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- 1 The Great Ming’s First Imperial Guard 大明第一禁卫 Wanli: I know everything. Acting? Who could possibly act better than me? Feng Bao: I am utterly loyal to the emperor, and I will surely be remembered in the history books. Oh! What's this treasure? Thank you, thank you, Marquis. May your descendants hold the marquisate for generations. Zhang Juzheng: Everyone else is drunk, but I'm the only one awake. What a bunch of cowards. Nurhaci: Hatred drives me, fear is instinct, keeping my distance is how I survive. Please, just leave me alone. Zhu Yingz 184Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 2 With the Power of One Cannon, I Became the Sun of the Late Ming 以一炮之力，成了明末的太阳 (Alternate history. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.) (Late Ming, conquest, emperor, status panel) The novel’s rating has only just appeared, so it’s low at first. It’ll gradually rise later. In a parallel late-Ming era, rebuild the Han dynasty for the third time! After transmigrating into a shantytown, he takes two lashes and is left to recover. He has no land or registration, and the authorities have already begun clearing out some of the shantytown residents. H 1.2kReads6.7Score123Shelves
- 3 Stop Acting! You’re Really Empresses?! 别演了！你们真是女帝？！ [Historical What-If + Multiple Heroines + Empress Love Triangle Showdowns + Gap Moe + Hilarious Power Fantasy] (Warning: These empresses can not only make money, but also act cute, and even… want to have your baby?) Li Ming, a top programmer, downloaded an “immersive murder-mystery roleplay” app to ease his anxiety about going bald from working 996. To unwind, he played life coach to a few online friends who were “too deep in character” every day: He taught “Chang’an Moonlight” how to force her —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Great Ming: My Mother Secretly Reads My Diary, and I Get Married Off Like Crazy 大明：母后偷看日记我被疯狂娶亲 [Against Zhu Yuanzhang] + [Against Zhu Biao] + [A loving mother and filial son] + [Chang Shi] + [Xu Miaoyun] + [Xu Miaojin] Zhu Gang is born into the Ming dynasty as its third prince and future Prince of Jin, Zhu Gang. Knowing history, he understands that the throne will never be his, so he decides to let loose. Using memories from his past life, he becomes a revered poet and catches the attention of the daughters of prominent clans. Since childhood, he and Chang Jie, the daughter of Chang Yuchu 265Reads6.4Score113Shelves
- 5 The Myriad Words Realm 万言界 In ancient times, there were no words, and heaven and earth were silent. The first living being, "Da Yin," spoke the first word. And so mountains became mountains, rivers became rivers, and all things came into existence through being named. From then on, speaking became a form of cultivation. The rules of this world are simple: those who speak the truth swear their way to sainthood, while those who lie become saints by making their lies come true. The two paths of cultivation, truth and lies, h 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Transmigrate to the Late Ming: Admiral of the Ming Dynasty 穿越明末：提督大明 Zhen: Commander Tong, I've already let you establish your own residence and office, granted you the same rank as the Three Excellencies, given you authority to act in my name, and bestowed the Nine Gifts upon you. You're practically a deputy emperor in charge of day-to-day affairs. What more do you want from me? Tong: Your Majesty, please understand the situation and stop interfering with my efforts to govern the realm! 20kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves
