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- 151 Transmigrating to the Late Ming Dynasty: Starting Out in the Martial World 穿越明末从江湖开始 [Transmigration + Martial World + Underworld + History + Court Politics + Scheming + War] The martial world and the imperial court have never been entirely separate. They are two opposing sides of the same coin. Some people live in the martial world but yearn for the court, while others serve at court yet dream of the martial world. The court isn't the only force driving the wheels of history. The martial world also plays its part in shaping the course of events. My name is Zhang Hanyu. I'm a hi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 I Never Wanted a Marquisate in the Late Ming, but Was Forced to Become a Warlord 明末封侯非我意被逼当军阀 [No System] [Realistic] [Maximum Immersion] [Hebei Warlord] [Takes Orders, Not Proclamations] [The Imperial Robe Is Thrust Upon Him] From the start, he cuts his way through the Qing army’s encirclement at Jia Village in Julu, rising through the ranks at a breakneck pace: garrison commander, field commander, deputy brigade commander, and regional commander. By the time he comes to his senses, he is already wearing the imperial robes. “General! It’s cold. Put on another layer!” “Hey, no, no... I a 125Reads—Score10914d adds
- 153 I, Zhu Youjian, Studied Abroad. I Absolutely Won't Hang Myself 我朱由检留过学的，绝不吊死 I, Chongzhen, will never hang myself! At the start of his reign, Zhu Youjian suddenly discovered he could travel to the future. When he saw himself hanging from a branch in the southeast, his eyes nearly split with rage. When he saw the Ten Days of Yangzhou and the Three Massacres of Jiading, his fury boiled over. But when he saw how posterity judged him, he was stunned. Was being diligent really a mistake? Aggrieved, Zhu Youjian decided to start correcting his mistakes. The first thing he did w 5.6kReads9.0Score55214d adds
- 154 I Sent Aid to Northwestern Shanxi from the End of the Ming Dynasty 我从明末支援晋西北 (Late Ming dynasty) + (Bright Sword) + dual-world portal. A modern man transmigrates into Mao Wenlong, the man the Manchu invaders hate most, and gains a golden finger: a portal between two worlds. The other side of the portal leads to the world of Bright Sword. Mao Wenlong rushes off to find Li Yunlong and buy machine guns. He plans to take guns and cannons back to the late Ming dynasty, build up his forces, and restore their former glory… But Li Yunlong can’t bear to sell his machine guns, or 425Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 155 The Winds of Change in Great Ming: This Guy Has Stopped Acting Human! 风起大明，这货不做人了！ [Steal Jade and Savor Fragrance] [Scheming Power Plays] [Bloody Wars] [Partly Feel-Good] The Four Great Beauties: Xi Li, Zhang Yan, Hailanzhu, and Chen Yuanyuan. Fierce! Fierce! Fierce! The intensity never lets up! The Stick-Striking Case, the Red Pills Case, the Palace Relocation Case, the Fall-Into-the-Water Case, the Battle of Guangning, the Battle of Liuhe, the Battle of Ningyuan, the Wang Gongchang Explosion, Wei Zhongxian's living shrine... One astonishing historical truth after another, e 1.3kReads7.0Score10614d adds
- 156 Three Generations of the Great Ming 大明爷仨 Zhu Biao’s death changed the fate of all of Central China. To clear the way for Zhu Yunwen’s succession, the rising generation of military nobles led by Lan Yu was purged, leaving the country gravely weakened. The Jingnan Campaign that followed was another unprecedented catastrophe. If Zhu Yuanzhang knew what had happened from beyond the grave, he would surely regret passing the throne to Zhu Yunwen. I am Zhu Yuntong, the most honored imperial grandson of the Great Ming and its rightful heir. Gi 556Reads8.5Score10914d adds
- 157 Great Ming: I Am Xu Da's Fifteenth-Generation Descendant 大明：我是徐达的十五世孙 Xu Tianjue’s soul returns to the Ming dynasty, where he becomes the legitimate son of the Duke of Wei’s household and the fifteenth-generation descendant of Xu Da, Prince of Zhongshan. Faced with a dynasty beset by troubles at home and abroad, he wields the power accumulated by the Xu family over a century and vows to rewrite the fate of the Ming. At court, his family background lets him crush petty schemers; on the battlefield, he leads the Ming army to victory in every direction. This time, th 113Reads7.5Score12514d adds
