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- 101 Great Tang: The Two Heroes 大唐：双雄 The Tang Empire rose from nothing and went from glory to greatness thanks in no small part to the hard work and bold reforms of Li Yuan and his son Li Shimin. We invite all fellow history enthusiasts to join the two heroes of the Tang Dynasty and explore the thorny road they traveled to build their empire. 66Reads—Score11214d adds
- 102 Reborn as Chao Gaitian, I Make Hu Sanniang Lay Down Her Arms 魂穿晁天王，让扈三娘卸甲 My soul transmigrates into the world of Water Margin, where I become Chao Gai, the Heavenly King. Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong have just come to the mountain. I see through Song Jiang’s hypocrisy. Before I’m struck by a poisoned arrow, I must rebuild my Liangshan Marsh. How could a peerless heroine marry the Short Tiger? I’ll take that good fortune off your hands! I run into Zhao Fujin, Princess Maode, the most beautiful woman in the Great Song! Even this An can be negotiated into the harem. One hundr 1.1kReads—Score10014d adds
- 103 Late Ming: Stop Rushing Me! This Governor Just Wants to Slack Off 明末：别催了！我这巡抚只想摸鱼 Chen Du, a modern office drone, transmigrated into the late Ming Dynasty as the son of a Sichuan merchant. He spent all forty thousand taels of silver he had just to buy an easy government post in Zhejiang, where he could lie flat and stay alive. But Chongzhen issued an order transferring him straight to Shanxi, making him governor of the province: a northern frontier death trap that his predecessor had failed to escape despite submitting seventeen resignation letters. Beacon fires blazed acros 751Reads—Score12314d adds
- 104 The Nation's Doomed from the Start? First, I'll Cuddle My Consort and Take a Nap 开局就要亡国？先搂着妃子睡一觉 I woke up to find that I had become Gao Wei, the last emperor of Northern Qi during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. [Historical what-if] + [Tyrant emperor] + [Everyone is unhinged] + [Subverting expectations] + [Prince of Lanling] + [Feng Xiaolian, displayed in all her glory] Grandson of Gao Huan, son of Gao Zhan, and enemy of Yuwen Yong. The good news: I am the supreme ruler of the realm, with a beauty in my arms. The bad news: I am the notorious tyrant in history, who trusted treacherous 523Reads6.2Score10614d adds
- 105 The Heyin Coup: Empress Dowager Ling's Sixteen-Year Thirst for Power 河阴之变一灵太后的十六年权欲 Hu of the Northern Wei, the Empress Dowager Ling, was born into the Hu clan of Anding. Because her aunt was a Buddhist nun, she was able to enter the palace as a child. At the time, the Northern Wei's harsh old rule dictated that a mother must die when her son became crown prince. She insisted on giving birth to Yuan Xu anyway, and won that gamble with death. On the night Emperor Xuanwu died suddenly, she evaded an assassination attempt by the Gao clan with the protection of Yu Zhong and Cui Gua 22Reads—Score414d adds
- 106 The Swallow's Pecks, the Emperor's Grandson, and a Kingdom Beneath Her Skirts 燕啄皇孙裙下江山 A tale of the Han palace + satisfying palace intrigue + breathtaking beauties + a powerful heroine and political scheming + a fight back from the brink. Zhao Feiyan has been branded by history with the shameful accusation of “swallowing the emperor’s grandsons,” and reviled for all time. Yet no one knows that it was not cruelty in her nature, but a necessary step on her path to the pinnacle of power. An emperor’s favor is merely the sharpest blade in her hand; even the bonds between sisters can 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Common People Beneath the Prosperous Tang 盛唐下的百姓 No transmigration, no System. See the High Tang from the perspective of an ordinary person at the bottom of society. In his later years, Emperor Xuanzong was obsessed with grand achievements and indulgence. Warfare grew ever more frequent, greatly increasing the people’s corvée and military service, until the An Lushan Rebellion broke out. 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The End of Dayan: Winds Rise in Hanzhou 大衍末路：邯州风起 [Transmigrate to the Late Ming] [Imperial Son-in-Law] [Not Mindless] [Not a Power Fantasy] [No System] [New Book] In the first year of the Chongzhen reign, at the end of the Ming dynasty, there are no golden fingers, no System, and the story unfolds at a measured pace. Zhao Yanzhi, a modern office worker, transmigrates by accident and becomes the illegitimate son of a landowning family in Handan during the early years of the Chongzhen reign. The realm is on the verge of chaos, bandits roam every 1.3kReads—Score12714d adds
