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- 1 A Literature Professor Taking the Imperial Exams? Let’s Crush the Competition! 文学系教授考科举？卷死众人吧！ [Farming + imperial examinations + court politics + heartwarming everyday life + fictional setting + marriage and children, though they play a small part] Xu Heng had just been appointed a professor in the Literature Department of A University. Before he could celebrate, he transmigrated into the eldest grandson of the Xu family's main branch in the Great Xia dynasty. The Xu family is a harmonious one, where parents are kind and children filial. Though they live in poverty, they pool all their r 485Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Soldier's March East 兵痞向东 In his previous life, special forces king He Xiangdong was killed fighting criminals. When he opened his eyes again, he had been transported to a parallel world in 1978. Here, the three great powers of Xia, Qiu, and Dong battled for global dominance, while war clouds gathered along the southwestern border. All-out war was only six months away. Yet the 215th Division, where he was stationed, was still working the fields on a farm. What he found even harder to accept was this: a twelve-man infantr 620Reads6.8Score109Shelves
- 3 I Transmigrated to 1938 and Became the Kuomintang’s God of Wealth 穿越1938，我成军统财神爷 [No System] + [Dancing on a knife's edge] + [Smart protagonists] + [Patriotic] + [Decisive and ruthless] Lin Sancheng, a modern university student majoring in Japanese, transmigrates to Wuhan in 1938 in a parallel world. He takes over the body of an assistant at a photography studio. When Lin Sancheng wakes up, he's facing a desperate situation. Before he can come to terms with this grim reality, an even greater crisis follows close behind. The photography studio's owner is actually a Japanese s 14Reads—Score214Shelves
- 4 My Clan Bullied a Widowed Mother and Her Orphan, So I Passed the Exams and Became Chief Minister 全族欺我孤儿寡母，我科举成宰辅 [Dual storylines + imperial-exam comeback + political intrigue + max-level expert] In the examination hall, he’s a brilliant scholar who places first in all three imperial examinations. In the political arena, he’s a hard-nosed magistrate, seasoned in the art of wielding power. Shen Qingyuan, a modern county party secretary, transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and begins his meteoric rise, crushing the ancient literati along the way. Faced with corrupt clerks, overbearing clans, and entrench 422Reads7.2Score101Shelves
- 5 My Days of Waiting in Line for an Official Post in Great Song 我在大宋排队等官的日子 Huang Mo, 23, is a senior history major. After grinding through the final level of the game "Eternal Famous Ministers", he transmigrates. He becomes a poor scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty who can't even afford rent. The good news is that the game System he knows so well has come along with him. The imperial examinations, official evaluations, merit points, and faction influence are all displayed for him. The bad news is that the game is set to hell difficulty from the start: you have to tak 3Reads—Score121Shelves
- 6 Reborn in 1978: I Take My Whole Family to College 重生78，我带全家考大学 [Feel-Good Period Novel + The Whole Family Turns Their Lives Around + Building an Industrial Powerhouse] Gao Yuanya, a deputy factory chief in charge of technology, spent his whole life alone and miserable. Only as he lay dying did he discover that his young, beautiful wife had only ever wanted his money. He opened his eyes and was reborn in 1978. His family was destitute, and there were only six months left before his younger sister drowned, his mother died of illness, and his father and older 1.4kReads6.6Score126Shelves
