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- 1 The Record of Supporting the Ming 扶明录 So what if you transmigrate into the body of a eunuch at the end of the Ming dynasty? From battlefields piled with corpses and blood, to a treacherous court and a turbulent martial world, witness the full splendor of the Great Ming. 15Votes58kRecs23.5kFans
- 2 The Late Ming Legend 明末传奇 I gave my heart to the bright moon, but the moon only shines on the ditch. Those who understand me know that I am troubled; those who do not wonder what I seek. During the Chongzhen era, there was no way to drift with the tide. The troubled times forced men to rebel. See how modern man Zheng Xunrui transmigrates to the late Ming and struggles to survive. 0Votes23.4kRecs32.4kFans
- 3 A Ming Politician 大明政客 What is the Confucian way? Give them a warning before you roll over them. What is the way of the military strategists? Roll over them simply and efficiently. What is the Legalist way? I will crush you harshly in accordance with the law. What is the way of the School of Diplomacy? I'll call a bunch of people over to crush you! What is the way of internationalism? I'm crushing you for your own good. What is the Chinese way? You've been getting crushed by us since time immemorial… Su Tianchen 0Votes28kRecs46.7kFans
- 4 The Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty 大唐天子 During the Wu Zhou era, the empire faced troubles at home and abroad. At court, a struggle over the succession raged; beyond its borders, the Later Turkic Khaganate, Tibet, and the Arab Empire posed constant threats... Yang Chen arrives in this turbulent time, when the Wu clan holds sway and the Li clan is in peril, and becomes the young Li Longji. How will he ascend the throne? How will he usher in the Kaiyuan Golden Age? 0Votes21.8kRecs33.8kFans
- 5 The Pillar of the Nation 国士 A modern man transmigrates to Jiangnan in the waning days of the Ming dynasty. For now, Yangzhou is still awash in song and dance, with its little bridges, flowing streams, and wine parties along winding waterways. But chaos is just around the corner. A new age is beginning. 0Votes17.2kRecs57.3kFans
- 6 The Steel Backbone of the Late Ming Dynasty 明末传奇之钢铁脊梁 My new book, Eternal Great Ming, is now online. Chengzi eagerly awaits your visit! During the bloody battle at the Hun River in Shengjing at the end of the Ming dynasty, the Great Ming's last army willing to fight, the Qi Family Army's Zhejiang troops and the Shizhu White-Pike Soldiers, took on 60,000 Jurchen cavalry with just 7,000 men. In the end, they were defeated and wiped out. The Ming army killed more than ten thousand soldiers from the Jurchen Eight Banners, winning the Great Ming its fi 0Votes38.9kRecs58.1kFans
- 7 The Fall of the Ming Dynasty 明末行 0Votes53.9kRecs61.9kFans
- 8 Raising the Ming in Troubled Times 乱世扬明 In the third year of Chongzhen, Later Jin launches its first major invasion through the passes, tearing away the Great Ming's last shred of dignity. At the same time, peasant uprisings erupt in northern Shaanxi, and Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng rise one after another, heralding the beginning of the dynasty's collapse. Beset by internal and external crises, the rulers are at a loss. Barbarism is on the verge of defeating civilization, and darkness is about to engulf the land of China for centur 0Votes21.5kRecs29.5kFans
- 9 The Last Crown Prince of the Great Ming 大明最后一个太子 The Battle of Songjin ends in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen with the Great Ming suffering a crushing defeat. Its last main army is wiped out, and the final hour of the realm has arrived. The benighted Qing bares its fangs. The Jiading Massacre, the Yangzhou Massacre, and the terrifying literary inquisitions flash before the protagonist's eyes. He opens them and jolts to discover that he has become the last crown prince of the Great Ming! Now only two years remain! For the newly reborn Zhu Cila 0Votes50.2kRecs81.9kFans
- 10 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
- 11 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
- 12 The Ming Empire Never Sets 大明帝国日不落 Huang Sheng is a small-business owner and engineering graduate with a wealth of experience. Over the past decade, he started several small factories, with both successes and failures. By chance, he transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty. He doesn't know how to write formal essays, compose poetry, or ride and shoot. But he has nearly four centuries' worth of knowledge ahead of the people of the Ming. Riding animals into battle? Far too dangerous. We'll take arm 0Votes95.7kRecs135.2kFans
- 13 The Liaodong Holdout 辽东钉子户 There are fields and pastures, a river in front of the door, mountains behind, coal beneath the ground, and gold hidden in the valleys... The richest land, in the worst of times! The Qing, the Mongols, Emperor Zhu... None of them are taking my home! I'll be the toughest holdout and defend my homeland to the bitter end! (The author has completed several novels. Trustworthy and reliable, so feel free to add this to your collection.) 3Votes101.5kRecs85.9kFans
