Novels like The Mighty Han Winds Rise in the Southern Seas
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- 1 I Am the Great Powers 我就是列强 Li Shimin: Eight hundred it is, then. See you at Xuanwu Gate. Zhu Di: Eight hundred it is, then. I’ll launch my Jingnan campaign from Fengtiandian. Xu Wei: Eight hundred it is, then. I’ll build a nation in Nanyang and make it a world power. In 1856, as the Tianjing Incident erupts, Xu Wei leads eight hundred young men to Borneo in Nanyang. There, he embarks on a journey to restore the glory of the Chinese people in the South Seas. First, a modest goal: become a world power. 93Votes52.8kRecs123.3kFans
- 2 Returning to Righteousness, Not to Tang 归义非唐 In the fourth year of the Dazhong era, the Niu-Li factional struggle came to a complete end, and the Dazhong reign entered a period of vigorous prosperity. In Hexi and Longyou, rival peoples fought for supremacy. The victors became kings, and the losers were forgotten. Wang Xianzhi in Qilu was still trafficking in illicit salt, while Huang Chao was still proving how easy it was to pass the exams and make it to Chang'an. That year, in the forgotten lands of the far west, an army seized its chance 1Votes75.5kRecs861.9kFans
- 3 Bringing Glory to the Ming Dynasty 光宗耀明 In the twenty-eighth year of the Wanli reign, the emperor neglected state affairs, the Jurchen advanced, Bozhou rebelled, tax officials wreaked havoc, the heir to the throne remained undecided, and factional strife had begun. The Ming dynasty was nearing its end. For Zhu Changluo, he couldn't let his slacker of a father drag the Ming down for another twenty years. He'd better take the throne sooner rather than later! Root out traitors at home and eliminate threats abroad. March east and venture 0Votes32.5kRecs110.9kFans
- 4 The Ming Emperor Who Rose from the Sea 海上升明帝 I, Zhu Yihai, a tenth-generation descendant of the great Emperor Taizu Gao, would sooner take to the island and live on sweet potatoes, or go to sea and wage guerrilla war, than surrender to the Manchu barbarians. I swear to fight the Qing to the death, restore the Ming, and reclaim Huaxia! With the sea as my fortress and ships as my palaces, their decks my halls of state, As the sun sets, ruler and ministers face the raging waves; on barren islands strewn with reefs, our loyal ranks gather. Dri 0Votes20.6kRecs62.4kFans
- 5 Three Kingdoms: Ancestor of Hanzhong 三国：汉中祖 In the Great Age of Gao Tai After transmigrating into Liu Shan, the Later Lord of Han, he is fortunate enough to have Zhuge Liang at a time of national crisis, restoring the Han dynasty and reviving the Great Han three times. As the saying goes: The Han Ancestor cracked his whip, and how mighty was his tiger-like gaze! He launches the northern expeditions against Cao Wei, campaigns south against Jiangdong, pacifies the Western Regions in the west, and expands eastward into the Three Han states. 0Votes28.9kRecs90.6kFans
- 6 The Eagle Standard of Epirus 伊庇鲁斯的鹰旗 After 1204, the Byzantine Empire lay in ruins. Yet its only remaining successors, Nicaea, Epirus, and Trebizond, still schemed against one another, having wholly forgotten their shared enmity and grievances. The Latin usurper in Constantinople styled himself Emperor of the Romans, while the Bulgarians to the north ravaged the land, greedily devouring the empire’s legacy. The Turks, too, were poised to encroach and feast on its flesh and blood. But in the distant East, another force was quietly r 0Votes36.1kRecs30.9kFans
- 7 I'm Really Not the Emperor Carpenter 我真不是木匠皇帝 In the forty-eighth year of the Wanli reign, the Taichang Emperor took ill and never recovered. The Chu, Qi, and Zhejiang factions were utterly defeated in their power struggles, while the Donglin faction seized the opportunity to rise, filling the court with upright officials. Meanwhile, the Jianzhou Jurchens swept across Liaodong, the heartland of the Central Plains lay in ruins, with nine out of ten households wiped out, and rebel bands sprang up everywhere as the people lived in fear. The em 0Votes109.7kRecs126.6kFans
- 8 The Ming Dynasty's Founding Emperor 大明世祖 P.S. Reborn for a new life, Zhu Yixi starts out in Xi'an in the sixteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, climbing one step at a time from guerrilla commander to regional commander, then Prince of Yu and emperor. Annam becomes Qin, Hokkaido becomes Yue, the Philippines becomes Qi, Uzbekistan becomes Liao... Before he knows it, he has built a new order of Asian tributary states... 0Votes60.5kRecs211.4kFans
- 9 EN Two Realms: Don't Call Me a Demonic Cultivator! 两界：别叫我邪魔！ Su Jie, who can travel between Blue Star and the cultivation world, discovers that cultivation is far too difficult. Elixirs and magical artifacts, blessed lands and hidden paradises, spiritual roots and comprehension: every one of them is a towering mountain on the road to immortality. That is, until Su Jie discovers that demonic cultivators refine corpses through killing, extract souls to refine baleful energy, and use fear as fuel for cul 18Votes167.3kRecs529.9kFans
