Novels like The Iron-Boned Ming, Zhu Qizhen the Fortress Emperor
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- 51 I, the Ming Dynasty’s Restorer: Emperor Shizu 我，再造大明，明世祖 Go ahead and stir things up. Keep at it until Tomato has no good stories left and historical fiction has fallen into decline, and then my masterpiece will make its debut. We’re the ones carrying the torch for historical fiction on Tomato. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 I Transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty as the Emperor’s Brother-in-Law and Saved Zhu Xiongying from the Start 穿越大明成国舅，开局救了朱雄英 In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Xiongying, the Emperor’s eldest grandson, dies, and his body disappears. Not long afterward, a young doctor arrives in the capital with a small apprentice. Thanks to his exceptional medical skills, he quickly becomes the talk of the town. His apprentice, in particular, looks almost exactly like the Emperor’s eldest grandson. “My father died young, leaving me only a compass and a white lotus jade pendant. Before my mother passed away, she said I had an older s 4.4kReads5.4Score71514d adds
- 53 The Veritable Records of the Chongzhen Emperor 崇祯实录 The Veritable Records of the Chongzhen Reign 89Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 54 Dusty Dreams of Southern Ming 尘梦南明 In 1645, the first year of the Hongguang reign. The realm lies in ruins, Qing troops advance south, and war and displacement engulf the Central Plains. Wang Mochen, an ordinary man from the modern era, unexpectedly transmigrates into this age of chaos. At first, he is overwhelmed by fear and uncertainty, helpless and in constant danger of losing his life. He awakens a System that seems capable of helping him survive in this troubled world, but its conditions are harsh and its price steep. It wil 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Ming Dynasty Overseas Soldier: Slapping Chongzhen from the Start 大明海外悍卒：开局掌掴崇祯 [Alternate History] + [Parallel World] + [Great Ming] + [System] + [Multiple Heroines] On the nineteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, a white silk noose atop Coal Hill was about to bring an era to an end. Just as Chongzhen kicked away the stone he was standing on, a lowly soldier from a Great Ming overseas garrison teleported back and slapped him across the face! “Die? Who gave you permission to die?!” “Dying is easy. The hard part is living to fight the Q 3Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 56 Great Ming: From Humble Beginnings to Duke of the Highest Rank 大明：从寒门到超品公爵 Lin Wenyuan, a modern scholar of Ming history, died suddenly and awoke in Suzhou in the fifth year of Hongzhi, inhabiting Shen Yan, a penniless orphan whose parents were dead and who was near death with a raging fever. From the start, he was caught in the great Su-Song flood recorded in the history books. He used a dream from his “father” to report the disaster, traded his mother’s keepsakes for food, and plugged the walls with plant ash. Even in desperate straits, his talent began to shine. At 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Peasant Wars of the Late Ming Dynasty (Revised Edition) 明末农民战争（修订版） The late Ming peasant wars of the 1630s through the 1670s were the longest-running and largest-scale peasant wars in ancient Chinese history. Drawing extensively on official and private writings as well as archival records, the author gives a meticulous account of their development and impact. Carefully reviewed and expanded by the author, this revised edition presents readers with a sweeping historical panorama. 32Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 58 Reborn in the Great Ming, with My Eldest Brother Dead from the Start 魂穿大明，开局大哥陨落 An accident sends his soul back a hundred years. After another mishap, he becomes Mu Sheng, the son of Mu Ying. To everyone else, Zhu Yuanzhang is a ruthless, cold-blooded emperor. But in Mu Sheng's eyes, this supreme ruler has a tenderness and vulnerability that history never recorded. He saves the emperor's eldest grandson, Zhu Xiongying, protects Empress Ma, and turns the tide as a young man, earning a title of nobility in a single battle! From then on, the course of Ming history is utterly 681Reads—Score10414d adds
- 59 Late Ming: After I Expose Myself as a Transmigrator, Wei Zhongxian Breaks Down! 明末：自曝穿越后，魏忠贤哭了！ After transmigrating to the end of the Ming dynasty, Liu Yu becomes a seventh-rank censor. Looking at the Great Ming ship on the verge of sinking before him, he drops all pretenses! Liu Yu: “Zhu Youjian, do you believe me now when I say I’m a transmigrator?” Zhu Youjian: “I suppose I do... What do you think of Wei Zhongxian?” Liu Yu: “Wei Zhongxian is the most loyal subject in all of the Great Ming. You must not kill him, Your Majesty!” Wei Zhongxian: “If you don’t reject me, my lord, I’d be hon 36.6kReads8.5Score3.6k14d adds
