Novels like The Commoner Chancellor
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- 1 Heavenly Official 天官 In the thirteenth year of the Zhengde era, the Zhengde Emperor of the capital personally leads a border inspection tour, Prince Ning of Nanchang plots rebellion, and the Prince of Anlu is obsessed with alchemy. At Xishan Temple outside Anlu Prefecture, a young monk appears. Returning to drift through the sea of desire, he begins to recite a scripture of illusion. The mortal world is a ferry crossing. Who is the player on the stage? Simply put, this is the story of a young monk who rises to be 0Votes144.9kRecs74.2kFans
- 2 Stealing Heaven and Rewriting the Song Dynasty 偷天改宋 The Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. Atop the sheer cliffs to the south, the Yellow River roared behind them, while Japanese troops aimed their guns at them from the front. Eight hundred brave men threw themselves into the surging Yellow River! The trembling ground roused Han Zhenhan from unconsciousness. Had he really survived? And why were there Mongol cavalry? A man seeks a comfortable second life for the eight hundred brothers who followed him through life and death. But how can he live in comf 0Votes15.7kRecs22.3kFans
- 3 Lazy Tang 懒唐 Yun Hao accidentally transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty. Having lived two lives, all he wants is to coast through life and wait for death. But Li Yuan has no intention of letting him go, and neither does the great, wise and brilliant Li Er. Changsun is a scheming woman, and Qin Qiong is a professional scammer. And the famous Cheng Yaojin turns out to be... The Tang Dynasty is a terrible place to survive, and Yun Hao feels like he’d be better off dead. 0Votes63.4kRecs70.5kFans
- 4 The White General 将白 This is the story of a man who transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a prince. Years later, some will want to place a yellow robe on Zhao Xian, while others will want to put a white hat on his head. Zhao Xian says earnestly: I was born to sing for Qi. Why, then, must my crown turn white? The book was originally titled The White King, but that title was taken. It has nothing to 0Votes38.9kRecs79.5kFans
- 5 The Splendor of the Great Song 大宋风华 Standing at the crossroads of history, Zhou Quan’s gaze grew resolute. For the people of Huaxia, descendants of Yan and Huang, he would seize this opportunity. As the tide swept through time, he would outshine the entire Song Dynasty! 0Votes123.4kRecs85kFans
- 6 Reviving the Southern Ming 振南明 In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the rebel bandits broke through the capital, and the Son of Heaven hanged himself for his country. Within, rebel chieftains and roving bandits stole the imperial seal; without, the Tartars and barbarians raised a clamor. The realm had fallen, but its mountains and rivers remained... As the whole nation mourned, a modern soul took possession of Crown Prince Zhu Cilang. At this critical moment, Zhu Cilang thundered out a call that shook the heavens: 0Votes157.6kRecs144.5kFans
- 7 A Springtime in the Tang Dynasty 满唐春 A brilliant jewelry craftsman transmigrates by accident into the body of a miserable apprentice in the Tang dynasty. A gold shop with few customers, on the verge of going out of business. A lazy, mediocre master with a terrible temper, and two senior apprentices he can’t get along with. Worst of all, he has signed an apprentice contract that says he can be beaten to death without consequence. Thankfully, there is also a beautiful young woman who has secretly fallen for him. Liu Yuan hasn’t decid 0Votes78.2kRecs94.7kFans
- 8 Striving in the Late Ming Dynasty 奋斗在晚明 Peace reigns at home and abroad, the realm is prosperous, and the laws, institutions, and systems of governance have all been brought into order. The Ming dynasty of the sixth year of Wanli is flourishing, repelling Japanese pirates, reforming officialdom, and implementing the Single Whip Law. Yet according to the course of history, the Ming Empire will inevitably advance toward its setting sun… But Heaven will not abandon the Ming. Ning Xiu, who does not belong to this world, arrives in th 0Votes252.3kRecs70kFans