- 158 Great Ming: I Help Brother Zhu Zhanji Ascend from the Start 大明：开局送瞻基皇兄升天 I am Zhu Zhanshan, the greatest royal uncle in the Ming dynasty. I lived through seven reigns, served as regent twice, missed out on the throne three times, and am the younger brother of that pathetic emperor, Zhu Zhanji. Did China’s decline begin with Zhu Zhanji, a supposedly great Ming emperor? Then I’ll start by taking his throne. Isolation from the world, falling behind the rest of the globe? Then I’ll send fleets west again and colonize the world. Japanese pirates harassing us for three hun 899Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 159 Ming Dynasty 1617 大明1617 What can a modern businessman do after transmigrating to Shanxi at the end of the Ming Dynasty? Will he become the leader of the Shanxi merchants? Will he grow richer than the state itself? Will he win over people, establish a council, and ultimately turn the Ming Dynasty into a vast joint-stock corporation? Will he form a merchant army, using profit to spur soldiers on and eventually gaining supreme power? It all unfolds in Ming Dynasty 1617, a story that approaches the Ming Dynasty from a merc 27Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 160 1772: My Father Is the Grand Commander of Lanfang 1772：我爹是兰芳大统领 Luo Zhenjun had just returned home after leaving the army when he transmigrated to Borneo in 1772, during the reign of the Qing Emperor Qianlong. He didn’t return to his homeland, though. Instead, he traveled there with his people. What? My dad is the future president of the Lanfang Republic? Damn it! In that case, I’ll have to take down Qianlong! [Anti-Qing, Not Pro-Ming] [Power Fantasy] [Farming] [Slow Burn] [No System, Slow-Burn Story] 1Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 161 Furious Chongzhen: Who Needs Scheming? Just Get It Done 暴躁崇祯：要什么权谋？干就完了 [I’ve already slaughtered every island in Japan, but Chongzhen still isn’t satisfied. He insists on digging up all the magma, too.] Just how thrilling can a hotheaded Chongzhen story be if it skips political maneuvering and internal affairs and focuses only on fighting? Civil officials, gentry, wealthy merchants, the Jianzhou Jurchens, the Tungusic peoples, generations of officials who submitted to foreign powers, Japanese pirates, white-skinned foreigners... If they’re people whose deaths leave 10.4kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 162 The Great Ming Sage Emperor 大明圣皇 After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, he lies low for two years, then launches his late-Ming career with a major case. On land, he is invincible. He builds a Ming navy and drives off armed merchant ships, becoming unstoppable at sea. This is my Ming Dynasty, and I am its Holy Emperor. 163Reads8.1Score4014d adds
- 163 Late Ming: Players Run Rampant 明末：玩家凶猛 In April 1637, the tenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the Qing army joined forces with the Joseon navy and launched an all-out assault on Pi Island with overwhelming force, intent on wiping out the Dongjiang garrison. By then, after years of internal strife and external threats, the Dongjiang garrison was already powerless to stop the Qing army. But just then, a mysterious force arrived: They were great warriors, pressing forward wherever righteousness called, taking life and death lightly and f 403Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 164 Ming Secrets: The Worthless Rule the Land 大明秘闻，刍狗当道 [Schemes and Intrigue] [Dark Power Struggles] [Imperial Palace Secrets] [The Shifting Nature of Humanity] [No System, Not Pure Wish Fulfillment] [No Idiots, No Dumbing Down] The Zhu Ming Dynasty was once the world's wealthiest, strongest, and most populous feudal dynasty, ruled by absolute imperial authority with power balanced to perfection. But the Zhu Ming Dynasty also bore every sign of an impending dynastic collapse: land seized into the hands of a few, the treasury in ruins, border threats 2.1kReads8.8Score17414d adds