- 60 The Dying Ming: A Desperate Poor Man Falls into Ruin, Then Defends China Again? 残明：坠入舍命穷人，再守华夏？ [Late Ming Dynasty + No System + War + Military Life + Not a Power Fantasy + An Ordinary Man Protects China] To drive out the invaders, he chooses to become a blade, soaring like a hawk through the skies. When he opens his eyes again, the smoke of war has yet to clear, and the land has already changed. There are no advanced weapons and no foreknowledge of history. He can fly a fighter jet through the skies, but he cannot stop the starving from eating one another. He is skilled at armed night swi 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Iron-Blooded Bandit King 铁血闯王 He was once the most ordinary stable hand at Yinchuan Post Station, spending every day among relay horses and official documents. Then, in the first year of the Chongzhen reign, the order to abolish the post stations took away his last means of putting food on the table. He remembered the torn straw mat beneath his mother when she starved to death. He remembered the landlord's cruel face as he demanded payment. He remembered the numbing shock in his palm when he raised his hoe and smashed it aga 683Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 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 3kReads7.5Score19014d adds
- 63 I'm a Military Engineer, and You Want Me to Save the Ming? 我一搞军工的，你让我拯救大明？ [Traditional history] [Historical farming and development] [Survival in a chaotic age] [No System] [Military-industrial system] [Late Ming power struggle] Qin Feng, a technician at an arms manufacturing group and a major military history forum influencer, opens his eyes to find himself a low-ranking border officer in the second year of the Chongzhen reign, with only ten men under his command. Three days later, Hong Taiji’s fifty thousand Eight Banners troops breach the frontier. Historically, no 2.9kReads6.8Score18414d adds
- 64 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! 982Reads—Score10114d adds
- 65 A Ming-Era Deserter: I Wanted to Lie Low, but the Turbulent Times Forced Me to Draw My Blade 明末逃卒：想苟，乱世却逼我拔刀 [No System + Hardcore Survival + Internally Consistent Logic + Meticulous Details + No Mindless Power Fantasy + Relentless Bloodshed] A dung fork from the start, and everything else has to be looted? Wang Feng, an engineering guy who moonlights as a martial arts stuntman, gets knocked unconscious with a club and wakes up in the chaotic final years of the Ming dynasty! There’s no overpowered System, and he has no kingly aura. All he has is a group of ragged, starving deserters. At his side ar 245Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 A New Era of Splendor 再启风华 Zhu Youjun was a history buff, and an unshakable Ming loyalist to boot. Time and again, he tried to tell the Ming’s detractors online about the dynasty he saw in his heart. Unfortunately, he wasn’t the sort to trade insults, so to some people, all his efforts were nothing but a joke. Then, after one particularly heated and decidedly unfriendly online debate, he reached out with a sweat-soaked hand to switch off his computer, and something unexpected happened... When he opened his eyes again, eve 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 I Pursue Sea Power in the Late Ming Dynasty 我在明末搞海权 He wakes up to find himself a poor thousand-household commander in southern Liaodong on the eve of the Battle of Sarhu, with the military garrison so rotten that only a list of phantom soldiers remains. Lin Yi just laughs. First, he cleans out the corrupt officials and introduces “performance reviews,” then wins over the eunuch inspector with seafood hot pot. The Later Jin cavalry are fierce? He’ll use coastal artillery and economic warfare to fleece Huang Taiji until he’s bankrupt. Who says the 171Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Blood Runs Red: Zhang Xianzhong and the Great Western Army 血流红：张献忠与大西军 In June 1645, Zhang Xianzhong captured Chongqing. Sweeping westward with unstoppable momentum, his army left blazing fires and blood-soaked roads in its wake. On August 9, after taking Chengdu, Zhang Xianzhong wasted no time in holding a founding ceremony and ascending the throne as emperor of the Great Western Kingdom. From the very first day Zhang Xianzhong took up residence in the Shu Prince's Palace in Chengdu, the country knew no peace. His forces were locked in repeated battles with Li Zic 179Reads9.4Score11414d adds