- 7 A Country Gentleman in the Late Ming 明末乡绅 A young man transmigrates to Huai'an Prefecture in Jiangnan, during the mid-to-late Wanli era, and starts living the life of a wealthy Jiangnan clan. With the peasant rebel Zhang Xianzhong and the Jurchen cavalry ravaging the land, he decides to sell firearms and provisions to Liaodong. The Ming dynasty has none? No problem, he’ll head to the South Seas. What, there are Spaniards and Portuguese there? Everyone should get along and do business. Peace and harmony are the way to go. They w 368Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Last Dynasty: I Topple the World Through the Imperial Exams from the Start 末代开局，我以科举掀翻天 A modern office worker dies suddenly and is reborn as a five-year-old farmer's son in the waning years of the Jing Dynasty, knowing that within seven years the realm will descend into chaos. He planned to lie flat and await death, but empathizing with the young emperor, whose failed reforms have earned him the people's scorn, makes him furious! With no System or superpowers, he relies only on an adult's mind and memories. Starting with the most basic lessons, he vows to take the imperial exams a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Powerful Chancellor: From Humble Adopted Son to Ruler of the Realm 权相：从卑微养子，到权倾天下 Meng Wuji, a business tycoon who had just weathered the hardships of starting a company, unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate dynasty and becomes an adopted son of a powerful family whose future is far from secure. Survival, duty, family, friendship, the nation and the realm... After cutting through layer upon layer of mystery, he discovers that he can only march toward a fated showdown. When two rivals meet on a narrow road, neither can escape. If the emperor must be replaced, so be it! 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I Transmigrated to the Han Dynasty and Made a Fortune with My Gambling Tricks! 穿越大汉，我靠千术赢麻了！ [No System + Alternate History + Supreme Gambling Skills + Scheming + Overwhelming Firepower] Chen Qian transmigrates to the Han Dynasty as a down-and-out young master. Keeping up the playboy facade, he quietly builds his strength with his unparalleled gambling skills. While secretly investigating the mastermind behind the Chen family’s downfall, he becomes entangled in a shocking scheme. An ordinary man may be blameless, but possessing a treasure invites disaster. But Chen Qian doesn’t just pos 2.4kReads8.0Score170Shelves
- 11 The Imperial Exams: The Best in the Land Is a Woman! 科举：天下第一是女郎！ [Disguised as a Man | Imperial Examinations and Officialdom | A Genius's Growth | Court Intrigue | Slow-Burn Romance] On the night Xie Mingze was born, two cries rang out in the delivery room, one after the other, yet the Xie family reported only one boy. Her twin brother didn't survive the night. The girl who lived was entered into the male register by her grandmother. Inside the family home, she was her mother's daughter; outside, she became the Xie family's only young master. She has complet 367Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Everyone in My Family Is a Martial Artist, but I'm the Only One Who Can Pass the Imperial Exams 全家都是武夫，只有我会搞科举 [Beloved by the Whole Family] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Crushing Everyone with Intelligence] [Easygoing Daily Life] [Imperial Exams] [Plagiarism for Success] The animated series is now available: "The Whole Family Are Martial Artists: I Alone Rise Above Them." Search for it on the site. Everyone in the family can lift a heavy cauldron with one hand. Only the second son, Li Changqing, is so frail he cannot shoulder a load or lift a finger. All he wants is to study the classics of the sages. His 24.5kReads8.0Score2.6kShelves
- 13 Transmigrated to the ’70s, My Wife Is the Landlord’s Darling Daughter 穿越七零，我老婆是地主家娇小姐 [Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [Built-in Skills] [Family Life] [Building a Fortune] Zhou Jiacheng was an antique enthusiast, especially fond of ancient jade. But just after buying a jade gourd pendant, he was laid off by his company and received compensation worth N+1 months of salary, totaling over a million yuan. His joy turned to disaster when he got drunk and a falling liquor bottle struck him on the head, awakening the space inside the jade gourd. Thinking the apocalypse might be comin 7.4kReads8.3Score599Shelves
- 14 Great Ming: Jiajing Is Broke, So I Raise an Army Through Corruption 大明：嘉靖没钱，我靠贪污爆兵 [History + Political Intrigue + Subverting Expectations + Lighthearted Comedy + System + No Romance + Wish Fulfillment] (The rating just came out, so please don't let it scare you away!) In the thirty-eighth year of the Jiajing reign, after a palace maid strangled him with a cord around his neck, the Taoist emperor stopped attending court. He devoted himself to cultivating the Dao, yet still held the empire in his grasp. Meanwhile, the Yan faction dominated the court, and Japanese pirates rav 1.1kReads6.5Score155Shelves