- 165 The Great Ming: From the Start, I Destroyed the Jurchen Tribes of Liaodong 大明，开局覆灭辽东女真 Overnight, he finds himself in the Ming Dynasty, and to his surprise, he has become the Wanli Emperor. What does the Wanli era have to offer? Famed ministers like Zhang Juzheng, Shen Shixing, and Wang Xijue. Famous generals like Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, and Deng Zilong. And, of course, the Three Great Campaigns of the Wanli era and the Three Victories at Huangzhong. But none of that matters. What matters is pacifying the Jurchens in Liaodong first. And there's no need to worry about losing, be 67Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 166 Great Ming: I'm an Emperor Now, So Why Would I Still Be a Carpenter? 大明：都是皇帝了，谁还当木匠 [No System] + [Passionate] + [Political Intrigue] + [Decisive and Ruthless] With a gravely ill father and a mother who died young, Zhu Youxiao is at a loss in the forty-eighth year of the Wanli reign. Factional strife runs rampant, the court is rotten, the Jurchens are watching hungrily, and the Mongols refuse to submit. Amid internal turmoil and external threats, the tide of the times sweeps along the fates of countless millions. The once-mighty Ming Empire is already in its twilight years. Cal 482Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 167 Emperor Yongle Is My Brother-in-Law! Let’s Play It Safe! 永乐大帝我姐夫！苟苟苟出发咯！ Authors interested in adapting this novel can search for "My Brother-in-Law, Emperor Yongle" to apply. All authors are welcome to adapt it! By a stroke of luck, I transmigrated and became Xu Huizu, eldest son of Xu Da, Duke of Wei of the Ming dynasty. What? My brother-in-law is the future Emperor Yongle, Zhu Di? Then all I have to do is keep my head down, right? And so... During the Hongwu reign, I kept an extremely low profile! During the Yongle reign, my brother-in-law was Zhu Di! During the H 5.6kReads8.1Score33314d adds
- 168 Southern Ming: The Sun Never Sets on the Empire Rising from the Frontier 南明：从边境崛起的日不落帝国 On February 21, 1659 (the thirteenth year of the Yongli era of the Southern Ming, the sixteenth year of the Shunzhi era of the Qing), Qing forces crossed the Nu River and approached Tengyue Prefecture. General Li Dingguo decided to use the terrain to ambush them, and the bloody Battle of Mopanshan was about to begin. The Southern Ming crown prince, Zhu Cixuan, had been gravely ill and unconscious for days when he suddenly awoke, his eyes opening to a world beyond anything people could imagine. W 989Reads7.5Score10014d adds
- 169 Reincarnated as the Song Imperial Uncle, I Became the Top Boss of Water Margin 魂穿大宋皇叔，我成水浒总瓢把子 [No System] [Not a brainless story] [Rebuilding Liangshan's strongest lineup] [Deep brotherhood] [Song Jiang, Li Kui, Sun Erniang, Wang Ying... none of them will be recruited] Zhao Yue's soul transmigrates to the Northern Song dynasty, where he becomes the uncle of Emperor Huizong, Zhao Ji, and a direct descendant of Emperor Taizu, Zhao Kuangyin. His nephew on the throne always looks at him with suspicion, while the treacherous ministers at court regard him as a thorn in their side. Fortunately, 101.7kReads8.6Score8.5k14d adds
- 170 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
- 171 White Horse Treading on New Frost 白马踏新霜 Gu Changan is sixteen. A remnant soldier from the old Northern Camp, a master from a deserted temple, a barefoot girl, a divine black hound, and the phantom of a white horse all come to his side one after another. His father, Gu Qing, has been gone for ten years. His mother, Su Wantang, died suddenly in a single day. Before his teacher was executed, he left behind only a cryptic message. Gu Changan thought he was simply going to save someone. Only later did he learn that the snows and storms of 13Reads—Score40814d adds
- 172 With Our Ancestors' Blessing, the Great Ming Rises 祖宗保佑之风起大明 [No System + Massive Infrastructure Projects + Advanced Technology + Ming Empire] In the final years of the Ming dynasty, society is in turmoil, with natural disasters and human calamities leaving nine out of ten households empty. After Xu Da forcefully drags Xu Xian along, he arrives in the Ming dynasty. With his own strength alone, he will save Chongzhen, restore the people's livelihoods, reclaim Taiwan, and conquer North America. With the help of a host of ancient Chinese scientists, he will 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 A Superpower at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末超级强国 I came, I saw, I conquered. What would a new-generation soldier do if he went back to the late Ming? “Still using matchlocks? Flintlocks? Do you think I’m an idiot? Are you kidding me? Bronze cannons? Muzzle-loaders? Are you kidding me? I’m a modern internet guy. Are you telling me I can’t even build a mortar? Who says we can’t make bullets? Who says we can’t cut rifling? Do me a favor and take a good look around a machine shop.” Li Yi stood in his vast arsenal. Li Yi fought his way out of the B 3.8kReads8.5Score27214d adds
- 174 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