- 109 The Heavenly Master's Fate-Changing Water Margin: A Side Story 天师改命水浒别传 With a casual divination, he foresaw the Jingkang Disaster, the Southern Song retreating to the south, and even the hundred thousand soldiers and civilians at Yashan leaping into the sea to die for their country. He saw the fate of the Great Song a hundred years later in its entirety. So he gave up being an immortal and transmigrated into the body of the wastrel Yan Qing, taking matters into his own hands to change the course of history. He saves Pang Wanchun at the martial arts arena, becomes 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Unbelievable! I Was Just Trying to Rescue My Brother, but They Forced Me to Start a Rebellion 离谱，埋头捞哥哥的我被逼造反了 [More children, more blessings, ten-thousandfold returns] + [Scummy older brother sets up younger brother] + [Younger brother sets up older brother] + [Ancient battlefield of Xiongzhou] + [Song-Liao border] + [Xiao Guanyin is my older brother’s concubine] 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 I Became a Hero in Primitive Society 我在原始社会为人杰 A no-cheat start, with hardcore primitive survival! A modern traditional Chinese medicine practitioner makes a place for himself in primitive society and steadily builds his way up. The protagonist accidentally transmigrates to primitive society. He is skilled in medicine, saving lives and healing the wounded, and knowledgeable enough to improve his tribe! He finds food, builds homes, and secures the means to survive. He gathers herbs and treats injuries to strengthen the tribe, then builds citi 225Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Great Ming's Lord of the Seas 大明镇海王 [Ming dynasty, soul transmigration, saving the Crown Princess, saving Zhu Ying, saving Zhu Biao, saving Empress Ma, saving Xu Da, saving Lan Yu] Zhang Wuxian transmigrates to the eleventh year of Hongwu. He plans to lie flat and do nothing, but his severe obsessive-compulsive disorder won’t let him tolerate anything “illogical,” so he has to fix it all. Even more absurdly, he has a System in his head that automatically provides solutions and supplies every time his compulsions flare up, and it d 2.4kReads—Score19314d adds
- 113 The Ming Dynasty in the Wake of the Tsunami 海啸大明 Heroes need not worry about what comes after them; the history books should resound with songs of their deeds. Blood-soaked warriors on the battlefield, demons and monsters in the bureaucracy, the tangled romances of courtesans and sea lords: all are brought to life as the Ming Empire is struck by a catastrophic wave of raids and calamities. Beset by troubles at home and abroad, the Ming Empire faces the ferocious Tatar Altan Khan in the north, whose forces raid and pillage with savage brutality 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Celebrating Song 欢宋 I, Qi Wu, like to speak the truth. I am a disgraced soldier from the northwest, yet I have served as an honest and upright official. As for my faction, my senior fellow disciples Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Zhou Dunyi, and my junior fellow disciples Zhang Heng, Su Shi, Lü Huiqing, and others all belong to it. You ask about heroes? My teachers are my heroes: Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Pang Ji, Wen Yanbo, and many others! I’m just a scholar. I don’t know much. If you have a problem, go talk to my 142.5kReads9.4Score17.3k14d adds
- 115 The Sun and Moon Beneath One Sky: Princess Taiping 日月当空：太平公主 Princess Taiping was one of the most controversial and legendary female political figures in Chinese history, a thorny yet dazzling rose in the splendor of the High Tang. The most beloved daughter of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian, she married Xue Shao at sixteen in a wedding procession stretching ten miles, hoping for a peaceful life. But she was implicated in Xue Yi's treason case and watched her husband starve to death in prison, shattering her dreams. She put away her innocence 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 The Art of Imperial Politics: The Jiajing Era 帝王心术：嘉靖时代 This novel offers a profound look at Jiajing’s transformation from an energetic reformer into an emperor obsessed with Daoism. Daoist priests such as Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen used mysticism to manipulate his inner world; Yan Song and his son won favor with Daoist prayers and monopolized power for twenty years; Xu Jie bided his time before finally bringing down the treacherous ministers; and Hai Rui risked his life to submit a memorial condemning the ills of the age. Together, these vivid ch 1.2kReads6.9Score11414d adds
