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- 1 The Hidden Dragon of Great Tang: My Zhenguan Survival System 大唐潜蛟：我的贞观求生系统 One startled awakening, and his soul has transmigrated into Li Chengqian, Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty: the unlucky fellow who will one day be deposed for rebellion and die in exile! From the start, history repeats itself: he falls from a horse, injures his leg, and is left with a limp! The crown prince's dignity is shattered, and the whole court buzzes with gossip. His talented younger brother Li Tai, born of the same mother and deeply favored by their father, watches him like a hawk. The e 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Great Ming: Who Exposed My Imperial Grandson's Identity? 大明：是谁，曝光了我皇孙的身份 The male lead transmigrates into the body of Zhu Yuntong, the legitimate grandson of Ming dynasty founder Zhu Yuanzhang. With turmoil looming in the early Ming dynasty, he plans to develop maritime trade to protect himself. At first, he wants to flee the empire, but a twist of fate draws him into the succession struggle. He must contend with the many factions at court, his direct rival Zhu Yunwen, and the repeated schemes of Prince of Yan Zhu Di. Meanwhile, the Timurid Kingdom, one of the four g 131Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 3 Forging the Blade at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末砺刃录 In the chaotic years at the end of the Ming and the beginning of the Qing, a boy grows into a man. To survive in such turbulent times, he must become ruthless, or die. Ming deserters, rebel armies claiming to fight for the people, and foreign tribes beyond the passes all stand in his way. Carrying Emperor Chongzhen's final edict, the protagonist carves out a path for himself through the chaos! 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Tears of the Great Ming 大明泪 A group of people of principle from different walks of life, spanning the imperial court and the martial world, civil officials and military commanders, aristocratic clans and common folk, wage a bloody struggle for twenty years to protect Han traditions and the cultural legacy of China, composing an epic of loyalty and righteousness about doing what must be done even when success seems impossible. The story explores the many forms of loyalty and righteousness, including the bond between ruler a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Transmigrate to the Late Ming: From the Regret of Coal Hill to Unifying the World 穿越明末：从煤山遗恨到寰宇一统 When modern young man Li Hao woke up, he found himself outside Beijing in the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign. Before him lay an apocalyptic scene of smoke-filled battlefields and a shattered land. The Ming emperor had hanged himself on Coal Hill, while Li Zicheng's cavalry and the Qing forces waiting beyond the passes were about to decide the fate of the land. At a loss, Li Hao found his only hope in a System called the Universal Emporium. Using the supplies and knowledge he could excha 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I, Chongzhen, Will Lead the Great Ming to Rule the Earth 我，崇祯，带大明君临地球 The day I transmigrated into the Chongzhen Emperor, Li Zicheng's cannons were already blasting apart one corner of the Forbidden City. I calmly took off the dragon robe on Coal Hill and summoned the surviving generals for a war council that very night. Three years later, the new army broke the Manchu cavalry with its flintlock formations. Ten years later, steam-powered ironclad ships blasted open London's gates. By the time European scholars bowed their heads to translate the Great Chongzhen Com —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Great Ming: I Rescued Empress Ma from the Start 大明：开局救活马皇后 Medical doctor Ling Yun dies suddenly at the operating table, only to wake up as a lowly registered physician during the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty. Empress Ma is gravely ill, the Imperial Medical Academy is helpless, and Zhu Yuanzhang is about to take up his executioner's blade... Ling Yun knows his chance has come, and it’s his only way to survive. No antibiotics? I’ll refine some! No surgical instruments? I’ll make them! No sterile operating room? I’ll build one! One dose of medicine save 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 My Medical Journey in Great Ming: I Cured Empress Ma From the Start 大明医途开局我治好了马皇后 Shen Ran, a top student with dual degrees in history and clinical medicine, opened his eyes to the smell of disinfectant in an autopsy room, only to find himself in a ruined temple in the fifteenth year of Hongwu. Covered in cobwebs and starving, he had become a poor scholar from a fallen family, dragged into this iron-fisted