- 175 The Great Ming's Imperial Tutor 大明帝师 Chu Ning, a history student, unexpectedly transmigrates onto the battlefield of the Tumu Crisis. While fleeing, he saves the Ming Emperor Yingzong, Zhu Qizhen, and from then on begins his own overpowered protagonist's life... 1.6kReads8.4Score11614d adds
- 176 The Blue Robe Supports the Heavens 青衫扶苍 [Studying at the Imperial Academy + Farming + Contending for Hegemony + Beauties + Meticulous + Not for Beginners] During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, in the fourteenth year of the Jianyuan era of Former Qin (378 AD), an age of upheaval and crisis, the young scholar Wang Yao, born to a humble family, carries the ideal of “serving the world and bringing peace to its people” as he travels from Huayin in Hongnong to Chang'an's Imperial Academy to study. Underneath the surface, Chang'an seethes with 2.5kReads9.4Score27714d adds
- 177 Great Ming: My Father Is Zhu Tumu, and I Seize the Gate from the Start! 大明：家父朱土木，开局夺门之变！ The eighth year of the Jingtai era. The spirited Emperor Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu, is gravely ill and has little time left. The increasingly unhinged former emperor Zhu Qizhen is trapped in the Southern Palace, waiting desperately for his chance. The once-radiant Empress Qian is old, crippled, and impoverished, forced to weave cloth to support the former emperor. Wan Zhen'er, favored above all the women in the palace, still waits alone for her Prince of Yi, uncertain of what lies ahead. That year, Yu Q 25Reads8.5Score11514d adds
- 178 Transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty, I Use Modern Technology to Rule the World 穿越到明朝利用现代科技制霸全球 The capital falls, and Emperor Chongzhen hangs himself on Coal Hill, only to transmigrate to the modern era. He meets the lifelong friend bound to him by fate, then unexpectedly transmigrates back to the eve of the Ming dynasty’s fall along with friends from modern society. Using his knowledge of modern science, he builds a modern chemical industry from scratch, drives the Industrial Revolution forward, establishes a powerful modern army, and conquers the lands and seas. He forges a mighty empir 3.5kReads8.9Score27714d adds
- 179 Winds and Clouds Rise Across Ten Thousand Miles 万里风云起 First, let me make this clear: everyone is smart, both the heroes and the villains. The female characters have friends and rivals; some share their ideals, while others part ways. Readers can judge for themselves. The divine artifact has thrown the world into turmoil, and storms are gathering. The young lords are either hidden dragons waiting to rise or already beginning to show their brilliance. But whether for country or family, the throne needs a new king. This is the young people's era, a g —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Great Ming: Bandit General, Sage of War, Great Rebel 大明，山贼大将军，兵圣大反贼 [No mindless characters, no pure power fantasy] [The dark side of human nature in the halls of power] [The truth behind the Ming emperors' frequent untimely deaths] [Monsters and demons at the end of a dynasty] [Cunning] [Scheming for the realm] The Ming Dynasty is incredibly unlucky: internal strife, foreign threats, natural disasters, man-made calamities, fiscal collapse, factional infighting... every condition for a dynasty's fall has come together. In the first year of the Taichang reign, a 2.4kReads8.4Score17714d adds
- 181 Late Ming Warlord: Kill, Never Spare 晚明枭雄，只杀不渡 A revenge-and-comeback story about a Ming Dynasty native: no transmigration, no cheat powers, and no System From the start, bookkeeper Wang Xing breaks a seemingly hopeless deadlock. After his master is murdered, he repeatedly uses the trick of hiding in plain sight to survive against all odds. To stay alive, he has no choice but to sell himself into the service of the "She-Devil." With the meticulous calculations of an abacus, his schemes evolve from underworld tricks to political intrigue at c 421Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Great Tang: All My Relatives Are Emperors 大唐，我家亲戚都是皇帝 In the golden age of the Li-Tang dynasty, one man surnamed Wang somehow manages to steal the spotlight. Sure, you're right about everything. Your relatives are all emperors, so naturally everything you say makes sense! With no System and no cheats, watch how the protagonist takes the Tang dynasty by storm. 1.4kReads8.2Score10014d adds
