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- 51 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
- 52 Great Ming's Prince of Another Surname: Hu Weiyong's Rebellion from the Start 大明异姓王：开局胡惟庸造反 [No System] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [No Rebellion] + [Ming Dynasty Infrastructure] + [Everyone Is Clever] After transmigrating to the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Lin Feng becomes Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son. He grows up alongside Zhu Biao and becomes the Ming Dynasty's only prince with a different surname. At first, all he wants is to lie flat as an idle prince, listening to music at the pleasure quarters and enjoying a life of luxury. But seeing the corruption in the bureaucracy and 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 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—14d adds
- 54 Ming Dynasty Commander: Defending the Empire with Blood and Steel 大明督师：铁血护明 Hong Zhiming, a special forces soldier, transmigrates into the late Ming dynasty and becomes Hong Chengchou, Governor-General of Jiliao, on the eve of Songshan’s fall. On his left is the historical burden of being branded a turncoat; on his right, the blades of 60,000 Eight Banner cavalrymen, ready to massacre the city! Cut off from supplies? He sifts out two shi of coarse rice to make thin porridge, mixes rocks with gunpowder to make crude bombs, and uses special forces tactics to turn the rem 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 When the Supernatural Invades: I Become DNF's Dark Lord 诡异入侵：我成了DNF黑暗君主 (Completed novel with over a million words, so read with confidence) (Dungeon Fighter Online) (Devil May Cry, Dark Lord) (No System) (Readers unfamiliar with the game are welcome) After being reincarnated in another world, the protagonist Li Feng encounters a global invasion by a bizarre world after reaching adulthood. Fortunately, he awakens the Ghostblade class he played in Dungeon Fighter Online in his previous life: the Soul Bender. While everyone else is still struggling to form groups and 137Reads—Score314d adds
- 56 Great Ming: The Daily Life of the Zhu Family's Guardian Immortal 大明：成为朱家保家仙的日常 [A beloved, adorable child heroine who is never stupid] Winter, the fourteenth year of Hongwu. The Ming army advances into Guizhou, where deadly miasma runs rampant. Far away in Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang has a dream. He dreams that the Bodhisattva Guanyin tells him her most beloved child has gone to Guizhou. When he wakes, cold sweat has soaked through the undergarment on his back. The Bodhisattva’s words were clear, but aside from “Guizhou,” she left him nothing. He doesn’t know if the child is a 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 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
- 58 What?! The Campus Belle Conquers the Dream Realm in Her Sleep 惊！校花靠睡觉征服梦域 A pall of depression hangs over the world, which teeters on the brink of an abyss! Before disappearing, Professor Chang, a biologist, seals the key to resisting a mysterious force inside his daughter, Zheng Rui. Fifteen years later, the bright and beautiful campus belle Zheng Rui wakes up one day to unlock the “Dream Trials.” Fighting monsters in her sleep can actually temper and strengthen her body. Her best friend joins her, becoming an incredibly cool battle companion! Guo Hui, the campus h 21Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 59 Ming Dynasty, 1644: The Dream of Red Mansions Mends the Heavens 大明1644：风月宝鉴补天倾 [This is a pure wish-fulfillment novel: read with your brain switched on for clever schemes, or switch it off for pure thrills. Either way, it’s a blast!] In 1644, Chinese civilization stood on the brink of ruin. The rebel king’s forces besieged the capital, the Qing troops broke through the pass and marched south, and Emperor Chongzhen was driven to desperation... The luxurious Grand View Garden had become a scene of broken walls, desolate graves, and withered weeds in the blink of an eye. Fort 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Border Fires of the Great Ming 大明边火 This is the turning point at which an empire began to decline, and the starting point of a warlord's rise. During the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty, the seemingly powerful empire was already rotten to the core, plagued by factional strife and lax frontier defenses. Beyond the empire's gaze in Liaodong, among the Jurchen tribes, contemptuously called the “wild men of Jianzhou,” a man named Nurhaci raised an army with thirteen suits of ancestral armor, unified the Jurchen tribes, and founded the 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Just Venting: My Cursed Roommate Became Chongzhen 