[Transmigration + History + Ming Dynasty + Fiction]
They say Chen, the Ming dynasty’s top scholar, rose to become the Duke of Chu, a minister of the highest rank!
But beneath all that glory, he was trapped in a miserable bind: Li Shanchang dosed him with a bowl of medicine, and somehow tied him to the Crown Princess! With no path forward as a lone courtier, he floundered in a quagmire of nobles!
And yet, this man held fast to the words, “The sun, moon, mountains, and rivers still endure!”
In the Empty Seal Case, the Lan Yu Case, and more, he danced on the blade’s edge to save people!
He reformed the army and cracked down on corruption, then made history with the paper-money bank!
He served five reigns, tutored two emperors, and spent his final years traveling the land before settling in Jiangning.
You say he was capable of anything? He was calculatingly cornered from the very start!
You say you pity him? Without him, would your ancestors have been able to buy rice with paper money? It would have become worthless long ago!
Want to know how this frustrated top scholar stirred up the Ming court? Read on and see!
(The story is entirely fictional. Some things may not match the historical record, as the story takes precedence.)
When I heard the third chapter, it was well written but felt weird. How should I put it, I was able to get into it but it felt like a lot of plot skipping. It was like I was rushing for a big summary at the end of the film. I immediately changed the character settings and then went into the plot. Exam-face-to-face-with a bunch of people. The plot skipped a lot of details, such as who the escorts were, how many people they brought, what the composition of the people they brought, whether they were traveling by land or water, who were the people connected with the DPRK and China, what the reactions were, whether there was any tip-off, how Lao Zhu responded, what the other side responded to, etc.
The writing is okay, the narrative is OK