- 117 His Name Is Zhu Youtang 他叫朱佑樘 There are so many emperors in the Ming Dynasty. Everyone writes about Hongwu, Yongle, Jiajing, and Chongzhen, but I insist on writing about Zhu Youcheng. A nearly perfect emperor, with one point deducted for dying young. Zhu Youcheng: Being crown prince is so hard. My mother died early, I didn't meet my father until I was six, and my position as heir is hanging by a thread. Noble Consort Wan: I am a good person. I've never hurt anyone. I'm not some wicked viper! Zhu Jianshen: I am a good emperor 122Reads—Score1014d adds
- 118 The Dragon Rules Liangzhou 龙驭凉州 Folks, let’s really dig into the tangled history of the three powers that held sway over Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Shazhou in the northwest during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: the Tanguts, the Six Valleys, and the Guiyi Army. This area was the choke point of the Silk Road. Whoever controlled Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Shazhou held the lifeline of the northwest, so these three powers fought fiercely while also dealing with the central Chinese court and the surrounding big players. It wa 35Reads—Score114d adds
- 119 The Fierce Soldier of the Prison Camp 牢军营悍卒 The animated short drama is now available. Search for "Walking the Frontier Through Wind and Snow" on Fanqie, and feel free to check it out. [Passionate War God] [Political Intrigue and Ambition] [Warmhearted Hero] [Rise from the Grassroots] [Multiple Heroines] Jiang Fan, a special forces king from the Dragon Kingdom, transmigrates into a condemned prisoner stationed at the frontier of the Great Jiang Dynasty. He forges a new identity, seizes power, and trains troops, surviving between several c 11.2kReads8.8Score1k14d adds
- 120 The Immortal Path of Baopu: The Legend of Ge Hong 抱朴仙途之葛洪传奇 The Immortal Path of Baopu: The Legend of Ge Hong 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Absolute Obedience System: Reborn in Hong Kong, Taking Control of the Entertainment Industry 绝对服从系统，重生香江控制港娱 Back in 1975, Lin Yichen owns a clothing factory on the verge of bankruptcy and a fat-cat System that does nothing but make snide remarks. He wants to keep a low profile, but the System insists he reach the pinnacle of success by “binding a sexy songstress and controlling an innocent jade beauty.” So he can only “reluctantly” bring one future goddess after another under his wing. He has a financial prodigy peel shrimp for him, makes a kung fu empress do a handstand in a helicopter, and has a fut 28Reads—Score214d adds
- 122 Stealing a Chicken from the Start: My Scheme-Rating System 开局偷鸡，我有诡谋评分系统 [High Martial] [Schemes and Power Plays] [Funny and Lighthearted] [High IQ] [Scoring System] Chu Wen, a PhD who studies military strategy, accidentally transmigrates into the body of a poor scholar who has starved to death. To survive, he goes to steal a chicken, and unexpectedly binds himself to the Cunning Schemes Scoring System. From then on, the System coerces him: only by constantly using plots and schemes to earn Cunning Scheme Points can he ensure that points are added to his Life Score. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 So What If I’m the Deposed Crown Prince? I, Yinreng, Will Ascend the Throne! 废太子又怎样？我胤礽要登基！ A struggling Hengdian movie extra had an accident while on a wire rig. When he opened his eyes, his soul had transmigrated into the body of Yinreng, Crown Prince of the Kangxi Emperor's reign. He had only just woken up, with Zheng Chunhua lying beside him, when Kangxi stormed through the palace gates in a fury. The fate of the deposed crown prince seemed about to repeat itself. Fortunately, he awakened a strange power! Kangxi wants to depose me? The First Prince wants to use witchcraft against m 1.6kReads—Score10214d adds
- 124 Two Thousand Years of Chinese History 中华二千年史 A History of China Through Two Thousand Years was first published in 1934 as one of the University Series, then republished by Zhonghua Book Company in 1956. Written by Deng Zhicheng, it primarily recounts Chinese history from the Qin and Han periods through the Ming and Qing dynasties, while also presenting the author’s historical thought and commentary. 101Reads8.8Score2114d adds
- 125 A History of the Southern Ming (Two-Volume Set) 南明史（全二册） A nation on the brink of ruin still descends into infighting, and even in its final days, the infighting continues! Nothing is more absurd than human nature. In March 1644, Li Zicheng's Great Shun forces captured Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself. When news reached Nanjing, the Southern Capital, the question of who would be enthroned became urgent. Civil and military officials alike scrambled to make a name for themselves before the new ruler, each hoping to claim the credit for 6.8kReads9.5Score2.2k14d adds