吐槽一下：我的冤种舍友穿成崇祯 Li A Jie, a modern-day corporate drone, wakes up to find that he's landed in the disastrous final years of the Ming Dynasty, as the foolish son of a landlord, a spoiled brat from a small salt merchant family in Jiangnan. Even more absurdly, his useless roommate, who used to call him “Brother Jie, carry me to victory!” every day in their dorm, has become the Chongzhen Emperor, with a noose around his neck and a death countdown ticking away! With flames of war on all sides and the court rotten to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Late Ming: Laying Low in the Mountains as a Rebel King 明末：苟在山里当反王 “Jiexi Province, Baliu Prefecture, Xuelin District, Chiban County: in Shangbao stands a Golden Throne Hall...” This folk song has been passed down for more than four hundred years in the remote mountains of Suining, Hunan, and the ruins of the ancient Shangbao Kingdom are still there today. This story grew out of that real folk song. A fake jade pendant bought for ten yuan, a faulty outlet, and when Wang Dabao opens his eyes again, 108 gaunt refugees have pinned him to a heated earthen bed and a 16Reads—Score12514d adds
- 63 Reborn as Prince Longwu, I’ll Save the Ming Dynasty from Ruin 重生隆武皇子，挽天再造大明 The Ming dynasty: the last realm under heaven ruled by the Han Chinese. For all its countless failings, it was still far better than letting barbarian invaders rule the Central Plains! Reborn, Ling Yun transmigrates as Zhu Linze, the illegitimate son of the Longwu Emperor. The Xianxia Pass has fallen open, Zheng Zhilong is secretly conspiring with the Qing court, and the Longwu dynasty is on the brink of collapse. He lies low in southern Fujian, meets Zheng Chenggong and becomes his sworn broth 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Late Ming: The Steel Tide Rolls On 明末，钢铁的洪流滚滚向前 [No Romance + No System + Has a Golden Finger (Does an armory count?) + Invincible + Farming and Development + Slow-Burn but Packed with Conflict] Ammunition-disassembly expert Zhong Qing survives an explosion by sheer luck, only to be transported with his warehouse to the third year of the Tianqi era, at the end of the Ming dynasty. When he opens his eyes, he sees no beautiful women in his harem, only dust kicked up by Mongol cavalry. His System? Doesn’t exist. His golden finger is the clas 2.2kReads7.2Score16314d adds
- 65 Chongzhen Must Not Die: I Lead the Great Ming to Global Dominance 崇祯不亡：朕带大明称霸全球 A university history student falls off a cliff and opens his eyes to find himself Emperor Chongzhen! By now, Li Zicheng's forces have surrounded Beijing, and the crooked tree on Coal Hill stands right before him. I refuse to hang myself! Abandon the capital and head south, establish my rule over Jiangnan, train a modern army, develop seafaring, crush Japan, and launch a northern campaign to reclaim our lands. Watch me save the dynasty from collapse and reshape the Ming, until all nations come to 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 I, the Hongguang Emperor: From the Start, I Confiscate the Donglin Faction’s Estates 我，弘光帝，开局抄家东林党 [Late Ming, Southern Ming, Hongguang Emperor, Political Intrigue and Power Struggles, Decisive and Ruthless, Resistance Against the Qing, No System, Courtroom Maneuvering] Transmigrated into the body of the Hongguang Emperor, who has only seven months to live, Zhu Yousong must defy fate and change his destiny from the start. With dirt on every official at court, I first force Ma Shiying to “voluntarily” donate a hundred thousand taels, then expose the mask of Qian Qianyi, leader of the Donglin f 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Ming Dynasty's Junior Banner Officer 大明小旗官 The first day of the seventh month, in the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong reign. Xuanfu Garrison. A battlefield surgeon transmigrates into the lowest-ranking Ming Dynasty officer, a squad leader with ten soldiers under him, a monthly salary of two and a half qian, and a life hanging by a thread. He knows all too well that in forty-five days, at Tumu Fortress, half a million Ming troops will be wiped out in a single night. He also knows that in one hundred and ninety-five years, the Ming Dynast 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Two Deserters and a Widow 两个逃兵和寡妇 [Meticulously researched historical fiction] [Smuggling] [Two male leads] [No System] Don’t let the title fool you. There’s no romance, just the passage of time! Set six hundred years ago, during the Jingtai era, after the Tumu Crisis. A group of ordinary people, forgotten by the history books, struggle to survive in a turbulent age, quietly carrying on the legacy of Chinese civilization. 141Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 69 Late Ming: Seventeen Years in Liaodong 明未：辽东十七年 [History + War + Political Intrigue + Tragedy] In the forty-sixth year of the Wanli reign, Qinghe City fell. Seventeen-year-old Lin Yuanzhi’s father shoved him into a cellar. Through a crack in the floorboards, he watched his entire family die. A Han bannerman looting the bodies found him. Their eyes met, but the man set down the straw mat and silently walked away. That fleeting compassion was the last spark of humanity left unextinguished in Liaodong. After the disastrous defeat at Sarhu, the M 85Reads—Score10414d adds