- 15 Power Plays Are Exhausting, So I'll Crush Them with Business 权谋太累，我选商业降维打击 A modern project manager transmigrates to the Great Qian Dynasty and becomes the notorious, wastrel second young master of a fallen marquis's household. The good news: he's a noble. The bad news: his family has fallen as far as it possibly can. Worse still, the daughter of the reigning dynasty's great general comes to his door in person to break off their engagement. The better news: breaking off the engagement comes with compensation, just what he needs to deal with the immediate crisis. This i 14.3kReads8.1Score1.5kShelves
- 16 Reborn in Great Ming: Mastering Finance 重生大明玩金融 A top Wall Street hedge fund trader dies suddenly at his desk. When he opens his eyes again, he has become the disowned son of a bankrupt merchant in the twentieth year of the Wanli era, beaten and left for dead. There are no price limits or regulatory agencies in this savage age where silver is hard currency. He turns the quantitative thinking from his previous life into an invisible blade and launches a four-hundred-year-distant assault with an overwhelming technological advantage. 303Reads6.7Score102Shelves
- 17 I Traveled to Early Tang With My Pocket Dimension 带着空间闯初唐 Li Kuan transmigrates into the body of the Tang Emperor Taizong’s second son. But nobody cares for him: his maternal grandmother dotes on him least, his uncles show him no love, and he has been adopted by his fifth uncle, Li Zhiyun. To make matters worse, his health is extremely poor. If nothing unexpected happens, he’s doomed to meet an untimely end. Fortunately, he has a pocket dimension with him. From then on, Li Kuan takes the Tang Dynasty by storm! 367Reads7.2Score103Shelves
- 18 The Disgraced Concubine-Born Son Takes the Hanlin Exam, and the Duke's Estate Is Reduced to Ruins 除谱庶子考翰林，国公府夷废墟 [Transmigration] + [imperial examinations] + [wits and strategy] + [never forgiving] + [no redemption] + [farming] + [court intrigue] Su Lingyun is reborn in the body of a concubine-born son in a duke’s mansion. With his father’s indifference, his grandmother’s neglect, his stepmother’s hatred, and his legitimate elder brother’s beatings, he has no choice but to do everything he can to escape. He studies hard and takes the imperial examinations, facing endless obstacles and attacks from the duke 408Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 19 I'm a Qing Dynasty Tycoon 我在大清当财阀 Shen Yi, an elite investment banker, opens his eyes to find he has become Yin Qi, the Kangxi Emperor's fifth son! Faced with the bloody struggle among the nine princes for the throne, he grins. “Fight for the throne? What a headache! Wouldn't it be better to become a financial magnate in the Qing Dynasty?” With The Maritime Power Strategy in one hand, he opens ports and promotes trade. With the Great Qing Huitong Bank in the other, he turns finance into a game. His rouge shop uses limited-editio 188Reads—Score101Shelves
- 20 A Finance Director's Guide to Surviving in Ancient Times 财务总监的古代生存法则 How does a modern CFO grow step by step into the emperor’s favored concubine in the prince’s manor? This is not a one-on-one romance, but a story of everyday moments. You’re welcome to read it and unwind in your spare time. 2.8kReads8.1Score244Shelves
- 21 A Scholar Turns Soldier: Right or Wrong, You’ll Have to Listen 秀才变成兵，有理没理你都得听 [No System + Transmigration + Alternate Setting + Farming + Face-Slapping + Devoted Husband and Father + Everyday Life + Slow Pace] A battle-hardened soldier transmigrates into the body of a spineless scholar. After the original owner passed the county-level imperial examination, he divorced his virtuous wife and insisted on clinging to the village beauty, a two-faced green tea. Who could have guessed that he would drink himself to death and become a laughingstock throughout the village? Just as 35.8kReads8.4Score3.5kShelves
