defeated at Shanhai Pass, and the Qing army entered the pass. In May of the following year, Li Zicheng died at Jiugong Mountain in Huguang, just four hundr 770Reads9.3Score22214d adds
- 156 Great Ming: The Man Who Won Zhu Yuanzhang's Respect 大明，让朱元璋心服口服的那个人 [Political Intrigue + Wits and Strategy + Business Wars + Farming + Industrial Revolution] He transmigrates into the Ming Dynasty as the thirteen-year-old Crown Prince Zhu Biao. “Father, please strip me of my title as Crown Prince.” “What did you say?!” “I hear our Great Ming is still missing a Grand Preceptor. How about I trade my position as Crown Prince for that one?” “Do you even know what a Grand Preceptor does?” “Father, has anyone ever taught you how to be an emperor?” Old Zhu shot to his 207Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 157 The Hakka Army of the Late Ming 明末客家军 This book is entirely original. The protagonist transmigrates into a kind, ordinary Hakka family in southern Jiangxi at the end of the Ming dynasty. The family starts by expanding the patrol office from 20 people, then takes up farming and development, quells rebellions and builds an army, suppresses pirates in the Guangdong Sea, resists the Dutch in the Fujian Sea, fights the British at Humen, and recovers Taiwan. There are naval battles at Hailingyang, Nan'ao, Luoliowan, Humen, and Meizhou Isl 3.8kReads8.1Score31214d adds
- 158 Late Ming: Becoming Emperor Was Never My Wish 明末：称帝非我愿 [No System + No Cheat Abilities + Ming Dynasty + Rebellion] Wang San, worn down by society and working grueling 24/7 shifts, becomes another Wang San, a villager in Baishui County, Shaanxi, near the end of the Ming dynasty. A terrible famine strikes, and people resort to eating one another. Wang San is frail and sickly, on the verge of becoming someone else’s meal, when his brother Wang Er comes charging back and saves him. As Wang San leaves with Wang Er, he discovers that his brother is well-c 5.6kReads8.7Score31614d adds
- 159 Late Ming: Your Majesty, the Crown Prince Has Rebelled 明末：陛下，太子殿下造反了 No System + a transmigrator in the late Ming + rebellion from the start + killing corrupt officials + wiping out the Manchu A 21st-century overworked office drone transmigrates into the body of Zhu Cilang, the Crown Prince at the end of the Ming dynasty. After transmigrating, he tries to talk Emperor Chongzhen into seeing reason, but the emperor refuses to listen and instead punishes him by ordering him to reflect behind closed doors and forbidding him to leave. His reputation is ruined, too, an 4.9kReads7.9Score27714d adds
- 160 Restoring the Ming Dynasty from Burma in Its Final Years 明末从缅甸开始复国 In 1659, the Great Ming dynasty was on the brink of collapse. The Qing army was bearing down on Yunnan, and the court was beset by troubles at home and abroad. But at that very moment, fate took a turn: the modern-day Zhu Youlang unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of the Ming dynasty’s Yongli Emperor, Zhu Youlang. With the powerful support of a tool called the Strongest Restoration System, he set about restoring the glory of the Great Ming. Zhu Youlang must not only face the Qing forces pu 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Chronicle of Zhang Xianzhong’s Capture of Luzhou 张献忠陷庐州纪 A Record of Zhang Xianzhong’s Capture of Luzhou is an important unofficial historical source written by Yu Ruizi, a firsthand witness from the late Ming dynasty. It recounts how Zhang Xianzhong, leader of a peasant rebel army, captured Luzhou, in the area of present-day Hefei, Anhui, in 1642, and the upheaval that followed. Yu Ruizi was a scholar trapped inside the city who witnessed the violence firsthand. He saw Luzhou fall, witnessed the suffering of its people amid the fighting, and observed 17Reads8.1Score514d adds
- 162 History of the Southern Ming: 1644–1662 南明史：1644-1662 Within the court, civil officials were divided by factional strife. Beyond it, no military hero emerged. As warfare plunged the people into chaos, the political system turned inward and consumed itself, while the forces that might have helped from outside could not be brought to bear. The roots of the Southern Ming’s collapse can be traced to this predicament. The purpose of Southern Ming History: 1644–1662 is to answer the question, “Why did the Ming dynasty fall?” With this in mind, author Ly 100Reads8.6Score2614d adds
