Novels like Chongzhen: Building the World's Strongest Nation
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Chongzhen: Building the World's Strongest Nation, best match first.
- 1 Zhu Youjian, Who Only Knows How to Make Money 只会捞钱的朱由检 I'm a lunatic, and you want me to be emperor? But you can't make me Emperor Chongzhen, either! Fine. Since the organization has sent me here, I'll become emperor and show you what I can do. No money? Easy. We can borrow some. The land is crawling with refugees? Easy. Put them all to work. Not enough silver? Easy. We can print paper money. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. 166Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Transmigrating to the Late Ming: Did I Come With a Europa Universalis System? 穿越明末：自带欧陆风云系统？ [A satisfying System novel, but not brainless] + [Kill the Tartars] + [Redistribute the land and punish the landlords] + [Restore the Han] + [Fight the Qing with blood and iron] “Host transmigration detected. Checking information. Host: Wu Peilin of the Wu family, obsessed with the imperial examinations but lacking talent. Era: Late Ming Dynasty. Situation: The Jurchen raiders are invading the borders, rebel bands are rampaging, and the Ming Dynasty is in crisis! Region: Huang’an County, Huangzh 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Stealing the Light: My Life as a Live-In Son-in-Law 窃明：我的赘婿生涯 After transmigrating to the late Ming Dynasty, Lin Mo became a lowly live-in son-in-law in the British Duke’s household. All he wanted was to survive the chaos. But when he witnessed firsthand [insert a specific scene, such as the streets of the capital strewn with starving corpses or rampant corruption among officials], he realized that this land didn’t need someone to patch things up. It needed a gravedigger! So he used the [Microscope] to unite the people, [Basic Steelmaking] to arm his army, 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A City of Iron and Bone: Yan Yingyuan and the Eighty-One Days of Jiangyin 铁骨孤城：阎应元与江阴八十一日 Iron-Boned Fortress: Yan Yingyuan and the Eighty-One Days of Jiangyin 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 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
- 6 Great Ming: I Can't Even Strangle a Chicken, but I've Got Plenty of Men 大明：我手无缚鸡，但我手下多啊 [Lighthearted comedy] + [Save the Ming dynasty] + [Little Tyrant] + [Alternate history] + [Super satisfying] + [System] + [Beat the Manchu Qing] + [Lots of followers] Zhu Cilang is a crown prince. The last crown prince of the Ming dynasty! Chongzhen: “I shall pacify the realm and destroy the Manchu Qing!” Zhu Cilang: “Old Zhu, I'm right here. Don't say a word.” Chongzhen: “Zhu Cilang, don't you dare get carried away!” Zhu Cilang: “Well, damn! You old hog, Chongzhen, are you yelling at me? 59Reads—Score10414d adds
- 7 Save the Great Ming: It All Starts with Printing One Hundred Thousand Copies of the Sunflower Manual 救大明：从印十万份葵花宝典开始 [Sunflower Manual] + [100,000 Adopted Sons] + [100,000 Years of Cultivation] Using 100,000 eunuchs as pawns, he trains 100,000 Dongfang Bubais, rebuilds the Ming dynasty, and points his sword at the whole world! 1.2kReads6.0Score—14d adds
- 8 Chongzhen Is Reborn, and I've Become Li Zicheng? 崇祯重生，朕成了李自成？ [No System] [Wits and Courage] [Not Mindless] [Revenge] [Villains with Brains] [Restore the Ming, Defeat the Qing] I am the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian! I hanged myself at Coal Hill, all hope lost. When I opened my eyes again, I had become Li Zicheng?! The throne is the same, but the realm is no longer the one I knew. In my previous life, I worked tirelessly day and night, yet ended up betrayed by everyone, with my country destroyed and my family dead. In this life, my soul inhabits a rebel. 25Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 9 Chongzhen Has Three Days Left Before He Hangs Himself, and All I Can Do Is Read People 崇祯还有三天上吊，而我只会看人 He spent eight years tightening screws on an assembly line, then dropped dead at his station. When he opened his eyes again, a gazette lay spread across the table, dated the sixteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. Three days later, Li Zicheng would breach Beijing. Seven days later, the Chongzhen Emperor would hang himself on Coal Hill. And his new identity was Zheng Sen, Zheng Zhilong’s son, a Fujianese provincial graduate in the capital to sit the metropolitan exa 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Last Ruthless Man of Southern Ming 南明最后一个狠人 [No System + political intrigue + ruthless decisiveness + conquest and colonization + defying fate] Reborn at the end of the Ming, I became Wu Yingxiong, the ill-fated man destined to die in history? The most miserable Prince Consort of the Qing ever? No. I'm going to be the ruthless man who topples the Qing dynasty! In this chaotic age, I deserve to rule! Wu Chenxuan, a graduate student in Ming history, is struck by lightning and reborn as Wu Yingxiong, the Prince of Pingxi's heir who is about 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I Use HR to Save the Ming Dynasty in Its Final Years 我用HR在明末挽天倾 I transmigrated to the end of the Ming dynasty and became Chongzhen's HR mentor. Facing an emperor about to hang himself on Coal Hill, a kingdom ravaged by famine, and the rising Li Zicheng, my weapon isn't gunpowder or a System. It's a complete set of modern human resource management practices. From saving a man who has been beaten with the imperial staff through “matching people to positions,” to reshaping the Embroidered Uniform Guard with “performance reviews,” mapping out Liaodong with “str 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn in the Great Ming: Building a Prosperous Community of Chinese Civilization 重生大明：打造华夏文明共荣圈 The capital has fallen. The Manchus are invading south, and all of China is in turmoil. The Han Chinese face a brutal choice: keep your hair and lose your head, or keep your head and lose your hair. Real estate agent Zhu Youliang is reborn as Zhu Youlang, the last emperor of the Ming dynasty. On his very first day after transmigrating, he is held hostage by treacherous ministers within and threatened by powerful enemies without. The fate of the dynasty hangs on a single decision. Watch as th 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 A Ming History Professor Transmigrates: I Am the Chongzhen Emperor 明史教授穿越之我是崇祯帝 When a professor of Ming history transmigrates back to the late Ming dynasty, can a young emperor turn the tide when all seems lost, save a collapsing empire, and extend the Ming dynasty’s life by 200 years? Faced with foreign invasions, political infighting, a financial collapse, natural disasters, and man-made calamities, what skills and strategies will he bring to this catastrophic start? Let’s wait and see. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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
- 15 Late Ming: My KPIs Will Save the Great Ming 明末：我的KPI拯救大明 A top modern management consultant transmigrates to the turbulent final years of the Ming dynasty, becoming a disgraced county magistrate awaiting his death. He sees the crumbling Great Ming as a corporation on the brink of bankruptcy, and saving it as the ultimate KPI he must achieve. From then on, a barrage of modern management strategies, from audit crackdowns and KPI assessments to currency wars and state-owned enterprise reform, slams into the corrupt old world. He must not only keep the Gr 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Late Ming Is Rife with Infighting, and I, the Young Marquis, Keep Making a Run for It 残明总内讧，小侯爷我总跑路 Reborn at the end of the Ming dynasty, the protagonist lives through the rebel army's capture of the capital and the extortion of officials, then joins the rebels in the Battle of Shanhai Pass. After their defeat, he flees with them, but following the Battle of Qingdu Mountain, he leaves the Great Shun and escapes all the way to Jiangnan. He takes part in the Sui Prefecture upheaval, the defense of Yangzhou, the training of troops in Jiading, the battle to relieve Jiangyin, the recapture of Taiw 177Reads5.7Score10014d adds
