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- 1 The Yingzong Revival: Zhu Qizhen Rebuilds Great Ming's Golden Age 英宗中兴：朱祁镇再造大明盛世 In the seventh month of the fourteenth year of Zhengtong, Zhu Qizhen suddenly opens his eyes on the imperial throne in the Forbidden City. Regret surges through him: in his previous life, he was imprisoned in the Southern Palace, had loyal officials put to death, and squandered the Great Ming's elite forces. He has been reborn just half a month before the Tumu Crisis! At the time, Wang Zhen holds power, Oirat cavalry are pounding at the passes, and treacherous officials are making a racket at co 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Wild Fantasies of Zhang Juzheng’s Son 张居正之子的时代狂想 The Wild Ambitions of Zhang Juzheng's Son Synopsis After transmigrating as Zhang Juzheng's son, Zhang Jingxiu, he sees that history is destined to bring his family to ruin. He decides to use modern knowledge to give the Great Ming a hard-core lifeline! Fine salt, vaccines, steam engines... His little inventions are like pebbles dropped into water, yet the ripples they create shake the entire empire. He becomes the strongest pillar supporting his father's reforms. Not enough silver? He earns i 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei's Rebellious Son Kills Lü Bu from the Start 三国：刘备逆子，开局杀吕布 After transmigrating as Liu Tai, Liu Bei’s eldest son, he finds himself in Xuzhou, just as Lu Bu has come to join them. “Milord, Young Master killed Lu Bu!” “That wretch has ruined my reputation. He deserves to die!” “Milord, Young Master brought Zhen Mi back by force!” “That wretch has ruined my reputation again. He deserves to die!” “Milord, Young Master handed Xuzhou over to Cao Cao!” “That wretch has ruined my plans. He deserves to die!” Guan Yu: “If Tai’er hadn’t yielded Xuzhou, how could e 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 4 Transmigrating Through the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms: The Matchmaker's Tale 穿越五代十国之冰人传 Modern headhunter Chen Yiyi is electrocuted and awakens as a matchmaker in the Later Han, bringing an all-purpose database with him into a chaotic age. Using his uncanny ability to judge people, he establishes the Recruitment House and befriends the hidden dragon Chai Rong. Drawing on his knowledge of history, he helps Chai Rong build a following, repel the Khitans, and reclaim the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, overturning Chai Rong's fate of dying young. Amid the flames of the Five Dynasties, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Returning to the Southern Song as Zhao Gou, I Will Rule the World 回到南宋当赵构，我要君临天下 His head throbbed as if it were about to split open. Zhao Gou abruptly opened his eyes in bed. Instead of the snow-white ceiling of a hospital or the familiar ceiling light in his own home, he saw a hazy golden-yellow canopy embroidered with intricate dragon patterns. A strong, unfamiliar scent of medicinal herbs mixed with some kind of incense entered his nostrils, so pungent that he almost started coughing. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Slashing Through the Late Ming: Chongzhen's Road to Global Unification 明末杀穿：崇祯的全球一统之路 The book's official title: [System Binding: Transmigrated to the Late Ming, and I Rebelled!] [Fast-Paced Power Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless + Overthrow Everything and Start Again + No Female Lead] History enthusiast Zhu Zhenming transmigrates into Chongzhen on the twelfth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, just as he is about to hang himself at Coal Hill. Li Zicheng's forces are at the gates, the Manchus are watching hungrily, and the Ming dynasty is rottin 657Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 7 The 99th Rebirth: I’m the Crown Prince in the Kingdom of Women 第99次重生：我在女儿国当太子 My new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1kReads6.5Score12214d adds
- 8 Transmigrate to the Ming Dynasty and Become a Procurement Officer 穿越明朝做采购 By a stroke of fortune, modern-day Wang Zhuo uses a compass to travel back and forth between the modern world and the Ming dynasty. Bringing antiques back from the Ming? That’s child’s play! Bringing back rare wild animals from the Ming? Now that’s worth doing! But what he really ought to bring back is a stable source of raw materials and an untapped consumer market! And through trade across time, he can spur the Ming dynasty to launch its Age of Exploration early, build an empire on which the s 124Reads5.9Score10014d adds
