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- 51 The Unrecorded 不足录者 This novel is also titled The Pamir Crime Boss: I Worked as a Tour Guide in the Late Qing. I am Wa Han, known as Pei Zu Lu, “Eagle,” and once the head of the Eighth Mountain Lodge of the Gelaohui. To find the hidden Shangri-La, a secret realm that could turn this chaotic age around, I agreed to guide the British scholar Yintan Si and his archaeological team, doing what people today would call working as a tour guide. My sworn brother Tu Fu grabbed me and warned, “After all these years, you sti 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Lone Beiyang Warship, 1894 北洋孤舰1894 A modern soul plunges into the smoke and fire raging across the Yellow Sea; a solitary ironclad breaks free of a fate that seemed certain death. We will not repeat the familiar joys and sorrows, rises and falls of that land. We will sail for the vast blue ocean and rewrite the course of civilization along sea lanes no one has ever traveled. This is no more dirge of humiliation, but a roar of steel and will. Look at what has been kindled on Phosphorus Island: not only the blazing furnaces, but t 13Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 53 War of Resistance: I Transmigrate to a Parallel World and Live It Up 抗战：穿越平行时空我爽翻了 [No dragging things out + no System + no cheats + no fanfiction] Take a trip through a different kind of war against Japan. Ye Rongguang, a discharged special forces soldier, transmigrated to the War of Resistance period in a parallel universe. A warlord takes a dislike to me and launches an attack? Don’t make me bring my troops to your doorstep! An old man tries to set me up by planting spies? I’ll shoot them dead in a flash! Commander Chen treats me like a brother! Commander Li treats me like 189Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 54 Preparing for the War of Resistance Since World War I 从一战开始准备抗战 Xiao He, a Chinese student in Berlin, happens upon a jade ring engraved with ancient runes on the street and accidentally transmigrates into the body of an unlucky overseas student with the same name. Having just graduated from the University of Munich, he has barely set foot on his long-missed homeland when a warlord at the port forcibly drafts him and throws him back onto a ship, claiming he is sending them abroad to make their fortunes. In truth, it's no different from selling people into ind 129Reads7.5Score12114d adds
- 55 The Late Qing with Mount & Blade: Saving the Wing King's Consort from the Start 清末骑砍，开局救下翼王妃 [Late Qing] [Mount & Blade] [Taiping Heavenly Kingdom] [Development] [Conquest] [System] [Feel-Good Novel] [Late Qing] Also known as: Late Qing, 1863: Starting with Hunting Wild Boars at the Dadu River In the year 1863 AD, Shi Dakai was defeated at the Dadu River, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement was nearing its end. The patriotic fervor of Han Chinese patriots was almost spent. China had already sunk deep into a semi-colonial predicament. Decades later, the Eight-Nation Alliance would 175Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 1937: I Transmigrate to Tokyo and Become the Emperor 1937，穿越东京做天皇 A university student with impeccable values and top grades transmigrates after an accident into the corpse of a Japanese soldier in 1937. Though he has borrowed the body of a Japanese soldier to reclaim the spirit of a true Chinese patriot, all he wants is a quick death, so he can put an end to this absurd, twisted journey as soon as possible. But even if he's going to die, he has to set this era ablaze for the resistance of his Chinese compatriots before he goes. As it happens, the corpse belon 23Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 57 Overthrow the Qing, Restore China, and Build an Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets 反清复华，成为日不落帝国 [Transmigrate to the Qing Dynasty + no System + conquest + farming + expanding overseas] The rating has just been posted. Feel free to check out the story and show your support. In the final years of the Kangxi reign, the realm is in turmoil, and the Eight Banners' cavalry sweeps across north and south. Yang Zheng transmigrates as the son of a farming family in Yinghuai. After eighteen years of careful planning, he builds his fortune from nothing with his knowledge of science and engineering. Li 3.6kReads6.2Score18314d adds