- 22 Aren’t You an Idiot? How Did You Become the Top Graduate? 你不是傻瓜吗？怎么状元及第了！ [Imperial Examinations] + [Alternate History] + [Political Intrigue] + [Careful Planning] Li Yu was a well-known history streamer in the twenty-first century. His life had been full of misfortune. By a strange twist of fate, he transmigrated into the body of a foolish seven-year-old boy in an ancient world. What kind of family is this? His third uncle spent the family fortune taking the imperial exams, yet couldn't even pass the lowest-level test. The family is desperately poor, and even an egg —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I Had to Live Off My Wife to Study for the Imperial Exams 为了读书科举，我被迫吃上了软饭 Seventy years after the founding of the Great Shun dynasty, everyone calls it a golden age, yet poor students still struggle to get an education. Zhang Xing transmigrates to Great Shun. His elder brother has married and started a family, and there is no money left to support Zhang Xing’s studies. Desperate to study and sit the imperial exams, Zhang Xing is forced to marry a wealthy woman. Two wealthy wives, in fact!! [Imperial exams as the main plot + Daily life + Legally marrying two wives to c 42.8kReads7.5Score3.2kShelves
- 24 Reborn at Yashan: I Lead the Great Song Dynasty to Glory 崖山新生：朕带大宋崛起 A modern engineer transmigrates into Zhao Bing, the last emperor of the Southern Song. The moment he opens his eyes, the Battle of Yamen is underway, and Chancellor Lu Xiufu is holding him, ready to jump into the sea. He grabs the chancellor by the collar. “Don't jump! There's hope as long as we survive!” Starting from a deserted island, he uses modern knowledge to crush the opposition with cannons, flintlock guns, cement, and more. He builds cities, trains a new army, conquers Japan, and atta 2.6kReads6.9Score263Shelves
- 25 Saving My Family Through the Imperial Exams: I Win Top Honors with My Talent 科举救家：我靠才华状元及第 Zhao Yan, a doctoral graduate, pulled an all-nighter and died suddenly. When he opened his eyes, he had become a sickly child from a poor family in Great Zhou! His scholar father had been framed and had the tendons in his hand severed. His mother had cried herself dry, and his sister traded embroidered handkerchiefs for rice to keep the family fed. Then the Ma family’s thugs came to force his father to kneel and sign a contract, trampling a scholar’s dignity into the mud! Zhao Yan clenched his f 377Reads7.2Score100Shelves
- 26 Passing the Imperial Exams: I Know the King of Hell, Go Ask Him If You Don't Believe Me 科举入士：我认识阎王不信你去问 Chu Nanxing got into an argument with the King of Hell. The King of Hell lost his temper and sent him straight off to be reincarnated, so Chu Nanxing was born with his memories from his past life because he never drank Granny Meng's soup. He was then told that a great responsibility rested on his shoulders. As someone who'd always been content to laze around, he had no choice but to study hard. Getting ahead was his only stepping stone. Later, unable to stand clocking in to work every day, Chu N 44Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 27 Reborn as a Concubine in the 1950s, I Flee to Hong Kong with the Fortune 穿成五零姨太太，卷走财产逃港城 Zhu Ruanlan wakes up to discover that she has transmigrated into the role of the Seventh Master of the Suo family’s “concubine brought in to bring him good luck.” To make matters worse, the Suo family is plotting to leave Shanghai and flee to Xiaowan, and they aren’t even taking her along! How can that be? She wants to get out too. She wants to go to Hong Kong! Unfortunately, after spending some time with them, she realizes that the Suo family is a pack of ravenous wolves, every last one of them 14.5kReads8.1Score1.8kShelves
- 28 The Imperial Exams: I Grinded My Proficiency to Become a Sixfold Laureate 科举：我肝熟练度六元及第 Su Chen transmigrated as the useless youngest son of a family of imperial exam laureates. Three generations of his family had been framed, cutting off their path to the exams, and he had even been kicked in the head by a donkey, leaving him unable to remember even the Three Character Classic! It wasn’t until he activated the [Top Scholar Proficiency Panel] that he discovered the secret: the imperial exams could be played like this! The Four Books and Five Classics are too long to memorize? No pr 2.9kReads8.1Score357Shelves