- 9 Reborn as the League's Strongest Minion 重生之联盟最强小兵 [Parallel World + Weak System + Scientific Cultivation + A Few Tragic Turns + Slow Pace + Original Story] Du Xiu is a 30-year-old corporate drone whose greatest pleasure is an intense 5v5 brawl in his free time. Who could have guessed that even buying a steamed bun could bring him a stroke of luck? He transmigrates straight into a secondary universe with a setting similar to that of a game, where he becomes a foot soldier carrying a broad axe and shield. The surroundings are utterly desolate, an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Great Ming: Mother, Don't Stop Me! Little Sister, Save Me! 大明：老娘，别拦着！妹子快救咱 [Rebirth + blended history + satisfying read + comedy + power struggles + battles against the Primordial World] When other people are reborn as princes in the Ming Dynasty, they all set their sights on the throne. Zhu Chenyu refuses to play along! He is Zhu Yuanzhang’s second son, Zhu Chenyu. After being reborn, what he fears most are Empress Ma’s tears, and what annoys him most is Old Zhu’s need for control. To get some peace and quiet, he greets Old Zhu with the “Thousand Years of Death.” This 3.4kReads6.5Score12714d adds
- 11 Myriad Worlds: I Have Too Many Subordinates, Whom Should I Send into Battle? 诸界：部下太多，派谁出战呢 Yin Yuan, a socially anxious young man, accidentally transmigrates and becomes the head of the mercenary guild in Wulun City, one of the five cities of the New Southern Kingdom. In other words, he becomes the city lord. This dilapidated city, which has “fallen five times in a single year,” is rife with danger. The previous city lords all met their downfall through dereliction of duty, making the crisis even worse. Yin Yuan awakens a summoning ability, calling forth forces such as the android YoR 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 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—14d adds
- 13 Water, Moon, and Flowers: Three Concubines and an Iron Scale 水月花：三房姨娘一铁秤 Behind the Yangzhou salt case, the three concubines each harbor their own schemes A silver hairpin belonging to Concubine Hua reveals a condemned prisoner’s secret message; the cinnabar mark on Concubine Shui’s arm conceals a coded salt-tax seal; and when Concubine Yue’s gold bracelet falls to the ground, half a marriage contract appears… Pang Tiejun sneaks into the women’s quarters. By the dim light of the bedchamber, the concubines’ black hair twists into nooses, while the mother-of-pearl inla —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Black Border City 黑色边城 A Tomato Books production is sure to be a gem. A slow-burn tale of patriotism, adventure, revenge, chivalry, and tenderness, woven around the greater good of the nation and the fate of the homeland! Many thanks to Tomato Books for their strong recommendation, and to all my friends for your tremendous support! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Lonely Reef 孤礁 My new work is here! Please head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 16 Three Kingdoms: From the Start, I Assassinated Dong Zhuo, and Cao Cao Called Me His Cousin 三国开局刺杀董卓，曹操叫我表弟 After transmigrating into the Three Kingdoms era, Gu Feng becomes Cao Cao's cousin. The difficulty is hellish from the start: Dong Zhuo has seized power, Luoyang is awash in blood, and his cousin is about to do something suicidal by attempting to assassinate Dong Zhuo! Gu Feng only wants to sell off his family fortune and be a carefree slacker in this chaotic age. Who knew the [Slacker Development System] would suddenly activate? As long as he helps his cousin grow stronger, Gu Feng can coast hi 8Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 17 From the RimWorld to the Chongzhen Era of the Ming Dynasty 从边缘世界到大明崇祯年间 Lin Mo transmigrates into the base he created in the game RimWorld. To his surprise, an unemployed courier from the second year of the Chongzhen reign arrives in RimWorld too. From then on, history begins racing toward an unknown future: [An evil sorcerer has bewitched the people of northern Shaanxi into building a stronghold] [A charlatan who puts on a show of supernatural powers has led a mob of gullible people to seize Shaanxi] [Daoist Master Lin leads his followers to capture Taiyuan] [The s 723Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 18 A Record of the Dharma Realm's Origin 法界缘起录 Civilization is a web of shared karma; history is a current of thought. This work reveals how all beings, through the long night of ignorance, draw upon the Buddha-nature inherent within them and, with the blessings of the vows of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, journey through endless dependent origination from delusion to awakening. What we call evolution is not simply the survival of the fittest, but the outward projection of an “inner light” that continually manifests, purifies, and rises, propell 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Three Kingdoms: I'm a Descendant of Ying Zheng, and I Destroy the Xiongnu from the Start 三国：我，嬴政后人，开局灭匈奴 I transmigrated into a low-ranking county magistrate at the end of the Han dynasty, and I’m the sixteenth-generation descendant of the First Emperor? To preserve our bloodline, my ancestors’ instructions demanded that I conceal my surname and identity. But now the Xiongnu cavalry is at the city gates, slaughtering my people and building towers out of their skulls! I won’t stand for this! [Ding! Great Qin