- 58 Stop! Let That Young Lady Go! 住手！放开那个小娘子！ Reborn as the foolish son of a landlord, I even got saddled with the terribly embarrassing name Zhu Dazhuang. Should I lie flat and enjoy life, or work hard and stir things up? Hmm, it’s probably better to grow more crops, build more roads, have more children, and raise more pigs... What? Is life as a landlord’s son in ancient times really this plain and simple? Pah! Stop! Let that young lady go! I, Zhu Dazhuang, will show you what it means to bully men and women, tyrannize the neighborhood, com 52Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 59 The Fox of the Far East 远东之狐 In 1884, amid the upheavals of the Sino-French War, Han Zikun is born in the Han family’s courtyard in Shanxia County, Jinghai Prefecture. A transmigrator, he brings modern marketing skills, mechanical engineering knowledge, and fluency in several languages, but has no System or golden finger. He can rely only on his ingenuity and determination to face the chaos of the late Qing. The family has had only one son for three generations. His grandfather, Han Shoushu, puts aside his scholar’s gown to 2Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 60 The Empire’s Great Warlord: Cannons Are the Only Truth 帝国大军阀：大炮即是真理 “Congratulations, Host, you have successfully activated the Super Hegemony System…” With a system notification, the System that came standard with transmigrators arrived right on schedule. When Shen Mo Shen woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated to the Great Qian Empire, then in the midst of warlord strife. To top it off, he had become the commander of a ragtag regiment that had nearly been wiped out. Worse still, the timing of his transmigration was especially challen 1.9kReads6.5Score10614d adds
- 61 The Fake Warlord 冒牌军阀 A modern military academy graduate transmigrates to another world’s pale blue planet, assumes the identity of a centurion, and flees for his life while taking in deserters. By impersonating various officials, he gradually builds a superpower and rises to the pinnacle of life... 497Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 62 Great Qing: Building a Strong Nation Through the Industrial Revolution 大清：从工业革命开始强国 Great powers competing have always had special historical periods in which they can overtake their rivals by taking a sharp turn. From agrarian civilization to the Industrial Revolution, and then the First, Second, and Third Industrial Revolutions, every technological explosion and brief period of rapid productivity growth has offered backward nations a golden opportunity to overtake their rivals. At the end of the nineteenth century, another rare window of historical opportunity appeared, and t 278Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 63 Rising to Power, Starting in 1900 崛起，从1900开始 In 1900, at the dawn of the twentieth century, the Industrial Revolution, the Self-Strengthening Movement, the Hundred Days’ Reform, and the farcical Boxer uprising… Beset by internal strife and foreign threats, a vast ancient nation in the East teeters on the brink of collapse, its fate hanging by a thread. That year, a strange young man from Jiangnan, carrying modern knowledge and skills, plunges headlong into the whirlpool of a world in turmoil. 6.5kReads7.7Score27914d adds
- 64 Reborn as Kangxi: Rebuilding Splendor 穿成康熙：重建风华 (This novel follows a parallel history within a book. It does not involve altering history or denying historical facts.) After transmigrating into a book as the Kangxi Emperor, I get a second chance at life. The Three Feudatories, Oboi, the Dzungars, the Zheng clan, Tibet, Annam, Goryeo, Japan, the lands south of the seas, campaigns against Russia, and great expeditions west, south, and north: I'll take them all on. I'll implement new policies: establish new provinces, redistribute land, introdu 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 65 The Republican Era's Great Menace 民国大祸害 I’m a celebrity, Fan Debiao, better known as Nicholas Biao. I couldn’t even collect protection money on a single street. Somehow, I got into a scam and transmigrated, and not just once. I kept going back and forth. From then on, I wrecked the Qing dynasty until it fell, wrecked the Republic of China until it vanished, made the island nation surrender, drove America into poverty, and made the big Russian bear cry. Let the whole world tremble beneath my feet. This book is absurd comedy and contain 4.9kReads7.2Score35614d adds
- 66 The Gunshots of the Republic of China 民国的枪声 The gunfire that rang out across the three towns of Wuhan in October 1911 tolled the death knell of the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Hu, from the Dragon Nation of a later age, grips the rifle in his hands. What will he choose? To remain an obscure nobody, or to ride the crest of a great era? Reclaim our lands and restore the golden age of the Han and Tang dynasties? 52.9kReads7.2Score4.2k14d adds