- 10 The Eighth Year of Chongzhen 崇祯八年 If you transmigrated into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, what would you do? Beyond suppressing bandits and repelling invaders, how would you change the Ming dynasty? Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish. You can't rush things with a blazing fire. Move forward step by step, follow the broader course of history, and let the Ming dynasty slowly regain its vitality. 0Votes127.5kRecs163.7kFans
- 11 Back in the Past to Become a Tycoon 回到过去做财阀 My new book, I Became Emperor in Africa, is out now! I'm counting on all you big shots for your support! This is an era of upheaval: the old hegemon has stepped down, and the new one has yet to rise! This is a story about returning to the past in this turbulent age and eventually becoming the world's leading financial magnate. Does a country own its financial magnates? Clearly, it's the financial magnates who own the country! This book is also known as The Financial Magnate's Nation-Building Sag 22Votes257.3kRecs337.7kFans
- 12 The Song of Rainbow Robes and Iron Armor 霓裳铁衣曲 In the fifth year of Xianqing under Emperor Gaozong of Tang (660 AD), Su Dingfang, commander-in-chief of the Tang army on the Shenqiu route, led his troops across the sea to destroy Baekje and capture King Uija. He established the Tang Protectorate of Ungjin on Baekje’s former territory, putting Goguryeo under pressure from north and south. The campaigns against Liaodong, which had dragged on intermi 0Votes125kRecs119kFans
- 13 Starting a Business in Late Tang 创业在晚唐 Two hundred and fifty-seven years after the Mandate of Heaven passed to the Li clan. The once-glorious Great Tang, to which all nations had paid homage, stumbled into the winter of the first year of the Qianfu era. That winter, only three months remained before Wang and Huang raised their banners, and just thirty-three years before the fall of the Tang. That same winter, Chang’an’s nobles remained lost in the fading glow of a golden age, while in the southwest of the empire, the petty kingdom of 697Votes162.9kRecs411.9kFans
- 14 My Great British Empire 我的大不列颠帝国 New book: The Tang Dynasty Rises Again. Set in the late Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, it starts in the two Guang provinces before heading north to reclaim Annam, Yunnan, Fujian, Hunan, Southern Tang, Wuyue, the Dangxiang lands... The twilight of the Middle Ages has yet to fade, but the finest age has already arrived. The protagonist transmigrates into the sixteenth-century Tudor dynasty as Edward VI. He centralizes power, rebuilds Parliament, and establishes the United Kingdom of Great 0Votes33.5kRecs46kFans
- 15 The Great Song Dynasty's Great Detectives 大宋神探志 After transmigrating to the early years of Emperor Renzong’s reign in the Northern Song, before the luminaries from his language textbooks had made their mark, he was preparing to take the imperial examinations and hopefully become one of the era’s shining stars when he heard about the young Bao Zheng’s crime-solving exploits. A few casual words could clear up a mystery? Some inexplicable urge could make me keep searching? … Bao Zheng, Zhan Zhao, Gongsun Ce: one familiar stranger after another a 4Votes168.4kRecs327.7kFans
- 16 Conquering Heaven at the Dawn of an Era 征服天国之曙光时代 That year, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa had yet to reveal her captivating smile. That year, Michelangelo's David had yet to stand before Florence's town hall. That year, Martin Luther's earthshaking Ninety-Five Theses had yet to shock the papacy. That year, the Ottoman sultan who had conquered Constantinople was eyeing all of Europe. That year, the distant New World had only just begun to unveil its mysterious face. It was the moment when the lon 2Votes239.7kRecs53.2kFans
- 17 Looking North at the Rivers and Mountains 北望江山 A story about a modern person struggling to survive in the late Yuan dynasty, in every sense of the word. 6.2kVotes745.2kRecs592.5kFans
- 18 The Han Dynasty's Lingering Smoke 汉鼎余烟 The great Han Dynasty is gradually nearing its end. Over the course of decades, the human world has become a land of ghosts, its plains shrouded in bones. Dragons and serpents rise throughout the realm, each vying to seize the throne. Amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, a young warrior rises with a blade in hand and gazes around in bewilderment, only to see that heroes still stand tall. The Han Dynasty’s cauldron still smolders. Who will carry on its legacy? 11Votes316.9kRecs229.8kFans
- 19 Rising to Power, Starting in Chinatown 飞扬跋扈，从唐人街开始 At the end of the nineteenth century, Chinese laborers in America had fallen to the status of third-class people. Discrimination against and conflicts with Chinese laborers grew increasingly fierce, and attacks became more frequent. In San Francisco's Chinatown, opium dens and gambling houses stood everywhere, while gangs and associations made the area a chaotic mix of all kinds of people. Until one day, Chen Zhengwei stepped off a ship, his face radiant with a brilliant smile. “I like the smell 9Votes357.9kRecs643.4kFans