- 9 A Poor Scholar of the Ming Dynasty 大明寒士 Shen Kang, an insignificant nobody from the twenty-first century, unexpectedly finds himself in the Ming Dynasty. He straightens his sleeves, savoring a breeze, then drains a jug of rough wine. The road ahead is long, and the imperial exams, making a name for himself, and becoming an official are all difficult. Other people have a golden finger; he has a brain. Other people have a System; he has a brain. Other people have beautiful women by their side; he... gives his right hand a rest and switc 0Votes78.4kRecs26.6kFans
- 10 The Song Dynasty's Top Scholar 宋朝探花郎 Liu An transmigrates. He may be history's luckiest transmigrator: the most handsome scholar in Bianliang, and perhaps the whole realm, with an engagement to the daughter of a distinguished family. But before long, Liu An discovers that he is unhappy. The weak Song bows and scrapes every day, to the Dangxiang and the Khitan, until all it has left is money. And when it comes to money, Liu An is even more unhappy. He has heard that in the Song dynasty, salaries are paid directly to one's wife. The 0Votes83.4kRecs92.7kFans
- 11 The Ming Dynasty's Tycoon 大明土豪 In the second year of Jingtai, the good-natured Zhu Qizhen waits in the Southern Palace, gazing toward the horizon. In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Zhu Qiyu sits on the throne, brimming with confidence. The peerless Empress Qian has become a crippled old woman, while Wan Zhen'er, who will one day be favored above all the women in the imperial harem, is still young and lovely. This is the year after the Ming dynasty suffered a devastating defeat. In the space of just under a year, the capital's d 0Votes73.8kRecs96.2kFans
- 12 The Grace of the Great Clans 望族风流 By a stroke of bad luck, he transmigrates to a world resembling ancient China, where the rule is absolute: “All other pursuits are beneath, only scholarship is supreme.” But there are no great literary figures like Li Bai, Du Fu, or the Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song. After transmigrating into the body of a playboy, Ji Ning discovers a library in his mind containing famous works and poems from every dynasty in Chinese history. Ji Ning has no grand ambitions. He just wants to enjo 0Votes42.5kRecs112.5kFans
- 13 The Ming Dynasty's Chief Grand Secretary 明王首辅 In the winter of the twelfth year of the Zhengde era, Xu Jin transmigrates into the body of an impoverished Confucian student in Shangrao County, Jiangxi. That year, the Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao is touring the border garrison at Xuanfu. That year, Zhu Chenhao, Prince of Ning in Jiangxi, is secretly plotting a rebellion. That year, Xu Jin, with nothing but bare walls at home, searches for a way forward and ultimately decides to pursue an official career through the imperial examinations. He conqu 13Votes297.2kRecs241.8kFans
- 14 The Strongest Chongzhen in History 史上最强崇祯 He transmigrates as the Chongzhen Emperor. Li Zicheng is closing in from the south, ready to force him to hang himself, while the Qing hordes glare hungrily from the north. Watch how I fight poison with poison, send the entire Donglin faction to its death, and become a foolish ruler in these chaotic times! Donglin officials: What we fear most is an emperor with no shame! 0Votes84.4kRecs103kFans
- 15 The Embroidered Uniform Guards Rule the Realm 锦衣当国 Wang Tong, a modern office worker, dies of illness and arrives in the early years of the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty. This is the Ming's finest age, and also the last of its glory. As the son of a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, what can Wang Tong do? What can he change? The moment he appears, the river of time changes course… 0Votes570.5kRecs655.4kFans