- 67 Transmigrated to the Great Qing: I Am Qianlong 穿越大清之我是乾隆 [No System] + [Abolish the Eight Banners] + [Cut Off Braids and Adopt Western Dress] + [Industrial Revolution] + [Economic Boom] + [Population Explosion] + [Global Expansion] + [Chinese Empire] His soul transmigrates to the third day of the ninth month of 1735, the very day Qianlong ascends the throne. China is already facing a crisis sweeping across the world. The Newcomen steam engine has been in commercial use for twenty-three years. The spinning jenny will not be invented for another twenty 12.3kReads7.6Score66014d adds
- 68 A Dream in Another World 异时空之一枕黄粱 There are too many power fantasies online! Transmigrators can easily slaughter their way to victory. Doesn't that show too little respect for the great sages of the past? This book won't be a power fantasy. I only want to extrapolate events as realistically and plausibly as possible, for my own amusement. That's all. This story follows a modern electronics expert who transmigrates into the son of a merchant in the late Qing dynasty. He gradually builds up his strength and consolidates resources 108Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 69 Hawthorn L's Sixth Book 山楂L的第6本书 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your follows motivate me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 6.3kReads7.2Score32814d adds
- 70 Transmigrated to Republican-Era China, I Live Off Women and Give Nothing Back 穿到民国硬饭软吃 Qin Que, who arrives in the late Qing and early Republican era, has no grand ambitions. He just wants to survive the chaos with his beautiful wife and beloved companions. But Yuan Shikai appoints him military governor of Shanghai. What can he do? This hot potato is impossible to refuse, and it isn't easy to lie flat in a place every military power is fighting to control. Thankfully, Qin Que doesn't give up. After taking office, he keeps trying to find a way toward the laid-back life he wants. Bu 6.2kReads5.9Score27014d adds
- 71 Overthrowing the Qing, Starting by Robbing the Eight-Nation Alliance 反清，从抢劫八国联军开始 Historical fantasy + dual transmigration + pocket dimension + farming + struggle for supremacy. Shen Lian, a struggling young man from modern times, accidentally falls into the water and transmigrates to the late Qing dynasty. He obtains a dual-transmigration System that lets him travel back and forth. Watch how he uses modern knowledge and equipment to overthrow the Qing court and rebuild China. 74Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 72 1853: Reshaping the Han People's Realm 1853，重塑汉人天下 [Late Qing Dynasty] [Struggle for Supremacy] [Development] [No System] The third year of the Xianfeng reign, 1853 in the Western calendar. That year, Jinling fell, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom officially took control of Tianjing. Anti-Qing forces reached their peak. That year, Sun Huai'an formed a local militia in the name of defending his home and country, training his own new army. That year, the Small Sword Society launched an uprising in Shanghai, and Sun Huai'an knew his opportunity had 41.3kReads8.1Score3.4k14d adds
- 73 Ironblooded Western Regions: From the Start, I Take Out Galdan 铁血西域：开局结果了噶尔丹 Core slogan: Every inch of our land is paid for in blood. A son of Han must repay blood with blood and end war through war! In a word: From the deserts of the Western Regions to the map of the world, in this life, I will not kneel to the Qing court, so why fear the foreign powers? This blade cuts through three hundred years of humiliation and reforges the iron-blooded soul of China! No System! 🔥 I transmigrated to the early Qing dynasty and, from the start, struck down Galdan with my blade! Th 1.2kReads5.8Score—14d adds
- 74 No Retreat for the Lone Army: Shi Dakai Leads His Troops into Sichuan 孤军不北渡：石达开兵出四川 How many Chinese people still feel a pang of regret over Shi Dakai’s defeat at the Dadu River? Tang Shu, who made his home wherever he went and devoted himself to water conservancy, had never understood why his father gave him the name Shu, meaning “garrison.” Then one day, he transmigrated to the banks of the Dadu River in 1863 and took over Shi Dakai’s body. Only then did he understand that he was destined to face a calamity. How could he avoid being sliced apart piece by piece like a salmo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Turmoil of the Qing Dynasty 乱清 “Starting from scratch? Then we'll build a steel industry! Enemies too strong? Then we'll upgrade our guns and cannons! The Revolt of the Three Feudatories is right around the corner, so let the three sides fight it out and see who comes out on top. The colonial feast is past the halfway point, so we'll strike hard and leave the great powers nowhere to turn. No matter how treacherous the road ahead or how powerful the enemy, these proud transmigrators will write a different history through one s 1.2kReads8.3Score14014d adds
