Novels like Late Ming: From Hundred-household Commander to Ruler of the Realm
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- 1 I Transmigrated to 1938 and Became the Kuomintang’s God of Wealth 穿越1938，我成军统财神爷 [No System] + [Dancing on a knife's edge] + [Smart protagonists] + [Patriotic] + [Decisive and ruthless] Lin Sancheng, a modern university student majoring in Japanese, transmigrates to Wuhan in 1938 in a parallel world. He takes over the body of an assistant at a photography studio. When Lin Sancheng wakes up, he's facing a desperate situation. Before he can come to terms with this grim reality, an even greater crisis follows close behind. The photography studio's owner is actually a Japanese s 14Reads—Score21414d adds
- 2 My Clan Bullied a Widowed Mother and Her Orphan, So I Passed the Exams and Became Chief Minister 全族欺我孤儿寡母，我科举成宰辅 [Dual storylines + imperial-exam comeback + political intrigue + max-level expert] In the examination hall, he’s a brilliant scholar who places first in all three imperial examinations. In the political arena, he’s a hard-nosed magistrate, seasoned in the art of wielding power. Shen Qingyuan, a modern county party secretary, transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and begins his meteoric rise, crushing the ancient literati along the way. Faced with corrupt clerks, overbearing clans, and entrench 422Reads7.2Score10114d adds
- 3 Reborn in 1978: I Take My Whole Family to College 重生78，我带全家考大学 [Feel-Good Period Novel + The Whole Family Turns Their Lives Around + Building an Industrial Powerhouse] Gao Yuanya, a deputy factory chief in charge of technology, spent his whole life alone and miserable. Only as he lay dying did he discover that his young, beautiful wife had only ever wanted his money. He opened his eyes and was reborn in 1978. His family was destitute, and there were only six months left before his younger sister drowned, his mother died of illness, and his father and older 1.4kReads6.6Score12614d adds
- 4 Great Ming: Jiajing Is Broke, So I Raise an Army Through Corruption 大明：嘉靖没钱，我靠贪污爆兵 [History + Political Intrigue + Subverting Expectations + Lighthearted Comedy + System + No Romance + Wish Fulfillment] (The rating just came out, so please don't let it scare you away!) In the thirty-eighth year of the Jiajing reign, after a palace maid strangled him with a cord around his neck, the Taoist emperor stopped attending court. He devoted himself to cultivating the Dao, yet still held the empire in his grasp. Meanwhile, the Yan faction dominated the court, and Japanese pirates rav 1.1kReads6.5Score15514d adds
- 5 Power Plays Are Exhausting, So I'll Crush Them with Business 权谋太累，我选商业降维打击 A modern project manager transmigrates to the Great Qian Dynasty and becomes the notorious, wastrel second young master of a fallen marquis's household. The good news: he's a noble. The bad news: his family has fallen as far as it possibly can. Worse still, the daughter of the reigning dynasty's great general comes to his door in person to break off their engagement. The better news: breaking off the engagement comes with compensation, just what he needs to deal with the immediate crisis. This i 14.3kReads8.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 6 I Traveled to Early Tang With My Pocket Dimension 带着空间闯初唐 Li Kuan transmigrates into the body of the Tang Emperor Taizong’s second son. But nobody cares for him: his maternal grandmother dotes on him least, his uncles show him no love, and he has been adopted by his fifth uncle, Li Zhiyun. To make matters worse, his health is extremely poor. If nothing unexpected happens, he’s doomed to meet an untimely end. Fortunately, he has a pocket dimension with him. From then on, Li Kuan takes the Tang Dynasty by storm! 367Reads7.2Score10314d adds
- 7 Heaven's Secrets and the Mandate Revolution 天机革鼎 After transmigrating to the late Ming dynasty, Zhu Yu becomes a poor, obscure member of the imperial clan in the Prince of Min's household, someone everyone can bully. Others rebel by raising armies with a System. He rebels with capital and production lines. Starting from the start with a single improved loom, he uses “standardization” to transform the entire handicraft industry; he forms factory guards and uses “supply chain” thinking to choke off the enemy's lifeline; he establishes the Xinyue 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Frontier Lord of the Late Ming 明末封疆 The hidden dragon rises from the depths, scales and claws flashing. The young tiger roars in the valley, and all beasts tremble! A modern SWAT officer mysteriously transmigrates to the storm-tossed late Ming era, giving rise to the legendary warlord Wei Yuan! Meanwhile, the frustrated general Yang Gu, who would otherwise have vanished into the pages of history, follows a new course after Wei Yuan inadvertently alters his fate and becomes a trendsetter of his age. Huang Taiji, whose iron cavalry 18Reads5.9Score314d adds