- 16 From Peasant to Court Official 朝为田舍郎 A farmer in the morning, seated in the emperor’s court by night. In the Tianbao era of the Tang Dynasty, Gu Qing strides out of the dust in commoner’s clothes. On the broad avenues of Chang’an’s imperial city, he gazes at the rows of magnificent palaces and takes one step, then another, each step bringing a lotus into bloom. Gradually, he gets a feel for the pulse of this powerful dynasty. He also sees the ashen, gloomy face of Li Longji, worn down by setback after setback. Bending down, Gu Qing 6Votes377.8kRecs147.7kFans
- 17 The Rise of an Empire 帝国崛起 Chen Xie, a third-rate doctor, is suddenly struck by a mysterious time machine and transported to the final years of the Ming Dynasty. Using his medical skills and modern knowledge, he helps a crumbling empire rise again! 0Votes261.3kRecs276.4kFans
- 18 The Ideal Son-in-Law of the Late Ming 明末好女婿 “Chongzhen, don't rush to hang yourself. Just give me your daughter, and I'll fight my way out of Beijing with you!” “Li Zicheng, I'll leave this city of Beijing to you. Take care of yourself!” “Dorgon, one day I'll, Chen Yue, march into the Northeast and drive you Manchus all the way to the Arctic Ocean, where you'll live beside the Eskimos!” He transmigrates to the final years of the Chongzhen reign and meets Chongzhen's daughter, Princess Kunxing. He falls for a girl, but ends up shouldering 0Votes155.1kRecs130.6kFans
- 19 The Late Tang Dynasty 晚唐 The fourteenth year of the Xiantong reign of the Tang Dynasty, 873 AD. Emperor Yizong, the Tang Dynasty's seventeenth ruler, has died. As the empire basks in the setting sun, its new emperor, twelve-year-old Li Xuan, takes the throne as the eighteenth ruler, Emperor Xizong. At this point, only a few months remain before the private salt trader Wang Xianzhi raises an army against the Tang with ten commanders at his side. Another private salt trader, Huang Chao, who loves writing poems about chrys 0Votes113.7kRecs118.7kFans
- 20 The Dashing Young Master 公子风流 He transmigrated into the body of a dissolute young master who knew all about romance and the ways of love. He couldn't play an instrument, but he knew how to woo a woman. Unfortunately, he ended up in the emperor's personal guard, the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Well, the pressure was immense. He'd have to put his conscience aside for now. His real job was to pick up a weapon and call a deer a horse. “The day I don the flying-fish robe and wield the embroidered spring saber will be the day I ris 0Votes148.4kRecs353.3kFans
- 21 The Bright Moon over Song 大宋明月 New book, The Jin Campaign Conquers the World, coming soon. Stay tuned! [Runner-up in the New Historical Era Writing Contest] “Had the world not been blessed with a young lord, all ages would have been shrouded in endless night.”, Yue Fei. With fine horses and costly furs, Zhao Hao, a prince of the Northern Song dynasty, possesses a Merit System. He could have lived a life of carefree luxury, yet he is willing to make the whole world his enemy and vows to contend with Heaven itself. He seeks to 0Votes61.6kRecs49.6kFans
- 22 The Strongest Warrior of the Three Kingdoms 三国第一强兵 In a time of chaos, men take up arms and strive for supremacy! The late Han and Three Kingdoms era: an eternal theme for hot-blooded heroes! It was an age that gave rise to countless legends. The White Horse Volunteers, unmatched in mounted archery; the vanguard death squads, unstoppable in their charge; the Trapped Camp, invincible in attack; the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, renowned throughout the land... Famous generals abounded, and elite armies stood like forests! Across the Central Plains, t 2Votes139.7kRecs137kFans
- 23 The Prestigious Clan 名门 This is a Tang Empire that has taken a wrong turn, with imperial power in decline and the empire nearing its end. It is also an age when the empire and the great clans coexist. Fifteen years ago, the An Lushan Rebellion was finally put down. But the Uyghurs, seeing the Tang’s weakness, eyed the Central Plains, bringing their horses to its rivers and laying waste to its people. As the empire teetered on the brink, seven great clans joined forces to drive out the northern invaders and restore the 0Votes424.8kRecs363.5kFans