- 14 Taking Charge of Great Ming 承包大明 After an accident, a trading analyst transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli era and becomes the live-in son-in-law of a wealthy ivory merchant. He thinks he’ll be able to thrive in ancient times just like the protagonists in transmigration novels, becoming richer than a king and surrounded by wives and concubines. That is, until he meets the Wanli Emperor, the famous emperor known for his “one-book Wanli”... “Your Majesty, about my commission...?” “Don’t worry, you’ll get every bit o 0Votes504kRecs189kFans
- 15 The Giant Bandit’s Counterattack at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末之巨宼逆袭 In the eighth year of the Shunzhi reign of the Qing dynasty, the Eastern Tartars had occupied more than half of the Central Plains. Sun Kewang sought to recover Huguang from Yunnan and Guizhou, while Zheng Chenggong had also raised the Ming banner in Fujian and Zhejiang. Yet deep in the 0Votes15.7kRecs21.8kFans
- 16 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
- 17 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
- 18 Make My Name Known Across the Land 明扬天下 In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, the land was truly in chaos: hooves fell like rain, shouts rolled like thunder, and blood poured in torrents. The Central Plains’ mothers grayed with worry; in the spring boudoirs of Jiangnan, women gazed into the distance; in Hunan, children wept through the night. Farewells beneath the willows of their hometowns, generals’ eyes blazing with fury, and war banners snapping in the northern wind. Clouds of dust rose one after another as the land of Huaxi 0Votes463kRecs230.9kFans
- 19 The Chancellor of a Great Nation 大国相 (The new book, Single-Handedly Ruling the Ming, has built up a backlog and is ready to read. Excel in learning, and you may enter government; excel in government, and you may become a chancellor; excel as a chancellor, and you may build a great nation. The Chinese people share a dream of becoming a great power. Whether in the present, the future, or the past, we should all strive for it., The man who built the world’s greatest power in the sixteenth century. In the spr 0Votes230.2kRecs242.5kFans
- 20 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
- 21 Tending the Tang Dynasty 牧唐 A modern man returns to the early Tang dynasty. He knows how to farm. He knows how to raise horses. He is also a veterinarian. Under the flap of his butterfly wings, the Tang dynasty’s golden age arrives ahead of schedule. The Zhenguan-era anthem begins to ring out early. The Tang dynasty’s agriculture and animal husbandry also reach unprecedented heights. 0Votes464kRecs226.8kFans
- 22 Reborn as Emperor of the Ming Dynasty 重生明朝当皇帝 In the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, the late Ming dynasty is in decline. Having possessed Zhu Youxiao, I am gravely ill and clinging to life. Once I recover, I will purge the Donglin faction, wipe out the Shanxi merchants, strengthen imperial authority, and claim the throne. If not me, then who? I will build industry, train a powerful army, and guide the arts. Watch the iron tide roll across the northern frontier, and behold flowers blooming across the lands within the passes. Tears of beau 0Votes82.5kRecs178.3kFans
- 23 Blood-Stained Rivers and Mountains 抗战之血染山河 Yang Ling, a second lieutenant platoon leader in the 61st Division, fought bloody battles in Songhu and Nanjing, clashed fiercely at Lanfeng, and made his name in Wuhan... A million soldiers went to war for their country, staining the land with blood as the fighting raged on. He said, “Behind us are the people of this entire country. Unless every last one of us is dead, those Japanese devils will never destroy our nation!” This story is dedicated to the Chinese soldiers who sacrificed their live 0Votes128.9kRecs132.1kFans
- 24 The Fourth Year of Yongli 永历四年 In the ninth month of the fourth year of the Yongli reign, the Qing army launched an advance campaign against the anti-Qing forces in the Siming Mountains, which stood in mutual support with the Ming forces of Prince Lu entrenched in the Zhoushan Archipelago. After defeating the main local Ming forces, the Qing army carried out a bloody campaign to purge the mountains. From then on, the Siming Mountain region, whose population had once surged because of the ethnic oppression imposed by the Manc 0Votes147.9kRecs67kFans
- 25 A Journey to the Ming 旅明 Cao Chuan used to shuttle local goods back and forth between the late Ming Dynasty and the modern era all by himself. Then one day, he discovered that even living people could be transported! It’s time to gather a team of ace soldiers, top students, CEOs, and miracle doctors, and head to the late Ming to conquer the world! After that, a bunch of good-for-nothings, unemployed drifters, construction contractors, and even slipper sellers are sent away in succession. There’s no choice. These people 0Votes302.6kRecs75.8kFans