- 17 The Age of Heavenly Craft: Rising Amidst Chaos 天工纪元：乱世崛起 **He is the “Idle Prince,” a good-for-nothing in the eyes of the world.** Dressed in a plain robe and tapping a folding fan, he constantly declares, “All I want is to lie flat.” Zhu Mingyuan, a transmigrant bearing the name of the last scion of the Ming imperial house, seems to pass his days in lazy idleness, yet hides tiny gears and compasses capable of turning the world in his sleeve. The restraint he learned as an overworked office drone in his previous life, combined with the “Industrial Rev —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Father, Ming's Waters Are Too Deep for You to Navigate 父皇，大明的水太深，你把握不住 [Invincible]+ [System power fantasy]+ [Wild alternate history]+ [Machiavellian power grab]+ [Secret police rule]+ [Mighty steel legions] In the fourteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Luoyang fell, and the Prince of Fu was cooked together with venison. Zhu Cilang transmigrates as the Crown Prince of the Chongzhen Emperor. At the brink of despair, Zhu Cilang awakens the “Ultimate Assistant System”! The greatest figures in Chinese history, heed my command! You preach benevolence and morality, whil 454Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Late Ming Chongzhen: I Rule the World with a Panda! 明末崇祯：朕与熊猫共天下！ Ye Chen transmigrates to the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign at the end of the Ming Dynasty. When he wakes up, he’s a three-month-old panda cub, being cuddled like a pet by Princess Zhaoren! A desperate situation from the start: Li Zicheng’s forces are at the gates, and Chongzhen is slaughtering his way through the imperial harem with a sword. At this life-or-death moment, the Chaos Beast Evolution System activates! The beginner’s pack is maxed out, awakening the bloodline of the Chaos 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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
- 21 Transmigrating to the Late Ming as a Military Household: Survival as a Yingzhou Captain 穿越明末军户求生计颖州百户 The protagonist transmigrates through time to the Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming dynasty, becoming a military household. He struggles to survive amid the massive social upheaval of the late Ming, to endure an age when rites and music have fallen into ruin, and to find a way forward amid oppression and the whirlpool of competing powers. When simply going along with the course of history offers no chance of survival, he strives to rise up and fight for the people, for his family, his friends 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Biding My Time in the Late Ming: Lying Flat Makes Me Invincible 苟在明末，躺平即无敌 The late Ming is in chaos. Bones stretch for miles, and the dynasty is on the verge of collapse. Ambitious warlords fight for their lives everywhere, and everyone is struggling to survive. But the System keeps me, a transmigrator among the refugees, on a tight leash: No striving, no raising an army, no standing out. I’m only allowed to lie flat and slack off. The more I keep my head down, the stronger I get. The lazier I am, the more invincible I become. While the world risks everything to save 420Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 23 The Spy King of the Late Ming Saves the Empire 明末谍王挽天倾 I transmigrated to the first year of the Chongzhen reign and became the lowest-ranking banner officer in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. My predecessor was framed and killed for being too blunt. As for me, I came from the Night Owl unit of the National Security Bureau. At a glance, I could see that this imperial capital was riddled with vulnerabilities: The Shanxi merchants’ mule caravans were smuggling iron goods to Later Jin; The troupes in Jiangnan were hiding spies for the Donglin Party; Even —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Great Ming: My Choices Summon the Greatest Ministers in History 大明：朕的抉择召唤千古名臣 On a snowy night in the first year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian transmigrates and jolts awake before the empire falls. Beneath the Dragon Throne lies a land strewn with corpses, its people starving for miles. At court, the Donglin faction and the eunuchs endlessly brawl for power. Beyond the passes, the Jianzhou Jurchens sharpen their blades. At his waist hangs the white silk sash with which he will hang himself on Coal Hill seventeen years later. At this desperate moment, the Mandate of Heave 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 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
