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- 1 Great Ming: From the Start, My Vast Fortune Leaves Old Zhu Stunned 大明：开局亿万家财，吓懵老朱 Shen An transmigrates to the Hongwu era and becomes the youngest son of Shen Wansan, the richest man in Jiangnan. Looking at the mountains of gold and jewels stacked up at home, then at the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, sharpening his knife and preparing to slaughter the family and confiscate their property, Shen An is at a loss. This is an era of absolute imperial power, where heads roll by the thousands! Even a fortune that could rival a nation is just a fat lamb waiting for slaughter in Old Z 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Great Ming: Sweet Potatoes Are for Pigs, Not for You, Old Zhu! 大明：红薯喂猪，不是喂你老朱！ [Zhu Yuanzhang + farming and technology + wish-fulfillment System story] “Dig in, guys!” Su Yang knocks on the pig trough and dumps in a bucket of golden, soft, sticky sweet potatoes. He turns around. The pigs are nowhere to be seen. Three grown men are bent over the trough, happily stuffing their faces. Su Yang is dumbfounded. “Uncle! That's pig food!” “Pig food?” Zhu Yuanzhang says. “I'm Old Zhu!” Su Yang has been stranded deep in the mountains for a year. All he wants is to use the System to 2.2kReads6.9Score209Shelves
- 3 Twenty Years of the Great Ming 大明二十年 In the tenth year of the Xuande reign, the emperor dies. Nine-year-old Zhu Qizhen ascends the throne, his legs dangling in midair, unable to reach the floor. Empress Dowager Zhang rules from behind the curtain, assisted by the Three Yangs. Everything seems rock-solid. But Wang Zhen, the Director of Ceremonial who holds the brush, is using story after story to draw the young emperor closer to him, little by little. Sixty-one-year-old Yang Shiqi believes his greatest opponents are his political ri 30Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 4 Great Ming: After My Nephew Disappeared, I Inherited the Family Business! 大明：侄子失踪后，我继承家业！ After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanhe becomes the son of Zhu Gaoxu and binds himself to the Spirit-Seizing System. From the start, he’s at Xiaoling Mausoleum, where he captures the spirits of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma! Looking at Zhu Di, who is about to ascend the throne, Zhu Zhanhe decides to give him a “surprise.” Zhu Zhanhe: “Grandpa, with your enthronement just around the corner, what’s your greatest regret?” Zhu Di: “Sigh, it’s that your great-grandpa and great-grandma can 295Reads—Score105Shelves
- 5 Great Ming: Transmigrating to the Hongwu Era, Starting with Nine Choices from Four 大明：穿越洪武，开局九选四 Unemployed young man Lin Yu is scrolling through short videos late at night when a page suddenly pops up on his phone: If you had the chance to transmigrate at random to an ancient era, and could choose four abilities from the nine options below as your golden fingers, which would you pick? 1: Superhuman physique; 2: Infinite money; 3: Infinite food; 4: An AK-47 with unlimited ammunition; 5: One hundred thousand death warriors who obey you completely; 6: Flight technique from the Dragon Ball uni 36.5kReads6.1Score3kShelves
- 6 Great Ming: Father and Son Bring Gunboat Technology to Sweep Through the Wanli Era 大明：父子双穿炮舰科技横扫万历 A lightning strike at the Forbidden City sends Lin Zhiyuan, a vice dean of engineering, and his video-creator son Lin Qiyuan back to the twentieth year of Wanli. They arrive as impoverished scholars, carrying a two-terabyte library. First they make cement to shore up dikes in exchange for farmland, then build water-powered cotton gins and spinning jennies, producing a hundred jin of yarn a day and shaking up the Songjiang cloth market. Hunted by Japanese pirates, the Imperial Weaving Bureau, and 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Cautious Accountant of the Hongwu Era 洪武苟道账房先生 After transmigrating to the Hongwu era, Chen Wen became a low-ranking clerk in the Ministry of Revenue, just as Zhu Yuanzhang’s blade fell and officials were being slaughtered by the hundred. Fortunately, he awakened a [Data-Driven Mindset]. Everything could be turned into data, and every task could be streamlined into a process. A martial arts expert? To me, he was nothing more than a moving set of stats: [Attack Power: 85, Threat Level: High]. The rise and fall of a dynasty? In my mind, it was 161Reads5.8Score100Shelves