- 26 Destroying the Ming Dynasty 诛明 His surname is Zhu. He lives during the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming. He thinks this is a peaceful era. He is wrong. He discovers that the only thing he can rely on is the blade in his hand. 0Votes245.3kRecs75.8kFans
- 27 Chronicles of the Great Han Empire 大汉帝国风云录 Guided by the principle of “delving into history while stepping beyond it,” this novel depicts the intricate historical developments and grand wars of conquest that took place more than 1,800 years ago. The story follows Li Hong, nicknamed Leopard, who rescues a Xianbei commander while still a slave and escapes back to the Han. Starting as an ordinary soldier, he repeatedly distinguishes himself in battle and rises to become a general, ultimately influencing the course of history at the end of t 0Votes1.4MRecs546.4kFans
- 28 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
- 29 I’m a Duke in the Ming Dynasty 我在明朝当国公 0Votes493.3kRecs205.3kFans
- 30 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
- 31 Tang Cavalry 唐骑 The gale rages, sweeping across ten thousand miles. Wherever the horses’ hooves tread, there lies the Great Tang! 0Votes401.3kRecs211.1kFans
- 32 A Good Man in the Tang Dynasty 唐朝好男人 [A celebrated title signed by Qidian’s First Editorial Group] Our ancestors passed down the things they considered most precious. They meant well, but their descendants didn’t seem to appreciate it, and so transmigration happened. People who set out to correct their forebears’ mistakes, presume they can become turning points in history, or arrogantly join those pushing the wheels of history onward appeared one after another, and alternate history was born. Wang Zihao is no exception. But what is 0Votes1.2MRecs94.3kFans
- 33 Engineer in the Late Ming Dynasty 明末工程师 Li Zhi, an industrial designer, transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty. No money? Build a flying-shuttle loom and make a fortune in no time. Can’t stand the filthy conditions of the late Ming? Invent soap and toothpaste to clean up the whole dynasty! Peasant rebellions? Life is cheap in chaotic times? Bastions of concrete will keep you safe! The Manchus are marching south, leaving devastation in their wake? Let’s see who dares say no when they face my rifles! Everything within range of my cannon 11Votes480.1kRecs319.6kFans
- 34 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
- 35 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
- 36 The Autocrat of the Ming Dynasty 独断大明 The protagonist is the sixth son of the Ming Emperor Guangzong. He decides he can't let the future Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian, ascend the throne. So he shouts in the Forbidden City: I want to be emperor! New novel: Song Dynasty's Elegant Years. 1Votes527.2kRecs459.7kFans
- 37 Saving the Ming Dynasty 抢救大明朝 Zhu Cilang is more treacherous than a traitor to the Han, and even better at winning people’s hearts than Li Zicheng!, Li Zicheng, the Chuang King, halted at Huyashan and gazed toward the southeast, filled with emotion. This boy Cilang is rebellious, unfilial, treacherous, and vicious. He is practically Cao Cao reborn and Sima Yi returned from the dead. If he becomes emperor, every rebel, treacherous minister, and unruly subject in the world will surely miss me!, The Chongzhen Emperor of the Min 17Votes1.3MRecs536.2kFans
- 38 The Splendor of the Tang Dynasty 大唐风华路 After transmigrating, Han Yue becomes Li Shimin's illegitimate son, though he has no idea who he really is. He has a wife, a few acres of farmland, and a habit of inventing things in his spare time. Little by little, he builds up a miserable village. Han Yue thinks this life is pretty good. If no one bothered him, he'd be happy to live this way forever. But every man has to grow up, and even a nobody can gradually become somebody. With every gesture, he seems destined to reach the summit. Time i 0Votes781.6kRecs391.4kFans
- 39 The Southern Ming Continues 续南明 “The Great Ming has unified the four seas, surpassed the Three Dynasties and outshone the Han and Tang. Its reach extends to the ends of the earth, and all under Heaven bow as its subjects...” In the sixth year of the Xuande era, Zheng He set sail on his seventh voyage to the Western Ocean. He proudly proclaimed these words on the Stele of the Heavenly Consort’s Divine Manifestations. At the time, the might of the Ming dynasty was at its height. But by the end of the Chongzhen era, the great edi 2Votes722.2kRecs228.1kFans
- 40 A Lowly Soldier on the Ming Frontier 明末边军一小兵 In the third month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, a severe drought struck Shanxi and Shaanxi. A thousand miles of land lay barren, and the people were starving. In the fourth month, Li Zicheng entered Henan and joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong to seize Chengcheng. In the seventh month, the Later Jin army laid siege to Xuanfu and raided Datong, taking many border forts. The Ming faced internal strife and external threats, teetering on the brink! That July, Wang Dou unexpectedly arrived in th 16Votes656.2kRecs585kFans
