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- 101 Chronicles of the Late Jin Dynasty 晋末风云录 My new book is out! Please visit Tomato Novel to read my work. I hope you’ll enjoy it. The story covers the period from the late Jin to the early Sui, beginning with Emperor Hui of Jin, nicknamed the “Meat Porridge Emperor,” and ending with the fall of Chen Shubao, the last emperor of the Southern Dynasties. Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, unifies north and south, ending nearly 300 years of division and turmoil across China and restoring unity. This period is rarely mentioned in textbooks. Beyon 288Reads8.9Score3614d adds
- 102 Eternal Homestead 永恒家园 A man on the road is as beautiful as jade, a gentleman unmatched beneath the heavens. A young man is granted a new life and reunited with his parents, forging their family bonds anew as father and son, mother and son. He strives forward, vowing to build a happy home for his parents and make money from the bounty of the mountains. With his remarkably good memory, he takes the scholar exams, earns official honors, and helps build a heartwarming story for his hometown. There is family affection and 213Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 103 A Worried Minister of the Great Song 大宋忧臣 [Political Intrigue + Palace Scheming + High Martial Arts + Wild Imagination + Historical Ensemble] The Great Song: it’s hard to say you love it. The Liao and Jin bully it, and it can’t even beat Western Xia. Yet there’s no reason to laugh at it, either. The land is prosperous, the treasury brings in more than three times the revenue of the Tang, movable type printing sparks a revolution in knowledge, paper money reshapes financial history, and the bustling Qingming Festival scene along the rive 37Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 104 The Commoner Emperor's Mentor 布衣帝师 Brother Mu, want a wife? Just say the word, and a wife will be delivered right to your door! Transmigrate to a poor village in the Great Xia Dynasty, where the government comes to your door with a beautiful wife? Too poor to survive? What can you do when I have ancient sugar-making methods, red bricks, and fragrant soap? Barbarian invaders? Zhuge repeating crossbows, grenades, and cannons will blast the northern barbarians into a panic! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Sui-Tang: My Father Is Yang Guang, Li Er, Keep on Rebelling 隋唐：家父杨广，李二你接着反啊 [Decisive and ruthless] + [Crowned emperor] + [Feel-good power fantasy] + [No System] + [Save the Sui Dynasty] I open my eyes and find I've become Yang Gao, a short-lived prince at the end of the Sui Dynasty! Rebellions rage across the land. Yang Guang insists on traveling south to Jiangdu, and the empire is on the brink of collapse! Armed with the script of history, I face my tyrant father from the start! I risk my life to kneel and remonstrate, fighting for the slimmest chance to survive! The 169Reads8.3Score10714d adds
- 106 The History of the Song Dynasty Is No Mere Smoke 宋史并不如烟 Open this book, The Song Dynasty: A History That Still Lives, and you will immediately shed the sense of distance that comes with “reading history,” stepping straight into the elegant yet impassioned world of the Northern and Southern Song. Open this book, The Song Dynasty: A History That Still Lives, and you will see Zhao Kuangyin receiving the imperial yellow robe at Chenqiao Station, the morning frost still on his fingertips and hopes for good governance in his eyes. Open this book, The Son 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Reborn! The Four Great Beauties Become Powerhouse CEOs 重生！四大美女当霸总 The Four Great Beauties stood on the observation deck atop the Shanghai World Financial Center in Lujiazui, watching seven connected stars burn in the reflection of the Huangpu River. Diao Chan's Chanel earrings suddenly glowed a deep blue. Zhaojun's jade brooch grew hot, while the Patek Philippe on Yuhuan's wrist vibrated wildly. “Looks like tonight's the night.” Xishi slid a platinum hairpin shaped like King Goujian's Sword into the electronic lock of the Cloud Club. Blood-red seal script appe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 From the Start with Just a Bowl, Old Zhu Forces Me to Join the Embroidered Guard 开局一个碗，老朱逼我当锦衣卫 [Hongwu-era Ming Dynasty × transmigration × nonstop comedy × golden finger broken from the start] Autumn of the fifteenth year of Hongwu, outside Chaoyang Gate in Yingtian Prefecture. A beggar with no household registration, no travel permit, and no record in the census kneels in front of the crown prince's carriage, holding a chipped, broken bowl above his head with both hands. "Your Majesty, I can save the Crown Prince's grandson!" Swords flash from their sheaths, and blades press against his 68.8kReads8.0Score7.3k14d adds