National Destiny System activated!] I paid my respects to my ancestors in the ancestral hall 13Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 20 A Guide to National Warfare 国战指南 An absolute thrill! A wild ride! The Guide to National Warfare shows how a modern soul can use “dimensional superiority” to unify a world in chaos! While others train their troops, I build the economy. While others plot assassinations, I run propaganda campaigns. I win over generals with hot pot and drain enemy treasuries with the lottery. I’m the Warring States era’s internet-famous strategist, playing it safe all the way to unifying the realm ↓ Humor to the very end, thrills to the very end! T —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 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—14d adds
- 22 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 2.8kReads6.7Score20914d adds
- 23 Sky Screen: Mu Jinrong Talks History, Leaving Emperors Reeling 天幕：穆金荣聊历史，皇帝破大防 [Sky screen + historical rankings + history + videos + bullet comments] The transmigrator protagonist is Xiao Yun. This Ming Dynasty is different from the one in history. When Xiao Yun transmigrated, her phone unexpectedly gained internet access and the ability to broadcast on the sky screen. Emperors from every dynasty watch the broadcasts. Xiao Yun: “Honestly, I want to go back... This godforsaken place in ancient times is so desolate that just surviving is a problem!” 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Great Song: Reborn as Yue Fei, How Ma Su Can Save Himself 大宋：穿成岳飞，看马谡如何自救 Great Song: Transmigrated as Yue Fei, Watch Ma Su Save Himself After his water supply was cut off at Jieting, Ma Su fell asleep in a state of anxious dread. When he woke again, he found himself in Yue Fei’s body, after Yue Fei had been demoted to the Court of Judicial Review and tortured. “Congratulations, you have received the blessings of the Two Marquis of Wu. “Beginner blessing: Infinite Reincarnation. If you die within a day, you return to the starting point.” Ma Su desperately wants to die 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Beauty Through the Ages: My Cousin, the First Beauty Xia Ji 红颜春秋：穿越第一美人夏姬表哥 I’m Shen Ye, a city drifter from the north, grinding away like a pack animal. On my way to work, packed into the subway, I accidentally fell down a flight of stairs While unconscious, I transmigrated to the wilds of Zhulin in the State of Chen during the Spring and Autumn period, becoming the cousin of Xia Ji, the most beautiful woman of the era… 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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 18.1kReads7.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 27 Hauling Bricks in Qin: I Steal Lao Ai's Belt Token at Night and Go on a Killing Spree 搬砖穿秦：夜夺嫪毐腰牌，杀疯了 [Transmigration + historical what-if + Great Qin + court intrigue and power struggles + military achievements + historical romance] I'm Chen Tiesun, the male lead. I worked as a brick carrier at a construction site for Bureau X. Because I was unusually gifted in one particular way and had an enormous appetite, my coworkers laughed that even the chaff I ate all went to feed that thing... One day, a tower crane knocked me unconscious, and I transmigrated to Great Qin in the Warring States period. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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 1.5kReads5.2Score10314d adds
- 29 Great Ming: The Hundred-Year-Old Mad Grand Secretary Arrives at Court with His Coffin! 大明：百岁疯批首辅，带棺上朝！ [Historical livestream + immortal, unhinged elder + coffin-bearing remonstrance unto death + childhood friendship + everyone pays the price] In the fourteenth year of Zhengtong, the Ming's God of War, Zhu Qizhen, insists on personally leading an expedition. The officials of the entire court weep and plead in vain, and the fate of the Ming dynasty hangs by a thread. Suddenly, outside Wumen Gate, the blare of suona horns shakes the heavens! Gu Canghai, a hundred-year-old grand secretary, childhood 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 30 A Rundown: The Lowest-Rated in History? Send the Han Dynasty to Its Doom 盘点：历史评分最低？请大汉赴死 This book is also known as "Taking Stock of History’s MVPs: Zhang Jiao Calls on the Han to Die" From the start, the sky screen ranks the most beloved MVPs of every dynasty in Chinese history. “The heavens are dead; the Yellow Heaven shall rise! I, Zhang Jiao, call on the Han to meet its end!” Yue Fei: “When hungry, I’ll feast on the flesh of the northern foes; while laughing, I’ll drink the blood of the Xiongnu!” Wen Tianxiang: “Since ancient times, who has escaped death? I’ll leave my loyal hea 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Is to Spam Basic Attacks 三国：我的策略是平A [Three Kingdoms] + [Invincible] + [Conquest] + [System] + [No Harem] + [Unmatched Martial Prowess] Guo Yi had already reached the pinnacle of life and was planning to lie flat and enjoy himself. But then he suddenly transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms era. He got a System, but nothing else. All Guo Yi wanted was a leisurely life of fishing. On a whim, he dragged in his closest cousin, Guo Jia. To avoid getting elbowed by others, he had no choice but to elbow them first. He seized territory and i 1.8kReads6.8Score13614d adds