- 163 Superman Descends: From the Start in the Late Ming, I Crush the Pigskin Barbarians 超人降临：明末开局打爆野猪皮 (More Children, More Blessings, an Imperial Army, an Invincible Power Fantasy, and the Golden Zodiac Saints) The author used to be Superman, so this isn't made up! Bai Haoqing opened his eyes to find that he had transmigrated bodily to a Korean battlefield at the end of the Ming Dynasty, before the Jiazi Rebellion had even begun. Because he came from the original Earth, sunlight in the late Ming Dynasty granted him superhuman powers. At that moment, the Jianzhou Jurchens were massacring a city. 824Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 164 The Apocalypse: The Ming Empire Reboots 天启之大明帝国重启 Build a new inner factory, rebuild the Dragon Scale Guard, and train the Four Symbols Army. Slay the Shanxi merchants, destroy the Donglin faction, eliminate the Eight Banners, and ride down Tokyo. Move the fiefs overseas, and reclaim Lelang, Taiwan, the Southwestern Peninsula, North and South America, and Australia. Wherever the sun and moon shine, wherever rivers flow, all shall be Han lands. See how Ming Xingzu completes the task even the eternal emperor Qin Shi Huang could not finish... 81Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 165 Chongzhen: This Great Ming Is Surprisingly Powerful 崇祯：这个大明有点强 [Ming Dynasty + satisfying power fantasy + mass troop recruitment + System + wild imagination] In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Zhu Youjian begins by drawing a Shenying Battalion. He rebuilds the Ming Dynasty, expands its military, purges treacherous officials, subdues Jiangnan, cuts down the powerful clans, and wins the people's hearts. He launches an eastern campaign against Japanese pirates, presses the Russians in the north, wages war across the southern seas, and conquers Per 2kReads7.7Score13814d adds
- 166 Chongzhen Must Not Die: I Lead the Great Ming to Global Dominance 崇祯不亡：朕带大明称霸全球 A university history student falls off a cliff and opens his eyes to find himself Emperor Chongzhen! By now, Li Zicheng's forces have surrounded Beijing, and the crooked tree on Coal Hill stands right before him. I refuse to hang myself! Abandon the capital and head south, establish my rule over Jiangnan, train a modern army, develop seafaring, crush Japan, and launch a northern campaign to reclaim our lands. Watch me save the dynasty from collapse and reshape the Ming, until all nations come to 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Blood Runs Red: Zhang Xianzhong and the Great Western Army 血流红：张献忠与大西军 In June 1645, Zhang Xianzhong captured Chongqing. Sweeping westward with unstoppable momentum, his army left blazing fires and blood-soaked roads in its wake. On August 9, after taking Chengdu, Zhang Xianzhong wasted no time in holding a founding ceremony and ascending the throne as emperor of the Great Western Kingdom. From the very first day Zhang Xianzhong took up residence in the Shu Prince's Palace in Chengdu, the country knew no peace. His forces were locked in repeated battles with Li Zic 179Reads9.4Score11414d adds
- 168 The Grassroots King of the Late Ming 明末草头王 The late Ming was a time of chaos, with endless natural disasters and man-made calamities. Rebels ran rampant at home, while the Jianzhou Jurchens threatened from beyond the borders. All under heaven suffered, and the lives of commoners were cheap as grass! In an age when a man with a gun could become king, Liu Yi, who had transmigrated into this world, declared: If I'm going to do it, I'll become the biggest warlord under heaven! The Ming has lost its throne, and all the world is scrambling to 36Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 169 The Peasant Wars of the Late Ming Dynasty (Revised Edition) 明末农民战争（修订版） The late Ming peasant wars of the 1630s through the 1670s were the longest-running and largest-scale peasant wars in ancient Chinese history. Drawing extensively on official and private writings as well as archival records, the author gives a meticulous account of their development and impact. Carefully reviewed and expanded by the author, this revised edition presents readers with a sweeping historical panorama. 32Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 170 I Was Buried Alive Right After I Transmigrated, Now I'll Conquer the Late Ming 刚穿越就被活埋，我要横推明末 [No System + Ming Dynasty + Late Ming + Passionate + Ruthless Battles + Rise to Power + Chongzhen] Forge muskets, build a modern cavalry, wipe out the Eight Banners, crush the rebel bands, and conquer the realm! Zhou Jian'an never imagined he would transmigrate to the final years of the Ming Dynasty. He ends up in the body of a down-and-out military household member. That's right: in the late Ming, being in a military household meant being dirt poor. By a twist of fate, he wins the favor of 12.6kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 171 Competing for Supremacy from 1644 从1644年开始争霸 Synopsis: A wealthy young man from the late Ming Dynasty, transported into another body, originally only wanted to keep his head down and live in peace. But the knockoff phone he brought along mutated and gained access to an arsenal. From then on, he embarked on a path to conquer the land on his own terms. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Late Ming: A Superhuman Descends on Yangzhou, Plays the Great Sage, and Destroys the Manchus 明末：超人降临扬州扮大圣灭满清 The rating has only just appeared, so it’ll rise soon! (The Myriad Worlds + late Ming setting from the start + defending Yangzhou during the ten-day massacre + wiping out the Jurchen Eight Banners + a Superman-like hero arrives + the Great Sage Equal to Heaven) Modern college student Sun Hao transmigrates bodily to Yangzhou at the end of the Ming dynasty. At this point, a hundred thousand troops of the Jurchen Eight Banners are attacking the city. As Yangzhou is about to fall, sunlight empowers 2.5kReads7.3Score22214d adds
- 173 Rebel Army at the End of the Ming 明末义军 [Transmigration to the Late Ming] [No System] [Establishing a Base] [Fighting the Landlords] [Redistributing the Land] Li Xiangdong transmigrates to the Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming dynasty. To get a bowl of millet porridge, he joins a band of rebels. His bravery in battle and sharp mind earn him a post as a junior infantry officer. When the rebel army is scattered by government forces, Li Xiangdong leads his men into the mountains, where they fight the landlords, redistribute the land, 1.6kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 174 The End of Dayan: Winds Rise in Hanzhou 大衍末路：邯州风起 [Transmigrate to the Late Ming] [Imperial Son-in-Law] [Not Mindless] [Not a Power Fantasy] [No System] [New Book] In the first year of the Chongzhen reign, at the end of the Ming dynasty, there are no golden fingers, no System, and the story unfolds at a measured pace. Zhao Yanzhi, a modern office worker, transmigrates by accident and becomes the illegitimate son of a landowning family in Handan during the early years of the Chongzhen reign. The realm is on the verge of chaos, bandits roam every 1.3kReads—Score12714d adds
- 175 My Courtyard Leads to the Ming Dynasty 我家院子可以去大明 Huang Xiao, a medical student, transmigrates to the fifth year of the Tianqi era of the Ming dynasty with a farmhouse. Using medicine far ahead of its time, he successfully treats the carpenter emperor, Zhu Youxiao. A wooden toy steam train turns Zhu Youxiao into his devoted fan. The late Ming is a world in chaos, plagued by natural disasters and human calamities, with flames of war blazing everywhere. It is an age woven from blood and fire! Backed by the abundant resources and advanced technolo 1.1kReads8.4Score10114d adds
- 176 The Revolver God of War of the Late Ming 明末左轮战神 Modern-day top student Zhu Ping'an transmigrates into the body of a disgraced royal clansman in the late Ming dynasty and gets bound to a System. He only wants to lie flat, but ends up being forced into becoming the king of firearms. Matchlock guns? Too outdated! Just watch me make revolvers, revolving rifles, revolving machine guns, revolving cannons, revolving autocannons... With sparks flying all the way, I go from fifty retainers to the stars and beyond! The Chongzhen Emperor is wary of me? 