- 70 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
- 71 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
- 72 From Knight to Great Ming 从骑士到大明 Liang Yewen transmigrates. Not to ancient China, but to sixteenth-century Spain. He saves a princess from her pursuers, helps her put down a rebellion, then sails across the ocean with her fleet and returns to the Ming. He thinks the story ends there. He’ll serve as a young prince’s tutor, teach him a few things, and live out his days in peace. Until one day, he realizes he was wrong. The nomads in the north have suddenly learned to fire volleys of muskets. The Japanese pirates in the east a 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 A Heavenly Vision: The Carpenter Emperor Defies Fate 天启奇梦：木匠皇帝的逆天改命 In the early years of Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youjiao's reign, he was deeply obsessed with carpentry. One night, while concentrating intently on crafting an intricate wooden object, he unexpectedly entered a state of “entering the realm through woodwork.” He began dreaming of all kinds of things that would happen in society over the next 500 years, and his life began to change… 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 For Just 99 Cents, I Bought an Earthbound Immortal 九块九，我买了一个陆地神仙 Song Qian, the biggest wastrel in Haizhou, is a notorious simp. Whatever his girlfriend wants, he will hand it over, even if it's the Song Group behind him! Little does he know, his girlfriend betrayed him long ago! It isn't until she scams him out of his shares in the company and his parents and three older sisters jump to their deaths that Song Qian finally comes to his senses… Fortunately, heaven gives him a chance to be reborn: [Ding! The Host is filled with resentment. The System has decid 29.9kReads6.6Score3.1k14d adds
- 75 Chongzhen: I Am Heaven’s Mandate, and the Ming Dynasty Will Never Set 崇祯：朕即天命，大明日不落 A modern martial arts champion transmigrates into the body of Chongzhen on the eve of the apocalypse. On the very day he ascends the throne, he faces a hopeless situation: the Tianqi Emperor has just died, the Donglin faction is forcing its way into the palace, the treasury is empty, and the Later Jin army is at the gates. There is no meek endurance or nerve-racking struggle at every turn. This formidable emperor immediately shows off his overwhelming strength: he silences a weeping scholar-offi 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Unfinished Business in the Year of Jiashen 甲申未竟 When people look back on the late Ming, they always lament that Zhu Yujian and Li Dingguo never stood together as ruler and subject. Why couldn’t Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong join forces? Why couldn’t Qu Shisi and He Tengjiao set aside their prejudice against the peasants? But even if history had unfolded just as you hoped, one person would still have appeared. This person would place great hopes in you, beckon you over, and say, “Little one, little one, don’t be afraid. Would you like to come 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 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
- 78 The Great Ming Without Colonies 大明不殖民 The Uncolonized Ming is an alternate-history novel that begins in the thirteenth year of the Yongle reign. Zheng He returns from his fourth voyage to the Western Ocean with the Map of the Myriad Countries. Military officials at court champion expansion by force, while Xu Hongyuan, a scholar at the Directorate of Astronomy, establishes the Four Seas Commercial Accounting Office with the Crown Prince’s support, hoping to replace traditional conquest with a new system. Xu Hongyuan pushes for the So 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: I Am the Great Ming’s Sagely Founder! 崇祯十七年：朕乃皇明圣祖！ He transmigrates back to New Year’s Eve in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. The Ming dynasty is on the verge of collapse, officials are corrupt, rebel armies press on, and the Manchus watch like tigers poised to pounce. In his previous life, he governed diligently for seventeen years, only to become the ruler who lost his country. In this life, Zhu Youjian will endure no more! Confiscate corrupt officials’ fortunes to raise a million soldiers’ pay; Take in the refugees outside the city and put —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 I Pursue Sea Power in the Late Ming Dynasty 我在明末搞海权 He wakes up to find himself a poor thousand-household commander in southern Liaodong on the eve of the Battle of Sarhu, with the military garrison so rotten that only a list of phantom soldiers remains. Lin Yi just laughs. First, he cleans out the corrupt officials and introduces “performance reviews,” then wins over the eunuch inspector with seafood hot pot. The Later Jin cavalry are fierce? He’ll use coastal artillery and economic warfare to fleece Huang Taiji until he’s bankrupt. Who says the 167Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 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
- 82 My Uncle Is Wei Zhongxian 我伯父是魏忠贤 In the second year of Tianqi, Wei Zhongxian’s nephew Wei Liangqing arrives in the capital and establishes himself in the Southern Pacification Office. At the time, the Ming army has just suffered a crushing defeat at Guangning, the She and An rebellions are raging, the Wenxiang Sect is stirring in the shadows, the Jurchens are raiding the border, and refugees are rising up everywhere. The empire is in danger from within and without. He refuses to join the eunuch faction or side with the Donglin 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 I’m Wang Zhou, Not King Zhou 我是王纣，不是纣王 [Feel-good power fantasy] [Investiture of the Gods] [play the pig to eat the tiger] [Officialdom] [In the Name of the People] [System] Wang Zhou, a perennial award winner, transmigrates and becomes the tyrannical, debauched King Zhou of Shang! Comrade Yuzhou? Just a weak-willed youngster! Faced with the enchanting Daji and the prophesied fall of the Yin-Shang dynasty, Wang Zhou binds himself to the "Manifesting in Public" System, accumulating Merit Points by staying true to his mission and unloc 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Great Ming: Heaven Bless the Great Ming, the Zhu Family's Son Comes of Age 大明：天佑大明，朱家有子初长成 In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, he transmigrates into the body of Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Di’s second son. He had planned to quietly wait for the Jingnan Campaign and live the easy life of a carefree prince. But an unreliable lottery System changes his plan to lie flat. As long as he absorbs negative emotions, he gets a chance to draw. [Reward: Peak first-rate expert.] [Better luck next time!] [Reward: Firearm forging blueprints] [Reward: Two thousand elite soldiers] [Charm +10] When the gates of 3.7kReads7.1Score28014d adds
- 85 Red Alert: My Conscripts Are the Fourth Calamity 红色警戒：我的动员兵是第四天灾 Bai Haoqing never dreamed that playing Red Alert would get him struck by lightning and sent to a parallel world. This was the Qing Dynasty in the parallel world of Longguo. The Taiping Rebellion had just begun, and though the Qing court was rotten to the core, it remained a formidable force. Bai Haoqing transmigrated right into a Qing army village massacre and had no choice but to grit his teeth and activate the System. [Host in a desperate situation detected. Emergency activation of the Newcome 866Reads6.4Score10814d adds
- 86 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 302.6kReads7.7Score39.4k14d adds
- 87 The Iron-Blooded Bandit King 铁血闯王 He was once the most ordinary stable hand at Yinchuan Post Station, spending every day among relay horses and official documents. Then, in the first year of the Chongzhen reign, the order to abolish the post stations took away his last means of putting food on the table. He remembered the torn straw mat beneath his mother when she starved to death. He remembered the landlord's cruel face as he demanded payment. He remembered the numbing shock in his palm when he raised his hoe and smashed it aga 691Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Hatching a Zerg Hive in the Cultivation World! 我在修仙界，孵化虫族母巢！ [Insectoid]+ [A cultivation world where nobody cultivates]+ [Transmigration]+ [Zerg rush]+ [Collecting]+ [Warhammer]+ [StarCraft] Ding! Insectoid Hive successfully hatched! Ding! Laws of Heaven and Earth successfully devoured! Ding! Law-level biological armor successfully hatched! Ling Feng transmigrates to a cultivation world, but he can't cultivate. Using the Insectoid queen's hive, he's forced to devour everyone in this world that eats people. If they can't become fellow cultivators, why not 2.4kReads—Score27914d adds
- 89 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