- 9 A Finance Director's Guide to Surviving in Ancient Times 财务总监的古代生存法则 How does a modern CFO grow step by step into the emperor’s favored concubine in the prince’s manor? This is not a one-on-one romance, but a story of everyday moments. You’re welcome to read it and unwind in your spare time. 2.8kReads8.1Score24514d adds
- 10 From Nobody to Ruler of the World 从无名小卒到君临天下 Zhang Yu accidentally arrives in the Great Wu Dynasty, a world in turmoil where warlords vie for power, each seeking to unite the realm. Starting as a low-ranking soldier on the frontier, Zhang Yu fights his way through every obstacle until he ultimately claims the throne. 32Reads6.6Score10814d adds
- 11 Late Ming: Starting as a Military Household, I Kill My Way to Become a Brocade Guard Commander 明末：开局军户，杀成锦衣卫都督 In the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, a severe drought ravages the Central Plains as rebel armies sweep through. Gu Changping opens his eyes to nothing but bone-chilling winds and a wilderness where people eat one another. To survive, he drinks horse's blood, slays defeated soldiers, and sets off for Jiangnan, the last prosperous region of the Ming dynasty, with an old soldier from Liaodong and the daughter of a wealthy family. Their only guide is a fake travel permit stained with blood. 104kReads8.8Score12.3k14d adds
- 12 Reborn as a Concubine in the 1950s, I Flee to Hong Kong with the Fortune 穿成五零姨太太，卷走财产逃港城 Zhu Ruanlan wakes up to discover that she has transmigrated into the role of the Seventh Master of the Suo family’s “concubine brought in to bring him good luck.” To make matters worse, the Suo family is plotting to leave Shanghai and flee to Xiaowan, and they aren’t even taking her along! How can that be? She wants to get out too. She wants to go to Hong Kong! Unfortunately, after spending some time with them, she realizes that the Suo family is a pack of ravenous wolves, every last one of them 14.5kReads8.1Score1.8k14d adds
- 13 Transmigrating to the End of the Ming Dynasty: From Conquering Later Jin to Ruling the World 穿越明末：从征服后金到制霸全球 Let’s keep the protagonist’s name as “Shi Xiao.” I’m too lazy to come up with another protagonist name, and this is more convenient. [Synopsis] In the sixteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the empire lies in ruins. Shi Xiao, a military shipbuilding engineer, transmigrates in a spectacular fashion, bringing with him the entire body of modern naval engineering and weapons manufacturing knowledge. That year, Li Zicheng is sharpening his blades, the Eight Banners cavalry is poised to strike, civil 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Great Ming: The Rebellion Diary of a Wild Crown Prince 大明：野生皇太子的造反日记 Other people transmigrate and enjoy a life of glory. I transmigrated into the wild crown prince of the Great Ming, trapped deep in the mountains! From the start, I was holed up in a ramshackle mountain stronghold, kidnapped by a band of loyal old ministers of the Southern Ming who were wailing and pleading for me to restore the dynasty. Under pressure from a crowd of old men who could be mistaken for five-star generals in a modern-day residential compound, I had no choice but to raise the banner —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Great Ming’s Mighty Ruler 大明雄主 After transmigrating into the body of a minor prince in late-Ming Hubei, Zhu Youfan must find a way to survive the chaos and turn the tide amid the strife engulfing the realm, preserving the spark of civilization. (Everyone is smart, no golden fingers, no heroine.) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I've Been Signing In for Ten Years, So Why Am I Still in the Golden Core Realm? 签到十年，朕怎么还是金丹期 Liu Duan transmigrates into the Great Qian Dynasty as its Sixth Prince and gets the sign-in System from the start. He thinks he's about to take off. But after ten years of signing in, his cultivation hasn't budged. He's still at the Golden Core stage. His father, Emperor Liu Heng: "Sixth Son, your eldest brother is almost at the Body Integration stage, while you're still stuck at Golden Core?" The other princes: "Sixth Brother, why don't you oversee the Ministry of Rites' ceremonies? Just sta 1Reads—Score10014d adds