- 126 Gathering the Talents of the Three Kingdoms to Battle Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing! 聚三国之才，战秦汉唐宋元明清！ What would happen if all the great figures of history lived in the same era? Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng has just unified the six states. Seeing powerful Han, prosperous Tang, Mongol Yuan, cultured Song, and great Ming realms spring up around him, he falls into deep thought. Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, points his sword straight at the peerless Genghis Khan: “If the enemy can come, so can I!” Zhu Yuanzhang silently sets down his bowl. Watching Cao Cao slaughter his way across the land, his eyes blaz 11.5kReads8.0Score54214d adds
- 127 Rebuilding Germany: I Become Chancellor After World War II 重启德意志：我在二战后当总理 Lin Mo is a graduate student in history at a top-tier university in the 21st century. Specializing in modern European history, he has a solid theoretical grounding in World War II, Germany’s postwar reconstruction, economic policy, and international relations. He is empathetic, level-headed, and well versed in modern governance. In May 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered. Berlin lay in ruins, and Germany was divided among the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. People’s livelihoods 285Reads6.6Score12514d adds
- 128 I Transmigrated to the Great Ming: Commanding Troops from a Humble Background, I Shape the Realm with Schemes 穿越大明：寒门掌兵，权谋定江山 A modern history and military enthusiast unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a poor family’s son, whose father is a disgraced official in the final years of the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty. His family has fallen into ruin, he is bullied, powerful local clans surround him, bandits lay siege to the city, and the officials abandon it and flee. The people within are on the brink of disaster. In this desperate moment, he is called upon to take command of the troops. Though the son of a co 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Iron-Blooded Ming: One Man's Fury Stains the Land with Blood 铁血大明丶匹夫一怒血溅山河 Dear readers: Are you tired of late-Ming power fantasies where the protagonist's domineering aura sweeps over everyone from the start, recruiting famous ministers and fierce generals without a thought, then settling down to farm safely in a garrison? Great! This time, let's take the hard road instead, and write a tale of blood and battle for men of grit! The third year of Chongzhen, fifth month. The year 1630. A severe drought grips northern Shaanxi. A thousand miles of scorched earth, bones exp 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Remembering Song: The Ultimate Battle of Wits [Northern Song Arc] 忆宋：顶级权谋对决【北宋篇】 [The author is a junior fellow of Dang Nian Ming Yue. Thanks to him for his sincere encouragement and support. I dedicate this work to Those Things in the Ming Dynasty and pay tribute to Dang Nian Ming Yue!] After experiencing so much and seeing all kinds of men and women around us, after growing used to desire and entanglements, deception and temptation, and looking back across history, we have all come to accept things as they are. The core of history, human nature, has never changed over thou 3.3kReads9.4Score45114d adds
- 131 The Republic of Great Song 大宋共和国 Zeng Shouyi, a modern materials engineer, is transported back to the Northern Song dynasty after a laboratory accident. He becomes the unknown illegitimate son of Zeng Gongliang, the famed chancellor of Quanzhou. With his ability to improve technologies already available in the Song dynasty, his foresight into the course of history, and the introduction of modern management ideas, he rises from a son marginalized by his family. He develops overseas trade in Quanzhou and builds a commercial empir 177Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Transmigrating to the Great Ming: One Book Is All I Need to Conquer the World 穿越大明之一本书打天下 My name is Zhu Shouming. I am the twenty-sixth-generation descendant of Zhu Shouqian, Prince of Jingjiang in Guilin. In the twenty-first century, that identity is worth nothing more than a joke about how my ancestors used to be rich. Apart from the founding ancestor, every other name in the family genealogy has been ground to dust by history. The boat lurched on the Li River, and I tumbled into the water with my backpack. When I woke, there was no ambulance, only the smoke of war in the fiftee 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 A Single Spark Sets the Water Margin Ablaze 星火燎原水浒传 The descendants of Liangshan raise the banner