- 90 After Years as a Good-for-Nothing, the Whole Internet Is Begging Me Not to Make a Move 做了这么多年废材，结果现在全网都在跪求我别出手 I’ve been a useless good-for-nothing for years, and now the whole internet is begging me not to make a move 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 While Chongzhen Hangs from a Tree, I Head South and Restore the Ming with My Roommates 崇祯挂树我南渡，带室友重振大明 [No System + multiple transmigrations + slow burn + drive out the northern barbarians + colonize the world] (This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel or pseudo-history. If you want wish fulfillment, look elsewhere. And to those who push pseudo-history, please use your brains and stop believing marketing accounts.) The sun and moon never lose their proper course, so though they may be obscured, they shine again! In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng captured Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emper 129Reads—Score10414d adds
- 92 Back in the Late Ming Dynasty as a Warlord 回到明末当霸王 A nobody from the peaceful modern era: what would you do if you could travel back and forth between the end of the Ming Dynasty and the present day? Win beautiful women across the land... amass untold riches... or perhaps recreate Emperor Wu of Han’s glory, destroy the Manchu queue, and wage war in the South Seas? Write a Chinese dream of the ocean across the Seven Seas! 904Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 93 The Gate Between Two Worlds: I Become a Prince in the Late Ming Dynasty 两界门，我在明末当王爷 I have a door that leads between the Ming Dynasty and the modern world. Make a fortune by moving goods back and forth? As long as I have a gun, your home is my granary! Can’t get guns in the country? No problem, I’m overseas! 98Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 94 Chongzhen: The Ming Dynasty Will Set the World Order 崇祯：世界秩序大明来定 [No System, no harem, meticulous historical research, hard-core technical details, solo transmigration to the late Ming dynasty.] After transmigrating into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, the fate awaiting him is no longer death on Coal Hill. Instead, he will forge a new realm from steel and smokeless gunpowder. The Westerners’ mighty ships and cannons? Against breech-loading guns with a range of ten li, capable of piercing armor and shattering ships, they are nothing but rotten wood waiting 3.8kReads7.9Score26414d adds
- 95 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
- 96 Great Ming: This General Store Is Not Quite Right 大明：【这间杂货铺，不对劲】 Lin Bei transmigrated to the Hongwu era and opened a general store on Sanshan Street in Yingtian. The people here were nothing like the historical figures Lin Bei remembered. The stock characters enshrined in history had all been turned on their heads. The people of the Hongwu era were far more vivid and outrageous than the unofficial histories suggested. Everyone knew about the Jinyiwei's Southern and Northern Commands, but who had ever heard of the Bureau of Passage? The man in charge of the B 63Reads—Score11014d adds
- 97 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
- 98 Merchant of the Myriad Realms 万界位面商人 Chen Mo graduated from college two years ago with a degree in marketing. He had no home, no car, and no job. The year he graduated, he fell for a promise of a high-paying job referral, lost all his savings to a scam, and was saddled with a training loan. Borrowing more to repay his debts, he wound up owing 180,000 yuan. Last month, he collapsed while making a delivery and was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer. He had six months at most to live. On a night of howling winds and torrential rain 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Great Ming: The New Son of Heaven of the Zhengtong Era 大明：正统新天子 Also known as I, Zhu Qizhen, Refuse to Let the Tumu Fortress Fall The moment Zhu Qizhen opened his eyes, he had become the young Son of Heaven of the Great Ming. The good news: the Tumu Fortress disaster was still fourteen years away. The bad news: not a single official at court truly treated him as the emperor. The Tumu Fortress Crisis: the finest troops of the Great Ming wiped out, the emperor captured. That was history’s verdict. But when Zhu Qizhen awoke, the calamity was still fourteen year 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Ming Dynasty Overseas Soldier: Slapping Chongzhen from the Start 大明海外悍卒：开局掌掴崇祯 [Alternate History] + [Parallel World] + [Great Ming] + [System] + [Multiple Heroines] On the nineteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, a white silk noose atop Coal Hill was about to bring an era to an end. Just as Chongzhen kicked away the stone he was standing on, a lowly soldier from a Great Ming overseas garrison teleported back and slapped him across the face! “Die? Who gave you permission to die?!” “Dying is easy. The hard part is living to fight the Q 3Reads7.8Score—14d adds