- 17 The First Fierce Soldier of a Chaotic Age 乱世第一悍卒 A king of soldiers transmigrates to another world, where Chen An discovers he’s become a cannon-fodder soldier stationed at the border, with a stunning wife to boot. His superior wants to get her drunk and force himself on her, then pin the blame on me? I don’t care who you are! I’ll cut you down first! The enemy nation invades? Then I’ll show them what the King of the Army can do! When the powerful clans try to crush Chen An with their influence and force him to heel like a dog, he raises his b 2.3kReads8.5Score26514d adds
- 18 Three Days Until the Great Ming Falls: I, Zhu Cilang, Rebel 大明亡国还剩三天：我，朱慈烺，反了 [Late Ming Dynasty, Power Struggles, Political Schemes, Military, No System, Zhu Cilang] A top modern-day assassin was caught in a nuclear attack and transmigrated to the late Ming Dynasty as Crown Prince Zhu Cilang. The Ming dynasty had just three days left before its fall, while Li Zicheng's army of 500,000 troops bore down on the capital. With the dynasty on the brink of ruin, Zhu Cilang resolutely seized power. Chongzhen: You rebellious brat, how dare you revolt? Zhu Cilang: Step aside. In t 13.5kReads8.5Score94614d adds
- 19 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 674Reads6.6Score10114d adds
- 20 When Mountains and Rivers Fall Into Night: Ming Dynasty, 1644 山河入夜：大明1644 In 1644, the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Beijing fell. The great edifice crumbled, officials fled, the rebel army closed in on the city's nine gates, and the cavalry beyond the passes watched like tigers ready to pounce. Everyone said the Ming Dynasty had reached the end of its days. Yet the sun and moon remain unchanged in their course: though they may be obscured, they can shine again. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Chongzhen Transmigrates into Liu Shan from the Start, Leaving Zhuge Liang Stunned 开局崇祯穿刘禅，诸葛亮人麻了 [I, the Chongzhen Emperor, am hanging myself from the start!] I transmigrate into Shu Han and somehow become Liu Adou, the ruler who is content to do nothing! Facing Zhuge Liang, the devoted Chancellor, my Chongzhen DNA kicks in: suspicion, anxiety, and nightmares of my past life's fallen dynasty haunt me day and night. Zhuge Liang: "Your Majesty, we should consider the northern campaign carefully." Me: "What's there to consider? Short on food? I'll get it! Short on generals? I'll train them! Ca 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Transmigrating to the Late Ming as a Military Household Member, Starting by Raiding the Queue-Wearing Soldiers 穿越明末成军户，从抢辫子兵开始 [Late Ming Dynasty + No System + Farming + Hegemony + War] In the tenth year of the Chongzhen reign, natural and man-made disasters beset the Great Ming Dynasty, a realm founded nearly three hundred years ago, now teetering on the brink of collapse. The man standing before you now: He rose from humble beginnings, bringing his whole family with him, and took on the Great Ming, crushed the Later Jin, and rode across the grasslands. He led the people of Liaodong in slaughtering the Eight Banners l 271Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 23 Rebuilding the Great Ming: From Rebellion to Ruling the World! 重铸大明：从造反开始君临天下！ [Late Ming] + [Zhu Cilang] + [System] + [Rebellion] + [Multiple Storylines] Zhu Cilang transmigrates and becomes the Crown Prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty, with only a year left before the dynasty falls. The first mission from the System: seize the throne or the power to act as regent. After thinking it over, he decides to bring troops and have a serious talk with his father on New Year's Eve. Zhu Cilang: "Father, after making such a mess of the Great Ming, don't you think it's time to abd 11.9kReads—Score1.3k14d adds
- 24 The Great Ming Dynasty, 1627 大明王朝1627 [Late Ming] [Chongzhen] [Sun Chengzong] [Wei Zhongxian] [court intrigue] [alternate history] I, Chongzhen, am the Ming dynasty’s weightlifting champion. The two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming are all resting on my shoulders. Eighth month of the seventh year of Tianqi. The candlelight in the Qianqing Palace had just gone out when the carpenter emperor, Zhu Youxiao, breathed his last. Prince Xin Zhu Youjian, who had just been escorted into the Forbidden City, clutched the dry rations 348Reads6.1Score31014d adds