- 7 The Abandoned Land 遗地 Those who cannot let go of their obsessions cannot enter the cycle of rebirth, and are banished to the Wild Ruins. In the ancient, desolate ruins, where no day or night exists, the souls of the dead slowly fade away, returning to the world's embers. For a thousand years, no new souls entered this land of death. Then a soul from the modern world crossed the rift in the order of things. Wen Yu fell here by mistake. He knows nothing of this place's rules. He doesn't know that the Wild Ruins are 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Fellow Daoist, I Suggest You Give Up That Opportunity and Let Me Have It 道友，我劝你放弃机缘让我来 Forget cultivating immortality! I'll plunder the entire cultivation world! Life isn't going my way? In the cultivation world, I'm a living miracle! So what if I have a false spirit root? With the System at my fingertips, I'll seize everything and make it mine! I'll crush the chosen geniuses and snatch every opportunity! ✅ No romance ✅ No bleeding-heart saint ✅ A pure sigma male lead Self-interest above all, ruthless and decisive! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Great Ming: I Found My Younger Brother Zhu Wenzheng at the Foot of the Mountain 大明：下山捡到弟弟朱文正 [Martial arts]+ [No transmigration, no System]+ [Alternate history] You ask who I am? The man standing before you is Wang Baobao's nightmare, the strictest father on the steppe, the creator of the Ming dynasty's wheel-flattening strategy, the fiend who slaughtered more than a hundred thousand warriors in Japan, the butcher who executed those implicated in the Hongwu-era “First Case” and the “False Empress Case,” the Wu Prince who had a noble consort hanged in the palace without a second thought, 3.2kReads6.1Score156Shelves
- 10 I Guard the Northern Frontier for the Ming Dynasty 我替大明镇守北疆 In the early years of the Chongzhen era, after Wei Zhongxian falls, large numbers of officials are purged, and peasant uprisings begin to erupt. The Jisi Incident of the tenth month in the second year of Chongzhen accelerates the spread of the uprisings, ushering in twenty years of peasant warfare at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Can Lu Zheng use his advantages to change the Ming Dynasty's fate, or will he replace it himself? 1.9kReads8.1Score108Shelves
- 11 She Guarded the Lantern for Three Hundred Years 她守灯三百年 At the ferry crossing in Qingxi Town stands a nameless pavilion. Inside sits a girl who never grows old. She has guarded a green lamp for three hundred years. The townspeople say that anyone who asks her for directions will forget the next day what they asked. Only she remembers: the man who pushed her into the river on that rainy night, and his promise: "Guard the lamp for me. I'll come back and marry you." In three hundred years, he has been reincarnated a hundred times. Every time, he pas 31Reads—Score122Shelves
- 12 Great Ming: Transmigrating as the God of War Zhu Qizhen 大明：穿成战神朱祁镇 Chen Yang wakes up to find himself sitting on the dragon throne. The good news: he’s emperor. The bad news: he’s Zhu Qizhen, the “God of War” who lost the Ming Dynasty almost everything at the Tumu Crisis. The Oirat army is at the gates, the officials all have their own agendas, and before he can even secure his throne, he’s already facing a mountain of problems. Some at court hope he’ll return, while others hope he never comes back. Fortunately, Chen Yang was a programmer in his previous lif 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Snow Falls Late, Just in Time to Meet You 晚来雪万幸遇 A high school student’s perspective on Jiang Yu and Yu Sheng’s story, on the coincidences that brought Jiang Yu and Yu Sheng together, and on the feelings in their hearts. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Transmigrated to the Ming-Qing Transition, I Crowned Myself Pope of the Eternal Night 明末清初穿越，自封永夜教皇冕下 [Great Ming]+ [Late Ming]+ [Dark Theocracy]+ [Southern Ming]+ [Undead Legion]+ [Early Qing]+ [Qing Dynasty] Lin Fei died drunk, only to open his eyes in the Late Ming, surrounded by mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The world had become hell. Under the iron hooves of the Manchu Eight Banners and their Han Chinese traitors, the Chinese people faced extinction, and Chinese civilization was on the verge of disappearing. Fortunately, he had brought another hell with him when he transmigrated 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 I, Yan Shifan, Just Want to Slack Off, Not Die 我，严世蕃，只想摆烂不想死 A modern-day office worker and history blogger who loves ranting about history stays up late watching The Ming Dynasty in 1566 and cursing Yan Shifan, then transmigrates straight into the body of the newly adult young cabinet minister, before he has started getting himself killed. He comes with a built-in historical death-warning System: whenever he does something suicidal, he gets electrocuted and a pop-up appears: [Days until you get beheaded]. His only goal: slack off, stay alive, and keep hi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 There's a System in the Old Well Back Home 老家古井有系统 Transmigration + alternate history + multiple dynasties. One lifetime of experience, one lifetime of reincarnation. In each life, two people belong together, yet on the road, I am always alone. Other people's lives become my own path. Too many things witnessed, too many helpless moments. And still, I can never escape regret. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Bones of Chang'an, Great Tang 大唐长安骨 The Chang’an Bones of the Great Tang is a historical novel set around the An Lushan Rebellion of the Tang dynasty. The story follows Li Yan, who enters Chang’an as a coroner to avenge his wrongfully accused father, Li Shizhi. Using his intelligence and courage, he rises through the ranks, serving first as a general and later as a chancellor, and delves deep into the court and the battlefield. As he hunts for the real culprit, he gradually uncovers the Jinchan Society, a secret organization that 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Old Wei: Can You Still Shoulder the Blame? 老魏：这锅你还背的动吗？ You all want me dead? Then no one gets to live! I wield the eunuch faction as my blade and reform the Ming Dynasty. The eunuch faction holds sway across the court, while the Donglin Party has been beaten down to just a handful of stragglers. A god-tier start from the start. Doesn’t that mean I get the final say in court? Lift the maritime ban, reform commercial taxes, strip the nobles of their privileges, seize control of the military, redistribute land, clean up the bureaucracy, develop industr 355Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Border General 边将 The historical novel The Border General is set against the backdrop of the Ming Dynasty, with a major fortified town on the northern frontier as its stage. It portrays several generations of military commanders, represented by Du Ruzhen. The story touches on many major historical events along the Ming Dynasty's northern borders and depicts the everyday lives of the people there. It conveys the generals' loyalty to their country, as well as the purity and resolve of their emotional lives. The nov 155Reads9.0Score114Shelves
- 20 Late Ming: My Dad Won't Listen, So My Ancestors Will Step In! 明末：我爹不听话，祖宗会出手！ The Sixteen Ming Emperors, Nuclear-Harmonious Family, Old Zhu and His 1,382-Year-Old Rattan Cane, The Ming-Qing Showdown, Zhu Qizhen: Stay Away from Me!, and The Eternal Ming. Zhu Yong transmigrates into Zhu Cilang, the last Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, and gains the ability to travel between the sixteen Ming eras. At this point, the rebel bandit is closing in on the capital, with rebels inside the country, Jurchen invaders outside, and an unruly father at home. So he makes a decision that 374Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 21 Chongzhen: The Ming Dynasty Will Set the World Order 崇祯：世界秩序大明来定 [No System, no harem, meticulous historical research, hard-core technical details, solo transmigration to the late Ming dynasty.] After transmigrating into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, the fate awaiting him is no longer death on Coal Hill. Instead, he will forge a new realm from steel and smokeless gunpowder. The Westerners’ mighty ships and cannons? Against breech-loading guns with a range of ten li, capable of piercing armor and shattering ships, they are nothing but rotten wood waiting 3.8kReads7.9Score264Shelves
- 22 We Cultivate Immortality Now, and We Still Have to Take the College Entrance Exam? 都修仙了还要参加高考？ (Traditional cultivation novel! Invincible! Not mindless! No System! No harem!) Urban cultivation in the early stages, followed by traditional cultivation that advances step by step! Guaranteed to keep you hooked! From Earth to the Tianyuan Continent and then to the Outer Heavens, let's watch Lin Chen grow stronger one step at a time. A cultivation-world prodigy failed his tribulation and was reborn on Earth, where he started cultivating all over again. With a mortal body, he retraced the path o 5.7kReads7.2Score691Shelves