- 26 One Tael of Silver a Day for Everyone: Restoring the Ming in Yangzhou 每人每天一两银，我在扬州复大明 Territory and Population System + military affairs + political intrigue + wish fulfillment + decisive action + fast pace The sun and moon never lose their nature, so though obscured, they shine again. The Yangtze and Han rivers never lose their source, so though blocked, they flow once more. The people of Xia never lose their spirit, so though fallen, they rise again. In 1645, 100,000 Qing troops surround Yangzhou. Shi Kefa has burned five letters of surrender, and the people of the city are pre 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Chongzhen Emperor of the Great Ming: I Don't Want to Hang Myself 大明崇祯：朕不想上吊 Conquer the land of the Japanese pirates, push all the way to the Arctic Circle, seize Antarctica, and advance into the Atlantic. Wherever the sun and moon shine shall be Ming territory. The Chongzhen Emperor is a ruler who has no intention of hanging himself. With his iron-willed ministers, surrendered warlords, and brilliant practical scholars, he carves out the revival of an empire from the ruins. Zhu Youjian tosses his edict aside. “I received the Mandate of Heaven. How could I hang myself a 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Reborn as Zhu Youjiao, Building an Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets 重生朱由校，打造日不落大明帝国 In the sixteenth century, as the great Age of Exploration swept the world and Western nations eagerly expanded their horizons, the Ming Empire in the East quietly crumbled under natural disasters and human calamities. Zhu Xiao, a Ming history enthusiast from a later age, is reborn as the Tianqi Emperor, Zhu Youxiao. Watch as he ushers in reform, strengthens the army, leads the Ming Empire to the pinnacle of the world, and launches an Age of Exploration unlike any other for the Great Ming... 2.4kReads8.6Score11414d adds
- 29 War God at the End of the Ming Dynasty: Kill, Break, and Wolf 明末战神杀破狼 I am Wang Xiaowei, codenamed “Fang,” China’s strongest soldier. During the Zhurihe military exercises, a bolt of lightning struck me and sent me back to the blood-soaked battlefield of Sarhu, where I possessed a low-ranking soldier on the brink of death. Before me stretched the Later Jin cavalry, covering the hills and plains. Behind me, my fellow Ming soldiers were falling apart and scrambling to survive. A hellish situation from the start? No, this is my hunting ground! The Revive-Ming System 260Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 30 I Killed Zhu Yuanzhang and Conquered the World 杀了朱元璋，我征服了世界 I Killed Zhu Yuanzhang and Conquered the World 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 I Have an Invincible Army in Late Ming 我在明末有支无敌军团 At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the land was plunged into chaos. Natural disasters and human calamities struck, and smoke from warfires rose everywhere. It was a dark age when human lives were worth less than those of ants. Liu Mingyu unexpectedly arrives in the late Ming Dynasty. Though he is a common man of modest stature, he commands an invincible army. He subdues the Mongols, crushes bandits, pacifies the Manchus, drives out the Western barbarians, expands the realm, and battles for dominion 54Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 32 A Woman in Chongzhen's Reign: I Survived Long Enough to Become an Old Monster! 女穿崇祯：苟到活成老妖精！ I got hit with a bottle while breaking up a bar fight. When I opened my eyes, I'd become Chongzhen, just as he was about to hang himself. What the hell did I do to deserve this?! A System suddenly popped into my head: “Hang on and hold on to the south of the Yangtze. Every year you survive adds five years to your life!” Lin Lan kicked over the imperial throne. “Hang on? I'll hang on until the Qing army is begging for mercy!” The moment she arrived in Nanjing, she melted down her dowry gold bangl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Cunning Chongzhen: Extending the Ming Dynasty by Three Hundred Years 腹黑崇祯：再续大明三百年 Transmigrated into the ruler of a collapsing empire? No way am I hanging myself! I won't be a sage emperor. I'll become the sole major shareholder of the Ming dynasty's trade empire! The Donglin Party wants credit? I'll arrange a marriage to ruin your career, then use alliances between Shanxi merchants to sideline the Jiangnan gentry and turn your factions against each other! Bandits everywhere? I won't suppress them or appease them. I'll drive them beyond the passes to graze on the steppe. Li 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Heroes of Bright Sword Transmigrate to the Early Qing 亮剑群英穿清初 When Li Yunlong transmigrates to the late Ming and early Qing. When the heroes of Drawing Sword transmigrate to the early years of the Kangxi reign. In an era when the realm has fallen into ruin and nearly all resistance to the Qing has been wiped out, how will the heroes of Drawing Sword embark on a new journey? 231Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 35 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
- 36 Transmigrated as Chongzhen, and I’ve Set My Sights on Your Daughter 穿越崇祯，朕看上你女儿了 Ming Mo, a high school sophomore who’s hopeless at school, wakes up transmigrated as Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty. While others transmigrate to develop technology, strengthen the army, and conquer the realm, all he wants is to slack off, sleep, and get a wife. In his previous life, he was average-looking and ignored by every girl in his class. In this life, he looks in the mirror and sees a heartthrob. He can take his pick from the imperial garden. “Whoever insults me, I’ll m 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Great Ming: The Strongest War King Starts at the Border 大明：最强兵王从边关开始 This novel tells the story of Wang Xiaowei, a modern-day all-around warrior king who transmigrates into the body of an ordinary soldier stationed at a beacon tower in Xuanfu in the first year of the Chongzhen era. Watch as he defends his country, vanquishes his foes, destroys the Later Jin, suppresses bandits, brings peace to the people, and establishes a new dynasty in this thrilling tale. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 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
- 39 The Ming Dynasty's General Manager 大明总经理 In my previous life, I was the CEO of a business empire. In this life, I’m at the helm of the Ming Group. The emperor is the chairman, and the realm is a corporation. You want to talk ancestral laws and regulations? I only care about performance and financial statements! You want to play court politics? I’m an expert in corporate warfare! This is a crushing, one-sided assault on a decaying dynasty using KPIs, audits, and mergers and acquisitions. Watch me rise from humble beginnings and become t 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Transmigrated to the Late Ming to Destroy the Treacherous Qing 穿越明末灭苟清 [Transmigration + Late Ming Dynasty + Rise to Power + Strategy + Destroying the Qing + System] Transmigrating into the Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming dynasty, history PhD Li Rui rises from a small frontier post to contend for the Central Plains, destroy the treacherous Qing, and rebuild China. 441Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Late Ming: Seeing Foreigners Enter the Capital from the End of the Qing, Chongzhen Laughs in Exasperation 明末：看清末洋人进京，崇祯气笑 [The sky screen reveals major Qing Dynasty events, and people at the end of the Ming react!]+ [Chongzhen and Li Zicheng join forces to fight the Japanese, destroy the queue-wearing invaders, and strike at the wealthy landlords] UP creator Su Chen sends videos back to the end of the Ming! From the start, he takes stock of “Ming heroism” and “Qing humiliation”! The Chongzhen Emperor, about to hang himself on Coal Hill, is stunned! “What? My Ming has fallen, and the ones who replaced us are a bunch 235Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 42 Riding Across the Great Ming 策马大明 The great river surges east, wave upon wave! For three hundred years, the blood of heroes has flowed without end! In early April of the fourth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Great Ming, a new recruit arrived at the Eastern Camp of Qingzhou... He would give his life for his country and family, and never regret it, even if he had to die nine times over! 8.1kReads8.4Score47314d adds