dynasty with its rigid household registers and rampant secret police, his body on the verge of death. The Hu Weiyong case had yet to fade, and the shadow of the Empty Seal 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Red Alert: From the War of Resistance to the Sea of Stars 红警之钢铁洪流从抗战到星辰大海 When Lin Feng woke up, he realized he was no longer in the familiar era. He had returned to 1937, a time of raging war and a shattered nation! Around him were the iron hoofbeats of Japanese invaders and the cries of his countrymen. Despair and darkness seemed poised to swallow everything. Yet in this desperate situation, a cold mechanical voice rang out in his mind: [Red Alert System fully loaded! Esteemed Commander, please designate where to deploy your Construction Yard.] With no reinforcement 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 10 I Become Emperor of the Great Ming 我在大明当皇帝 After transmigrating, he inherits a frail body. Though he is also a descendant of the Ming imperial family, he can't compare to Zhu Yunwen when it comes to how well he's treated! I swear I'll rise to the top! I'm going to be emperor too! 54Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 11 Great Ming: The Carefree Prince Ning 大明：逍遥宁王爷 [No System + ensemble cast + transmigration] He starts out by transmigrating into Zhu Quan. He had planned to live a carefree life as a prince, but things don't go as hoped. When he sees his fourth brother, Zhu Di, come asking to borrow troops, Zhu Quan decides to go with the flow and joins Zhu Di's uprising to depose the Jianwen Emperor. Why would he want to divide the empire in half? Your little brother just wants to be an idle prince. The man standing before you now is Zhu Quan, seventeenth s 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Great Ming: I Sent You to Conquer the North, So Why Did You Become Emperor? 大明：让你征漠北，你称帝了？ My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Chongzhen of the Great Ming: I Open-Book Exam! 大明崇祯：朕开卷考试！ Heaven, you gave me another life, so I'll make the most of it. You made me emperor, so just watch me be a good one! I'll restore the Ming to its former glory and make the people of Huaxia stand at the top of the world! Donglin faction, you want me to "hang myself on a branch facing southeast"? Then I'll hang you first. Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and the rest of you want to rebel? I'll give you all high-ranking posts! Go help me conquer the realm! The Jianzhou Jurchens? The Tartars? Don't be af 2Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 14 Great Ming: I Only Wanted to Live in Leisure, but You Forced Me to Take the Throne 大明：本想当咸王，你却非逼我登基 After the Tumu Crisis, Emperor Yingzong of Ming was captured following a disastrous military defeat. The court urgently needed to install a new ruler, but the candidate Yu Qian had in mind was none other than Zhu Qilian, the famously laid-back prince known across the land. Faced with the throne, Zhu Qilian resisted with every fiber of his being. “Whoever wants to be this unlucky emperor can have the job! I think Zhu Qiyu would be perfect for it!” But Yu Qian ignored his protests and forced him 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Great Ming: After the False Accusations Came True, Old Zhu Exploded! 大明：诬陷成真后，老朱气炸了！ Zhu Sen unexpectedly becomes the Ming dynasty’s first top scorer in the imperial examinations and earns Zhu Yuanzhang’s deep trust! A few years later, he rises to become the Provincial Administration Commissioner of Jiangzhe, a powerful official governing a vast territory! But to keep him from entering the imperial court, the Huaxi Group frames him for embezzlement, forming cliques for personal gain, raising private troops, secretly manufacturing weapons, and plotting rebellion... Zhu Yuanzhang —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Great Ming: An Everlasting Realm 大明：山河永固 When a transmigrator refuses to follow the script and hang himself at Coal Hill Modern mechanical engineer Li Zhe opens his eyes and finds himself as the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian. From the start, it’s a living hell: drought and cannibalism in Shaanxi, the Eight Banners eyeing the northeast, endless factional strife at court, and an imperial treasury so empty even rats could run through it. But Li Zhe smiles. Because he has a copy of The Exploitation of the Works of Nature in his hands. “Yo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Last Eunuch of the Great Ming 大明最后一个太监 The Ming Dynasty's Last Eunuch 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Learn to Solve Cases in the Imperial Prison 我在诏狱学破案 In the twentieth year of the Wanli era, the Korean War rages, while the first signs of a succession crisis emerge. Ling