- 24 Yongzheng’s Little Concubine 雍正小老婆 An ancient flower spirit is reborn in the Qing dynasty, in the Geng household. To gain more dragon energy and advance her cultivation, she marries Yongzheng as a secondary consort. But what is going on in this inner household? The reborn Nara clan, the transmigrated Li clan, the cultivating Niohuru clan... That would be strange enough, but the Eighth Prince has had his soul replaced too, and has been reborn as his own son? Yongzheng’s household is full of experts, each displaying their own speci 0Votes216.8kRecs63.7kFans
- 25 Drunk on the Pillow of the Realm 醉枕山河 Holding a high government post was never my intention. I’m just doing it casually. Becoming a martial arts grandmaster came naturally, and few in the world can rival me. A story about an idle prince who tutors the emperor! (QQ group 317142845. Join to see the author cross-dress.) (I’ve put my heart into this and already have more than a dozen photos, unlike authors who only post one =.=) 0Votes29.8kRecs45.9kFans
- 26 The Yang Clan: A Monument to Greatness 丰碑杨门 The eldest brother dies in his master’s place; the second falls in battle, powerless to turn the tide; the third rides his horse into the mud; the fourth is lost in the Liao realm; the fifth, in a fit of anger, becomes a monk; the seventh is pierced through the heart by a volley of arrows; the sixth goes alone to meet his elders... The Generals of the Yang Family: half a history of blood and tears. Loyal ministers bleed 0Votes74.4kRecs99.2kFans
- 27 A Ming Dynasty Warrior 大明武夫 Zhao Jin had lived an ordinary life, never imagining that he would get a new beginning at the end of the Ming dynasty. He is determined to make a name for himself in history. With the spear in his hand, he will pacify a realm stretching ten thousand li. This is the Ming Dynasty Warrior. 0Votes181.3kRecs132.5kFans
- 28 The Treacherous Minister 奸臣 After a ridiculous misstep, Xu Xun, who had finally avenged his old grudge, found himself in the golden age of the Ming dynasty, five hundred years in the past. The realm was at peace. Jinling was enchanting, the capital imposing. The songs of Qinhuai and the dances of Huaiyang went on without end. Beneath the harmony of this prosperous age, loyal officials were everywhere, while ordinary people were treated worse than dogs. An orphan like him could barely take a single step, let alone find a wa 0Votes257.5kRecs148.6kFans
- 29 Storm at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末风暴 The fifth year of the Chongzhen reign. Yu Guozhen draws his blade: Whoever stands in the way of Huaxia’s advance will be shown no mercy! 0Votes149.7kRecs116.7kFans
- 30 The Great Official 大官人 In the ninth year of Yongle, the realm prospered. The nation was mighty, its people proud, and envoys from every corner of the world came to pay tribute! At a time like this, let me ask: who wouldn’t want to become a great official? 1Votes240.4kRecs232.7kFans
- 31 The Sinister Hero of the Late Sui Dynasty 隋末阴雄 The son of a Sui dynasty merchant wore his legs out traveling to buy stock and shouted himself hoarse selling goods. He ran into officials and bandits while doing business, and after losing money gambling, got beaten until he regretted it. He tried the honest path and walked the crooked one. Since this damned world wouldn’t let him get ahead, he would conquer it and usher in an age of chaos. From then on, he was calculating and dark-hearted, a master of schemes who killed without hesitation: a s 0Votes123.8kRecs150.3kFans
- 32 Moonlight Over the Song Dynasty 宋时明月 This is a story about transmigrating into the life of an ordinary man. By sheer chance, Zhao Xing became a man of the Song Dynasty. Among the people he met were poets whose names would live forever, corrupt officials notorious for all time, outlaws driven to join the bandits of Liangshan, and peerless beauties whose fame for their charms spread far and wide. This was an age of “the moon rising above the willow branches, two lovers meeting after dusk.” It was home to true-hearted, romantic men re 0Votes269.8kRecs192.4kFans