- 8 Reborn as Zhu Yuntong: I Absolutely Refuse to Be a Cannon-Fodder Prince 重生朱允熥我绝对不当炮灰王爷 A snail choked a modern man to death. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated into the body of Zhu Yunton, the most unfortunate imperial grandson in the Ming Dynasty. From the start, he was caught in bed with someone, and the accusation reached the emperor's ears. His opponents were Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and the whole court of scheming officials from the Jianwen era. The historical script: stripped of his status and imprisoned until death. My script: turn the tables against all 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 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 34.9kReads8.3Score3.8kShelves
- 10 I Beat Up Zhu Yuanzhang from the Start, Only to Find Out My Wife Is His Daughter 开局怒打朱元璋，老婆竟是他女儿 In the fifteenth year of Zhizheng, Empress Ma gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl, in the home of Chen Di, a merchant in Taiping. The boy is Zhu Biao, Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty. The girl is named Jingning, but after Yuan soldiers pursue them, she vanishes without a trace. In the ninth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang finally finds his long-lost eldest daughter, with Zhu Biao at his side. To his dismay, he discovers that she has already pledged herself to a wastrel. The wastrel is named Li 2.8kReads6.7Score209Shelves
- 11 Three Kingdoms: Summoning Heroes to Descend 三国召唤之群英降临 He transmigrates to the end of the Han Dynasty, where the System activates and heroes are summoned. Armies clash with spears and horses, their force sweeping across the land like tigers. Watch Red-Faced Guan Yu battle Zhu Tong, Guan Sheng, Guan Ling, and Wei Wentong, while Liu Bowen matches wits with Guo Jia and Xun Yu. In this chaotic age, they all display extraordinary brilliance. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 I, a Hundred-Year-Old Grand Secretary, Have Served Under Sixteen Ming Emperors 我，百岁首辅，历经大明十六帝 My name is Sihan, and I’m an old fellow who has lived for over a hundred years. After transmigrating for the second time, I traveled from Shu Han to the Ming dynasty and became bound to the “Dynasty Preservation” System. As long as the Ming dynasty survives another day, I get to live another day. So, starting in the Hongwu era, I served six emperors in a row, becoming a powerful chief minister who held office under five reigns and an imperial tutor under three. I thought I’d spend the rest of my 1.5kReads5.2Score103Shelves
- 13 Phantom Reverie: A Supernatural Vision 虚幻狂想：灵幻视界 A chaotic world where illusion and history converge, a bizarre cosmos, tangled narratives, the gods’ contest, the unfolding of the Dao. Chaos awakens within time, and time sinks into chaos. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 A Sequel to Dream of the Red Chamber: The Record of the Remnant Monk’s Return to the Stone 红楼梦续作之残僧归石录 This sequel picks up immediately after the first eighty chapters by Cao Xueqin, focusing on Baoyu’s fall and awakening after the Jia family’s downfall. The once-beloved young master of the Garden of Crimson Delights becomes a prisoner. He endures the family’s confiscation, the separation of friends and relatives, and the harshness of a changed world. It unfolds in detail the devastating process of “a great mansion collapsing in an instant” and the final outcome of “a vast, blank land, clean and 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Painting the Mountains and Seas: Bringing the National Treasures Home 执笔绘山海：唤国宝归来 On hiatus for now, no updates, no updates, no updates. On hiatus for now, no updates, no updates, no updates. On hiatus for now, no updates, no updates, no updates. On hiatus for now, no updates, no updates, no updates. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Water Margin: The Kingdom of Jinghai, Heaven's Cycle of Reincarnation 水浒之靖海国：天道轮回 In the first year of the Xuanhe era, on the eve of their surrender to the Song court, undercurrents swirled through Liangshan. Li Jun, the Dragon Who Stirs the Rivers, intercepted a secret order from the Privy Council and learned that the day they defeated Fang La would also be the day his sworn brothers were poisoned to death. Unwilling to bow his head and await execution, he led his trusted brothers Ruan Xiaoqi, Yan Qing, and others, taking an elite naval force and setting sail to escape Liang 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Reborn in Korea: The System Helps Me Build a Global Empire 重生朝鲜：系统带我铸霸全球 A new story is here! Welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Dragon Map of the Reversed Realm 逆界龙图 At the instant a bolt of violet lightning split the heavens, Lu Chengyuan’s fingers were still gripping the ear of a bronze tripod. The Warring States dragon-patterned tripod unearthed by the archaeological team suddenly blazed with dazzling golden light, sweeping him and the entire excavation lab into a temporal maelstrom. The last thing he heard was his assistant shouting, “The inscriptions on the tripod are glowing!” The last thing he touched was an ink-jade talisman inside the tripod, carved —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Conquering Baekje from the Start, I Carve Out a Domain and Found a Nation! 