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 In the Late Ming, I Redeem the Celestial Globe and Become Earth's Supreme Ruler 明末兑换天日之表，登顶地球球长 The uprising at Suanzao: five hundred rebel bandits march a thousand miles, conquer Guangdong, swallow Guangxi, and set their sights on Hunan, while Yunnan and Guizhou fall into their grasp. Li Siyan, governor-general of five provinces. Call me the King of the Southwest. [Not mindless wish fulfillment] [Realistic tone] [Not chasing the rankings] [No spawning endless troops out of thin air] [No going all in] [Gets better as it goes] [God-tier ending] [The System provides support, then fades into 18.4kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 178 Even Bandits Can Set the World Ablaze 流贼也可以燎原 The suffering of the people at the end of the Ming dynasty was caused by more than just the rise of the Later Jin. It stemmed from many factors: the brutality of corrupt officials in the dynasty’s final years, the court’s exploitation of disaster victims, and more. You could even say the Later Jin had the least impact. To save the people, both sides must be brought down. It’s not as if everything will be over once the Later Jin is finished. Readers, the punctuation in the first dozen or twenty 2.3kReads6.7Score10214d adds
- 179 The Winds Rise in Southern Guizhou: I Become Prince Mu in the Southern Ming 风起黔南，我在南明当沐王爷 A chemistry graduate student unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qian in Guizhou at the end of the Ming dynasty! He opens his eyes to find himself in the empire’s final days. The southwestern frontier, guarded by his family for generations, is beset by internal strife and external threats, and he knows that unless he takes action, he is doomed to see his country fall and his family perish, with his blood spilled in a brutal sacrifice. Within the realm, there are ch 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Fighting for the Realm in the Late Ming Dynasty 我在明末争天下 The Great Ming Dynasty is engulfed in flames of war, its lands falling into enemy hands. Prince Ying, Zhu Youju, rises from Jiangnan to turn the tide, build an elite army, vie for supremacy over the Central Plains, reclaim the realm, and usher in a new golden age for the Ming! 3.9kReads8.4Score21214d adds
- 181 Saving the Great Ming, Starting with a Shamanic Ritual! 拯救大明，从跳大神开始！ Chen Lixun transmigrates to Chenjiabao, in the Right Guard of Yanshan, in the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign. After ruling for seventeen years and resisting a Qing army of a hundred thousand, the Chongzhen Emperor has already hanged himself from a branch in the southeast! The Battle of Yipianshi is over, and Li Zicheng has fled to Shanxi. The Qing demons are on their way, and only three days remain before Dorgon reaches Beijing. To survive in these chaotic times, Chen Lixun decides to s 1.3kReads8.6Score10014d adds
- 182 A Thousand-Mile Journey at the End of the Ming: Good Lord, I'm Done Being a Wolf! 明末千里行：良爷我不做狼啦！ A fanfiction of The Hungry Lamb: Traveling a Thousand Miles in the Late Ming Dynasty, with no regrets allowed! Reborn for a second time, Liang will no longer repeat his past mistakes. In this chaotic age, he will live by the will of a hero. (Sui appears in Chapter Six.) (The first few hundred words are from the original work; everything after that is original. I made up some details about the male lead to make Liang’s transformation in the original more convincing.) (This is not transmigration, 1.3kReads9.5Score22214d adds
- 183 A Hero of the Seas at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末之海上雄师 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin Tartars repeatedly raided the borders. The Central Plains were engulfed in war, and the Ming court had lost control of the southeastern coast and its maritime power. The empire was on the brink of collapse. Tang Xuezhi, a marine of the Huaxia Empire, transmigrated by accident to the chaotic end of the Ming Dynasty, where he became the son of the great pirate Yan Siqi. Hunted for no reason, he went on to pacify the coastal frontier, fight the 5.6kReads8.2Score57014d adds
- 184 Starting Out in a Ming Dynasty Garrison 明末从卫所开始 Was the late Ming truly beyond saving? Was the Ming Dynasty really worthless? Was the Great Ming truly so easy to defeat? Join me as we explore this era. The seventh year of the Chongzhen reign, late spring. Farther north than northern Shaanxi, beyond the frontier, watch as a hereditary soldier from a military garrison rises step by step and changes everything along the way. This book has no golden finger, only one heroine, no runaway tech tree, and no high-yielding corn or sweet potatoes. A new 3.4kReads7.4Score25814d adds