Yun, a hereditary junior officer in the Embroidered Uniform Guard, has grown obsessive and withdrawn ever since his father’s dubious “death in the line of duty” three years ago. To his colleagues in the Northern Branch, he is an oddball. During an investigation, he talks back to his superior and is punished by being forced to kneel in the snow at night. On the brink of death, h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Great Ming: Defying Fate at Sarhu 大明：从萨尔浒开始逆天改命 Wang Wei, a postdoctoral researcher in campaign studies at the National Defense University, opens his eyes ten days before the Battle of Sarhu, in the body of Yang Zhao, son of the doomed Liaodong military governor. Four armies advancing from different directions to encircle the enemy? To him, that’s just lining up to die! With unparalleled strategic insight, he calculates the course of the battle; with unmatched strength, he subdues the entire army. He means to enter the fray himself, turn the 126Reads6.8Score11714d adds
- 20 Young Brocade Guard: Lingyun 少年锦衣卫之凌云 A new story is out! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! As the son of a Vice Commissioner of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Ling Yun wears a flying-fish robe and carries an embroidered spring saber, traveling between the palace and the streets under his mentor Zhou Chong. From a mischievous boy who counted pigeons to a detective with an eye for detail, he displays astonishing powers of deducti 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Chronicles of Another World: The Iron-Blooded Brocade-Clad Guard 锦衣异世录之铁血锦衣卫 He was once the Republic’s sharpest blade, Lin Feng, an elite national security agent. During an operation to take down an international spy ring, both sides went down together. As blood stained the streets and his consciousness faded, he saw not only the killer, “Night Owl,” sneering at him, but also a strange beam of light tearing through space and time. When he opened his eyes again, he was dressed in a brocade uniform with an Embroidered Spring Saber at his waist. He was in the flourishing Y 3Reads—Score314d adds
- 22 Iron and Blood: A Song of Strife, Hunted by Jin Soldiers from the Start 铁血构歌：开局被金兵追杀 I open my eyes to find myself being hunted by Jin soldiers on a snowy night. A history teaching assistant's icy voice rings in my ears: “You've transmigrated into Song Gaozong, Zhao Gou, and are being pursued by Jin soldiers.” Seeing Wang Boyan trembling beside me, I blurt out, “Old Wang, stop shaking. Keep it together,” and realize something is very wrong. The cries of a child whose refugee mother froze to death in his arms pierce my ears. “From this day on, I will no longer be the Song Gaozong 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Inherited a Legacy on Mount Tai: I Use Underworld Technology to Defend the Nation 泰山获传承：我靠地府科技镇国门 During an autumn rainstorm, I accidentally activated an incised rune on a cliff carving at Mount Tai. As a deep-blue energy drilled into the space between my brows, the earth trembled. The 749 Bureau rescued me from the ruins shrouded in rain and mist. Only after they brought me back to headquarters did I discover the truth: spiritual qi revival had begun worldwide, and nations were vying for supremacy. Just as everyone was reeling from my inheritance of the Underworld, alarms blared one after a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Lan Yu of the Ming Dynasty: I Crown Myself King at Lake Buir 大明蓝玉，在捕鱼儿海自立为王 In the twenty-first year of the Hongwu era, Lan Yu annihilated the Northern Yuan at Lake Buir, earning an unprecedented triumph. But his achievements outshone the emperor, and his fate was sealed: skinned alive and stuffed with straw. On the eve of his awakening, he looked at his 150,000 battle-hardened troops and made a mad decision: intercept the imperial decree, kill the imperial envoy, and take control of the lands north of the desert. Zhu Yuanzhang flew into a rage. Zhu Di marched north. Th 76Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 After Doomsday, My Tai Chi Is a Little Overpowered 末日后我的太极有点超标 I am the last inheritor of Taiji Bagua Palm. After transmigrating to an Earth at the end of the world, I planned to fend for myself and let fate decide. While practicing my punches in the ruins, I accidentally struck a vacuum into existence. Even an alien monster capable of tearing the earth apart was instantly reduced to dust. The remaining humans knelt before me as if I were a god. Only then did I realize that ancient martial arts weren’t technology native to Earth at all. They chose me as the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Ming Dynasty, 1627: The Sagely and Mighty Forefather 大明1627：圣明烈祖 At Coal Hill, Chongzhen died