开局攻破百济，割据一方立国！ [Alternate History] + [National Destiny System] + [Transmigration] + [Building a Nation Beyond the Frontier] Chu Feng was an overworked office drone on Blue Star, stuck in the 996 grind. On his way home from work, he was hit by a “lucky truck” while trying to save someone, then transmigrated into the body of a down-and-out scion of a family in a parallel world. In this parallel world, Great Feng is as powerful as the Tang Dynasty was in 649: it has the largest territory and a flourishing economy 1.2kReads5.8Score103Shelves
- 20 Ming Dynasty Gunslinger: The Repeating Divine Crossbow 大明火枪手：连环神机 The Ming army had the world's earliest firearms unit, known as the Divine Engine Battalion. Armed with muskets and cannons, the unit rendered outstanding service defending the territory of the Great Ming. Yet at the Battle of Tumu Fortress, its slow-firing muskets were no match for the Oirat cavalry and their bows. The victorious Oirat army pressed on until it stood at the gates of Beijing. The plans for a rapid-fire musket, the only weapon that might turn the tide, vanished on the very day they 601Reads9.4Score106Shelves
- 21 Joy of Life: From the Start, I’m a Young Eunuch at Guangxin Palace 大庆：开局广信宫小太监 [Yandere Grand Princess] [Not a brainless story] [If you like brainless stories, you can leave] The Grand Princess spoke, her voice carrying a strange, bewitching quality. “Raise your head.” Wu Fan slowly lifted his head as instructed. Just as his gaze reached Li Yunrui's stunning cheek, adorned with an amused smile, she brought the little pastry in her hand to his lips. “Open your mouth.” Wu Fan opened his mouth almost instinctively. The next moment, the pastry, fragrant with a sweet aroma and 173Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 22 I Serve as a Censor in the Ming Dynasty 我在大明当言官 In his previous life, he practically wore out his copy of the civil service exam essay guide while wishing for a government job. Then he opened his eyes and, sure enough, landed on the other side: he had transmigrated straight into the Ming Dynasty as a seventh-rank supervisory censor in the Censorate. All he wanted was to keep his head down during the Jiajing reign, build up some experience, and get posted somewhere far away as soon as possible. But his boss turned out to be the Jiajing Emperor 1.1kReads8.4Score111Shelves
- 23 Emperors of Every Era Meet: The Late Emperor Pulls Out Seven Wolves 历代皇帝见面，先帝：抽出七匹狼 What would happen if emperors from every dynasty met? Ying Zheng chased Hu Hai around with a bronze sword all night. It wasn't that the beating was over. It was that dawn had come. Liu Bang watched his descendants recreate the Han Dynasty again and again with a smile, but fell into deep thought when he saw "Liu Bilie." The Three Kingdoms' old rivals gathered in one place. When having a son, he should be like Sun Zhongmou, right? For the first time, Cao Cao felt he was talking too much... The Wei 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Great Ming: From the Start, I Led the Whole Village Through a Famine 大明：开局灾荒我带全村荒年求生 During the Chongzhen era, years of drought left the land strewn with the dead. Lu Yuan, a modern young man who transmigrated into the body of a poor peasant, finds himself from the start in a desperate situation with no way out: tax collectors are squeezing him for money, bandits are on their way, and his only younger sister is about to be sold for food! No System, no pocket dimension. All he has are basic modern knowledge and foresight into the course of history. Facing greedy petty officials a 10Reads—Score129Shelves
