Novels like The Rise of an Empire
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- 1 The Raging Ming 烈明 "The Son of Heaven guards the gates of the realm; the sovereign dies for the state!" This was the oath the imperial house of the Great Ming lived and died by. Even Zhu Ping'an, the illegitimate son of a prince, has the fierce spirit and pride passed down through his veins from the founding Hongwu Emperor himself. In the tenth year of Chongzhen, he transmigrates and takes on the burden of restoring the Great Ming. He fights at Fengyang, secures the Huai regions, campaigns in Qilu, attacks Liaodon 0Votes20.6kRecs29.2kFans
- 2 Pirates of the Great Song 大宋海贼 Pirates? That’s a career with a bright future, especially in the Song Dynasty! Of course, the trick is not to get caught by the authorities! Want to roam the world, raise a crew on the open sea, and escape the government’s restraints? No problem. Become a pirate! Join this promising profession! This is the sweeping story of a pirate’s rise in the Great Song. A sailor arrives in the Song Dynasty and falls into piracy. What changes can he bring to this age? Raid Japan to the east, strike Goryeo in 0Votes125.2kRecs30.1kFans
- 3 The Tiger of the Late Ming 明末之虎 In the summer of the sixth year of Chongzhen's reign, after the Later Jin annexed Jinzhou in southern Liaoning, a modern university student named Li Xiao transmigrated into the body of an ordinary country hunter in Jinzhou. Penniless and without a System, a pocket dimension, or any special golden finger, how will the commoner Li Xiao find a path to survival and prosperity in the chaotic final years of the Ming dynasty? He will fight in western Liaoning, campaign in Xuanfu, seize Shandong, build 0Votes41.7kRecs89.9kFans
- 4 A Commoner in the Late Ming 明末小平民 In the chaotic final years of the Ming, nine out of ten commoners perish, and the traditions of the Han people are on the verge of extinction. A modern small-business owner transmigrates into this era. To survive, to protect his loved ones, and to pursue the conviction in his heart, he must defy f 0Votes31.3kRecs39kFans
- 5 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
- 6 Back to the Ming Dynasty to Become a Battalion Commander 回到明朝做千户 A thousand-household commander unlike any other in history. A thousand-household commander hailed as the God of Wealth. A thousand-household commander with the best luck. A thousand-household commander adored by the people of the Ming dynasty. A thousand-household commander to whom the emperor owes tens of millions of taels of silver. A thousand-household commander whom friends and foes alike hope will live a long life! A crooked merchant returns to the Ming dynasty and unexpectedly takes over t 0Votes104.7kRecs178.6kFans
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 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
- 10 Saber in Hand, Steed Beneath Me 横刀立马 He is Wang Feng, a man who emerged from a slaughterhouse of bloodshed. Countless bloody battles and deadly threats honed his extraordinary strength and intelligence, and also gifted him a piece of ice-cold black iron. But just as he left the battlefield, he unexpectedly fell into another world. Countless powerful enemies came one after another: mysterious magic, beautiful elves, savage warriors, and peerless divine weapons. Faced with all this, where will he go? Blood flies, murderous intent fil 0Votes1.1MRecs411.1kFans
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 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
- 15 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
- 16 The Emperor Taizong Era's Imperial Tutor 贞观帝师 I dreamed of the Zhenguan era and surveyed a thousand years of history. The Han and Tang dynasties stood in all their pride and splendor, yet in the end, neither could escape collapse and division. The foreign tribes’ iron hooves shattered Chang’an, and all of Huaxia was laid waste. The carved rails and jade steps remain, but the faces of old have changed. This endless sorrow, when will it ever end? I wish I could trample the heavens and turn the world upside down. So be it. Let me return to Cha 0Votes68.1kRecs119.1kFans
- 17 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
- 18 Capitalist Tang Dynasty 资本大唐 Capitalism and colonialism are twins, and the rise of the slave trade is an inevitable companion to the birth of colonialism! So says a certain utterly unscrupulous tycoon, the greatest capitalist in the Tang Dynasty. After transmigrating as Li Yin, the son Emperor Taizong Li Shimin likes least, he plans to use his princely status to woo a few beauties of the Tang Dynasty and then enjoy a comfortable life of loafing around. But the former Li Yin has left him both a noble title and a mountain of 0Votes120.4kRecs217.9kFans