blaming his ministers to the very end, never understanding the root causes of the Ming dynasty’s collapse. Even if he regained the throne, with his old perspective he could only keep the dynasty alive for a few more years. Its fall would be inevitable. But in this life, he has a complete plan to save the country. At the start of his reign, the Donglin faction and the eunuch faction fight for power at court. He turns their rivalry to his advantage, confiscating corrup 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Great Ming: The Carpenter Emperor Rebuilds the Realm 大明：木匠皇帝重铸江山 A corporate drone transmigrates into the body of the “Carpenter Emperor” and turns the Ming court upside down with political cunning! With the death of the Taichang Emperor, Lady Li takes control of the palace and meddles in politics, the Donglin faction storms the palace, and the flames of war in Liaodong have reached Fushun. He establishes a cabinet accountable for its actions; abolishes the privileges of imperial clansmen, nobles, and civil officials; ends hereditary low-status occupations li 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Buried Two Hundred Years: The Rise and Fall of the Ming Dynasty's European Province, Part One 被掩埋的两百年：明朝欧洲行省兴衰录（上） Two Hundred Years Buried: The Rise and Fall of the Ming Dynasty’s European Provinces, Part One —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 From the Start, All I Had Was a Little Shop, Yet You Expect Me to Restore the Great Ming 开局一个小卖部，你让我光复大明 Zhu Shihua runs a small supermarket in war-torn East Africa. By chance, he obtains the royal seal of the Prince of Qin and discovers that he can travel back and forth between modern Africa and the chaotic final years of the Ming Dynasty! A descendant of Zhu Shuang, the Prince of Qin and Zhu Yuanzhang’s second son, he becomes the last Prince of Qin’s heir through a twist of fate and takes on the task of restoring the Ming Dynasty without hesitation. Zhu Shihua moves between two eras, using modern 2kReads7.8Score16514d adds
- 30 Great Ming: The Zhu Family's Tech-Savvy Second Prince 大明：老朱家的科技二皇子 In the fourth year of Hongwu, the palace examination was held. Huang Yu looked up after finishing the exam and saw the Crown Prince staring intently at him. The officials of the entire court were stunned. This village scholar looked exactly like the Crown Prince. Zhu Yuanzhang lost his composure on the spot, while Empress Ma burst into tears. Huang Yu was bewildered. I came here to take an exam, so how did I become a prince? Even more bewildered was his adoptive father, Old Huang. The son I rais 790Reads5.1Score10914d adds
- 31 Late Ming Dynasty: Your Majesty, Why the Rebellion? 明末，皇爷何故谋反 Dawn, March 19, 1644. Zhu Wang, an amateur history buff with a doctorate in engineering, transmigrated into the body of an emperor at the end of his reign. The moment he opened his eyes, he faced an unwinnable situation: Li Zicheng had breached the capital, and the Manchus were at the passes. Two abdication edicts sent Li Zicheng into a frenzy while laying a trap for Dorgon. He launched a surprise attack deep into Manchu territory and turned the strategic tables. He won Wu Sangui over, destroyed —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Great Ming: From the Start, Teaching Zhu Di in the Imperial Prison 大明：开局在诏狱给朱棣讲课 Good news: Hu Ke transmigrated as the nephew of the current chancellor. Bad news: That chancellor is Hu Weiyong. His whole family has been implicated and imprisoned, and he'll be executed in ten days. His life is once again counting down. With no way to escape, Hu Ke lets himself go and starts telling the guards outrageous things. "The vassal princes of the Great Ming will bring disaster one day. The Prince of Yan is the most likely to rebel." He never imagined that the guard before him was Zhu 3.2kReads5.4Score27314d adds
- 33 I Became the Carpenter Emperor 我成了木匠皇帝 In 1620, the Taichang Emperor dies suddenly, and the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao hastily ascends the throne, taking the reign title Tianqi. But this Zhu Youxiao now has the soul of a modern man who knows the history of the catastrophe awaiting the late Ming! The Red Pill Case has yet to settle, while the Palace Relocation Case is brewing beneath the surface. At court, the Donglin faction, the eunuch faction, and the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang factions vie for power in an endless struggle. In Liaodo 985Reads5.5Score10214d adds