- 109 I Found the Campus Belle on a Rainy Day, and She's Surprisingly Clingy 雨天捡到校花，居然是个粘人精 [Everyday Romance] [No System] [One Female Lead] [Mutual Healing] [Sweet Romance] [Special Forces] [A Touch of Patriotism] On a rainy day, retired Special Forces soldier Chen Lie unexpectedly meets a beautiful girl who is being bullied, and so begins a clichéd tale of a hero saving a damsel in distress... After making a promise to a comrade, Chen Lie starts looking out for the pretty girl, who is awkward and deeply insecure. He never expected that... “Why do you keep following me?” “I-I brought 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 The Great Xia's National Scholar, and the Empress Is Mad About Me 大夏国士，女帝为我疯狂 [Farming + Laid-Back Life + Empress + War + Alternate History + Historical] The Divine Land is home to countless dynasties. The Great Xia dynasty has stood for five hundred years, reaching the height of prosperity. That all things decline after reaching their peak seems an eternal truth. Powerful nations surround it, foreign tribes repeatedly invade, droughts and floods strike one after another, the people suffer, and the imperial clan is disgraced. The young Zhang Yang is determined to save a c 15Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 111 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: I’m Back, and This Is No Joke! 崇祯十七年：朕回来不是搞笑的！ After transmigrating to the seventeenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, he finds bandits rising on all sides, the Tartars eyeing the border passes, corrupt officials running rampant at court, and the Ming dynasty teetering in the storm. He wakes to find that Zhu Youjian has turned the tide of despair. In his previous life, he worked tirelessly as a diligent ruler, only to see his country fall and himself die. This time, he has finally let go of that burden and refuses to repeat the same tragic path! 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Apocalypse: Ancient Footprints in Search of the Garden 末世：上古踏众寻园 The Chosen One, heir to the supreme secrets of ancient times and the apocalypse, takes on the guise of a foolish second prince. Instead of saving Earth, he sneaks a peek at his elder brother’s woman while she changes clothes. Instead of fighting for the throne, he lets his tyrannical older brother murder their father and seize power. The new emperor ascends the throne and shatters everyone’s expectations, strangling ten concubines who attend him in a row. In the past, the concubines had comp —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 113 Frontier Hero: From a Routed Soldier to the Emperor's Prince of Zhennan 戍边枭雄，从溃兵到御赐镇南王 Heaven and earth are the board, and the people are its pieces. Everyone fights for a place on the board. But all that struggle amounts to nothing more than fighting in someone else's game. If you want to break free, you must leave the board and become an outsider... 1Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 114 I Transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty as the Emperor’s Brother-in-Law and Saved Zhu Xiongying from the Start 穿越大明成国舅，开局救了朱雄英 In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Xiongying, the Emperor’s eldest grandson, dies, and his body disappears. Not long afterward, a young doctor arrives in the capital with a small apprentice. Thanks to his exceptional medical skills, he quickly becomes the talk of the town. His apprentice, in particular, looks almost exactly like the Emperor’s eldest grandson. “My father died young, leaving me only a compass and a white lotus jade pendant. Before my mother passed away, she said I had an older s 4kReads5.4Score63014d adds
- 115 Three Kingdoms: From the Start as a Yellow Turban, Zhang Jue Wants Me to Succeed Him! 三国：黄巾开局，张角求我继位！ (No System + Conquest + Decisive and Ruthless + Romance of the Three Kingdoms + Harem + Power Fantasy + No Stress!) I transmigrate to the end of the Han dynasty, and the imperial court is coming to suppress the rebels. That's great news! What? I'm the rebel! What do you mean I just transmigrated and already have to take part in the Battle of Julu? What? I'm fighting Guan Yu? No worries! I'll trick him! The Han dynasty is crumbling, the warlords are rising, the imperial court sees me as a traitor 46Reads—Score314d adds