- 183 Two Thousand Years of History Through the Eyes of an Immortal 历史永生者的上下两千年 After transmigrating to the final years of King Zhou of Shang, the protagonist finds that his elder brother is E Lai, ancestor of the Qin state, and his younger brother is Ji Sheng, ancestor of the Zhao state. Able to live forever, he heads straight to Mengjin to pledge his loyalty after hearing that King Wu of Zhou has ascended the throne. He slowly builds up his credentials, rising from junior officer to senior officer and then to magistrate, until he has a fief of his own... He accompanied Ki 1.3kReads8.1Score11114d adds
- 184 The Rise of Tibet 吐蕃崛起 What if Tubo had attacked Tianzhu first? What if Tubo had become a feudal state? What if Tubo had held off attacks from the Arabs, the Tang, and the Uyghurs on three fronts? Duojie, a modern man, falls from his horse while riding. When he comes to, he discovers he has transmigrated into the body of Chide Zuzan, the Tubo king. As a man from the modern age, how will he lead the Snowy Plateau into the future? 960Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 185 Great Ming: From the Start with a Rope, Ending with a Bowl 大明：开局一根绳，结束一个碗 [Late Ming + War + Political intrigue + Chongzhen] Zhu Hengyuan accidentally transmigrated into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian, on the eighth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign. The Ming dynasty was less than eleven days from its fall, already gravely ill and close to death. The Jurchens threatened from outside, rebels ravaged the interior, and natural disasters and human calamities came one after another. Fortunately, he discovered he had two g 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Swallowing the Ming 吞明 A portal connecting the modern era to the final years of the Ming Dynasty, and an orphan who grew up in the mountains. He decides to save the hundreds of millions of people living through the Ming Dynasty's collapse and build an unprecedented empire! 31Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 187 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 5.7kReads8.7Score33014d adds
- 188 Great Ming: The First Emperor of Qin Lives in My Head! 大明：我的脑子里住了个秦始皇！ [Great Ming]+ [Princes]+ [Political Scheming]+ [Battle for Supremacy]+ [One Female Lead] Consort Yang gave birth to a son, the seventeenth prince. Born clutching a jade, he was greeted by purple light filling the city. Heavenly omens marked him as extraordinary from birth! The officials looked on in astonishment! The palace was in uproar! But... if the prince is extraordinary, where does that leave the Crown Prince? After all, Zhu Biao, history's greatest crown prince, is still alive! His virtue 340Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 189 The Three Peach Garden Brothers Are Reborn in the Three Kingdoms 桃园三兄弟重生三国 [Reborn Three Kingdoms Novel] [No System] [Battlefield Strategy] The story begins with Liu Bei entrusting his adopted son to Zhuge Liang at Baidi City, then dying soon afterward. Unable to let go of his countless regrets, he is reborn before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, back when the three brothers swore brotherhood in the Peach Garden. Even more astonishingly, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have also been reborn. As Liu Bei marvels at the great mercy of Heaven, he watches his two brothers weep with joy 781Reads8.2Score10314d adds
- 190 The Ming Dynasty in the Wake of the Tsunami 海啸大明 Heroes need not worry about what comes after them; the history books should resound with songs of their deeds. Blood-soaked warriors on the battlefield, demons and monsters in the bureaucracy, the tangled romances of courtesans and sea lords: all are brought to life as the Ming Empire is struck by a catastrophic wave of raids and calamities. Beset by troubles at home and abroad, the Ming Empire faces the ferocious Tatar Altan Khan in the north, whose forces raid and pillage with savage brutality 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Reborn for a New Life, Tyrant Chongzhen Kills! Kills! Kills! 重活一世，暴君崇祯杀！杀！杀！ The seventh year of the Tianqi reign, eighth month. Zhu Youjian knelt before the imperial bed in the Qianqing Palace, his knees aching against the floor. He did the math in his head: seven years ago, on a late night working overtime, he had died suddenly at his computer. When he awoke, he had become Zhu Youjian, the Prince of Xing. Seven years. For seven whole years, he had stayed in his manor, pretending to be ill, pretending to be a fool, pretending to be invisible. In secret, he had trained e 11.3kReads7.0Score1k14d adds