- 34 Emperor Yongle 永乐大帝 If you could transmigrate to the Ming dynasty and change history, when would be the best time? People would offer all kinds of answers, but the further you get into the dynasty, the harder it becomes. The Donglin faction has spread throughout the court, and even Wei Zhongxian’s bloody purges failed to wipe them out. What makes you think you could succeed? The later period is like a gauntlet of bosses. Before you even finish fighting your way through, you’ll be completely spent. So the best time 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Great Ming 1644 大明1644 At the end of the Ming dynasty, natural disasters sweep the land and man-made calamities never cease. The Ming is beset by troubles at home and abroad, and the rebel king Li Zicheng cries out, “Alas, Ming dynasty, your fate has run its course!” Li Zicheng’s forces reach the city walls, with a vast army at the gates. Dorgon lays siege to Shanhai Pass, his forces bearing down with terrifying momentum. Will the Ming meet the same end as the history books say: the emperor hangs himself, and all the 131Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 With the Power of One Cannon, I Became the Sun of the Late Ming 以一炮之力，成了明末的太阳 (Alternate history. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.) (Late Ming, conquest, emperor, status panel) The novel’s rating has only just appeared, so it’s low at first. It’ll gradually rise later. In a parallel late-Ming era, rebuild the Han dynasty for the third time! After transmigrating into a shantytown, he takes two lashes and is left to recover. He has no land or registration, and the authorities have already begun clearing out some of the shantytown residents. H 1.2kReads6.7Score12314d adds
- 37 Emperor Zhu Shou 朱寿大帝 A battery factory explodes, and he transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming Zhu Houzhao, the short-lived, reckless young emperor. He refuses to accept his fate, so he reforms the court, overhauls the tax system, opens the seas, and expands trade. Just as the empire begins to prosper, he discovers that he is drawing ever closer to the death date recorded in the history books. Some people are helping him, while others want him dead. Which side will history take? 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Ashes: The Sixteenth Year of Chongzhen 余烬录崇祯十六年 When I woke up, the beacon fires at Tongguan had been out for three hundred and eighty years. As a Ming history scholar, I knew the stories that might lie beneath every inch of its rammed-earth walls. In the autumn of the sixteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Commander-in-Chief Sun Chuanting died here defending the country, Tongguan fell, and the last backbone of the Ming broke. I had read those lines in history books thousands of times. I could even recite the famous verdict in the History of 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 In the Ming Dynasty, I Hide Mountains and Rivers in a Land of Decay 人在大明：我在秽土里藏山河 [Everyone mocks me for hoarding filth, never guessing I am hoarding the realm itself] Transmigrated into the grandson of the Ming dynasty's Grand Secretary, Zhang Yi happily becomes the greatest wastrel in the realm. He collects “obscene novelties and ingenious inventions,” hangs around pleasure houses, and spends fortunes on beautiful women, becoming the laughingstock of the entire capital. Only when factional strife tears the court apart, eunuchs bring the nation to ruin, and foreign cavalry 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Great Ming: I Resign from Office from the Start 大明：开局就辞官 Ren Yixu transmigrates to the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty! He becomes a sixth-rank official at court. But Ren Yixu knows his history. Most officials serving under Zhu Yuanzhang meet miserable ends! To protect himself, Ren Yixu decides to resign and use his knowledge of the future to become a merchant. Just then, he activates the System every transmigrator needs. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Great Ming: I Was About to Be Executed, but the People Sent a Petition to Save Me from Zhu Yuanzhang 大明：刚要处斩，万民血书告老朱 Di Yun transmigrates to the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty and becomes a county magistrate in a border town. If Zhu Yuanzhang names him for execution, he can return to the modern world and reach the pinnacle of success! Three years later, Zhu Yuanzhang finally has him thrown into death row. He is just about to go home when a commoner comes forward to lodge a complaint: “This humble citizen brings a blood petition signed by ten thousand people, accusing His Majesty of condemning an upright offici 7Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 42 Great Ming: Bound by Twin Bandit Sisters and Dragged Up the Mountain from the Start! 大明，开局被双胞胎女匪绑上山！ [No System + Rise from humble beginnings + political intrigue and conquest + multiple heroines + beating the Qing dynasty senseless in the late Ming] In the seventh year of the Chongzhen reign, the land was in chaos. Drought and locusts ravaged the northwest, bandits roamed everywhere, and the Ming dynasty teetered on the brink of collapse. The impoverished scholar Zhu Shaoyou was a distant, penniless relative of the Prince of Qin. With nowhere else to turn, he headed to the Qin Prince's residen 4.7kReads—Score54414d adds