- 23 She Turned the Wheel of Fate 她翻开命运之轮 [Female-Oriented Interstellar Tarot Superpower Power Fantasy] [Reborn] [Comeback] [Ensemble Cast] [Funny, Feel-Good Character Growth] When Zang He opened her eyes, the selection for the Judgment Squad was three days away. In her previous life, she had been torn apart by a strange beast. The last words she heard before dying were: "Trash is trash. No one will miss you when you're dead." In this life, she stared at the rusty ceiling of the logistics cabin and found a tarot deck in her pocket. 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Great Ming: I Just Want to Be a Lowly County Magistrate 大明：我只想做一个小县令啊 The comic adaptation The Little County Magistrate of the Great Ming is now being updated. Come check it out! Two episodes of the animated comic with the same title are also available. Enjoy! [Historical wish-fulfillment fiction, focused on fun. If you're looking for historical research, this isn't for you. Don't take it too seriously! If anything's wrong, blame the dog of an author! Life is hard, so please leave a five-star rating.] "My lord! Under your governance, the people of Fengyang live in 23.1kReads7.6Score3.2kShelves
- 25 Great Ming: I'm Chang Yuchun's Younger Brother, and I Rewrite Ming History 大明：我常遇春亲弟弟，改写明史 What’s it like to transmigrate as Chang Yuchun’s younger brother? Chang Yulin says: The pressure is immense! Other people transmigrate and get a System from the start, with divine weapons dropping from the sky. He transmigrated at fifteen, malnourished, and ended up following his brother into banditry! Year 1355, beneath the walls of Hezhou. Liu Ju wanted to take them to raid Zhu Yuanzhang's army. Chang Yulin grabbed his brother, who was about to attack. “Brother! We can't raid them! That man w 9.2kReads8.6Score706Shelves
- 26 Great Ming: Why Has the Crown Prince Rebelled! 大明：太子何故造反！ He transmigrates as Zhu Cilang, the last Crown Prince of the Great Ming. But he arrives in the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign. In March of that year, Li Zicheng will enter Beijing, the Chongzhen Emperor will hang himself, and Zhu Cilang, as Crown Prince, will be handed over to Li Zicheng by his own maternal grandfather before ultimately being executed. Unwilling to sit back and await his fate, Zhu Cilang turns to a scorched-earth approach and sets out to restore the Great Ming. He upend 2.9kReads8.5Score198Shelves
- 27 The Benevolent Father of Great Ming, Zhu Qiyu 大明慈父朱祁钰 A month after transmigrating: “The despicable usurper ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor in Shuntian Prefecture.” Three months after transmigrating: “The spineless coward tries to hold on to the crumbling Ming Empire.” Two years after transmigrating: “That useless young punk actually thinks he can counterattack the steppe?” Five years after transmigrating: “The Zhu family’s prodigy, a reincarnation of Emperor Wen, has occupied the vast, boundless lands of East Asia!” Ten years afte 1.3kReads7.6Score104Shelves
- 28 Great Ming: Jiajing Is My Brother 大明：嘉靖是我哥 To my elder brother, A letter from your younger brother, Lu Bin. The situation in Jiangnan has become as bad as it can possibly get. I feel as if I'm trapped in a mire, struggling to find a way out. First, the most obvious problem is the Japanese pirates. They come from the sea, made up of desperate men who call themselves ronin. They are poor and have no fear of death, so smuggling merchants hire them and bring them inland. The Jiangnan army is no longer fit for purpose. Its equipment has falle 27Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 29 1582: The Ten Missing Days in the Ming Dynasty 1582：走进大明消失的十天 Open the calendar on your phone right now and scroll to the date after October 4, 1582. You’ll see that the calendar jumps straight to October 15. Ten whole days vanished from human history. The history books offer only a cold explanation: a calendar reform. But no one can explain what happened during those ten days. While researching archives, modern historian Lin Xuan stumbles upon a record that has been repeatedly crossed out and rewritten: “The ten days happened.” When he tries to uncover th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Warlord of Late Qing: Shu Marshal 清末枭雄：蜀帅 In 1905, he was the finest student at a Sichuan military academy, yet also the most notorious playboy in Chengdu’s pleasure quarter. He had meant to drink and make merry until the end of his days, but then came devastating news from home: his father had been killed by bandits. The flames of vengeance for his family burned away his reckless ways. He abandoned his prospects in the New Army and returned home, beginning his path to warlord rule by organizing a local militia. 727Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 31 Reborn as Lanling Wang, My Fortune Defies Heaven and Changes My Fate 重生兰陵王，我气运加身逆天改命 If you'd like to read a story about the Three Kingdoms of the later Northern and Southern Dynasties, featuring Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, and the Southern Dynasties, this book will not disappoint. It brings that complex, chaotic era to life in clear, accessible language. This story stays close to the historical record. The author consulted many documents from the period, though some of the vocabulary is modern and the story is told in straightforward language. Please forgive any lack of rigor i 23.3kReads8.4Score3.2kShelves
- 32 Great Ming: From the Start with a Rope, Ending with a Bowl 大明：开局一根绳，结束一个碗 [Late Ming + War + Political intrigue + Chongzhen] Zhu Hengyuan accidentally transmigrated into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian, on the eighth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign. The Ming dynasty was less than eleven days from its fall, already gravely ill and close to death. The Jurchens threatened from outside, rebels ravaged the interior, and natural disasters and human calamities came one after another. Fortunately, he discovered he had two g 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Sword Opens the Path of Destiny 剑启命途 [Dual Protagonists · Divine Artifacts · Mysteries of Their Origins · Ensemble Cast at War · Eastern Fantasy · Passionate Growth · Political Intrigue and Hegemony] The amnesiac Crown Prince of Yuancang is about to embark on a journey of blood and tears. In his left eye is reflected a jade-green sword deep at the bottom of a well. In his right eye is someone holding a black-and-red sword, a kindred spirit who shares his suffering. He looks up. The banner proclaiming, "Serve Heaven, Become Benevol 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Chongzhen: A New Era Dawns 崇祯：日月新天 Also known as: “Reborn in a New Life: The Tyrant Chongzhen Slays! Slays! Slays!” and “The Ming Empire: Commands the Seven Continents from Coal Hill” The Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian, dreams of seventeen years and wakes on the eve of his coronation! In his dream, he witnessed the fall of his country and the destruction of his family, his suicide by hanging on Coal Hill, and the grim future of the Manchu invasion and a century of national humiliation! This time, armed with memories of the twenty 14.9kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves
- 35 Great Ming: From the Start, I Snatched Da Yuer 大明：开局截胡大玉儿 In the first year of the Chongzhen era, Pi Island runs out of food, and 20,000 soldiers and civilians are on the brink of death. With worry turning his temples white, Mao Wenlong watches as his son Mao Chengzong awakens after a single dynasty. The fool who had played dumb for twelve years now possesses Li Cunxiao's peerless strength: he lifts a thousand-catty stone lock with one hand and sweeps the island's military bullies aside. The Later Jin ruler Hong Taiji sees Pi Island as a thorn in his s 4.9kReads6.8Score431Shelves
- 36 Reborn in the Three Kingdoms: No One Can Unmask My Low-Key Persona 全三国重生，我老六身份藏不住了 (Modern-era Sima Yi at his strongest vs. the strongest Zhuge village girl in history) (The wildest unofficial Three Kingdoms history on Tomato, a mastermind behind the scenes, thrilling schemes, top-tier mind games, and a villainous BOSS protagonist) [Please draw your identity...] [Your identity this round is: Sima Yi.] Three Kingdoms Kill veteran Lin Yi: A traitor round? As long as I keep my head down, I can become the Founding Ancestor of Jin? [Your opponents this round are: the reborn Wei Mar 83.5kReads8.9Score10.9kShelves