- 185 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: The Empire's Collapse 崇祯十七年：帝国的崩塌 The Great Ming was at the height of its power and prosperity, yet collapsed overnight. What happened? This book is not a simple account of a dynasty's decline. It is a panoramic dissection of how a complex civilizational system crashed completely. Through the interwoven fates of more than twenty central figures, including the Chongzhen Emperor, Li Zicheng, Yuan Chonghuan, Wu Sangui, and Johann Adam Schall von Bell, we are drawn into the scene of an irreversible collapse. You will witness with yo 7.5kReads8.8Score54414d adds
- 186 I'm a Military Engineer, and You Want Me to Save the Ming? 我一搞军工的，你让我拯救大明？ [Traditional history] [Historical farming and development] [Survival in a chaotic age] [No System] [Military-industrial system] [Late Ming power struggle] Qin Feng, a technician at an arms manufacturing group and a major military history forum influencer, opens his eyes to find himself a low-ranking border officer in the second year of the Chongzhen reign, with only ten men under his command. Three days later, Hong Taiji’s fifty thousand Eight Banners troops breach the frontier. Historically, no 2.9kReads6.8Score18414d adds
- 187 Late Ming: I Cleave Chongzhen with My Blade 明末：刀劈崇祯 In the final years of the Tianqi era of the Ming dynasty, a transmigrator born into a family of loyal ministers rises amid chaos and turns the tide when all seems lost. Then he personally brings down this rotten dynasty, corrupt to its very roots. 572Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 188 Resent That He Didn't 恨其不为 Two modern people enter the Ming Dynasty for unknown reasons. They only wanted to live honestly and with dignity, but the Ming court's rulers disappoint them too deeply. If you cannot protect your suffering countrymen, then let us take your place. They thought they were invincible, only to discover that there were other transmigrators in this world. 253Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 189 While Chongzhen Hangs from a Tree, I Head South and Restore the Ming with My Roommates 崇祯挂树我南渡，带室友重振大明 [No System + multiple transmigrations + slow burn + drive out the northern barbarians + colonize the world] (This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel or pseudo-history. If you want wish fulfillment, look elsewhere. And to those who push pseudo-history, please use your brains and stop believing marketing accounts.) The sun and moon never lose their proper course, so though they may be obscured, they shine again! In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng captured Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emper 133Reads—Score10414d adds
- 190 The Veritable Records of the Chongzhen Emperor 崇祯实录 The Veritable Records of the Chongzhen Reign 89Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 191 Reborn as the Yongli Emperor at the End of the Ming, I'm Back Again 重生明末永历帝，朕又回来了 Only after dying once do you learn who would die for you, and who wants you dead. Only after being reborn do you understand that being emperor isn't about sitting on the dragon throne. It's about bearing the weight of an empire. On the first day of my reign, I issued these orders: Open the maritime trade ban and exchange with the red-haired barbarians for firearms. Put an end to empty talk. Add practical firearms examinations to the imperial civil service exams. Secretly order Li Dingguo to head 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 I Went to the Late Ming to Save the Righteous 我去明末救义士 Entirely handmade, absolutely no AI, so updates are slow! Read at your own risk, and don’t rush me. In 1642, the Ming dynasty’s final struggle had already failed, and the darkest hour in Chinese history was about to arrive. To prevent three hundred years of national collapse from repeating itself, countless people transmigrated into the past. Could the Chongzhen Emperor have died so easily without someone guiding him? As the Jiashen Catastrophe looms, see how Tian Youjia and his three brothers f 157Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Chronicles of the Ming-Era Sky Patrol, 1628 明末巡天录1628 [Historical setting]+ [Single heroine]+ [Xuanhuan]+ [No System]+ [Civilization] I