high, uphold Heaven’s justice, resist the Jin, and save the nation, composing a stirring song of heroes! This book carries forward the legacy of Shi Nai’an’s Water Margin and continues the tradition of Chen Chen’s Later Tale of the Water Margin, while also drawing on old stories passed down by local elders. Nearly a year went into writing it, and the book was revised more than ten times. It contains 120 chapters. Long ago, the 108 heroes of Liangshan 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Li Mi, the Mystic Chancellor: Divining the Cosmos and Aiding Four Dynasties as an Immortal 玄相李泌：易数定乾坤，仙踪辅四朝 Li Mi, the Mystic Chancellor: Divination Sets the World in Order, an Immortal Aids Four Reigns 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Divine Judge of the Han Prison: The Biography of Zhang Tang 汉狱神断：张汤传 The Divine Judge of the Han Prison: The Biography of Zhang Tang 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Overthrowing the Tang: Transmigrate into Emperor Ai, Who Abdicated the Throne 覆唐：穿越禅位天子唐哀宗 A modern soul transmigrates into Li Zhu, the last emperor of the Great Tang. In the fourth year of Tianyou, Zhu Wen usurps the Tang throne, and the dynasty collapses after 289 years. In name, Li Zhu is the Prince of Jiyin who abdicated the throne. In reality, he is a prisoner trapped in a cage. The history books are unequivocal: just three months later, a cup of poisoned wine will be his end. Given a second life, he refuses to sit still and await death! Imprisoned in his residence, he uses polit 3.1kReads—Score31114d adds
- 137 The Tenth Year of Wanli: Taking Up My Post in Liaodong 万历十年：就藩辽东 The tenth year of the Wanli reign was a watershed moment for the Ming Empire. A host of upheavals converged that year, sending the dynasty down a path wholly different from the one laid out by history. Zhang Juzheng, the “Duke of Jiangling,” passed away. With the reformer who had upheld the “Wanli Renaissance” gone, a pillar of the empire collapsed. His unfinished reforms came to an abrupt halt, and old abuses in the bureaucracy returned. Ma Fang, a renowned general on the northern frontier, die 3kReads7.5Score20014d adds
- 138 Madman: Slashing My Way from a Pile of Corpses to the Dragon Throne 疯子：从死人堆里一路杀到龙椅 [No System + Two Insane Souls + No Saintly Mercies + Decisive and Ruthless] The day Shen Zhou crawled out of a pile of corpses, a modern man's soul appeared in his mind. One soul was bloodthirsty and loved to kill; the other was calm and calculating. The two souls fought each other every day, driving him into a madman feared by everyone in Yunmeng Marsh. Defeated soldiers tried to steal his food? He killed them all. The imperial army came to crush him? He used a fire ox formation to rout thre 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 When Spring Comes to Jiangnan, the Flowers Bloom 春到江南花自开 The Song dynasty was the only dynasty in feudal China without a curfew, and a turning point in Chinese history. It left behind far too many regrets. This novel is set in the late Southern Song. The protagonist, Zhao Xuan, is a low-ranking soldier at Diaoyu Fortress. After being gravely wounded in the bombardment that killed Mongke Khan, he is sent back to Lin'an by Wang Jian for treatment, and the story begins. The first half of the novel follows the History of Song closely. Zhao Xuan rises and 177Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 140 Strange Treasures Conquer the World: The Secret Schemes of Lü Buwei 奇货驭天：吕不韦异谋传 Mastering Heaven with Rare Goods: The Strange Schemes of Lü Buwei 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Song Dynasty: My Father Is Su Dongpo 赵宋之世：家父苏东坡 He transmigrates back to the Northern Song Dynasty. His father is Su Shi, and the family has just left Dongpo in Huangzhou. Things finally seem to be looking up. But thanks to Su Dongpo’s notorious sharp tongue and habit of getting into trouble, in just a few years the family will be banished again and again, heading south to explore its cuisine. He is Su Guo, the son who historically followed his father all the way from Huizhou to Danzhou. That year, Su Guo is thirteen; one year remains before 3.3kReads9.1Score27614d adds
- 142 The Sinful Sea of the Capital 京门孽海录 The enmity between the Zhao family and the Emperor, the Chancellor, and the Empress has always been a thorn between them. They must trust and work together, yet they keep rubbing against that thorn. Can a unity born of pain endure into the next generation? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Sima Yi Transmigrates into Qin Hui 司马懿穿越秦桧 One day in the sixth month of the third year of the Jiaping reign, Sima Yi, who had feigned illness his entire life, finally fell truly ill. He had endured for a lifetime, and decades of living on tenterhooks had left him utterly exhausted. Fortunately, he had everything in place before his death. All he had to do was wait peacefully for it to come. What Sima Yi never expected, however, was that his long-awaited path to unleashing his pent-up ambition was far from over... 1.9kReads9.1Score19014d adds