- 116 Romance of the Three Jin States 三晋演义 Goujian endured hardship and humiliation until he could destroy Wu and establish his hegemony, bringing an end to the Jin state's century-long dominance and shocking the entire kingdom. As Duke Jizao and chief minister Zhiyao desperately sought a way to restore Jin, Zhao Wuxu proposed reclaiming the lands of the Fan and Zhonghang clans to strengthen the ducal house. This triggered a fierce struggle over land among the four families of Zhi, Zhao, Wei, and Han, plunging the Jin dukes into decline 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Taiping Insurance Policy 太平保单 #Historical Transmigration #Political Scheming #Tropes Turned on Their Head #Office Worker’s Rise# You say you have a mandate from Heaven? I have a mandate from the common people! The Taiping Jing has only six words: Fairness! Fairness! And damn it, more fairness! Have you ever wondered why Zhang Jiao, the “General of Heaven,” was called the “Great Teacher of Benevolence”? What does peace under Heaven really mean? I don’t believe the Yellow Turbans could bring peace by striking down a hundred th 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 I'm Already the Top Scholar, and the Poor Scholar's Comeback System Shows Up Now? 我都状元了，寒门逆袭系统才来？ [Court Intrigue]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Empress] After transmigrating to the Great Zhou dynasty, Shen An spent twelve years with no golden finger and no powerful family to rely on. He had to depend on himself, studying hard from the basics of reading and writing all the way to the imperial examinations. Step by step, he made it to the palace exam, where the Empress personally named him the top scholar. Just when he thought he had reached the peak of his life, his late-arriving golden finger finally s 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Sui Winds: Scheming Across Three Thousand Miles 隋风：谋断三千里 No System, no power fantasy, no golden finger. I’m determined to write the purest historical novel. Starting as a commoner, witness the mighty campaigns of the eastern expeditions against Goguryeo, experience the vast grasslands where the wind parts the grass to reveal herds of cattle and sheep, conquer the miasma-ridden jungles of the southeast, and slaughter our way across the boundless deserts of the southwest... A short-lived dynasty, a cornerstone of a mighty people One 112Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 120 Ink on the Love Letter: Young Master Lu’s Journey to Master the Art of Fan-Making 墨染情笺：陆少的扇艺追光之旅 This book isn’t very good, so please don’t click in to read it. Also known as A Moon of Delicate Beauty Beneath the Fan. In Shanghai, where the smoke of war mingles with romance, the beauty An Linglong of Tingxue Pavilion paints with her brush. Her round fan captures the misty rain of Jiangnan, but cannot confine her proud soul, which yearns for freedom. Lu Mingyuan, an industrialist recently returned from studying abroad, arrives at her door with the bearing of the West. One breathtaking glance 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Late Ming: I Told You to Pass on the Throne, Not Revive the Ming Dynasty 晚明：让你传位，没让你中兴大明 The sun and moon do not lose their true forms, so though they may be obscured, they shine again. The Jiang and Han rivers do not lose their sources, so though their courses may run dry, they flow again. Zhu Fuming transmigrated into the body of the Tianqi Emperor, Zhu Youxiao, and had only half a life left when he opened his eyes. At court and beyond, the eunuch faction, the civil officials, and the imperial clan all hoped he would die soon, waiting for him to pass the throne to his younger brot 28.8kReads8.6Score2.4k14d adds
- 122 I Went on a Rampage in the Late Tang Dynasty 我在晚唐杀疯了 Li Tao, a modern-day wage slave, accidentally transmigrates into the body of Li Ye, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang. Using every means at his disposal, he purges powerful eunuchs from the court and establishes a new army. Then he crushes Wang Jian, outmaneuvers Li Maozhen, intimidates Han Jian, corners Zhu Wen, and tramples Li Keyong. Amid the chaos, he restores order and brings the Tang dynasty back to greatness! 157Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Great Ming: Don't Cry, Your Majesty. I Can Play the Suona! 大明：陛下别哭，臣会吹唢呐！ (The rating just came out, so it's a little low. It'll go up.) [Ming Dynasty + Technological Powerhouse + Comedy + One Heroine + Suona King] Flowers bloom and fade, flowers fill the sky; you're here one moment, gone the next! Song Renzou unexpectedly arrives in the Ming Dynasty. The child he picks up from the start turns out to be Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest legitimate grandson, Zhu Xiongying! Just then, Empress Ma passes away, and the funeral musicians of Yingtian are in a sorry state. Song Renzou a 8.3kReads8.0Score68114d adds
