[Historical Highlights] + [For Fun] Jiang Chen creates videos that cross through time and connect every dynasty, past and present. Through the screen, people of ancient times glimpse the rise and fall of famous figures across history. Some are overjoyed, some sigh with regret, some completely lose it on the spot, and others earn eternal renown and the reverence of generations to come!
[Top Ten Foolish Rulers: The Ming Dynasty’s God of War]
Li Shimin: “I’d like to see what this Ming Dynasty God of War is really capable of. Did he actually have three heads and six arms, able to sweep across the land by brute force?”
Bai Qi, who never lost a battle in his life: “A God of War? Then he must have slain countless enemies and drenched the battlefield in blood.”
Han Xin, undefeated in a hundred battles: “For a title like that to be remembered by later generations, this Ming Dynasty God of War must have had a truly supernatural way of commanding troops, one that surpassed all others.”
Huo Qubing, who never suffered defeat: “A God of War must be invincible in a hundred battles, unrivaled in courage and strength, and a terror to all.”
[The Greatest Emperor of All Time: Ying Zheng]
Liu Bang: “Though that fellow took the Qin Empire from me, the First Emperor truly was the greatest emperor of all time!”
“The greatest emperor of all time? Of course that can only be me!” Ying Zheng clapped his hands and laughed, his voice thundering through the palace.
Li Si bowed and praised him solemnly: “Your Majesty unified the six kingdoms and brought the realm to order. Your magnificent achievements are without precedent and beyond compare. You are truly worthy of being called the greatest emperor of all time!”
[But from its unification of the six kingdoms to its collapse, the Qin dynasty lasted only two generations, its reign spanning a mere fifteen years.]
Ying Zheng: ???
The author deserves high praise, so I'm giving it five stars. As for this book, well, I'd rather not be ranked among the top 10 worst emperors. He doesn't even make the top 10. I've read many novels that describe the Chongzhen era as a mini ice age. There were constant natural disasters, plus the "raising Zhu" system (a system of controlling the production of Zhu).
Ai Wen, we've already talked about Zhu Di, but Zhu Yuanzhang is still using the name "Biao". At the very least, could Old Zhu not have come up with a name like Zhu Youjian?
You mean Zhu Yuanzhang had no reaction at all after seeing Zhu Youjian's name, and only remembered to punish Zhu Di after seeing the caption saying Zhu Di was Emperor Taizong? I think there were even comments in the live chat saying Zhu Di was the emperor.
Whether it's AI or not is hard to say, but it's certain that the author's historical and cultural level is very low.
No matter how you arrange it, Zhu Youjian shouldn't be in the list, especially since the background setting is that the protagonist knows history.
Could the author please be a little more rigorous? It's normal that emperors from other dynasties didn't know Zhu Youjian was a descendant of Zhu Di when reviewing the Chongzhen era. But it's strange that the Hongwu Emperor and Zhu Biao didn't react at all! The Zhu family genealogy (from the first year of Hongwu) was already complete!
Ha! You understand history? The "Great War God" of the Ming Dynasty has always been a contender for first or third place on the list of incompetent emperors, yet he's still ranked after Emperors Qinzong and Huizong? Emperor Chenghua was the emperor most eager to exhume and flog his father's corpse, just like how Emperor Jiaqing gave Emperor Qianlong the temple name Gaozong.
When I got to the Ming Dynasty section, it felt a bit confusing. If you had just included Zhu Qizhen, I wouldn't have said anything. But you specifically mentioned Emperor Chongzhen. He was, after all, just a prince. He had no real knowledge of imperial politics. If he hadn't killed Wei Zhongxian, he would have become the second Huhai, and would have been criticized even more harshly.
I personally have no fondness for the Ming and Qing dynasties; in my opinion, they're equally bad. Everyone says Zhu Yuanzhang was good to the people, but that's pure nonsense; I didn't see it at all. Of all the dynasties, the Ming was the only one that used the entire nation's resources to support its imperial clan, and most importantly, even when the dynasty was on the verge of collapse, they were still unwilling to spend the money on them.
The review was great, I wanted to give it 5 stars, but then a system penalty came out in the middle, oh my god 🤦