- 43 Great Ming: Burying Zhu Yuanzhang Alive for Fourteen Years from the Start 大明：开局活埋朱元璋十四年 Lately, I’ve seen a lot of bizarre comments. I got the idea for this book from the TV drama Black Storm, where Sun Xing is utterly lawless and a lot like several of Zhu Yuanzhang’s sons. Sun Xing has an adoptive father, Gao Mingyuan, who shields him and acts as his accomplice. That’s a lot like the so-called good father Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao... so I made the stories intersect. There’s a character named Mai Zili in the show who is targeted for opposing the criminal forces... so I also made Z 185Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Great Ming: I, Zhu Changhuan, Rebel in the Founder’s Footsteps! 大明：我朱常换，仿祖造反！ No System, no golden finger. Zhu Changhuan has an impressive lineage: his ancestor is Zhu Yuanzhang, and he comes from the branch descended from Zhu Gaosui, Prince of Zhao, the third son of Zhu Di. Since his is a distant offshoot of a collateral branch, by the time of his father, the family had long since lost all its fiefs and stipends. They had only a few acres of poor farmland, and now, with disaster caused by other people, they can barely survive. Thinking of his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang's upr 306Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 My Fourth Uncle Is Zhu Yuanzhang 我四叔是朱元璋 My name is Zhu Wenzheng! Zhu Yuanzhang is my fourth uncle, And Ma Xiuying is my fourth aunt. I'm their nephew, whom they love as their own. The Crown Prince, Zhu Biao, is my cousin, And the Prince of Qiyang, Li Wenzhong, is my maternal cousin. I'm the Ming Dynasty's foremost regional prince. I could easily coast on my connections and want for nothing, But I insist on making my way in the world through my own strength. The Battle of Hongdu will make me a legend! 1.3kReads6.7Score10114d adds
- 46 Great Ming: I, Zhu Qiyu, Am No Stand-In Emperor! 大明：我朱祁钰不是代班皇帝！ [No System] + [No Harem] + [No Extremes] + [No Dumbing Down] + [Farming] + [Tumu Crisis from the start] The crown prince's death was suspicious, and the coup that put him on the throne went all too smoothly. In the end, it went so smoothly that his good-for-nothing elder brother, Zhu Qizhen, who did nothing but call for the gates to be opened, the so-called War God of the Ming, seized the throne and restored his rule. Such an absurd turn of events is one of a kind in all of history. Kindness is 67Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 47 Transmigrate to the Ming Dynasty: The Struggles of a Night Patrolman 穿越大明：夜不收的奋斗 Liu Ji died while carrying out an undercover mission. When he awoke, he had transmigrated to the first year of the Tianqi reign (1621). He had become a night scout in the Liaodong border army. Amid wind and snow, Liu Ji once again escaped death. He and four companions fought back and prevailed, and the five decided to become sworn brothers. United in heart, brothers can break gold. Gold, as in Later Jin. The people of Liao guard Liao land; the Han die on Han soil! Not for the Zhu family, not for 34.9kReads8.3Score3.8k14d adds
- 48 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
- 49 Great Ming: Livestreaming the Fight for the Throne 大明：直播夺嫡 Who hasn't dreamed of becoming emperor? I woke up to find myself in the iron-willed Ming dynasty! My soul had transmigrated into Zhu Yuntong, the third generation of the Ming imperial family. And the strongest crown prince in history was gravely ill in bed. “Ding! Livestream System activated!” A mechanical voice rang out. At last, my golden finger had arrived. Save Zhu Biao and begin the real Ming life! “See? That's what the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty really looked like. Stop making thin 45Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 50 I Was Just Playing a Game, So How Did I Become Chongzhen? 玩个游戏，穿成了崇祯？ The thing Zhu Jian regrets most in his life is playing that lousy game called Chongzhen Simulator in his rented room. After all, who could have imagined that while he was gaming and singing along, a flash of white light would send him straight from his rented room to the Qianqing Palace of the Ming dynasty, where he became the unluckiest fallen emperor in history: Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian! Zhu Jian wanted to curse on the spot. “I was just playing a game! Why did you make it real? And why did I ge —Reads—Score—14d adds