- 124 The Emperor Has Just Stripped the Princes of Their Fiefs, and I’ve Raised an Army in Rebellion! 皇帝刚削藩，我就起兵造反！ An alternate history with no System or cheat powers, focused on strategy and warfare. A ruler vies for the realm, the nobles for territory, the scholar-officials for power, the people of the world for status, and the common folk for food and clothing. If you are not in their position, you cannot understand what they are fighting for. Become a feudal lord, and think you can live the carefree life of a prince? That is merely what you imagine you would do as a lord, because you are not in that posi 710Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 125 Who Says I'm the January Emperor? I Will Revive the Ming Dynasty 谁说我是一月天子？我要中兴大明 I am Zhu Changluo, the tenth-generation direct descendant of Emperor Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang. My great-grandfather was the Jiajing Emperor, Zhu Houcong. My grandfather was the Longqing Emperor, Zhu Zaihou. My father was the Wanli Emperor, Zhu Yijun. Both of my sons became emperors. One was named Zhu Youxiao, the other Zhu Youjian. I was meant to be a towering mountain, yet I became a blade of grass. I lived in obscurity, leaving behind nothing but a laughingstock's name. In the final years of the 1.4kReads7.7Score10014d adds
- 126 Those Years in the Great Ming 在大明的那些年 An ordinary person unexpectedly arrives in the Ming dynasty... The synopsis is a bit lacking, so please read the story... ...The early chapters focus on building the characters, and their backgrounds may diverge from history. Later on, I'll try to stick as closely to the historical record as possible…♡ 269Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 127 Your Majesty, Why Are You Rebelling? 陛下你，何故要反 #Court Intrigue, Contending for Supremacy, Alternate History, Strategy, Reform, Outnumbered Victories, Emperor Shen Mu, a programmer from Blue Star, is reborn as the heir to the Prince of Zhennan in the Great Qi Dynasty. All he wants is to be a good-for-nothing who coasts through life, minding his own little patch of the northern frontier. But the young emperor, Zhao Yuanche, declares: "The Prince of Zhennan is now presumed dead, while his heir occupies his position without doing his duty and kn 574Reads8.5Score10414d adds
- 128 Under Currents in Great Sheng 大晟暗涌 An epic tale of political intrigue set in an imaginary ancient dynasty. Spanning seven volumes and a million words, with five POV storylines, it depicts princes vying for the throne, secret wars among powerful clans, and the games of the heart amid flames of war on the frontier. 49Reads—Score10114d adds
- 129 White Plus King: Has the Eighth Prince Become an Emperor for the Ages? 王上加白：八爷成千古一帝了？ A dark story. After killing his father and usurping the throne, he murders his younger brother and wipes out the empress's entire clan. Politics is a filthy game, and I am a filthy player. What? Aren't you afraid the historians will record the truth? Once I take the throne, great scholars will be ready to argue my case. A Chinese student wakes up to find he has transmigrated into the Qing dynasty, becoming the eighth prince, Aisin Gioro Yinsi. How did I end up as him? Eighth Prince was defeated 297Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 130 Failed to Transmigrate, Yet Became the Peerless Heir 穿越失败，造就无双世子 [Political Intrigue] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Ruthless] + [Court and Martial World] Yi Xingzhou, the eldest legitimate son of the Prince of Yun's household, has been frail since childhood due to a strange illness and has endured nothing but scorn. A kidnapping awakens memories from the modern world within him. He had planned to use those memories to enjoy a comfortable life, but unexpectedly, his strange illness leaves him on the verge of death. Meanwhile, enemies in the capital continue closing in 18Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 131 The Biography of Liu E 刘娥传 The Story of Liu E, Part One: Springtime in Bianjing A creative take on history + the growth of an ordinary person. ☆Not a wish-fulfillment story☆Slow burn☆A rewarding read☆Humorous prose☆Remember! The politics of this dog-eat-dog dynasty have nothing to do with women, so the heroine often disappears from the story in the early chapters! Emperor Taizong of Song really couldn't appoint a crown prince. His eldest son, Zhao Yuanzuo, was made crown prince: he went mad. His second son, Zhao Yuanyou, 104Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 132 Ruling the Four Seas: The Emperor's Dashing Ways 君临四海：吾皇风流 [Great Ming] [Chongzhen] [Transmigration] [Court Intrigue] [Struggle for Supremacy] [Dynasty-Building] [An Emperor's Making] [Alternate History] [Ensemble Cast Power Fantasy] After his Transmigration into Great Ming, Zhu Youjian thinks his luck couldn't get any worse. Fortunately, he has a good imperial sister-in-law. Determined to escape the fate of becoming the ruler who loses his country, Zhu Youjian decides to rebel against the corrupt Great Ming. The imperial estates become his base, and h 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Great Song Bandit 大宋悍匪 The seventh year of the Xuanhe era, the thirteenth day of the seventh month. Less than four months remain before the Jurchens march south. The realm is on the brink of ruin, and the Nine Provinces are in turmoil. Liu Shuan, a low-ranking Imperial Guard officer in Daming Prefecture, has no desire to risk his life for the worthless emperor, much less flee south and live as someone’s underling. So he decisively heads for the mountains and becomes a proud bandit. Years later, before Chenqiao Station 103.9kReads8.5Score12.2k14d adds