- 33 The Great Physician 大国医 No deep-seated vendettas, no struggle to rule the world, no plots and schemes, no machinations: this is the romantic story of a Jiangnan youth who, quite by accident, grows into a renowned physician whose work bridges the past and the future. 0Votes243.5kRecs520.5kFans
- 34 The Song Dynasty Is Poisonous 大宋有毒 It is still the same old Hong the Bloodsucker, continuing his career as an alien test subject in one transmigration after another. Since he cannot fight back against the aliens, he might as well wreak havoc among the people of Earth. This time, he has landed in the Northern Song during Emperor Shenzong’s reign, but his starting point is even lower than in the Southern Song: he has become Wang Shen, the emperor’s brother-in-law and a famed playboy. The problem is that in the Song Dynasty, nobody 0Votes440.6kRecs76.2kFans
- 35 The Splendor of the High Tang 盛唐风月 I recall the glorious days of Kaiyuan, when even small towns held thousands of households. Rice gleamed with fat, millet was white, and public and private granaries alike were full. In the fourth year of Kaiyuan, the Tang Empire stood at the height of its power, and the capital, Chang'an, was the world's most prosperous city, bar none. Yao Chong, Song Jing, Li Bai, Wang Wei, Zhang Xu, Wu Daozi, Yan Zhenqing, Gongsun Daniang, Pei Min, Guo Ziyi... The skies of the High Tang were bright with stars. 0Votes50.6kRecs80.3kFans
- 36 The Turmoil of the Qing Dynasty 乱清 A solitary lamp, A crescent moon hanging high, A beauty fair as jade, Rivers and mountains stretching for thousands of miles. A part-time guide at a small museum undergoes the most miserable transmigration in history. Returning from the dead and surviving against all odds, he vows to plunge the palace into chaos, topple the dynasty, and usher in an entirely new age, all by his own efforts Today I take up my mighty brush to rewrite the Spring and Autumn Annals. If the world is in such a state, wh 1Votes722.6kRecs312.6kFans
- 37 Poetry and the Blade 诗与刀 [Award-winning work in the Historical Fiction Contest] Xu Jie transmigrates into this world! His family has a hundred veteran soldiers, skilled in martial arts, though their ranks are slowly dwindling. His family owns several acres of good farmland. Though they come from humble farming stock, they've also taken to studying poetry and books. When he ventures into the martial world, he will slaughter his way through every demon and fiend. When he studies the court, he will wield power with one han 0Votes133.4kRecs136.8kFans
- 38 The Yu-Song Dynasty 余宋 Let’s try a new blurb, one that’s easier to understand. This is a story about a local boy, Little Gao Yanei, who gets a golden finger and runs riot in the final years of the Northern Song. It’s all one person’s wish fulfillment. If you like it, come explore the world with me. If you don’t, do whatever you want. You can even say I’ve run out of ideas. I’m no banknote, after all. That’ll do. Writing a blurb is exhausting… 0Votes138.8kRecs55.8kFans
- 39 The Great Shun 顺明 A discharged soldier arrives in the Ming dynasty. While he was in the military, he was merely a noncommissioned officer. After leaving the service, he became an employee of a financial courier company. What can he do? Will he drift with the currents of history, or defy heaven, change his fate, and alter the destiny of this age... 0Votes562.7kRecs548.4kFans
- 40 A Good Kid in the Three Kingdoms 三国好孩子 Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Xun You, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Hong, Yue Jin, Li Dian, Yu Jin, Dian Wei! They're here to kill me. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and it seems Chen Dao too, that ferocious warrior who never made a name for himself in Romance of the Three Kingdoms but was every bit as formidable as Zhao Yun! They're here to take my territory. Heavens! I'm not Boss Dong. I don't have Lü Bu to deal with these mighty warriors. I'm just a good kid, an honest kid: Tao 0Votes191.7kRecs116.4kFans