- 29 Transmigrating to the End of the Ming Dynasty: From Conquering Later Jin to Ruling the World 穿越明末：从征服后金到制霸全球 Let’s keep the protagonist’s name as “Shi Xiao.” I’m too lazy to come up with another protagonist name, and this is more convenient. [Synopsis] In the sixteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the empire lies in ruins. Shi Xiao, a military shipbuilding engineer, transmigrates in a spectacular fashion, bringing with him the entire body of modern naval engineering and weapons manufacturing knowledge. That year, Li Zicheng is sharpening his blades, the Eight Banners cavalry is poised to strike, civil 109Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Imperial Exam Grind King: I Paved a Road to Success Through Hard Work 科举卷王，卷出一条青云路 Tang Yin, a modern-day overachiever, transmigrates to the ancient Great Qian Dynasty and finds himself caught up in the miserable tale of three generations of one family taking the imperial examinations together. The mockery around me is deafening, but I have no time to pay it any mind. I just keep my head down and study. County, prefectural, and academy exams: I take them on one by one! Provincial, metropolitan, and palace exams: I break through every stage! I study my tutor bald, drive my riva 13.4kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
- 31 The Imperial Examinations from a Humble Family: A Farming Family's Wronged Eldest Son Fights His Way to the Top 寒门科举：农家冤种长子逆袭路 [Transmigration + Imperial Examinations + Farming + Officialdom] Cheng Haiyue, a modern humanities PhD, transmigrates into the body of a hapless farmer's eldest son, who worked himself to death supporting his third younger brother's studies for the imperial exams. A heartless father, a biased mother, a selfish younger brother, and him, the family's sacrificial lamb. Cheng Haiyue sighs. In his previous life, he had finally managed to escape the mountains, only to end up back there after transmigr 25.4kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
- 32 My Five Sisters Helped Me Reach for the Clouds, So I Won Them Noble Titles 五姐扶我青云志，我送她们诰命身 Zhang Xiaozhi, a modern liberal arts student, transmigrates into the ancient world as Zhang Xiaozhu, the son of a butcher. He is too weak to lift a load or even hold a tool, and looks set to starve to death. His mother grits her teeth and decides to send him to school, but his butcher father refuses to hear of it. Studying will never make money as fast as slaughtering pigs. Just then, his eldest sister, Jinhua, speaks up: “Father, Mother, stop arguing. I agree that Zhu'er should study.” His se 705Reads6.7Score107Shelves
- 33 The Delicate Young Wife Is Actually from a Future Special Forces Unit 小娇娘竟来自未来特种部队 This is the story of a modern female special forces soldier who uses her overwhelming advantage on an ancient battlefield of cold weapons. It is also a story about using a modern mindset to compete for favor in the imperial court, and, above all, about someone who, after being abandoned by the entire world, relies on no one and climbs step by step to the top. 14.4kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
- 34 I Only Wanted to Help Dad Pass the Imperial Exams, Not Become the Emperor's Tutor! 我只想教爹考状元，没想当帝师！ [Imperial exams, court politics, everyday life, alternate history, farming, lighthearted, no romance] In the Great Xia Dynasty, the Su family has failed the imperial exams for nine generations, becoming a laughingstock throughout the county! I’m a PhD in literature, yet I’ve transmigrated into the body of Su Chen, an eight-year-old prodigy from the Su family! My foolish father is still poring over dry textbooks, while Grandma is so furious she’s gone mad on the spot, and the whole clan is laughi 3.9kReads8.3Score525Shelves
- 35 From the Start, I Was a Lowly Illegitimate Son, but the Imperial Exams Carried Me to Success 开局低贱庶子，我靠科举步步青云 Transmigration, imperial examinations, illegitimate son, political intrigue, court politics, play the pig to eat the tiger, male-oriented, historical, one female lead When Lin Yan transmigrated, he became an inconspicuous illegitimate son of the Lin family. He harbored no deep-seated hatred and had never endured relentless bullying. All he knew was how to keep his talents hidden, guard his heart, and live quietly. While others studied hard for the imperial examinations, he already had a firm gr 20.4kReads6.7Score1.7kShelves