- 76 Transmigrating to 1911: This Warlord's Got Some Swagger 穿越1911这个军阀有点拽 [No System] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Slow-Building Warlord] + [Smart Characters] + [Industry and Technology] + [Global Conquest]. Read with caution if these aren’t for you. Original title: Transmigrating to 1911: This Warlord Is Pretty Daring Qin Yuan, a veteran transmigrator, arrives in Rongcheng, Xichuan, in an unknown era on his tenth transmigration. With money in one hand and a gun in the other, he seizes this opportunity and rises to power! In this life, 101Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 77 A Hundred System Soldiers Every Day: Fighting the War of Resistance to the End 每天100个系统士兵，抗战到底 (Note: This book is fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.) Li Hao transmigrates to a water-blue planet remarkably similar to Earth in its history. It is now the year 1932 by the planet's calendar, and many parts of the three northeastern provinces of Blue Star have been occupied by the Japanese. After Li Hao binds himself to a System that provides 100 soldiers every day, he goes from an ordinary man to steadily building up his strength, breaking the Japanese 1.1kReads5.9Score—14d adds
- 78 Trading for Weapons in the Late Qing: From Bandit to King of the Northeast 我在清末兑军火，从马匪到东北王 [Northeast China in the late Qing] [Rising from banditry] [Trading for weapons] [Brazen and overbearing] [Sweeping across the Northeast] [Swift steeds and fierce guns] (This is an alternate-history story. It is not based on real history or real events!) Du Zhendong was reborn in the late Qing Dynasty and headed to Northeast China to seek his fortune! At the time, the Three Eastern Provinces were swarming with bandit gangs. The Qing army had lost its power to intimidate. With a weapons-trading Sy 1.5kReads8.1Score15414d adds
- 79 Reforming the Qing: The Jiaqing Restoration 革清：嘉庆维新 Those who know Qing history all say that the Qing dynasty was already doomed by the Qianlong era. Its deep-rooted internal problems were impossible to reverse, the distribution of resources was wildly unequal and rife with conflict, and it shut its eyes and ears to the outside world, abandoning its own strength. A scholar from the late Qing transmigrates to the first month of the fourth year of the Jiaqing reign. Watch as he rewrites the course of history. Tags: Domestic reform, tributary diplom 2.8kReads—Score26814d adds
- 80 Hearing My Reborn Son's Thoughts as We Build a Nation in Nanyang 听见重生儿子的心声在南洋建国 My son is reborn!!! And I can hear his thoughts??? Uh… uh… First, let’s seize a foothold overseas and establish a country. “Dad, you’ve already done everything. What am I supposed to do now?” … 162Reads8.8Score10414d adds
- 81 1911: Reviving China 1911：重振华夏 A military exercise accident sent Li Siming back to the late Qing dynasty... At that time, the great powers were eyeing China hungrily, while a terrifying financial storm was quietly brewing in Shanghai. With the world in turmoil, what kind of waves will the restless-by-nature Li Siming stir up? 139Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 82 Reborn in the Late Qing: Looking Down on the Great Powers 重生清末之傲视列强 Battleships and Big Guns + Industrial Technology + The Rise of the Far East After transmigrating to a parallel world, I was always one step ahead technologically, with one advanced weapon after another! See how Chu Chen turns the tide in the most desperate of times! 8.6kReads8.3Score43614d adds
- 83 Forging the Mountains and Rivers: I'm Earth's Repairman 山河筑鼎：我是地球修理工 Because of an observational experiment conducted by the bored aliens, Xu Yimiao's consciousness transmigrates into a virtual-reality game world, arriving in the Guanzhong region of the Later Jin kingdom in Huaxia, on the planet Earth. For the sake of the show, the bored aliens give him a geographic remodeling device capable of moving mountains and filling seas. Stranded in a remote northwestern village from the start, he builds steel and guns with one hand and dams and power stations with the ot 403Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Qing Army Besieges Us: I Transmigrate to the Republic of China and Bring Back a Million Heavy Cannons 清军压境：穿越民国带回百万巨炮 [Traveling between worlds + Ming dynasty prince + Warring States era + Conquest] I can transmigrate between multiple worlds and have a storage space. Isn't that incredibly awesome? 5.3kReads8.5Score46314d adds