- 37 Great Ming: The Zhu Family’s Image Crumbled After They Heard My Thoughts 大明：读我心后，老朱家人设崩了 Zhu Xiongying transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty and became Zhu Biao's newborn son. Chang noticed she could hear her precious son's thoughts. Was Lü up to something? Would her son still die young? Chang couldn't take it anymore. Zhu Biao discovered that he could hear his son's thoughts too. Fourth Brother would rebel in the future? Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Di, who had just turned ten. Zhu Di trembled with fear. After Zhu Biao figured out what was going on, he had the imperial physician check his pu 35Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 38 Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang 孝庄太后 Set against the historical events from the founding of the Qing dynasty through its rise to the prosperous Kangxi and Qianlong eras, this book tells the story of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. With her boundless maternal love and selfless devotion, she supported two young rulers, her six-year-old son Shunzhi and her eight-year-old grandson Kangxi, and served as the model for all under heaven, guiding the Qing dynasty toward prosperity. 1.1kReads9.6Score108Shelves
- 39 If You Want Me to Hang Myself Like the Chongzhen Emperor, Then I'll Keep You Hanging 要我当崇祯上吊，那就吊着你们玩 [Political intrigue] + [Conquest] + [No System] + [High-Stakes Action] + [Ruthless Combat] I’ll use extreme micro-management to win a high-level game! On my second day after transmigrating, they’re already forcing me to hang myself? Bandit rebels besiege the city, the Jurchen are at the gates, and the generals in command refuse to come to the emperor’s aid! Lin Gufan, now Zhu Youjian, issues ten commands in a row! Can Chongzhen escape the capital alive with his entire family in tow? The Ming Dyn 2.3kReads8.9Score156Shelves
- 40 The Ming Dynasty's Junior Banner Officer 大明小旗官 The first day of the seventh month, in the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong reign. Xuanfu Garrison. A battlefield surgeon transmigrates into the lowest-ranking Ming Dynasty officer, a squad leader with ten soldiers under him, a monthly salary of two and a half qian, and a life hanging by a thread. He knows all too well that in forty-five days, at Tumu Fortress, half a million Ming troops will be wiped out in a single night. He also knows that in one hundred and ninety-five years, the Ming Dynast 72Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 A Farming Diary from the Late Ming Dynasty 明末种田日记 At Greenwater Academy, Li Qi only wants to clear land and farm, making sure his people have enough to eat. But the dynasty is on the verge of collapse, and a chaotic age is coming. To keep civilization from being buried, he has no choice but to fight back. Li Qi clears land, farms, builds ships and factories, digs canals, and raises an army, all for the sake of protecting himself. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The New Longwu Army of Southern Ming 南明龙武新军 During the reign of the Longwu Emperor of the Southern Ming, the Battle of Ganzhou began! Zhang An transmigrated as a general of the Longwu New Army, starting off with a crushing defeat at Meilin. A beautiful woman amid the chaos is my wife. Together with her, I'll wage war and bring order to the realm. The Battle of Ganzhou is brutal. Ordered to escort the Longwu Emperor, Zhang An fails, but saves a princess instead. After Ganzhou falls, Zhang An unites the counties in the mountains of Jiangxi, 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 A Popular History of the Eastern Jin and Western Jin Dynasties 两晋通俗演义 [An introduction to history, a complete history of the Two Jin dynasties, a popular episodic novel, an accessible read about official history, the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms] If you want to make sense of the confusing history of the Two Jin dynasties and the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms, this popular retelling of the Two Jin period is an excellent introduction. Cai Dongfan uses accessible storytelling to unravel complex historical records, eschewing dry classical textual analys 14Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 44 The Winds of Change in Great Ming: This Guy Has Stopped Acting Human! 风起大明，这货不做人了！ [Steal Jade and Savor Fragrance] [Scheming Power Plays] [Bloody Wars] [Partly Feel-Good] The Four Great Beauties: Xi Li, Zhang Yan, Hailanzhu, and Chen Yuanyuan. Fierce! Fierce! Fierce! The intensity never lets up! The Stick-Striking Case, the Red Pills Case, the Palace Relocation Case, the Fall-Into-the-Water Case, the Battle of Guangning, the Battle of Liuhe, the Battle of Ningyuan, the Wang Gongchang Explosion, Wei Zhongxian's living shrine... One astonishing historical truth after another, e 1.3kReads7.0Score106Shelves