- 69 Reviving the Great Ming: A Lone Minister Founds Constitutional Rule 中兴大明，我以孤臣开宪政 The protagonist, Su Ran, transmigrates into another world when the Tianqi Great Explosion occurs. Through a stroke of fortune, he takes over the original owner’s body and enters the chaotic final years of the Ming Dynasty. See: A modern transmigrator versus the chosen one of the age. Heaven itself seems determined to help the Qing, the chosen ones of this world, sending one disaster after another: droughts, locust plagues, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis... A whole new game of political intrigue, 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: I Am the Great Ming’s Sagely Founder! 崇祯十七年：朕乃皇明圣祖！ He transmigrates back to New Year’s Eve in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. The Ming dynasty is on the verge of collapse, officials are corrupt, rebel armies press on, and the Manchus watch like tigers poised to pounce. In his previous life, he governed diligently for seventeen years, only to become the ruler who lost his country. In this life, Zhu Youjian will endure no more! Confiscate corrupt officials’ fortunes to raise a million soldiers’ pay; Take in the refugees outside the city and put —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Mad Dragon of Liaodong 辽东狂龙 On that rainy night on Shuangdao, Mao Wenlong, a wronged soul who had lingered for fifteen years, was reborn. When he used the imperial sword in his hand to cut off Yuan Chonghuan's head, he knew that nothing would ever be the same again... 144Reads9.4Score10514d adds
- 72 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 5kReads6.8Score45414d adds
- 73 The Invincible Soldier King of the Late Ming Saves the Empire 明末无敌兵王挽天倾 A modern strategic forces veteran codenamed “Dragon King” transmigrates into the body of the most formidable commander in the Ming dynasty, Xiong Tingbi’s own son! It is the first year of the Tianqi reign. Liaodong is in ruins, the court is riven by infighting, and the empire teeters on the brink of collapse. Other transmigrators get a hellish start, but I’m at my peak from the start! With command of Liaodong’s strongest army and military knowledge from centuries in the future, I’ll use flintloc 2Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 74 Transmigrating to the Zhengde Era: Restoring the Dynasty, Starting with the Seizing of the Gate 穿越正德：从夺门开始中兴 In the sixteenth year of the Zhengde reign, I “died.” When I opened my eyes, I had become Zhu Houzhao, the Zhengde Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The good news: I had transmigrated, and I was an emperor. The bad news: According to my “death edict,” I had been dead for three days. The new emperor, Jiajing, was on his way to the capital to seize the throne. The entire court, including my birth mother, was busy arranging my funeral and welcoming the new ruler. The even worse news: Grand Secretary Yan 183Reads6.8Score10414d adds
- 75 Ming Dynasty Commander: Defending the Empire with Blood and Steel 大明督师：铁血护明 Hong Zhiming, a special forces soldier, transmigrates into the late Ming dynasty and becomes Hong Chengchou, Governor-General of Jiliao, on the eve of Songshan’s fall. On his left is the historical burden of being branded a turncoat; on his right, the blades of 60,000 Eight Banner cavalrymen, ready to massacre the city! Cut off from supplies? He sifts out two shi of coarse rice to make thin porridge, mixes rocks with gunpowder to make crude bombs, and uses special forces tactics to turn the rem 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Chongzhen Emperor of the Great Ming: I Don't Want to Hang Myself 大明崇祯：朕不想上吊 Conquer the land of the Japanese pirates, push all the way to the Arctic Circle, seize Antarctica, and advance into the Atlantic. Wherever the sun and moon shine shall be Ming territory. The Chongzhen Emperor is a ruler who has no intention of hanging himself. With his iron-willed ministers, surrendered warlords, and brilliant practical scholars, he carves out the revival of an empire from the ruins. Zhu Youjian tosses his edict aside. “I received the Mandate of Heaven. How could I hang myself a 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 System Thinking Rebuilds the Ming Dynasty 系统思维重构大明 Lin Che, a modern-day PhD in philosophy, transmigrates into the late Ming dynasty as a minor official in the Ministry of Rites. He has no gunpowder technology or imperial charisma, only a deadly arsenal of ideas: systems theory and data modeling. When Chongzhen is overwhelmed by the cost of supplying the Liaodong front, Lin Che presents him with a “Twelve-Step Flowchart of Military Pay Diversion.” When the officials bicker over the Shaanxi unrest, he produces a “Livelihood Pressure Risk Forecast 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Reborn in the Ming Dynasty: This Fool Wants to Be a Prince! 重生大明，这个傻子要封王！ Hello, my name is Zhu Chengze. The Zhu from Zhu Yuanzhang’s family! In my previous life, I was born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and joined the army as a young man. During a battle, the enemy riddled me with bullets and sent me back several centuries to the Ming dynasty. I transmigrated into the body of an idiot... At first, I planned to accept my fate. Only later did I learn that the Hongwu Emperor was my great-uncle. And later still... by a stroke of luck, I cure 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Shen Clan 沈阀 Shen Yan awakens in the body of a young man, facing a disastrous start: no System, no mindless power fantasy, and no invincibility. There are political schemes to navigate. In the early stages, he uses modern knowledge, arranges a marriage alliance, and avenges his mother. In the middle stages, he enters the imperial court, builds up his power, and advances technology. Later, he unlocks the sulfur-based gunpowder technology tree and fights for dominion over the seas. His mighty ships and cannons 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 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