- 25 Great Ming: What? Chang Yuchun's Eldest Daughter Is My Mother? 大明：啥？常遇春长女是我娘亲？ (Decisive and ruthless + invincible + won’t eat beef + if something annoys me, I fight back + alternate history + making up for regrets) One more thing: This isn’t a traditional historical novel. It’s just for fun, so archaeologists, stay away. After finishing a day of food deliveries, Zhu Moyuan jumped from the eighth floor to save a young woman in trouble, then was reborn in the Ming Dynasty. He became Zhu Xiongying’s younger brother, but when he was three years old… Zhu Yuanz 31.1kReads6.7Score2.3kShelves
- 26 Great Ming: I'm Really Not the Longevity Emperor 大明：我真不是万寿帝君 The Emperor of Longevity was the Taoist title adopted by the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Lu Chen transmigrates to the seventeenth year of the Jiajing era, during the Ming Dynasty. Though his soul has crossed over into another body, its previous owner left behind no memories. Fortunately, Lu Chen has telekinetic powers to rely on. By chance, he passes himself off using travel papers that may have belonged to Lu Song, Lu Bing's father, and identify him as Lu Song's illegitimate son. More 333.7kReads7.7Score43.7kShelves
- 27 Old Zhu Is Making Me Become His Imperial Grandson 老朱逼我当太孙 After transmigrating to the Hongwu era, he becomes Zhu Yunton, the useless imperial grandson, only to discover that Zhu Yunwen is about to be named Crown Prince! Once that happens, the Huaxi military families will be slaughtered, the Hongwu Emperor will show no mercy, and he’ll be imprisoned for the rest of his life until he dies! But he’s trapped in the cold palace with only fragmented memories. He doesn’t even know what the old Zhu looks like! How can he turn things around? Luckily, he awakens 34.3kReads8.0Score3.7kShelves
- 28 Great Ming: I Found My Younger Brother Zhu Wenzheng at the Foot of the Mountain 大明：下山捡到弟弟朱文正 [Martial arts]+ [No transmigration, no System]+ [Alternate history] You ask who I am? The man standing before you is Wang Baobao's nightmare, the strictest father on the steppe, the creator of the Ming dynasty's wheel-flattening strategy, the fiend who slaughtered more than a hundred thousand warriors in Japan, the butcher who executed those implicated in the Hongwu-era “First Case” and the “False Empress Case,” the Wu Prince who had a noble consort hanged in the palace without a second thought, 3.2kReads6.1Score156Shelves
- 29 A Thousand-Year-Old Clan: Starting by Persuading Liu Bei to Abandon Xuzhou 千年世家：从劝刘备弃徐州开始 [Commanding the Ancestors, A Millennium-Old Clan] Duan Fan awakens an Ancestor Simulator that lets him possess his forebears across the ages, alter history, and shape the present. In his first simulation, he possesses Duan Ning. The entire clan invests in the down-and-out Liu Bei, builds its influence in Jingzhou, and brings Zhuge Liang into the fold ahead of schedule. They seize Yizhou, take Hanzhong, secure Liangzhou, and march into Chang'an. When Duan Fan exits the simulation, history gains a 42.5kReads8.3Score5.5kShelves
- 30 Building a Nation in Borneo, Starting in 1850 1850年从婆罗洲开始建国 [No System] [Found a Nation in the South Seas] [Hardcore Farming] [Global Colonial Rivalry] [The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets] [Leader of ASEAN] [Rebuild the Great Tang] In 1850, transmigrator Li Xuan arrived in Borneo, in the South Seas. At the time, the great powers were carving up the world, while the Chinese overseas drifted like duckweed on the water. He had no System, only vision and courage two hundred years ahead of his time. He gathered refugees, built naval ports, forged guns 7.9kReads6.8Score329Shelves
- 31 Conquest: Starting with the Siheyuan 征服：从四合院开始 After the System set him up, Qin Hao stole a hundred-ton truck's business using a junk truck and was sent to the Peninsula, to a battlefield where one carried the team against seventeen. There, he began his life as the ultimate battlefield sneak. When the war ended and he returned to the capital, the System finally activated for real. Only then did Qin Hao learn the true reason he'd been sent there! Critical hits! All kinds of critical hits! As for who's on the receiving end, take a guess! 18.9kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
- 32 The Great Ming Grand Secretary Awakens at Thirteen to Save the Empire! 大明首辅十三岁觉醒挽天倾！ Programmer Zhang Jin, who died suddenly after staying up all night, opened his eyes to find himself as thirteen-year-old Zhang Juzheng in the Ming dynasty. He was also saddled with a “Pain-in-the-Neck Grand Secretary Growth System.” From then on, the Ming court took a sudden turn: he used KPI assessments to make his slacking colleagues weep, broke down Jiajing's mystical memorials with Excel, and even considered introducing a “DingTalk clock-in system” at morning court. He had planned to muddle 4Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 33 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 177Reads5.7Score100Shelves