- 45 Late Ming Warlord: Kill, Never Spare 晚明枭雄，只杀不渡 A revenge-and-comeback story about a Ming Dynasty native: no transmigration, no cheat powers, and no System From the start, bookkeeper Wang Xing breaks a seemingly hopeless deadlock. After his master is murdered, he repeatedly uses the trick of hiding in plain sight to survive against all odds. To stay alive, he has no choice but to sell himself into the service of the "She-Devil." With the meticulous calculations of an abacus, his schemes evolve from underworld tricks to political intrigue at c 421Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Tyrant of Great Ming: From Crushing Wei Zhongxian to Ascending the Throne 大明暴君：从镇压魏忠贤登临帝位 Political intrigue, passion, espionage, ruthless action, conquest, no System "Rest easy, Imperial Brother. Your younger brother will inherit the kingdom." Wei Zhongxian intends to use a pregnant palace maid to plot for the throne? "Heh, what master gets bitten to death by his own pet?" A severe drought in Shaanxi? The people are starving to death? "Annam has been Ming territory since ancient times. Is it really too much for Us to take some grain?" The southeastern civil officials are rebelli 237Reads7.5Score101Shelves
- 47 Ming Secrets: The Worthless Rule the Land 大明秘闻，刍狗当道 [Schemes and Intrigue] [Dark Power Struggles] [Imperial Palace Secrets] [The Shifting Nature of Humanity] [No System, Not Pure Wish Fulfillment] [No Idiots, No Dumbing Down] The Zhu Ming Dynasty was once the world's wealthiest, strongest, and most populous feudal dynasty, ruled by absolute imperial authority with power balanced to perfection. But the Zhu Ming Dynasty also bore every sign of an impending dynastic collapse: land seized into the hands of a few, the treasury in ruins, border threats 2.1kReads8.8Score174Shelves
- 48 Great Ming: My Brother Is Zhu Chongba, and My Nephew Is the Yongle Emperor, Zhu Biao 大明：我哥朱重八，侄永乐帝标子 A young master from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners was unexpectedly born into the late Yuan Dynasty. When Zhu Yuanzhang rose up against the Yuan, he followed Li Zhen and joined him. After earning merit as a boy, he was adopted by Old Zhu as a son in his drunkenness and given the name Zhu Chongshi. He became the only prince of a commandery in the Ming with an unusual two-character title. Xu Miaoyun refused to marry anyone but him. He was determined to become the richest, m 17.6kReads8.2Score779Shelves
- 49 Reborn in the Ming Dynasty, I Become the Emperor Everyone Calls a Tyrant! 魂穿大明，天下成我为昏君！ (The Spirit of the Ming Dynasty) No System, no golden finger. Everyone says I am a foolish, reckless emperor who indulges in pleasure. But who knows that beneath this body's surface lies a soul from the modern world? I feign madness to fool the court, while secretly making plans, reforming the government, opening up the seas, and expanding the realm. When the day comes for sails to stretch across thousands of miles, the whole world will kneel at the feet of the Ming Dynasty! 1.7kReads—Score101Shelves
- 50 Great Ming: Bandit General, Sage of War, Great Rebel 大明，山贼大将军，兵圣大反贼 [No mindless characters, no pure power fantasy] [The dark side of human nature in the halls of power] [The truth behind the Ming emperors' frequent untimely deaths] [Monsters and demons at the end of a dynasty] [Cunning] [Scheming for the realm] The Ming Dynasty is incredibly unlucky: internal strife, foreign threats, natural disasters, man-made calamities, fiscal collapse, factional infighting... every condition for a dynasty's fall has come together. In the first year of the Taichang reign, a 2.5kReads8.4Score194Shelves