- 85 The Whole City Transmigrates, Building a China That Never Sets 全市穿越，打造中华日不落 Overnight, the entire city transmigrated to the tenth year of the Xianfeng Emperor's reign. At the time, Qingting was beset by troubles at home and abroad. The Longhairs swept across Jiangnan, the Anglo-French allied forces threatened the capital, and the great powers' ironclad ships and cannons pounded at the gates of the ancient nation. Yet the city that had arrived from another time faced a grave crisis of survival: food was scarce, energy supplies were failing, and the industrial supply chai 85.5kReads8.5Score7.1k14d adds
- 86 The Rise of a Great Nation: Invincible Since the Republic of China Era 大国崛起：从民国开始无敌 Lu Chen is reborn in the late Qing and early Republican era, a time of chaos, and obtains the Ultimate Family Sign-In System. He discovers that the more he raises his family’s overall strength, the better the rewards he receives from signing in. From the scholar, farmer, artisan, and merchant trades to medicine, culture, industry, military manufacturing, physical training, and cultivation, he can obtain it all. As his family grows stronger, his own lifespan increases without limit as well. “Ding 4.2kReads7.1Score27114d adds
- 87 Get on Board! It's Time to Overthrow the Qing and Restore the Ming 快上船，反清复明啦 Standing before you is Zhu Zaiming, His Majesty the Emperor of the Second Ming Empire: lord of Australia, savior of the Yin people, leader of the Americas, pioneer of the ironclad battleship, nightmare of Europe, dear friend of Napoleon, supreme leader of Eastern civilization, and father of the world… The story of the Second Ming’s rise begins with a group of Han people stranded in Australia… 187Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 88 Warlord: From Bandit to Marshal, I Will Defend the Northeast to the Death 军阀：土匪到大帅，我必死守东北 [Warlords] [Invincible] [System] [War of Resistance] [Not a brainless power fantasy] Northeast China in the late Qing dynasty: to the north, the Russian Empire watches hungrily; to the east, Japanese pirates wait for their chance. The imperial court is rotten, officials and bandits run rampant, the land lies desolate, and the people wail in misery. In Sanjie Gou, Qingmakan, Northeast China, Du Jieda is lost in thought. Just a few days ago, he was running a small company. In a daze, he somehow tr 2.9kReads8.4Score14514d adds
- 89 1890: Starting the Great Voyage by Climbing the Tech Tree 1890从爬科技树开始大航海 [Slow burn, national industry, rural development, great-power rivalry, hard-hitting naval warfare] Tang Xiaoyi found himself in a parallel world where the Age of Discovery had reached the late nineteenth century. The technology, wealth, and rivalries accumulated by every nation were on the verge of a final tipping point, ready to erupt. “The introduction of steam engines as ship propulsion ushered in a new revolution in navigation.” “Shipping grew faster and faster. It took just dozens of hours 157Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 90 I Rebelled Against the Qing Dynasty with a Library in Tow! 我在大清造反，随着带着图书馆！ My new work is out! You can read it 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! 114Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 91 A Fierce Battle at the Start: 1860 开篇激战1860 [An alternate-history story, not about transmigration. A sweeping ensemble tale of war spanning many years. A new spin-off story is coming soon.] This is a story set in a parallel world: A fierce battle at the very beginning saves the Garden of Gardens from disaster... In 1860, smoke from war rises everywhere. The land is devastated, and chaos reigns. Heroes emerge in turbulent times! But heroes are only human, too. They fight off invaders and protect countless lives. They pacify the land, enric 2.3kReads7.4Score16014d adds
- 92 Republican Era: Transmigrating to Manchuria, Unmatched with Gun and Horse 民国：穿越关东，枪马无双 In the Northeast in 1916, the fifth year of the Republic of China, Old Zhang commanded Fengtian Province, sharpening his blades as he set his sights on unifying the three northeastern provinces. The Royalist Party plotted to divide Manchuria and Mongolia and restore the Qing dynasty. The Japanese were ambitious, the Russians greedy and overbearing, and the British Empire was at the height of its power. In the capital, the power struggle between the Beiyang government and the presidential adminis 4.8kReads8.7Score29714d adds