- 144 Scraping by in the Great Tang 在大唐苟活 [A forty-year-old mind + a twenty-year-old body = a socially anxious shut-in.] [Restoring ancient buildings + a ball lightning strike = the ninth year of Wude.] [Seen through the eyes of a passerby, this is a story of keeping a low profile in Tang dynasty China during the Zhenguan era. There are quiet moments, as well as dramatic twists and turns.] [Memory = a golden finger. Taking things one step at a time, how can I find my footing? Let me tell it all, bit by bit.] A timid, introverted, meek m 9.8kReads7.3Score66914d adds
- 145 Book Transmigration: I'm Done Acting Out This Fake Script 穿书：这伪剧本我不演了 After transmigrating into a book, Jiang Yuchi discovers something strange: the plot she sees is all fake. The original book says she's a cannon-fodder noblewoman who throws herself at the regent and dies suddenly in March. She decides to stay far away and keep a low profile. But the timeline starts going awry, and the plot she remembers becomes useless page by page. Until she accidentally stumbles into the regent's secret chamber and finds a cabinet packed with old, bloodstained pages Every pa 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 The Complete Story of Tang 说唐全传 Centered on the gathering of heroes at Wagang Stronghold, the story spans the period from Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou’s conquest of Northern Qi and Emperor Wen of Sui’s pacification of Southern Chen, to Li Yuan of Tang’s defeat of the rival warlords and Li Shimin’s ascension to the throne. It mainly recounts how the heroes of Wagang joined forces to rebel against the Sui and help establish the Tang dynasty, recreating the turbulent age of the eighteen rebel kings and sixty-four bands of rebels. 17Reads9.4Score714d adds
- 147 Romance of the Qing Dynasty 清史演义 Cai Dongfan's The Romance of the Qing Dynasty is an epic of sweeping grandeur. In a million words, it uncovers the century-spanning secrets of the Qing Empire, from its rise to its fall! From Nurhaci rallying his troops against the Ming with his “Seven Grievances,” to Kangxi outsmarting and capturing Oboi and putting down the Three Feudatories; from undercurrents stirring beneath the Qianlong Emperor's prosperous reign to the humiliating guns of the Opium War; then to Empress Dowager Cixi ruling 5Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 148 Great Ming: Reborn as the Chongzhen Emperor, I Choose to Give Up 大明：开局穿成崇祯，我选择摆烂 (No System!! Not a naive protagonist!! Not a wish-fulfillment novel!! Read at your own risk!! This is a story about Chongzhen transmigrating into the late Ming, firmly rooted in historical fact!! By the time you finish, all you'll feel is pain! So much pain!!!) (Absolutely no System! Don't believe the fake reviews posted by the Blackie Studio! They've been targeting this book!) History's dead ends are never something a transmigrator can rewrite with a casual stroke of the pen. Yuan Chonghuan' 1.9kReads6.1Score11914d adds
- 149 A Lowly County Office Clerk with Kids at Home and No Rice to Cook 穿成县衙小吏，家有儿女等米下锅 [A clerk is no official, and the desk is a mountain of blades] [No errors in the ledger, every stroke of the brush decides joy and sorrow] The male lead had only just transmigrated when someone cracked him over the back of the head. After missing work for three days, he nearly got struck off the rolls. His father thought he was saddled with two useless dependents. His older brother thought he was too inflexible to make money. His fourth younger brother feared his lowly clerk's status would tarni 168.6kReads9.2Score22.9k14d adds
- 150 Last Season's Palace Intrigue Champion Is Now Ruling from Behind the Curtain 上一届宫斗冠军，现在垂帘听政了 [No System] [Political Intrigue with an Ensemble Cast] [Ascends the Throne] [Serious Drama] Xie Jin transmigrates, and before she can even celebrate becoming the champion of palace intrigue, she realizes she's become the previous champion! With his dying breath, the young emperor personally places the Imperial Seal in her arms. Xie Jin looks down at herself. The three-year-old crown prince is hugging her leg, drooling all over her sleeve. Good news: No more serving in the emperor's bed! Bad new 1.6kReads—Score12414d adds
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