- 192 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 173Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 193 The Civil and Martial Arts of Song 文宋武略 A 996 overworked employee at an electronics company transmigrates to the Northern Song. He uses modern knowledge to develop the salt industry, then draws on his knowledge of later history to anticipate Wang Jun’s rebellion and prepare for it in advance, intervening in the course of history. He also puts his knowledge of the later imperial examinations to use, entering officialdom through the child prodigy exam. He develops the economy, creates military equipment, and reorganizes the army, leadin 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Great Ming: From the Start, I Snatched Da Yuer 大明：开局截胡大玉儿 In the first year of the Chongzhen era, Pi Island runs out of food, and 20,000 soldiers and civilians are on the brink of death. With worry turning his temples white, Mao Wenlong watches as his son Mao Chengzong awakens after a single dynasty. The fool who had played dumb for twelve years now possesses Li Cunxiao's peerless strength: he lifts a thousand-catty stone lock with one hand and sweeps the island's military bullies aside. The Later Jin ruler Hong Taiji sees Pi Island as a thorn in his s 4.9kReads6.8Score43114d adds
- 195 Great Ming: Duke of Liang from the Start, Skinned Alive in Thirty Days 大明开局凉国公，三十天后被剥皮 [No System] [Thirty days to live from the start] [Absurd comedy] [Feigning madness and playing dumb] [The more he courts death, the more he's relied upon] [Rebellious to the core, but unfortunately afraid to die] [Ensemble court drama] [An unofficial history that veers off script] Lan Yu, a failed Ming history writer, had spent seven years writing novels about the Ming dynasty, and every one of them had flopped. The night he died suddenly, he was writing the chapter about Lan Yu being skinned an 2.2kReads—Score20714d adds
- 196 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 640Reads8.6Score11214d adds
- 197 Bloodbath at Jingkang 浴血靖康 In the Xuanhe era, the balance of power shifted. Song and Liao had drawn a border, put an end to hostilities, and maintained friendly relations for over a hundred years. In the lands of the White Mountains and Black Waters lived the Jurchen Wanyan clan, a people of hunters and fishers who had long suffered under the Liao and harbored deep resentment. Wanyan Aguda campaigned east and west, united the tribes, and rose swiftly to challenge the Liao. The balance of power was about to be turned upsid 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Great Tang: I Saved the Crown Prince from the Brink of Death from the Start 大唐：开局救活病危太子 Crown Prince Li Chengqian is critically ill with smallpox. In a fury, Li Shimin orders: “If he isn’t cured within three days, the entire Imperial Medical Bureau will be exiled to Lingnan!” Who could have guessed that the only person brave enough to step forward wouldn’t be a physician, but Shen Mu, a menial worker who sorts medicinal herbs, with the Medical World System bound to his mind! Modern medicines, vaccines, and medical equipment are all available for exchange. Treating patients earns po 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Thirty-Six Autumns in a Lonely City 孤城卅六秋 An isolated city perched on a sheer cliff held out alone for thirty-six years in an age when Mongol cavalry swept across Eurasia. The young swordsman Wu Xuanqing and the talented Shen Xiaoyuan meet amid the fires of a war-torn age. They witness and take part in the construction of Fishing Town, from its very beginnings. They share in the triumph of the “broken whip of the gods” and endure the despair of Xiangyang's fall and the tragedy of Yashan. When the entire Southern Song collapses, they be 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 A Corpse from the Start, and You Want Me to Revive the Ming Dynasty? 开局一具尸体，你让我中兴大明？ He lived for a man who was about to die, and for a country that was about to perish. College student Zhu Yuanwu transmigrated from the start into the body of a corpse on its last breath: the Tianqi Emperor, Zhu Youxiao. No System, no golden finger, just a sickly body that should have been dead and a set of memories belonging to someone else that had appeared in his mind. Wei Zhongxian wept by his bedside. The court awaited his death, starving people in Shaanxi had already raised their banners, a 2Reads—Score19914d adds