- 134 The Three Kingdoms: A Contest for Supremacy (Complete in Three Volumes) 三国争霸（全三册） Fourteen battles and 376 questions trace the history of the late Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms. A case-solving approach peels back the layers to uncover the truth about the Three Kingdoms, while more than 130 maps help reveal the truth of history through geography. The Three Kingdoms: The Struggle for Supremacy (Complete 3-Volume Set) breaks down fourteen wars and coup plots to tell, in meticulous detail, the turbulent history of the Three Kingdoms, a period full of drama and intrigue. Epic 2.1kReads9.5Score31414d adds
- 135 Passing Myself Off as a Zhuge: Heavens, Why? Rebuild the Han! 冒姓诸葛：悠悠苍天？再造大汉！ In Jianxing Year Twelve, Zhuge Liang, the peerless genius known as the Sleeping Dragon and chancellor of Shu Han, fell ill and died at Wuzhang Plains, lamenting, “Vast heavens, why have you treated me so unfairly?” He had devoted himself completely and worked until his dying day, making six campaigns against Mount Qi in an attempt to restore the Han and return to the old capital. But fate was cruel, his ambitions unfulfilled, and he passed away. Zhuge You, a history undergraduate from the twent 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 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
- 137 A Thousand Miles of Frost, Stars Falling Like Rain 千里霜寒星如雨 (No System, no golden finger, no transmigration. Political intrigue, not childish, not mindless, and no characters acting stupid.) The nation is divided into seven provinces: Zhong, Yong, Liang, Bing, Ze, Wan, and Yun. The wheels of history are gradually turning toward an age of chaos. Coups! Wars! Alliances and rivalries! Political marriages! Betrayals! What path lies ahead? Ran Xing, a young man who came from a small place to study in Fengdu, meets the young masters and princesses of the vario 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The Great Tang's Laid-Back Prince: From the Start, I Slept with the Hidden Crown Prince's Consort 大唐摆烂王，开局睡了隐太子妃 Li Fengci was an utterly unsuccessful nobody in the modern day. Then he transmigrated into the body of Li Fengci, Li Yuan’s nephew and Li Shimin’s cousin. He opens his eyes to find himself at Li Shimin’s victory banquet, in the bed of Zheng Guanyin, the former crown princess. Overwhelmed and on the verge of giving up, he awakens the Lie Flat System, only to discover that it’s just as useless as he is. His previous life was all food, drink, and entertainment, a life of song and dance. Now that he 2.3kReads—Score14614d adds
- 139 Dreaming Back to the Great Tang, Hand in Hand with the Regent 回梦大唐，执手摄政王 This is not a feel-good novel. It is aimed at male readers. Also known as: A Common Doctor in the Tang Dynasty! The way of the physician lies in saving people, treating illnesses, and helping them survive! A minor physician treats individuals; a great physician can heal the world! Yet Shen Yun, a Chinese medicine student who transmigrates to the Zhenguan era, wants nothing but an easy life. He only hopes to become a wandering physician and travel the world. But life is full of twists and tur 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 An Ancient Scroll Lets Me Read Minds 古卷赐我读人心 At seventeen, Lou Wangan was a timid boy who barely registered in his class. By chance, he obtained a tattered ancient book on reading people. It recorded millennia-old wisdom about understanding others, carefully breaking down microexpressions, unconscious body language, and the unspoken meanings behind people's words. It revealed the subtle rules of navigating human relationships. Little by little, Lou Wangan developed exceptional emotional intelligence and a clear understanding of the world. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Reforming the Qing: The Jiaqing Restoration 革清：嘉庆维新 Those who know Qing history all say that the Qing dynasty was already doomed by the Qianlong era. Its deep-rooted internal problems were impossible to reverse, the distribution of resources was wildly unequal and rife with conflict, and it shut its eyes and ears to the outside world, abandoning its own strength. A scholar from the late Qing transmigrates to the first month of the fourth year of the Jiaqing reign. Watch as he rewrites the course of history. Tags: Domestic reform, tributary diplom 2.8kReads—Score26814d adds