- 93 Warlord: I Drew an Army of Ten Thousand from the Start 军阀：开局抽到一万军队 [Great Warlord] + [Troop Building] + [Conquer the Realm] “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve drawn a full-strength division!” … “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve drawn three fighter squadrons and three bomber squadrons!” … “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve drawn two naval fleets!” Chen Ziming, once a history teacher, transmigrates to another world by accident, becoming a minor regiment commander and activating the Empire Conquest System! Watch as a small-time commander slays his enemies 11.4kReads7.2Score51614d adds
- 94 The Great Ming Marines 大明海兵 On July 8, 538 of the Ming calendar, amid the thunderous cannon fire as the armored cruiser squadron clashed with the Japanese pirate fleet, Lieutenant General Zhu Xianqian, commander of the Central Fleet's Third Fleet, stood on the tactical bridge of the battleship Luzhou. He gazed at the Great Ming dragon banner flying proudly at the bow and declared, “Gentlemen, courage, the courage to press ever forward, is the greatest strength that keeps the Great Ming Navy thriving and undefeated!” 366Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 95 A Junior Banner Soldier in the Late Qing 清末小旗兵 Transmigrating to the late Qing was bad enough. To make matters worse, I became a soldier in the Eight Banners! Fu Ning thought he'd reached the end of the road, but since he was here, he might as well leave something behind. This is the story of a university student in an obscure field struggling to survive in a time of chaos, and of an ordinary person striving to change things in that era. 12.1kReads8.7Score94814d adds
- 96 Emperor Jiaqing: Turmoil in an Era of Preserving the Status Quo 嘉庆皇帝：守成时代的风雨飘摇 At a pivotal moment when the Qing dynasty was turning from prosperity to decline, one emperor remained shrouded in the mists of history. He inherited the fading glory of the “Qianlong Golden Age,” yet faced a dynasty riddled with hidden problems. He was determined to reform and root out corruption, but struggled to overcome the deep-seated rigidity of the system. He was the last “guardian of the dynasty’s legacy” in Chinese history, and a firsthand witness to the first signs of crisis on the eve 2.3kReads7.4Score11614d adds
- 97 Reborn in 1915: The Iron-Blooded Spirit 重生1915之铁血汉魂 Also known as: From Warlord of the Republic of China to Eternal Emperor! I Rule the Myriad Worlds! The early story is set in the Republic of China, and the later story features immortal martial arts. Don't read if that's not your thing! Our protagonist is brought to the Republic of China by a mysterious force. Watch as he makes his way from that era to the Myriad Worlds. Watch as he rises from a warlord to become the Eternal Emperor! Watch as he leads our Huaxia to fight among the stars! It turn 6.7kReads7.3Score18914d adds
- 98 The Young Emperor: Shunzhi 少年天子：顺治皇帝 This novel vividly recounts the short life of Fulin, the first emperor after the Qing entered the Pass. He ascends the throne at six, a puppet ruler under Dorgon’s regency, quietly gathering strength to rule in his own right amid the power struggles between Shengjing and the Forbidden City. After taking power at fourteen, he promotes a policy of “governing the Han with Han,” appoints Han officials, revises the laws, and attempts to “spread the tax burden across the population.” Yet conservative 4kReads7.8Score10014d adds
- 99 Emperor Yongle: The Iron-Blooded Throne and a Grand Vision of Prosperity 永乐大帝：铁血王座与盛世宏图 As we turn the pages of Ming dynasty history, the Yongle Emperor, Zhu Di, is undoubtedly one of its most controversial and legendary rulers. A prince of the imperial family, he raised an army to quell the rebellion and seized the throne amid the flames of war. After ascending the throne, he devoted himself to governing and ushered in the “Yongle Golden Age,” yet his iron-fisted methods and centralized rule also left their mark on history. Spanning the years from 1360 onward, this book is divided 1.1kReads7.8Score—14d adds
- 100 Hong Taiji: The Founding Emperor of the Qing Dynasty 皇太极：清朝开国皇帝 Emperor Hong Taiji: Founder of the Qing Dynasty follows the extraordinary life of Hong Taiji, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty. From the birth of the eldest son in Hetu Ala in 1592 to Hong Taiji's death in Shengjing in 1643, the book vividly portrays his transformation from a young beile to Emperor Taizong of the Great Qing. He fought alongside his father as a youth and first distinguished himself at the Battle of Sarhu. After succeeding to the throne, he abolished old practices, establi 4.6kReads7.9Score11714d adds