- 25 The Great Ming Inspector 大明巡检 This is a slow-paced farming story. If that’s not your thing, feel free to skip it. The protagonist, Li Zheng, farms, trains troops, and builds up his strength. The story spans from the Chongzhen era to the Southern Ming. He won’t fawn over Zhu or rebel. He’ll watch dynasties rise and fall, then ultimately claim the Central Plains. 102Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 26 Late Ming: A Chinese-Style Succubus 明末：中式魅魔 The sky is high and the clouds are pale; I gaze until the wild geese flying south disappear. One who has never reached the Great Wall is no true hero; I count the miles of the journey, twenty thousand. On the peaks of Liupan Mountain, red banners unfurl in the western wind. Today I hold the long spear in my hands; when will I bind the Azure Dragon? A modern university student transmigrates to the final years of the Ming dynasty. He sees the dead strewn across the land from famine, and people tra 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Dark Ming: The Commoner's Great Scholar 邪明：布衣大先生 [Ensemble cast | No System | Not an absurdist story | Asymmetric contest | Intelligence and human nature | A stage for the art of overthrowing dragons] Qin Liu, a playwright who has spent seven years with a theater troupe, is out gathering material when he grumbles to a companion that Zhang Juzheng squeezed the people too hard, leaving the Ming dynasty no room for error. He wakes up to find himself in a Ming dynasty where Zhang Juzheng never existed. Everything is the same, except that this one 180Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Moonlight Over the Vermilion Tower 朱楼月明 In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming dynasty, Li Zicheng advances on Beijing while the Qing armies beyond the frontier watch like hawks. The realm is shattered, rebellions rage, and the Ming dynasty stands on the brink of collapse. Faced with this crisis, Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian, finally decides to move the court south. A grand historical epic is about to unfold. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Day 83 of the Jiangyin Siege: Late Ming God of Slaughter System 江阴第83天，明末杀神系统 Killing Tartars makes you stronger. Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill! Level One Enemies: Manchu Tartars Level Two Enemies: Mongol Vassals Level Three Enemies: Han Traitors and Lackeys Level Four Enemies: Rebel Bandits and Thieves Strike without hesitation. Take only their heads. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Warrior’s Restless Heart 武夫心难安 #Two Male Leads, #Late Ming Dynasty, #Military, #National Destiny, #Resistance Against the Qing. This novel has no transmigrator. Set against the chaos of the late Ming Dynasty and the Age of Discovery, it asks whether deep integration between Eastern and Western civilizations could rewrite the humiliating history of the Manchus conquering the Central Plains. The story follows two male protagonists struggling to survive a desperate situation after the Wuqiao Mutiny. It depicts the hardships face 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Sun and Moon Begin Anew: Chronicles of War Across the Nine Provinces 日月重开：九州烽烟录 An ordinary person like you or me transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty. The Ming empire is already on its last legs. The Jianzhou Jurchens in the northeast are marching straight toward Beijing, peasant armies are sweeping through the Central Plains, and drought, locusts, and plague repeatedly ravage the people. The Qingliu faction, nobles, Donglin scholars, eunuchs, salt merchants, Shanxi merchants, rebels, Jianzhou forces, river pirates, salt merchants, Mongols, and all kinds of other powers 1.6kReads8.1Score13614d adds
- 32 Behind the Scenes: The Power Elite of 1938 黑幕：1938年的权力高层 The year 1938 was a turbulent one in modern Chinese history. That year, the upper ranks of the Kuomintang split apart. Wang Jingwei, once deeply trusted by Sun Yat-sen, gathered a group of key figures and, with Japanese support, began making intensive plans to establish a rival “Central Government.” Thus began a historical farce that would last for years, with Wang Jingwei, Chen Bijun, Zhou Fohai, Chen Gongbo, and the rest taking the stage. This book draws on detailed sources to follow the event 340Reads9.2Score10114d adds