- 142 The Ming Chronicles: Emperor Hongzhi 大明录之弘治大帝 [Transmigration] [Decisive and ruthless] [Expanding the realm] [Wuxia] [Uncovering historical secrets] Protagonist: Zhu Youji He transmigrates into the grandson of the Ming dynasty's God of War. The Crown Prince of the Chenghua era is the eldest son of the Chenghua Emperor and the son of Consort Wan. This story sets history's regrets right, features brain-teasing political intrigue, and is a contest for supremacy. If you can figure out who the final villain is, the author concedes defeat. The Gr 138Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 143 I Stop Li Yuan from Becoming Emperor and Snatch the Tang Dynasty for Myself 不让李渊称帝，我截胡李唐江山 [Special Forces King Transmigrates + Power Struggles at the End of the Sui Dynasty + Steals the Tang Dynasty from Li Yuan + Rewrites History + Political Scheming and Hegemonic Ambitions + Warlord Rule in a Chaotic Age + Strategy and Tactics + Unifies the Nine Provinces + Crushes All Rivals + No System + Full of Passion] A special forces king transmigrates into the end of the Sui dynasty: Han Zheng arrives in the midst of chaos! The Sui dynasty's fate is sealed. Its lands are shattered, and warlo 7.8kReads6.8Score75714d adds
- 144 Great Ming: Jiajing Is My Brother 大明：嘉靖是我哥 To my elder brother, A letter from your younger brother, Lu Bin. The situation in Jiangnan has become as bad as it can possibly get. I feel as if I'm trapped in a mire, struggling to find a way out. First, the most obvious problem is the Japanese pirates. They come from the sea, made up of desperate men who call themselves ronin. They are poor and have no fear of death, so smuggling merchants hire them and bring them inland. The Jiangnan army is no longer fit for purpose. Its equipment has falle 27Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 145 Ying Zheng: Help Me Beat Up Li Shimin 嬴政：和我一起群殴李世民 This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. There is no female lead and no melodrama. The historical developments are treated seriously and carefully. If that's not your thing, don't read it. If the Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties all existed at the same time, with Ying Zheng, Liu Che, Li Shimin, Zhao Kuangyin, Kublai Khan, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Aisin-Gioro Xuanye each ruling their own territory, who could unify the realm? 530Reads8.4Score12014d adds
- 146 Taming Qin 驯秦记 What he intends to tame is not the Six States, but the all-consuming war machine itself. The iron cavalry of Great Qin tramples mountains and rivers, its fearsome army sweeping all before it. In this vast war machine, where heads taken earn merit and destruction fuels its advance, Bai Yan, a young Qin general who crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, gives rise to an almost arrogant idea: to tame Qin. Not to rebel, but to bring it to heel. To place the reins of reason on this sa 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Water Margin: It All Begins on My Wedding Night 水浒：从入洞房开始 This is the late Northern Song dynasty. The court is weak and cowardly, foreign tribes lurk beyond the borders, and bandits fester within like a thorn in the side! This is the world of Water Margin, where peerless martial arts and deeply moving bonds await... Watch as the heroes rise once more, reshape the spirit of true men, and fight for themselves, their families, and their country, forging a different ending... 76Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 148 Under the Nebula 星云暗涌 This is a very entertaining horror novel about the protagonist, Xing Yue, gradually regaining her memories and finding a way to break out of her predicament. This is my first time writing, and I hope you’ll enjoy it. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 I’m in the Great Ming, So Why Worry? My Senior Brother Is Zhu Yuanzhang 人在大明我不慌，我师兄叫朱元璋 [Lighthearted comedy + turning every danger into good fortune + invincible + winning the love of a beauty] Jiang Xiaoyu transmigrates to the end of the Yuan dynasty and the beginning of the Ming, opening his eyes beneath a gleaming executioner's blade. With his life hanging by a thread, he is rescued by his senior brother, Zhu Chongba. From then on, Jiang Xiaoyu clings tightly to Zhu Yuanzhang’s coattails. In an age of collapsing empires and rising rebel armies, he joins Zhu Yuanzhang in roaming 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 People Are Like Trees 人亦如木 Yan Qing was the real heiress, her life stolen from birth by a wicked nanny. When she was kidnapped, she refused to accept that she was going to die. Her own family had abandoned her in favor of the fake heiress, Qing Ge. She fought desperately, determined to die alongside the kidnappers. But the two of them fell off a cliff together and entered a dungeon. There, she gained the power of the Grievance Warden's Flower, which could devour and control anything. She killed Madam Fu and took control o —Reads—Score—14d adds
