[A day-to-day story about Zhang Juzheng, the top-tier star of Ming's Grand Secretaries, and a heroine with only modest ambitions.]
Gu Qingzhi transmigrated into the Ming dynasty as the granddaughter of Xu Jie, Grand Secretary to the Jiajing Emperor, making her a bona fide noblewoman.
The good news: She never has to worry about food or clothing.
The bad news: She has arrived during the heyday of Neo-Confucianism, when women were more oppressed than ever.
Gu Qingzhi: (Sigh) Won't I die of boredom if I'm stuck at home?
To get permission to go out, she picked up her former profession and became a skilled female doctor, traveling between wealthy households and the common people.
After listening to his granddaughter's banter, her grandfather Xu Jie remarked: "Besides sweet-talking people and acting cute, what ambition does this girl have?"
The heroine: "I'm still... figuring that out."
Renowned physicians Li Shizhen and Tan Yunxian: "My student knows medicine."
Wang Shizhen: "She also scolds me for writing unofficial histories about the current Grand Secretary."
But nobody knew that in her previous life, Gu Qingzhi had studied Ming history. She had seen how Zhang Juzheng dared to step forward as the Ming dynasty teetered on the brink, and pulled it back from collapse. He was brilliant at governing the nation but poor at protecting himself. After he died, he was left with a bad reputation, and the young emperor he'd devoted himself to helping hated him for the rest of his life.
Amid the bustling streets and lively nights of Yanjing, she glimpsed a radiant spirit untouched by the mist and rain, a spirit that belonged to him, and to herself as well.
Reading notes:
1. The male lead is a controversial historical figure. If you don't like him, feel free to skip this story. The first chapter's author's note lists references and academic papers, in case the plot seems familiar.
2. It focuses on everyday life in the city, alongside political reforms at court.
3. A clever little rabbit lives in Ming China and helps Zhang Juzheng govern the nation and protect himself. Apart from her medical skills and historical knowledge, the heroine has no other golden finger and won't dramatically change Ming history.
4. An alternate timeline of the Ming dynasty. The descriptions of traditional Chinese medicine are based on information found online.
5. There is an age gap between the leads, but it's not large.
New novel blurb:
Li Xiyuan transmigrated as the youngest daughter of a wealthy household. At first, all she knew was that her father was a duke who spent most of his time working away from home. She knew her family name was Li, but that was about it.
The historically clueless Li Xiaoliu was perfectly content: Whatever, I don't know anyone anyway.
Then one day, her father finally came home. Pointing to the young boy brushing his teeth and washing his face by the water vat, he called to his little daughter: "Come say hello to your second brother Shimin. He's been serving in the army since he was a child."
Li Xiaoliu: ? So our family isn't rich yet, after all.
So she latched onto her brother's leg. He conquered the land and became the chosen one, while she leisurely ate and played her way across the country, eating from Jinyang to Luoyang, then from Luoyang to Chang'an, sampling all the sights and flavors of the Sui and Tang dynasties.
Chang'an stretches for thirty thousand li. It's the changing fortunes of the famous men in the Lingyan Pavilion, the exotic bustle of Hu women and Turks filling the streets, and the bright moon that Li Bai and Du Fu would spend their lives gazing up at.
It's also the eternal dream Li Xiyuan cherishes in her heart.
The food in Chang'an is the best.
Li Shimin: Could you listen to your sister-in-law and stop eating?
Empress Zhangsun: Just let her eat. It's not like she can eat our family into poverty.
Everyone in the Lingyan Pavilion: So His Majesty just lets her freeload on meals everywhere?
Her brother's close friend, Zhangsun Wuji: So now you've come to mooch off me?
Reading notes:
1. Daily life, friendship, family, and eating. The heroine has no ambitions. With her brother around, she doesn't need any.
2. Strongly doted-on heroine, wish-fulfillment elements, and an ensemble cast.
3. A sweet little story about a lazy girl who loves eating and having fun.
Theme: A diary of life in the Ming dynasty.
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This is really the ending of he. I felt that Taiyue was in a dilemma in the later stage until he won his love. I was still very surprised when I saw him retire (but I feel that this retirement left Taiyue with a way out, so that even if he returns to Beijing again, he will not be easily let go by Wanli; but it is be again, I feel seven The mother's foreshadowing seems to have been laid quite early. I remember seeing the heroine's hands shaking earlier. Too much thinking can lead to an early death. In a sense, both of them died exhausted in their respective fields. This should be the unique be aesthetics of Xiaosao Yiqing. Thank you to the author for bringing this story, which gave me a deeper understanding of the matrix. The first thing I saw about Matrix was when I was reading about the Ming Dynasty. I should have had a very complicated attitude towards him at that time, but now I have gained more knowledge and reading, and after systematically understanding Zhang Juzheng's reforms, I completely admire him. Reformers in the past dynasties simply cannot promote reforms without strong tactics. Don't you see that Shang Yang has changed The achievements of Fa strengthened the Qin Dynasty, and the failure of Xining's reform failed to save the Northern Song Dynasty. The Matrix faced too many threats. The emperor was increasingly suspicious of it, and the angry princes and ministers. When Matrix was in power, in a sense, he really resisted the infamy of the majority of vested interests to promote reforms. However, once Matrix died, everyone died, and some relatives in the family were starved to death! The Matrix got a relatively good ending here, which can be regarded as a way to make up for the regrets in history~
Forget it, for Zhang Fan, as long as the New Deal is not abolished, he
Why do I feel that neither the male nor female protagonist has the appearance of longevity?
Okay, okay, Lao Zhang, you have to have a good time with your sister... (Wiping tears)
Let's do a modern extra story. I think the end of the main story does not belong to HE, but to TE - the real ending is a very realistic and true ending.
Sorry, this ending is the same as my favorite Bianjing Dream Talk. Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong
Oh my God, I feel like the heroine will die young when I see it in the back.
What a ball lightning... Hahaha, is Taiyue reincarnated as a judge?
Ju Qian passed away due to illness, and Taiyue will be here in two years. I hope to change Taiyue's lifespan and let the couple grow old together.
Very good, but too clean 😂