- 41 The Great Merchants of the World 天下豪商 During the Yuanyou era of the Great Song, the painter Wu Hao arrived in the prosperous realm of the Zhao dynasty. As he walked the bustling streets of Bianliang, as vivid as a scene from Along the River During the Qingming Festival, Wu Hao thought of what would happen 29 years later: the Jurchen cavalry would sweep south and utterly destroy this flourishing age, ablaze with prosperity. But what could an ordinary commoner do to save a collapsing empire, even if he knew disaster was coming? Wu 0Votes456.4kRecs111.6kFans
- 42 Striving in the New Ming Dynasty 奋斗在新明朝 A geeky humanities student transmigrates to a baffling version of the Ming Dynasty. He starts at the very bottom as a crude little yamen runner, with no hope of passing the imperial examinations. Let’s see how our protagonist happily carves out an unconventional path to success from the bustling streets. Along the way, we’ll uncover all sorts of rules governing the Ming bureaucracy! New blurb: This is a serious work grounded in history and fact, with rigorous logic and precise details. Well, mor 0Votes225.8kRecs288.8kFans
- 43 EN Titan's Dawn 泰坦黎明 Azeroth, the world so many people dream of in the dead of night. If one day you transmigrated to Azeroth and became a Titan, what would you do? It all feels just like old times, beginning with the first time we set foot on Azeroth. More than ten years have passed. Azeroth has grown old, and so have we, but these memories will never age. Hello, Azeroth. May all be well with you. 0Votes57.8kRecs59.8kFans
- 44 Wanli 1592 万历1592 There are too many mysteries in this world that remain unsolved, and are destined to stay that way. For instance, Xiao Ruxun has no idea how he traveled back from the apocalypse to the Great Ming dynasty, five hundred years earlier. The twentieth year of the Wanli reign was the best of times and the worst of times. With just sixty years left until the empire falls, the final chance to set things right is within reach. Conquer the northwest, Korea, and Mongolia. The three great campaigns of the W 3Votes167.3kRecs196.2kFans
- 45 I Want to Become Grand Secretary 我要做首辅 In the thirtieth year of the Jiajing reign, the Daoist Emperor hid in the Western Garden, refining mercury and making elixirs, while Grand Secretary Yan Song racked his brains over a eulogy to the emperor. In the northwest, Altan Khan repeatedly rode toward the Central Plains. In the southeast, Japanese pirates had grown addicted to plunder. Zhang Juzheng tore at his hair over a piece of bootlicking prose. Qi Jiguang was still kneeling on a washboard. Li Shizhen quietly left the Imperial Medical 0Votes251.1kRecs151.1kFans
- 46 The Directorate of Ceremonial 司礼监 Never look down on a poor young man. My uncle is Wei Zhongxian. A masterpiece from Ao Gu, guaranteed. 1Votes584.3kRecs320.4kFans
- 47 Literary Luminary of the Han and Wei Dynasties 汉魏文魁 2Votes107kRecs81kFans
- 48 The Eagle of Humble Origins 寒门枭士 Splendor is about to take its final bow, while a poor-born youth quietly rises. Striding across time and space, a brilliant strategist plots for the realm. 0Votes1.1MRecs270.4kFans
- 49 The World 天下 Return to the Tang dynasty and contend for supremacy. In the fifth year of the Tianbao era, the Tang dynasty had been established for more than a century. After decades of governing the country, Li Longji, now an old man who had lived long enough to know the will of Heaven, had grown weary. Ever since he made Yang his noble consort, his attention had gradually drifted away from the dull, tedious affairs of state. “Music and dancing fill the air, and the emperor can never get enough of the show.” 0Votes447.2kRecs454.9kFans
- 50 The Generals of Great Song 大宋将门 No willows along the riverbank in the dawn breeze, no raising a cup to ask the blue heavens, no Along the River During the Qingming Festival... An unlucky writer suddenly realizes he seems to have landed in a fake Song dynasty... His family has fallen into decline, and human kindness is as thin as paper. Powerful Liao armies threaten from outside, while countless useless allies cause trouble within. The mighty Yellow River is in flood, and even Heaven seems to be piling on... No matter how many 0Votes473.5kRecs279.8kFans