- 81 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
- 82 The Civil and Martial Arts of Song 文宋武略 A 996 overworked employee at an electronics company transmigrates to the Northern Song. He uses modern knowledge to develop the salt industry, then draws on his knowledge of later history to anticipate Wang Jun’s rebellion and prepare for it in advance, intervening in the course of history. He also puts his knowledge of the later imperial examinations to use, entering officialdom through the child prodigy exam. He develops the economy, creates military equipment, and reorganizes the army, leadin 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Transmigrate to the Late Ming and Become a Bomb Maniac 穿越明末之炸弹狂人 A fugitive is cast into the hell of late Ming China. No golden finger, no System to guide him, transmigrating is the only advantage he has. When modern killing skills collide with a decaying age, he belongs to neither side, yet with the bombs in his hands, he will make the whole world remember who the true hunter is. 1kReads6.7Score10114d adds
- 84 Transmigrated as a Young Lord: The System Is Full of Stunning Female Powerhouses 穿越世子：系统全是绝色女大佬 A bolt of lightning sends Wang Zhiwei, his current girlfriend Lin Rou, and his ex, Li Yufei, into a war-torn era of rival states. His father holds the position of chancellor and has long been chipping away at the imperial power of Southern Tang, secretly plotting to seize the throne. While other transmigrators get a data-panel System, Wang Zhiwei encounters the Heavenly Court's bizarre reincarnation rules. The three support Systems are all reincarnated as living people in the mortal world. The H —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Rebuilding the Great Ming: I Am Crown Prince Zhu Cilang 重建大明，我是太子朱慈烺 In the final years of the Chongzhen reign, during the Little Ice Age, the empire is beset by internal strife and external threats. The land lies in ruins, the people live in misery, and corpses of the starved litter the fields. As Zhu Cilang, rightful heir to the Great Ming, I must turn the tide, restore order, and rebuild the empire from the ground up. —Reads—Score114d adds
- 86 Crown Prince Zhaoming 昭明太子 A historical biographical novel centered on Crown Prince Xiao Tong of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Blending court intrigue, the smoke of war, the bond between father and son, and literary ideals, it breathes vivid life into the framework of historical fact and captures both the warmth and the tragedy of a crown prince who seemed perfect in every way. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 A Low-Ranking Official in a Late Ming County Town 明末县城小吏 [In the Seventh Year of Tianqi, I Rewrite My Fate by Becoming a Low-Ranking Clerk] In the seventh year of Tianqi, I transmigrated into the body of cannon fodder drafted in Liaodong. Refuse to go to Liaodong, and I die. Go to Liaodong, and death is almost certain. To stay alive, I took a desperate gamble and infiltrated the county yamen, starting out as the lowest-ranking clerk. No System, no golden finger, no memories from a past life to help me. I had only my own courage and an instinct for su 10.7kReads7.7Score90414d adds
- 88 Transmigrate to Become Emperor, Save Great Ming and Lead It to the Peak 穿越做皇帝，救大明走向巅峰 A university student transmigrates into the Ming dynasty, where Zhu Qiyu lifts the ban on maritime trade. They drive the Japanese pirates east, campaign against the Oirat Mongols in the north, reach Europe in the west, and establish a modern Silk Road. They restore maritime trade supremacy and reestablish the financial dominance of Ming paper currency. Pure wish fulfillment. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 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—14d adds
- 90 Chongzhen: I Bloodbath the Donglin Party from the Start 崇祯：开局血洗东林党 A special forces soldier transmigrates into Chongzhen. He hasn’t even warmed the dragon throne before petitions demanding donations pile up like a mountain. The treasury is so empty even rats have run off, the soldiers guarding the nine frontiers are starved to skin and bone, and the whole Donglin faction knows only how to kowtow and plead poverty. Looking at these “loyal ministers,” all fat and soft, Lu Feng laughs. He draws the emperor’s sword. “Fine, if none of you have money, then I’ll start 16Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 91 I Was a Dog in My Previous Life 前世是一条狗 (Tales of the Ming Dynasty!) Huang Quan, a city boy crushed by his family of origin, the college entrance exam, and other pressures, goes through every day in a daze... When he sees pet dogs being cared for better than people, he really wishes he could be a pampered dog in his next life. But a freak lightning strike sends him back 580 years, into his past life during the Zhengtong era of the