- 19 Traveling Through Time and Space with a System 带着系统穿时空 In 1639, the twelfth year of the Chongzhen reign. That year, Zhang Xianzhong rebelled against the Ming court once more in Gucheng. That year, Li Zicheng emerged from the Shangluo Mountains with several thousand men. That year, Hong Taiji sharpened his blades beyond the pass, intent on sweeping across the Central Plains. That year, the Ming Dynasty, battered by storm and rain, took one step after another toward its doom. And that year, He Xuan transmigrated into this world. With an Emotion System 0Votes109.4kRecs88.8kFans
- 20 The Commoner Chancellor 寒门首辅 (This book was shortlisted for the 2016 Xingchuang Award in the Historical Fiction category!) In the fifth year of Hongzhi, Xu Pu was riding high as chief grand secretary, while Li Dongyang had just begun his career as an examiner for the metropolitan examination. Liu Jian had risen to become a Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion, while Xie Qian had yet to join the cabinet and earn a reputation as a worthy minister. Yang Tinghe was ordered to help compile the Veritable Records of Emperor Xia 0Votes229kRecs98.1kFans
- 21 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
- 22 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
- 23 A Free Roamer in the Martial World 武侠世界自由行 With a portal that lets him transmigrate into familiar wuxia worlds, Yang Yi rides out in fine clothes and on a fine horse, sword in hand, to roam the land! Let's revisit the novels we followed together all those years ago... 0Votes243.4kRecs297.7kFans
- 24 The Southern Song Dynasty Never Coughs 南宋不咳嗽 The protagonist, Hong Tao, is a seasoned professional who has transmigrated and been reborn three times. This time, he has arrived in the Southern Song. Can a modern man who can neither do physical labor nor tell the grains apart survive in the Song Dynasty? Can he repeat the success of his first two transmigrations and rebirths? That is the story this book tells. Let us see how he will find a new way to live well while also lending the Southern Song court a hand, helping it withstand a disaster 0Votes422.8kRecs136.6kFans
- 25 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
- 26 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
- 27 The Chongzhen Chat Group 崇祯聊天群 [A shortlisted work for the New Era of History writing contest] Emperor Chongzhen was tricked into hanging himself and losing his empire. But in this book, though the emperor is shut away in the palace, he has a group chat where he can talk to people outside. Could he still be fooled? Oh no, the emperor has transmigrated too! This cheat is so overpowered that even the Earth is trembling! It's over: before long, the Ming dynasty will rule an empire on which the sun never sets! My new book, Beyond 0Votes187.2kRecs168.9kFans
- 28 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
- 29 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
- 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 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
- 32 EN The Physician Who Rules the Realm 医统江山 A doctor who died of overwork in his previous life is reincarnated into the household of Da Kang's greatest traitor, possessing the body of an idiot boy who had been deaf and mute for sixteen years. Is this his good fortune or his misfortune? Having worked too hard in his past life, all he wants now is a beautiful wife, lovely concubines, and grandchildren gathered around his knees, living comfortably as a wealthy second-generation heir who muddles through each day. Yet he never expected his fam 2Votes2.2MRecs979.1kFans
- 33 Reborn, I Sneak into Dreams 重生潜入梦 Our personalities are all rounded, New life is nurtured beneath the red flag, A new generation grows up in a new era. The protagonist has once again set out on a path in life he has never traveled before. If this day were to come, if time could flow backward, there would be so many paths to choose from in this age of change that the choices would dazzle the eye. A path thick with brambles may not be hard to walk, and a path that looks smooth may not lead anywhere. You have to walk it to know. Co 0Votes422.5kRecs471.4kFans
- 34 Conquering Five Thousand Years 征战五千年 A mysterious tiger tally brought Li You to another world and gave him the ability to summon armies from across time. Beneath Hulao Pass, Li Yuanba hammers Lü Fengxian; outside Bianliang, the Qi Family Army crushes Wanyan Wushu; before Shanhai Pass, Huang Taiji is driven to exhaustion... Five thousand years of Chinese history: as long as I live, the battles will never cease. Five thousand years of war! With powerful armies gathered from different eras, Li You begins his own campaign for supremacy 0Votes138.5kRecs153.6kFans
- 35 The Cultured Guest 清客 Fine calligraphy, but no more than ordinary; second-rate talent, kept under wraps; three jin of liquor, yet never drunk; clothes for all four seasons, but never quite right; five stones at Go, without regret; six performances of Kunqu, never turned down; a crooked seven-character poem, written without delay; eight rounds of the card game ma diao, with nothing left unchecked; a rank of ninth grade, never sought; and a full ten parts of geniality, without a trace of vulgarity Travel five hundred y 14Votes99.7kRecs282.2kFans