- 20 The Long Sword at the End of Jin 晋末长剑 As the Tang poet Xu Yin wrote in his poem “The Two Jins”: “Deep schemes across three generations laid the foundations of an empire. What a pity for the widow and orphan. Cheng Ji’s crime brought Heaven’s wrath; the spear that struck a wise ruler is mourned for all eternity.” The Western Jin came to power through illegitimate means and made far too many mistakes, inheriting every ill that had accumulated since the Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms. By the end of the Jin dynasty, the damage had b 123Votes2MRecs2.1MFans
- 21 EN Holy Roman Empire 神圣罗马帝国 The road to Austria's revival, and the story of the Habsburg family's struggle!!! The Holy Roman Empire, which was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire, has been revived!!! My completed classics, The Mediterranean Hegemon's Path and Pursuing the Dao Across the Heavens, are packed with chapters for you to enjoy. Welcome to the new Haiyue 1 readers' group. (This story is entirely fictional and exposes the dark h 1Votes774.5kRecs311.7kFans
- 22 The Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece 古希腊之地中海霸主 This is an age of rising powers: the vast Persian Empire, Sparta, a nation founded on military might, Athens, dominant in trade, up-and-coming Thebes, ambitious Macedon, the twin powers of the western Mediterranean, and the newly risen Rome... This is an age of brilliant generals: Agesilaus, Sparta's last great king; Epaminondas, the famed general behind Thebes' rise; Philip, the founding king who laid the foundations of Macedon's hegemony; Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse; and Camillus, the di 1Votes281.7kRecs123.1kFans
- 23 Reborn as a Policeman in South Africa 重生南非当警察 Reborn in South Africa, Locke says: I hope for world peace. 2Votes979.3kRecs320.9kFans
- 24 A Floating Life in the Late Tang 晚唐浮生 In 878, the fifth year of Emperor Xizong’s Qianfu era. That year, Wang Xianzhi died in battle at Huangmei. His followers chose Huang Chao as their leader, gave him the title of Grand General Who Reaches the Sky, and campaigned across the south. That year, Li Keyong killed Duan Wenchu, the military commissioner of Datong. He and his father launched a rebellion, and Shatuo troops pillaged Hedong. That year, bandits rose throughout Jiangnan, capturing prefectures one after another. That year, Henan 72Votes938.1kRecs1.1MFans
- 25 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
- 26 I Rule in the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋我为王 Reborn in the Spring and Autumn period as an illegitimate son of a noble clan, I was sent to live with the cattle and horses in the stables. Little did anyone know that this would lay the foundation for my hegemony. What does the partition of Jin matter? Watch as my Zhao clan takes its place! Laozi rides west on an ox, Confucius is full of ambition, and Wu and 7Votes688.3kRecs389.2kFans
- 27 Restoring the Song Dynasty 绍宋 To inherit is to continue; to guide is to lead. In 1127, the Northern Song fell. Soon afterward, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amid great expectations, inheriting the Song dynasty and adopting the Jianyan era name. Yet within three months, Li Gang was dismissed as chancellor, Chen Dong was executed, Yue Fei was driven out of the army, Zong Ze was abandoned in the capital, and the plans to resist the Jin in Hebei were scrapped wholesale... After all that eff 1.4kVotes3.6MRecs20.9MFans
- 28 The Qin Empire's Bailiff 秦吏 At the end of the Warring States period, China faced an upheaval unlike any in a thousand years. Some were born into hereditary nobility. Some were princes of noble rank. But he was reborn as Heifu, a lowly Qin soldier and an obscure figure in the Qin bamboo slips from Yunmeng. To avoid dying in a ditch and take control of his own fate, he fought his way up. Fortunately 131Votes3.7MRecs1.8MFans
- 29 The Shadow of Espionage 谍影风云 An ordinary civil servant returns to 1936 by a twist of fate. He searches for underground resistance groups and tracks down Japanese spies, contributing his share to the liberation and revival of his country and people amid an extraordinary era. Thus begins his legendary career in the world of espionage. Spy Tide readers’ group 1: 833528943; Spy Tide readers’ group 2: 879936725; Spy Tide helmsman group: 940510849 43Votes7.9MRecs2.1MFans
- 30 The Matrilocal Husband 赘婿 In the final years of the Wu Dynasty, the age was turbulent and the realm was in chaos. Jin and Liao faced off against each other, the situation was unstable, and after a century of humiliation, the first faint glimmer of dawn signaling its end had finally appeared. Emperor Tianzuo, Wanyan Aguda, Wuqimai, Genghis Khan Temujin, Jamuka, Chilawen, Mukhuali, Bo'erhu, Bo'ersu, Qin Hui, Yue Fei, Li Gang, Zhong Shidao, Tang Ke, Wu Min, Geng Nanzhong, and Zhang Bangchang: loyal ministers and treacherous 438Votes13.5MRecs5.1MFans
- 31 EN Lord of Mysteries 诡秘之主 Amid the tide of steam and machinery, who can reach the extraordinary? In the fog of history and darkness, who is whispering? I awoke from the mysteries and opened my eyes to see this world: Guns, cannons, battleships, airships, difference engines; potions, divination, curses, the Hanged Man, Sealed Artifacts... Light still shines, and the mysterious has never left. This is the legend of th 11kVotes37.4MRecs37.6MFans