- 33 My Blade-Wielding Empire at the End of the Ming Dynasty 我的明末刀客霸业 A single iron hammer tolls the death knell of the late Ming; a band of swordsmen unleashes a storm upon a world in chaos. Li Wuyue, a blacksmith whose soul comes from the modern age, opens his eyes as a penniless young man in Qishan County at the end of the Ming dynasty. In his previous life, he forged blades; in this one, he will forge his own destiny! He only wants to rely on his blacksmithing skills to survive the chaos, but after being framed by local gentry, he is driven to the brink. If th 25Reads—Score214d adds
- 34 Zhang Xianzhong Sacks the City from the Start, So I Defend Taihu Lake 开局遇张献忠屠城，我守太湖 In the spring of the eighth year of Chongzhen’s reign, thirteen bands of rebels join forces and march south. Zhang Xianzhong’s army of one hundred thousand troops lays siege to Taihu. Fang Che, a scholar who transmigrated here, stands atop the crumbling rammed-earth city wall. The granary is empty except for mice, and the arsenal holds nothing but rusted iron. The county magistrate only wants to die for his principles and leave a name behind, while the local gentry secretly abandon the city to p 27Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 35 Great Ming: Convincing Old Zhu That America Exists 大明，忽悠老朱有个阿美莉卡 [Diplomatic System] [Crush foreign barbarians] [Set traps for vassal states] [Enfeoff princes overseas] [Industrial Revolution] [Transform the Ming Dynasty] The Ming Dynasty’s foreign minister stands before you: the loving father of the vassal states and the architect of a new world order. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Xiongying is critically ill, Empress Ma is gravely sick, and the next tribute conference for the vassal states is about to begin. Chen Lin transmigrates into this world. Wi 78Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 36 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 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 A Record of Saving the World at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末救世记 [Transmigrated to the Ming dynasty + decisive and ruthless + turning the tide + saving hundreds of millions of Han Chinese from disaster!] In the final years of the Chongzhen reign, the leaky old ship that is the Ming dynasty is about to sink. Three hundred years of humiliation for the Han people are about to begin. Shen Zhan transmigrates and becomes a hundred-household commander in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. With the help of the Confiscation System, Shen Zhan gradually turns the tide. Whos 1.2kReads7.8Score10114d adds
- 38 My Soul Transmigrated to the Late Ming: Yu Wen Rebuilds the Realm 魂穿明末：余文再造山河 Famine ravages the late Ming dynasty, and corpses litter the land. University student Yu Wen transmigrates as Zhao Ergou, a dirt-poor peasant with nothing but four bare walls, struggling to survive on the brink of death. Using modern knowledge, he saves withered potatoes with wood ash, rallies the starving, forges iron tools, and builds irrigation works, kindling a fire in a humble cave that will spread across the land! When the Tartars’ village massacres set the beacon fires ablaze, corrupt sch 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 A Common Man in the Great Ming 大明匹夫 An indecisive, self-important emperor? Courtiers with their own agendas, hell-bent on bringing about their own ruin; Common folk starving and suffering in dire straits! Are they bandits or rebels? Heroes or do-gooders? He flew into a rage for the sake of a beauty, only to find it no match for fame and fortune. The country fell and the ruler died, leaving the great principles of history buried. He struck back only to give the weary Han people a place to rest. His love for family and country was a 2Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 40 Transmigrate as Chongzhen and Rebuild the Great Ming 穿越崇祯再造大明 At 80 years old, Zhu Qiming transmigrates into Zhu Youjian. Armed with modern knowledge and well-versed in Chinese classics, he fights magic with magic. The ministers fear nothing more than debating the classics with the emperor. When the emperor issues an edict blaming himself, the ministers are all terrified! A Ming Dynasty Renaissance, with steam engines born from bellows? A heart of compassion, with the methods of a devil? This is an age of saving the Ming Dynasty through intellect, military 643Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Ming-Zheng Start: Two Hundred Thousand Against One Hundred Million 明郑开局，二十万对阵一个亿 In 1664, Zheng Jing and the Ming loyalist regime began from the start. The Yongli Emperor was already dead, and all that remained of the Han realm was half an island across the southeastern strait, clinging to survival. This is a book with ideas, one that looks at the present through the past. Tags: undisputed sea power, the essence of feudalism, the nation-state, new Confucian learning, capitalist commerce, industrial development, highly organized society, ideological mobilization, currency as 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 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~ 2.2kReads8.2Score15314d adds