- 36 The Concubine's Son Rises: From the Cold Courtyard to the Chancellor's Seat 庶子青云：从冷院到宰执 When he woke up, modern university lecturer Gu Yanzhou had become the least favored eight-year-old illegitimate son in the Marquis Dingyuan household. His birth mother had died young, his father ignored him, his stepmother was cold, and his siblings bullied him. His former self had even been pushed into a pond and “accidentally” drowned. In his previous life, he led graduate students through academic research. In this life, he’ll make his mark in the imperial examinations of the fictional Shengj 777Reads7.7Score111Shelves
- 37 A Poor Scholar's Noble Son-in-Law: From the Start, I Find the Duke's Daughter 寒门贵婿：开局捡到国公府千金 A modern professor transmigrates into the body of a young farm boy preparing for the imperial exams. On the road to the examinations, he casually saves someone, only for the spoiled young lady of a Duke’s household to latch on to him! Everyone in the capital knows Lu Qingyan as a “phoenix man” who climbed the social ladder by relying on women. He only smiles silently, then is personally named the top candidate in the palace examination by the emperor. His spoiled wife is domineering? He dotes on 399Reads7.6Score102Shelves
- 38 A Concubine-Born Son’s Road to the Imperial Exams 庶子科举路 Gu Yan, an illegitimate son of the Marquis of Yongning’s household, lost his birth mother at an early age and was treated as a thorn in his stepmother’s side. From the start, he was kicked awake and made to kneel before his marquis father. In a military family, having a scholar for a son was a joke. His stepmother sneered, “You’re not cut out for studying,” while his legitimate elder brother mocked him: “Can a bookworm put food on the table?” Gu Yan didn’t argue. He simply went from the marqui 2.2kReads6.9Score157Shelves
- 39 Reborn in the Great Ming: Hongwu's First Uncle by Marriage 魂穿大明：洪武第一国舅爷 [Full of Gags] [Transmigration] [Farming] Ma Xiuying: Our Ma family has a long tradition of poetry and scholarship! Emperor Zhu: Ah! Exactly, exactly! Ma Xiuying: My younger brother is a once-in-a-generation genius! Emperor Zhu: Ah! Exactly, exactly! (Go on, keep bragging. He's a coward.) Ma Xiuying: Zhu Chongba, we've been married for over twenty years. You think I can't tell you don't believe me? Zhu Chongba: (っ °Д °;)っ My dear, I don't. Just hear me out. Ma Chaoqun, surrounded by women on bot 26.3kReads6.8Score1.5kShelves
- 40 Transmigrated to Ancient Times: From the Start, My Family Split Up, but I Have a Pocket Dimension 穿古代，开局分家，我有空间怕啥 [Farming + famine years + wish fulfillment + storage space + comedy + punishing scumbags + multiple female leads] Synopsis: Yang Qichun rode the wave of the times to amass countless assets, regularly topping the national rich list. But he had no wife or children and lived alone. Sick of the flashy city life, he spent a fortune building a sprawling farm of several thousand mu and settled down to enjoy his retirement. He never expected to wake up and transmigrate to ancient times, into the body of 15kReads7.6Score1.4kShelves
- 41 Civil Service Exams in a Troubled Age: A Farmer's Son's Road to Glory 乱世科举：农家子的光耀门楣路 The Li family had a young rogue who stole chickens, picked pockets, loafed around, and never learned a thing. After stealing a bellyband and making advances on a young woman, he was beaten to death. With no food at home and his father paralyzed, he faced a hopeless start. His weathered, stooped grandfather stood by as the young man picked up a book and entered the imperial examinations. Everyone in the village waited to laugh. The notorious Li Rogue passing the exams would be the biggest joke of 60Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 42 A Peasant at Dawn, a Courtier by Dusk 朝为田舍郎暮登天子堂 The author is terrible at naming things. [No transmigration, no System, no rebirth, no romance + imperial-examination story + woman disguised as a man + growth-oriented heroine + slow and steady pacing + political intrigue] Reader comment: This book depicts both the power struggles in officialdom and the warmth between family and friends with great subtlety. It's a story full of heart. The author writes so well! (Hehe, a reader praised me, hehe.) Without a grandson, the family's estate is bound 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Rogue Scholar and the Farmer's Old Man 痞子秀才田家翁 A border defense special forces officer was killed by shellfire during a counter-narcotics operation. He was reborn in a remote mountain village in the fictional Great Qian dynasty, in an alternate history, into a family with generations of scholarly tradition. Starting out as a poor young hunter, he gradually worked his way up, passed the county-level scholar exam, and eventually became the head of a household. Settling in one corner of the world, he lived a rich and colorful rural life. 1.6kReads8.5Score116Shelves