- 41 The Clan Leader Has a Lot on His Plate 族长压力大 Some debts always have to be repaid. The sins committed by the first generation of transmigrators, for instance, can only be borne by the second. Gui Chongyang, a second-generation transmigrator, returns to Mu Family Village and sets out on the path to becoming clan head. Where are the legendary main and collateral branches, the clan elders, and the clan lands? There is a house: three thatched rooms. There is land: two mu of saline-alkali flats. And there are people: a houseful of old and young, 0Votes231.4kRecs86.8kFans
- 42 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
- 43 A Thousand Autumns for the Young Master 公子千秋 After a devastating fire, Yue Qianqiu was taken home by Old Master Yue, a man of humble origins with a house full of descendants. In this world, there were powerful clans and scholars who fancied themselves noble and righteous. There were also martial circles and sects unwilling to live at the mercy of the imperial court. Scholars used their words to undermine the law, while heroes used their martial arts to defy its prohibitions. Conflict and excitement went hand in hand, as did opportunity and 0Votes717.5kRecs176kFans
- 44 When the Golden Scales Unfurl 金鳞开 A seasoned professional manager is reborn as Zhu Cilang, the last crown prince of the Great Ming. A soul that has never accepted defeat therefore sets off a storm to revive the Ming dynasty. From this moment on... The age when other peoples carved up the lands and seas is gone forever. The mighty Great Ming also needs more land to line up its cannons! 8Votes247.7kRecs196.5kFans
- 45 A Laid-Back Early Tang Dynasty 懒散初唐 In the fifth year of Wude, the Tang dynasty has just been founded. Li Yuan stays in his harem, surrounded by beautiful women, enjoying the hard-won fruits of victory. Li Jiancheng is busy consolidating his position as Crown Prince, while Li Shimin covets his elder brother’s throne. The generals are busy waging war, the ministers are busy governing the country, the merchants are busy trading with foreign merchants, and the farmers are busy reclaiming wasteland… Amid all this hustle and bustle, Li 0Votes329.5kRecs449.1kFans
- 46 Above the Heavens 苍穹之上 A thousand years of arduous cultivation beneath the firmament, all for the day he can stand above it! In Skybreak Gorge, a strategic choke point between the Hongwu Celestial Dynasty and the Seven Killings Tribe of the demon race, a strange object suddenly fell from the sky. It swept up a group of cultivator-soldiers and hurled them into the mighty currents of history... Song Zheng was only one of the less remarkable among them. He has read the sages’ classics, but he is also a condemned wolf-sol 1Votes5.9MRecs319.2kFans
- 47 Song of Everlasting Joy 长乐歌 A century of history, yet sorrow still abounds; I remember the Marquis of Changle from long ago. His hall was fragrant with flowers and thronged by three thousand guests; one sword’s frost chilled fifty provinces! Does Heaven know the ills of this mortal world? The green hills laugh at me, while the clouds beckon. I breathe in a beauty’s fragrance among the flowers, and beneath the moon I lightly sever my enemies’ heads! Victory, defeat, gratitude, and vengeance, all poured into a heart-rending 0Votes520.2kRecs169.5kFans
- 48 The Hypocrite of the Ming Dynasty 明朝伪君子 Emperor Xiaozong revived the Ming dynasty, while the wayward young Zhengde lived a life of reckless indulgence. Scholars spoke passionately about governing the realm, and the imperial secret police prowled like tigers and wolves. In an age where opportunity and danger went hand in hand, amid the bustle of the Ming dynasty at its height, a young man named Qin Kan sent ripples across the waters. When he began doing as he pleased with elegant, refined grace, the Ming dynasty's civil officials, gene 0Votes413.3kRecs329.8kFans
- 49 Lost in 1629 迷失在一六二九 You! Yes, you. Take a look at yourself. What can you do? What do you know how to do? If you were dropped into the year 1629, the second year of the Chongzhen reign in the Ming dynasty, in the age of Li Zicheng and Hong Taiji, could you survive? Without a golden finger, without a protagonist’s destiny, relying entirely on your own skills and knowledge, could you survive? The one stroke of luck is that you wouldn’t be fighting alone. Behind you would be a group, a community of modern people. Come 4Votes884.8kRecs229.9kFans
- 50 The Emperor of the Mountain Valley 山沟皇帝 The protagonist's father had a dream and thought he was the Son of Heaven. Then a Taoist from a run-down temple read his fortune and said he was destined to be emperor. And so, this little landowner, who had never even been to the prefectural city, declared himself emperor and founded a country in a remote mountain valley. (According to reader feedback, this book moves at lightning speed: he becomes emperor in just three chapters, and before you know it, the whole nation is at war…) 0Votes455.9kRecs334.3kFans