- 43 Ming Dynasty Tutor: The Answers My Director and I Found in Troubled Times 大明辅导员：我和主任的乱世答卷 Setting: Mizhi, in the fourth year of the Chongzhen reign at the end of the Ming dynasty. Both the male and female leads transmigrate. No harem or womanizing; the heroine is no mere ornament, and the romance develops naturally. There is no System, and the golden finger is restrained. The protagonist struggles at every step. The story has over a hundred chapters so far: the protagonists have just broken out of Mizhi County, defeated Buzhan Ni, and become a local power entrenched around Mizhi, Jia 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Late Ming: From Hunting to Conquering the World 明末：从打猎开始逐鹿天下 In the first year of the Chongzhen reign, Shaanxi suffered a drought, and the sky was red as blood. Chen Hu, who could take down a wild boar in the mountains and bandits in the lowlands, was still congratulating himself. But Chen Yong, who had just awakened, let out a despairing cry. "Chongzhen... A Shaanxi accent... Born a farmer... This is a truly disastrous start!" Transmigration | Late Ming Dynasty | Farming | Struggle for Supremacy | Rebellion | Realism | Hunting 541Reads—Score13614d adds
- 45 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—Score12514d adds
- 46 Great Ming's Prince of Another Surname: Hu Weiyong's Rebellion from the Start 大明异姓王：开局胡惟庸造反 [No System] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [No Rebellion] + [Ming Dynasty Infrastructure] + [Everyone Is Clever] After transmigrating to the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Lin Feng becomes Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son. He grows up alongside Zhu Biao and becomes the Ming Dynasty's only prince with a different surname. At first, all he wants is to lie flat as an idle prince, listening to music at the pleasure quarters and enjoying a life of luxury. But seeing the corruption in the bureaucracy and 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Reborn as Zhu Qizhen, Ushering in a Golden Age for the Great Ming 重生朱祁镇，开启盛世大明 In the fourteenth year of Zhengtong, the Ming dynasty is at the height of its power. That same year, Emperor Zhu Qizhen, later known as the emperor who knocked on the enemy's gates, suffers a crushing defeat at Tumu Fortress. In just two short months, the defeat breaks the Ming dynasty's rising fortunes, and the empire begins its decline. Zhu Qizhen, who has transmigrated into this era, discovers that he is about to set out on campaign. He swears he will never become the emperor who knocks on th 68Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 48 The Return of the Apocalypse: The Iron-Blooded Great Ming 天启回归之铁血大明 The Tianqi Emperor of the Ming, Zhu Youxiao, died after seven years on the throne, his whole body swollen, leaving posterity with an unsolved mystery. Yet after experiencing four lifetimes and three lives in death, Zhu Youxiao was miraculously reborn in the days before his accession. He was no longer the clever, timid, and, above all, absurd Zhu Youxiao he once was. He had become decisive, unyielding, and iron-willed. He raised the steel blade in his hand, ready to fight Heaven and plague, to sl 1.5kReads8.6Score10514d adds
- 49 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... 911Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 50 Transmigrate to the Late Ming: Admiral of the Ming Dynasty 穿越明末：提督大明 Zhen: Commander Tong, I've already let you establish your own residence and office, granted you the same rank as the Three Excellencies, given you authority to act in my name, and bestowed the Nine Gifts upon you. You're practically a deputy emperor in charge of day-to-day affairs. What more do you want from me? Tong: Your Majesty, please understand the situation and stop interfering with my efforts to govern the realm! 20kReads8.4Score1.6k14d adds