- 36 Heaven-Slaying Blade 弑天刃 With no justice in the martial world, I rise with my blade drawn. A sharp edge cuts through the sky, leaving my conscience clear. When the world itself lacks justice, my blade shall strike down all beings. I gaze coldly at the starry sky, sword in hand, looking down upon all beneath heaven. The road to heaven is long and thorny, but one slash will cut it open. I alone shall reign supreme! 0Votes1.1MRecs622.4kFans
- 37 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
- 38 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
- 39 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
- 40 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
- 41 The City of Terror 恐怖都市 New reader group: 25567490. VIP group: 48170460 (send a screenshot showing you’ve bought all the chapters to join). Overnight, the rented room had become so decrepit. Dust covered the table, and the posters on the walls had grown old, yellow, and tattered. Their once-beautiful faces looked strange on the aged paper, like old monsters wearing terrifying smiles. Tattered cobwebs covered the walls, shrouding them like mist. The oranges and apples on the little coffee table had rotted and shriveled, 0Votes391kRecs307.9kFans
- 42 The Materials Empire 材料帝国 Materials are the foundation of industry and the cornerstone of an industrial power. Qin Hai, a materials science expert from the twenty-first century, transmigrated to a small agricultural machinery factory in 1985. From then on, every regret would finally be erased, and every glory could be rewritten. Electrical functional materials, optical functional materials, biomedical functional materials, superconducting materials, nanomaterials, chemical thin-film materials, smart materials, sensitiv 0Votes521kRecs590.7kFans
- 43 A First-Rank Empire 一品江山 In the spring of the fifth year of Qingli, Fan Wenzheng's reform of the New Policies had failed, and Fu Bi was demoted along with him. Teng Zijing rebuilt Yueyang Tower, Ouyang Xiu drank himself into a stupor, Han Xianggong remained tall, handsome, and rich, and Wen Yanbo had become thoroughly extraordinary. Di Qing became the idol of the Great Song's underclass, while the Obstinate Chancellor and Sima Niu had only just entered the workforce. Justice Bao was not yet qualified to preside over Kai 1Votes634.5kRecs337.9kFans
- 44 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 1Votes722.6kRecs312.7kFans
- 45 Usurping the Qing 篡清 This is a pretty satisfying alternate-history novel... Well, it should be, anyway. 0Votes836.7kRecs938.3kFans
- 46 Reborn: The Greatest Life 重生之最强人生 During a morning run, Yin Jun emerged from the mist and found himself back in Xiangjiang in 1978. That year, variety shows had yet to take over the screens. There were no familiar special-effects blockbusters, nor any songs everyone knew by heart. That year, Xiangjiang television dramas had yet to produce one hit after another, Xiangjiang movies had yet to take Asia by storm, and Xiangjiang songs had yet to sweep the mainland. That year, the classics had yet to become objects of nostalgia, and t 0Votes924kRecs523.5kFans
- 47 Beauty and the Realm 江山美色 Mo Wu's new urban novel for 2020, Extreme Vigilance, is now available on Qidian. The characters' dialogue is witty and humorous, and the story is tense and tightly paced. All you generous readers are welcome to check it out. Thank you. He had thought being a bandit in troubled times was a promising career. He never expected to become a favorite of the imperial court, and the person Yang Guang trusted most. By the time he was wildly successful and ready to make his mark, he could only watch 0Votes2.8MRecs422.1kFans
- 48 Skyborne Dragon Rider 苍穹龙骑 The glory of one hundred thousand years ago is gradually being forgotten by the people of the world. An ace of aerial combat who returned from Earth bearing a mysterious destiny will reforge the glory of the Dragon Knights. Humility, honor, sacrifice, valor, mercy, spirit, honesty, justice! Whether night falls or the sun rises, the roar of dragons will resound across the heavens. The Dragon Knights who protect this sky will surely remain with the heavens! Wherever the longsword points, as long a 0Votes1MRecs236.5kFans
- 49 Late Ming 晚明 In the final years of the Ming dynasty, the northern frontier is shrouded in the smoke of war, with mountains of corpses, while the south of the Yangtze enjoys tranquil streams, stone bridges, song, and dance. Amid the internal strife and external threats of a dynasty on the brink of collapse, a calculating office director rises to power and sounds the last call for China. A true hero can change fate. Brutal, bloody ancient wars and authentic scenes of everyday life in the Ming, where ordinary p 116Votes768kRecs830.3kFans
- 50 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