Ming Emperor Yingzong. And in that past life, he really was a dog: a Taihang hound belonging to a mil 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Great Ming: My System Is Invincible 大明：我的体系强无敌 Special forces king Wang Xiaowei transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty and becomes a low-ranking official in the Ministry of War, looked down on by everyone. While others rely on a System or their knowledge of poetry after transmigrating, he has a copy of Modern Military Organization and Management. Killing enemies? That’s far too basic. What he wants to do is perform a “system overhaul” on the decaying Ming dynasty. He replaces corruption with standardized procedures, uses a general staff to s 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Transmigrate to the End of the Ming: Survival on the Loess Plateau 穿越明末：黄土高原求生 In the chaotic final years of the Ming dynasty, famine strikes year after year. The Loess Plateau is a barren wasteland stretching for miles, its fields littered with the dead. The modern young man Shen Zi'ang unexpectedly transmigrates into this troubled era, arriving in the desolate ravines of the Loess Plateau with survival knowledge and skills far beyond his time. (No System, no golden finger.) Oppressive policies, roving bandits, and natural disasters batter the common people in turn. In de 7.5kReads7.6Score67914d adds
- 94 The Wind Rises, the Geese Return Through the Snow 风起雁归雪 She was renowned throughout the land for her talent, yet her life was full of misfortune. Born into a family of scholars, she was nurtured by her father's profound learning. But after he offended the powerful, she was forced to flee to Jiangnan. Her first love was as beautiful as a dream, yet as dazzling and fleeting as fireworks. Then war swept across the land, and she fell into the hands of the Xiongnu, forced to leave her homeland for twelve years. By some twist of fate, every man she met lov 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Dual Transmigration: My Villa Connects to the Ming Dynasty 双穿：我家别墅通大明 [The rating just came out, and I have no idea whether it'll go up later!] [Hongwu era] [Sweet romance] [One heroine] [Comedy] [Mutual transmigration] [Political intrigue] [The emperor's trusted confidant] [Imperial son-in-law of the Great Ming] [Absolutely handwritten, no AI] [Important notice: The "young lady" tag was clicked by mistake and can't be changed.] I'm Wang Buyào, a rich second-generation kid. I have three great loves in life: video games, staying home, and resisting marriage pressur 2.1kReads6.9Score10114d adds
- 96 How Did You Transmigrate Too? 你怎么也穿越了？ Main characters: Two male leads. Jiang Tian, 27, a modern sports student and five-year veteran of the armed police who has retired, transmigrates into Jiang Tian, the 19-year-old legitimate son of Jiang Zhenyue, Marquis of Ningwu. Wang Yu, 27, a modern criminal investigator and liberal arts student, transmigrates into Wang Yu, the 19-year-old legitimate son of Wang Zheng, Marquis of Changqing. The setting is the second year of Chongzhen. For certain reasons, history before the first year of Chon 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Lost Writings of Confucius’s School 孔门遗笔 #HistoricalTransmigration #SystemPowerFantasy #RiseFromPoverty #DualSystemEvolution Modern history graduate student Kong Zhao transmigrates into the Southern Qi dynasty and activates two Systems: the “Fragments of Que Village Manuscripts” and the “Wen” Brush. Thus begins the thousand-year legacy of six generations of the Kong clan. From safeguarding the embers amid the chaos of the Northern and Southern dynasties, to establishing the imperial examination system in the flourishing Sui and Tang dy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 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 347Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Secret History of a Ming Eunuch 大明太监秘史 While Zheng He's treasure fleet was still cutting through the waves of the Indian Ocean, he could never have imagined that a century later, in the Forbidden City, the eunuchs who followed in his wake would change the empire's fate in an entirely different way. From seven voyages to the Western Seas that won renown across the world, to Wang Zhen's disastrous defeat at Tumu Fortress, where he sent 500,000 soldiers to their deaths; from Liu Jin's brazen claim to be the “living emperor,” to Wei Zhon 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Winds Rise in Southern Guizhou: I Become Prince Mu in the Southern Ming 风起黔南，我在南明当沐王爷 A chemistry graduate student unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qian in Guizhou at the end of the Ming dynasty! He opens his eyes to find himself in the empire’s final days. The southwestern frontier, guarded by his family for generations, is beset by internal strife and external threats, and he knows that unless he takes action, he is doomed to see his country fall and his family perish, with his blood spilled in a brutal sacrifice. Within the realm, there are ch 2Reads—Score—14d adds