- 32 Reborn as Emperor Qinzong of Song: From the Start, I Furiously Strike Down the Surrender Faction! 重生宋钦宗，开局怒砍投降派！ I open my eyes in the first year of the Jingkang reign, and I've become Emperor Qinzong of Song. The Jin army has already surrounded Bianliang. On the Dragon Throne sits the retired emperor, an artistic genius who ignores affairs of state and cares only for pleasure; Kneeling below him is a group of ministers sharpening their knives, ready to betray their country for personal wealth and status; Outside the city are a hundred thousand Jin cavalrymen, slaughtering and looting as though killing wer 1kReads7.3Score10114d adds
- 33 From the Start, Zhu Gaoxu Has the City Surrounded, So I Talk Him Into Becoming Emperor 开局朱高煦围城，忽悠他当皇帝 “Imperial brother, I know I was wrong. I don’t want to sit on the throne anymore.” “I only want to stay alive and live comfortably as a wealthy man.” “But I know that if I rashly abdicate in favor of your father, I’ll probably end up like those puppet emperors in the history books.” “I could drop dead in bed any day.” “So I hope we can join forces. Keep me alive and on the throne, and after your father passes away, I’ll abdicate directly in your favor.” “What do you think?” The sixth month of th 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 In Shu Han, I Make Artificial Rain for Sima Yi from the Start 蜀汉开局给司马懿人工降雨 After transmigrating into Liu Shan, with Shu Han on the brink of collapse, I bind myself to the [Civilization Upgrade System]. The court thinks I’m still that good-for-nothing A Dou? Then let this precisely timed artificial rainfall show them who truly commands the Mandate of Heaven! Li Yan leads the opposition: “Your Majesty, this is sorcery. It defies the natural order!” Zhuge Liang’s gaze is deep and thoughtful. “Your Majesty, this rain... where did it come from?” They don’t know this is o 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Great Ming: Three Sentences Send Ten Clans of Relatives and Friends to Their Doom 大明：三句话送十族亲友上天 One sentence wipes out three clans, two sentences wipe out nine, and three sentences get ten clans exterminated! Ji Bochang isn't worried in the slightest, because he has a trump card up his sleeve. The Ming Dynasty lasted 276 years. Not satisfied? No problem. I'll take you to transmigrate into the eras of the various Ming emperors, so you can correct the mistakes their descendants made one by one. 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Red Three Kingdoms: When Idealism Meets a Transmigrator 赤色三国：当理想主义碰到穿越者 Zhou Huaimin, a graduate student specializing in Party history, finds himself transported to the twelfth year of Jian'an in the late Han dynasty, inhabiting the body of an illiterate, disreputable petty landlord in Nanyang Commandery, Jing Province. In the face of this brutal era, the only thing clear in his mind is a “red handbook.” This is the story of a soul from two thousand years in the future trying to use a set of radical ideas to completely reshape a hero, an army, and an era. Zhou Huaim 20Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 37 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—14d adds
- 38 Compete for Supremacy in the Three Kingdoms? Why Not Be a Local Emperor Instead? 三国争霸？当个土皇帝不香么？ [Three Kingdoms] [Farming] [Master of Staying Under the Radar] Shi Song was born into the late Han Dynasty and became the fifth son of Shi Xie, the future ruler of Jiaozhou. To live safely and comfortably through these turbulent times, he used the memories of his past life to establish a base in Jiaozhi. Keeping a low profile, he developed the region, resettled refugees, reclaimed fertile land, and quietly built up his strength while watching the warlords battle for supremacy. Years later, when 1.7kReads7.2Score10114d adds
- 39 The Great Wei’s Imperial Son-in-Law, Cao Cao’s Camp Favorite 大魏驸马爷，曹营第一团宠 (The rating just came in, but it’ll rise later, so enjoy without worry) [Three Kingdoms] [Depressing the Warlord] [Beauties] [Hilarious] [Strategist] Xu Mo transmigrates to the end of the Han Dynasty and activates the Depressing Strategist System. Any advice he gives has the power to automatically depress his lord! When Cao Cao attacks Tao Qian, Xu Mo says he’s bound to lose because something will happen at his home base. He should hurry up and withdraw, or Lu Bu will raid his turf. When Cao Cao 5.2kReads7.9Score57714d adds