- 34 Emperor Tianqi: Make the Whole World Farm for Me! 天启大帝：让全世界给我种地！ [Reforms that leap ahead of their time in the early chapters] Packed with satisfying moments + endless beatdowns for the Qing + global conquest (the later chapters are all about tugging at your heartstrings!) A modern office worker transmigrates into the miserable Tianqi Emperor and opens his eyes to a nightmare: Later Jin at the borders, eunuchs running wild, and the people living in misery! No System, no golden finger. He has only his wits and modern knowledge to fight back! From the start, he 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Embroidered Guards Protect the Realm: Smoke Rises Along the Nine Frontiers 锦衣护山河之九边狼烟靖 When Longqing ascended the throne, maritime trade opened in the southeast and the Japanese pirate threat gradually eased. But the northern frontier's nine garrisons remained engulfed in smoke and fire, with battles raging without end. Establishing tributary trade to bring an end to hostilities was an urgent necessity. Yet in Tumet, Zhao Quan and others from the White Lotus Society had established fortified settlements, and repeatedly sent spies into the Central Plains to sow chaos. The Ming cour 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Great Ming's Two-Way Portal: Bringing the Zhu Family to Force Old Zhu to Abdicate 大明双穿门：带朱家人逼老朱退位 Zhu Yuntong’s situation is disastrous from the start: What? Old Zhu is going to make Zhu Yunwen Crown Prince’s Heir? Just when he’s at his wits’ end, he gets a Two-Way Gate System! “Great, great, I have to fight for the throne this time. I’ll turn the Ming Dynasty upside down!” “I’ll transmigrate to a time before Grandma died, bring her here, and have her back me up!” “I’ll transmigrate to a time before my mother died, bring her here, and have her stand up for me!” “I’ll transmigrate to a time b 16.1kReads6.9Score1kShelves
- 37 Great Ming: The Immortal Chief Minister Is Exposed, and Old Zhu Is Furious! 大明：曝光长生首辅，老朱麻了！ Also known as: "Ming Dynasty: I Have Lived for Two Thousand Years, and I’m Teaching Zhu Di to Be an Emperor"; "I Just Talked Zhu Di Into a Frenzy, and Now the Sky Screen Is Broadcasting Me Live as Old Zhu Puts a Bounty on My Head" The good news: My name is Su Chen, and I’m an immortal who has lived from the Qin Dynasty to the present day. After witnessing two thousand years of change, I’ve finally become the Grand Secretary of the Ming Dynasty. The bad news: My current student, Zhu Di, is a warm 3.2kReads6.8Score222Shelves
- 38 A Skinned Virtual Game? From the Start, I Instantly Picked Eri Kisaki 虚拟游戏套皮？开局秒选妃英理 [Multiple heroines + Eunuchs (if you don't like beautiful women, stay away) + virtual-reality reskin + another world + farming, fighting, and growing stronger + world domination + kill when you can, no brainless decisions + sensible protagonist who isn't an eunuch], stirring up trouble in the Japanese server area in the early game and taking the Japanese for all they're worth, with no need to hold back. 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Great Ming in World War II: From the Start, I Pummel the Northern Qing 二战中的大明：开局爆锤北清 [Alternate-space Ming and Qing dynasties in World War II + Northern Expedition against the Qing + defeat Japan + world domination + empress + master of micromanagement] In 1644, the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself from a branch in the southeast, and Zhu Cilang, the first transmigrator, fled south! The Manchu Qing’s iron hooves were about to trample all of China! The good news: with a transmigrator on their side, the Southern Ming was finally getting back on its feet! The bad news: the Southern 765Reads7.1Score112Shelves
- 40 Zhu Yuanzhang: Is This Foolish Boy My Long-Lost Son? 朱元璋：这憨子是我失散的儿子？ I’m Zhu Yuanzhang. My long-lost son has been found, but he seems a little... dim... He grins foolishly when he calls me Father, yet he can lift an eight-hundred-jin bronze cauldron with one hand. He can barely read, yet the blueprints he presented helped the Ming Dynasty build a steam engine two centuries ahead of schedule. He speaks bluntly, yet leaves all the court officials speechless. It wasn’t until the night the White Lotus Sect tried to assassinate me that I saw the truth. The fool stood 19.1kReads7.7Score1.2kShelves