will never abandon this story, so read with confidence! When I opened my eyes, I had become a junior constable in the first year of the Chongzhen reign, only to discover that demons existed in this world. As a medical student who transmigrated here, I believe firmly in science, yet I’m forced to inherit the “Demon-Suppressing Arts.” I heal the common people, but get dragged into an age of chaos that devours civiliz —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 194 I Have a Wormhole to the End of the Ming Dynasty 我有虫洞去明末 A magical wormhole that only one person can travel through at a time. On the other side lies the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, with Chongzhen soon to take the throne. Trade century-old ginseng from the Ming dynasty for pocket change in the modern world, force the late Ming to advance its technology, and take revenge to your heart’s content! Recover Liaodong in five years? Pah! Even two years is too slow! The Ming dynasty, which began with a bowl and ended with a noose, is about to be brought 4.3kReads8.7Score31414d adds
- 195 Hegemonic Ming: My Industrial Age 霸明：我的工业时代 I am Zhao Zhiwei, the godfather of the Ming Dynasty. In this troubled era, I set off an industrial revolution and changed the fate of the dynasty. I am both mentor and friend to the carpenter emperor, Zhu Youxiao. I call the powerful eunuch Wei Zhongxian my brother, though we are constantly at odds as well. Of course, the Ming Dynasty has plenty of enemies: the Jurchens, who covet the throne; the Donglin faction, whose empty talk harms the nation; corrupt nobles and gentry who infest the land; a 2.5kReads8.4Score16414d adds
- 196 Late Ming: Lü Bu Battles Dorgon 明末：吕布大战多尔衮 In 1629, the Ming Empire teeters on the brink of collapse. Famine stretches for miles across the lands within the passes, and bands of rebels rise everywhere. Beyond the passes, the Mongol tribes are in their twilight years. The Buryats, descended from the Jurchens who once relied on their ancestors, have turned traitor, repeatedly invading and slaughtering their way across the border. At this histor 174Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 197 A Late Ming Revolutionary Reorganizes the Ranks and Handcrafts a Mortar 明末觉醒分子重组，手搓迫击炮 History's unluckiest transmigrator starts out as a refugee in northern Shaanxi at the end of the Ming dynasty. Just as he thinks he's about to die on arrival, his “molecular restructuring” cheat comes online! Any substance can be rewritten; any structure can be rearranged! Hungry? Restructure cellulose into glucose and turn weeds into porridge! The original grain seeds yield too little? Induce genetic mutations in the seeds and harvest three thousand jin per mu! The Tartar cavalry is formidable? 47.3kReads8.1Score5.2k14d adds
- 198 Ming Dynasty: My Giant Warships and Cannons 明朝：我的巨舰大炮 This novel follows the protagonist as he transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty aboard an ironclad coast guard ship equipped with modern weapons. Armed with advanced weapons and knowledge, he vies for control of the empire, ushers in a new dynasty, resists foreign invaders, wipes out the Japanese pirates, dominates the seas, and wages war across the globe. Strategy + ironclad warships + cannons + no System. 9.5kReads9.0Score90414d adds
- 199 The New Shun, 1644 新顺1644 [Peasant Rebel Army Perspective + Research-Oriented + No Golden Finger, No System] (Late Ming Dynasty, research-oriented, a people's history perspective, no System, and a somewhat slow start.) You can think of it as a prequel fanfic to New Shun 1730, or perhaps a sort of tribute. 3.1kReads8.3Score26814d adds
- 200 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: Saving This Ming Dynasty Is Impossible 崇祯十七年，这个大明真难救 Zhu Youzhe, a fourth-year history student, was sheltering from the rain beneath the crooked-neck tree on Longevity Hill when he was struck by lightning and transmigrated to the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, alongside the soul of the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian. From mutual dislike to working together, the two hold back Li Zicheng’s advancing army and face Dorgon in a decisive battle near the capital, reshaping the Ming dynasty into something entirely different. In this life, the on 597Reads8.6Score11214d adds