- 44 Late Ming: Starting as a Military Household, I Kill My Way to Become a Brocade Guard Commander 明末：开局军户，杀成锦衣卫都督 In the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, a severe drought ravages the Central Plains as rebel armies sweep through. Gu Changping opens his eyes to nothing but bone-chilling winds and a wilderness where people eat one another. To survive, he drinks horse's blood, slays defeated soldiers, and sets off for Jiangnan, the last prosperous region of the Ming dynasty, with an old soldier from Liaodong and the daughter of a wealthy family. Their only guide is a fake travel permit stained with blood. 104kReads8.8Score12.3kShelves
- 45 The Great Song’s First Minister: My Years as an Official in the Northern Song 大宋第一臣：我在北宋当官那些年 Shen Xi was the top speechwriter at the provincial government office. He worked through the night writing reports, died suddenly, and woke up as a county commandant in the Northern Song’s Yuanyou era. No System, no golden finger, and no powerful patrons at court: he was a transmigrant with none of the usual advantages. His superiors tried to dump their problems on him, while his colleagues waited for him to make a fool of himself. Shen Xi sighed. “Fine. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I’ll pl 92Reads—Score151Shelves
- 46 From the Start, Everyone Mistook Me for the God of Literature 开局被当成文曲星 [Woman Disguised as a Man + No Romance + System + Imperial Exams and Political Maneuvering + Building a Strong Nation] Xie Yichu is born into an ancient world, retaining her modern memories and accompanied by the “Imperial Exam God System.” Her grandfather, convinced that the God of Literature appeared to him in a dream, raises her as a boy from birth. She is driven by her determination to “have a page of her own in the family genealogy” and her ideal of “peace and prosperity for all.” From then 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Imperial Exams Are No Easy Feat, So I’ll Take My Whole Family to the Azure Sky 科举不易，我携全家共青云 Lin Shu opened his eyes and found himself reborn as a newborn in a farming family in Xiaolin Village, Great Yong. In his previous life, he was alone, bedridden and sick. In this life, his family gathered around him, their home warm with lamplight. His frail mother embroidered money for books by lamplight. His silent father used his own back to open the way for him to study. His gentle older sister poured her girlhood into the soup she made for him. Even the eggs his grandparents secretly slipped 17kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
- 48 My Family Has Been Butchers for Generations, and You Want Me to Take the Top Scholar Exam? 我家世代屠户，你偏要我考状元？ Chen Dao transmigrated! The good news: His family owned property and a shop, a pork stall at the vegetable market. The bad news: His father shoved a butcher's knife into his hands and said, “If you can't pass the exam and become a licentiate, you'll come back and take over the family business!” Hell mode from the start: The Analects in his left hand, a cleaver in his right. He recited classical phrases while cutting pork belly for customers. At the county exam, sons of generations of Hanlin scho 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 I Died Childless in My Last Life, but Now I’m Reborn to a House Full of Descendants 上辈子绝后，重生我儿孙满堂 The rating just came in. It'll go up later. The male lead, Chen Fan, is an 80-year-old bachelor. After meeting a woman who swindled him out of his bride price, he falls and is reborn in 1968, just before his uncle frames his family and their property is confiscated. Using the advantages of being reborn, he brings down his uncle's family, then heads to the countryside and finds the twin sisters who saved him in his previous life. 6.3kReads7.9Score683Shelves
- 50 Striving Forward 奋进 This is not an accident, nor is it the end. It is a brand-new beginning. Only by continuing forward can we find hope. Not everyone enjoys hardship and toil. You need a goal in your heart to keep moving forward. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