- 41 Your Majesty, I Really Am a Great Treacherous Minister! 皇上，微臣真的是大奸臣啊！ [History + System + Court Politics + Comedy + Misunderstandings + Anti-Tropes + Great Villain] (This book has been adapted into a motion comic. Tap the screen, then “More Adaptations” in the bottom-right corner to watch it. There's also an audiobook with live narration!!) Su Changqing transmigrates to Great Ning and gets bound to a Villain System. Whenever he does something bad and gets cursed at, he gains more life. Whenever he does something good and gets praised, he drops dead on the spot. To 3kReads8.6Score352Shelves
- 42 From the Start, I Declare Myself Emperor in Guangxi and Enrage Old Zhu 开局广西称帝，气坏老朱 In the twenty-third year of the Hongwu era, Chen Yan transmigrated to Mount Mang on the Hunan-Guangdong border. Without household registration or a travel permit, Chen Yan was an undocumented outsider. To survive, he had no choice but to fight back. And dissatisfied with Zhu Yuanzhang’s many policies that harmed the people, he was determined to change things. He would rebel against Zhu Yuanzhang. He would restore China to the glory of the Han and Tang dynasties, put it back at the helm of the wo 1.8kReads5.6Score101Shelves
- 43 Unbelievable, Is This Rebel King Actually the Crown Prince of Great Ming? 震惊，这个闯王竟是大明太子？ [No System + one female lead + passionate ensemble cast + intelligent characters + warlords vying for supremacy] The rebel army has breached the capital, and the Chongzhen Emperor is preparing to hang himself. Is there still hope for the Ming dynasty? Zhu Cilang, who has just transmigrated, thinks there is. He plans to proceed in two steps: first, persuade Chongzhen to abandon suicide and retreat to Jinling, preserving the Ming dynasty's last line of defense; then, assume a false identity and in 54.7kReads8.6Score6kShelves
- 44 Burying the Ming: My System Is Full of Bugs 葬明：我的系统全是BUG The protagonist wakes to discover that he has become the frail, sickly, and overlooked heir of the Prince of Gui’s residence. He is only fifteen years old. News has just arrived that the Longwu regime has fallen, and Qu Shisi, the Guangxi governor, and others are urging his father, Zhu Youlang, to assume the regency. System Awakening: Thrust into the spotlight amid his terror, he faces a probing attack by the Qing vanguard under Li Chengdong. At this critical moment, a translucent panel appears 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 A Modern Corporate Drone, Reborn as the Attention-Seeking Emperor of Great Ming 现代社畜，重生大明当显眼包皇帝 Lin Feng, a 996 programmer, dies of overwork after staying up all night fixing bugs. When he opens his eyes, he's become Zhu Yijun, the ten-year-old emperor in the first year of the Wanli era! Between Zhang Juzheng's “strict teacher” style of regency, the stiff prostrations of court officials, and palace life without so much as toilet paper, his overworked modern soul can't take this lousy “throne.” At least a 996 job comes with milk tea! To survive in the Forbidden City, he puts his office-work —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Great Ming: Empress Ma's Younger Brother, Constantly Giving Old Zhu a Hard Time 大明：马皇后亲弟，日常怼老朱 A fragile modern college student is sent to the Ming Dynasty by a huge truck. He'd planned to live it up as a wealthy gentleman in the Ming Dynasty, but who could have guessed that his older sister was Empress Ma? Thinking of how brutal Zhu Yuanzhang would become in his later years, Ma Yuanchen packed up and ran as soon as the Ming Dynasty was founded. Just as Ma Yuanchen was thinking of waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to die before seeking refuge with his great-nephew, Zhu Di, and living a carefree l 18.1kReads7.0Score1.2kShelves
- 47 Ming Dynasty: The City That Never Sleeps, I Inherit a Brothel from the Start 大明不夜城：开局继承青楼 Su Chen transmigrates to the fourteenth year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming dynasty and inherits a brothel on the banks of the Qinhuai River that is on the verge of bankruptcy. Modern people are night owls, so how are they supposed to live in ancient times? Obviously, by creating a nightlife full of revelry. Curfews? Sea bans? Valuing agriculture while suppressing commerce? Tributary trade that gives far more than it receives? All these unreasonable Ming ancestral rules have to go! [The blunt b 2.5kReads7.7Score216Shelves
- 48 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—Shelves
- 49 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—Shelves
- 50 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—Shelves