- 43 The Great Ming's Last Backbone: Beheading Shi Lang from the Start 大明最后脊梁：开局斩首施琅 [Pirates] [Rebuilding the Ming Dynasty] [Adventure] [Naval Warfare] In 1683, after the Battle of Penghu, a defeated Zheng army rebuilds the Ming Dynasty into an empire on which the sun never sets. When Chen Meng transmigrated as the captain of a Zheng naval gunboat, he turned the tide of the rout and killed Shi Lang. Right under Yao Qisheng's nose, he abducted Consort Rong and Princess Lanqi. Fujian Governor-General Yao Qisheng went mad, and an imperial edict from Kangxi soon followed: “As long 369Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 A Low-Ranking Official in a Late Ming County Town 明末县城小吏 [In the Seventh Year of Tianqi, I Rewrite My Fate by Becoming a Low-Ranking Clerk] In the seventh year of Tianqi, I transmigrated into the body of cannon fodder drafted in Liaodong. Refuse to go to Liaodong, and I die. Go to Liaodong, and death is almost certain. To stay alive, I took a desperate gamble and infiltrated the county yamen, starting out as the lowest-ranking clerk. No System, no golden finger, no memories from a past life to help me. I had only my own courage and an instinct for su 10.5kReads7.6Score88214d adds
- 45 Transmigrate to Become Emperor, Save Great Ming and Lead It to the Peak 穿越做皇帝，救大明走向巅峰 A university student transmigrates into the Ming dynasty, where Zhu Qiyu lifts the ban on maritime trade. They drive the Japanese pirates east, campaign against the Oirat Mongols in the north, reach Europe in the west, and establish a modern Silk Road. They restore maritime trade supremacy and reestablish the financial dominance of Ming paper currency. Pure wish fulfillment. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Back to the End of the Ming Dynasty as a World Leader 回到明末当球长 Question: If you had a chance to go back to the Ming Dynasty, would you go? Answer: No. Question: Why not? Answer: I wouldn’t be able to use my phone or play games. No running water, no electricity, no internet. It’d be like going back to the dark ages. Only an idiot would go! Question: What if you got a System, too? Answer: What kind of System? Question: A trading System. You could use it to do business with people in the modern world, so you’d have everything you need. How about it? Answer: St 196Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Late Ming, 1638: Crush the Later Jin, Then Conquer the World 明末1638，先砍后金再霸全球 A special forces soldier carries modern equipment back to the late Ming Dynasty. Only 210 rifle rounds? No problem. A miniature imaging device lets him sense everything for dozens of miles. Flintlock rifles, steam engines... The Ming Empire's dominion over a sun that never sets begins with the destruction of the Eight Banners! 1.3kReads7.1Score10914d adds
- 48 Dreaming Back to Southern Ming: A Han Man Is No Slave 梦回南明，汉儿不称奴 Lin Yan, a construction contractor, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Southern Ming dynasty and meets Li Dingguo, who has twice defeated the Ming princes. Watch me help Prince Jin Li defeat them a third time! Knowing that the Manchu queue hairstyle marked nearly three hundred years of oppression for China, he resolves to fight the Qing and restore Han clothing and customs with the knowledge he has brought from modern times. 1.4kReads8.0Score15014d adds
- 49 The Invincible Soldier King of the Late Ming Saves the Empire 明末无敌兵王挽天倾 A modern strategic forces veteran codenamed “Dragon King” transmigrates into the body of the most formidable commander in the Ming dynasty, Xiong Tingbi’s own son! It is the first year of the Tianqi reign. Liaodong is in ruins, the court is riven by infighting, and the empire teeters on the brink of collapse. Other transmigrators get a hellish start, but I’m at my peak from the start! With command of Liaodong’s strongest army and military knowledge from centuries in the future, I’ll use flintloc 2Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 50 Great Ming: My System Is Invincible 大明：我的体系强无敌 Special forces king Wang Xiaowei transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty and becomes a low-ranking official in the Ministry of War, looked down on by everyone. While others rely on a System or their knowledge of poetry after transmigrating, he has a copy of Modern Military Organization and Management. Killing enemies? That’s far too basic. What he wants to do is perform a “system overhaul” on the decaying Ming dynasty. He replaces corruption with standardized procedures, uses a general staff to s 132Reads—Score—14d adds