- 40 Sky Screen: Starting with the Great Qin Chat Group 天幕：从大秦聊天群开始 [Ying Zheng is the sole protagonist + no romance + historical livestream + changing history + Great Qin] As Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng performs the Fengshan Sacrifice on Mount Tai, the accompanying Confucian scholars keep grumbling and saying all sorts of unpleasant things. Just as Ying Zheng is about to fly into a rage, golden light suddenly flashes across the sky, auspicious signs descend, and a sky screen appears. [The Ying Zheng Family of Great Qin] [Announcement: This chat group is for Qin Sh 285Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Sky Screen, Starting with the French Revolution 天幕，从法国大革命开始 [Historical Livestream + Sky Screen + No Romance + Tool-Like Protagonist] Who's that blond guy in the sky? His clothes are so ugly! Hey, he got beheaded! As people throughout the Myriad Worlds watched the sky screen and learned new things, the eyes of emperors and their ministers grew ever brighter as the world map filled in. 251Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I Trade Military Merit for a Wife and Fight My Way to Becoming the Ming Dynasty’s God of War 军功换老婆，我杀成大明战神 Pick your bride: the county magistrate's daughter or the fierce pearl of the grasslands! The moment this order went out, every low-ranking soldier in the Great Ming went mad! Bandits attacking? Brothers, they're here to deliver us wives! The Jurchen cross the pass? Don't run, that's my bride-price coming in! With special forces tactics that crush the enemy through sheer technological superiority, modern brutal training methods, thirty-layer forged-steel tri-edged daggers, and high-purity gunpowd 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 A Guardian Across Time and Space: The Legend of the Hongshan Jade Dragon 跨越时空的守护【红山玉龙传】 When the last divine dragon became the land of Songmo, the Hongshan culture began, and the Khitan Empire's claim to the Mandate of Heaven, as well as its fate-ridden origins, took shape. The power of the Jade Dragon was both the foundation of the Khitan's rise and the curse of its downfall. It tested the "virtue" of every ruler: "Heaven's Mandate is not constant; it supports only the virtuous." The demon-corrupted stone owl, meanwhile, symbolized the shortcut to power and the lure of greed. Its 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Sky Screen Spoils the Ming Dynasty's Future, and Old Zhu Won't Stop Chasing Me to Become His Chancellor 天幕剧透大明，老朱追着我当丞相 Chen Yan transmigrated and became a monster who could live for a very long time. He served five generations of Ming emperors, and just as he was about to retire after accomplishing everything and enjoy his twilight years, a Sky Screen suddenly descended from the heavens and began livestreaming the era he lived in to the Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang. From the start, it showed the Tumu Crisis! [Sky Screen footage: An army of five hundred thousand wiped out, and Emperor Zhu Qizhen reduced to a pri 107Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 45 Great Ming: Help! My Cellmate Is Zhu Di! 大明：慌了，我的狱友竟是朱棣！ Qin Hao transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty. After years of slacking off, he gets implicated in a case and sentenced to be executed at the marketplace! Well, if they chop my head off, so be it. Maybe I'll get sent back to the modern world and can keep slacking there! Who could have guessed that a chatty little sidekick would show up by his side? “Sir, quit making things up. A million taels of silver in ten days?” “Sir, quit making things up. The Ming Dynasty will enjoy prosperity for generations t 176Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 46 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—14d adds
- 47 The System Arrived Thirty Years Early: I, Liu Xie, Revive the Han Dynasty 系统提前三十年，我刘协中兴大汉 After transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms, he becomes the unfortunate puppet emperor Liu Xie. He thinks he's destined to repeat the tragic life of Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, but when he wakes one day, he discovers that he's awakened a System. This System wasn't supposed to arrive for another thirty years... [In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, at the age of forty, you were forced by your ministers to abdicate. The four-hundred-year Han dynasty came to an end...] [You have nothing now. This 4.4kReads7.2Score45114d adds
- 48 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 31.1kReads6.7Score2.3k14d adds
- 49 Three Kingdoms: From the Start, I Conquer Langjuxu and Shock Liu Hong 三国：开局封狼居胥，震惊刘宏 [Three Kingdoms] [The Spirit of Great Han] [Imperial Brother] [System] [Quest for Supremacy] In the late Eastern Han dynasty, in the sixth year of Guanghe, Liu Yi is summoned from distant Bingzhou to Luoyang. It turns out Liu Yi is not only a transmigrator, but also the illegitimate son of Emperor Liu Hong of Great Han. At court, he openly challenges Yuan Wei and is made Prince of Taiyuan. He repels the enemy beyond Yanmen Pass, keeping the Xiongnu from driving their herds south, and is appointe 1.2kReads6.4Score11114d adds
- 50 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 42.5kReads8.3Score5.5k14d adds
