History Through Fiction 小说里看史料

1. 1 食 Eating the Bright 食明 Spring Creek Flute at Dawn春溪笛晓Romance1.9M WordsCompleted In the first year of the Longqing reign, the new emperor appointed Zhang Juzheng Vice Minister of Personnel and concurrently Grand Secretary of the Eastern Pavilion. The famous Ming official Zhang Juzheng officially became Grand Secretary Zhang. That evening, a boy carrying a wok stopped Zhang Juzheng on his way home. “Brother-in-law!” The boy with the wok, Gu Xian, rubbed his hands together and began his dramatic performance. “I’m your long-lost brother-in-law. I came all the way to the capital 117kFavorites170.4kClicks/ch1.6MGifts

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   Sweet Spring's historical fiction is as high quality as ever! It's great! — Compared to Wang Xiaowen, Gu Xian's storyline is a bit harder to complete; not every character is easy to raise…

2. 2 玩 Playing Song 玩宋 Spring Creek Flute at Dawn春溪笛晓Romance852k WordsCompleted As Wang Pang grows up and enters officialdom, here’s what the big shots of the Northern Song are worried about: Su Shi: Don’t even think about setting me up! Han Qi: Don’t even think about setting me up! Di Qing: Don’t even think about setting me up! Wang Anshi: Every day, I worry my son will become a treacherous minister. Fan Zhongyan: Every day, I worry my student will become a treacherous minister. Sima Guang: Every day, I worry my son-in-law will become a treacherous minister. This book wil 188.9kFavorites457.9kClicks/ch540.7kGifts

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   It's the first book in Sweet Spring's historical series, but I read it last. The mischievous male protagonists in Sweet Spring seem similar, yet each is different. The bigwigs of the Song Dynasty are also very entertaining!!!

3. 3 闲 Leisurely Tang 闲唐 Spring Creek Flute at Dawn春溪笛晓Romance864k WordsCompleted The print edition is now available. See Chapter One for details. A court historian interviews the bigwigs of the early Tang: “You’ve all known Li Yuanying for quite a while. What kind of person do you think he is?” Wei Zheng: “A shameless scoundrel!” Fang Xuanling: “A shameless scoundrel!” Sun Simiao: “A shameless scoundrel!” His Majesty Li Er: “My most shameless younger brother.” Li Yuanying: “You all carry on. I’m leaving.” This story will become a paid novel this Saturday, January 19. Three 131.9kFavorites370.9kClicks/ch862.4kGifts

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   This is the first book in the Sweet Spring Historical Series that I've read. Ahhh, I could read another million words of this Tang Dynasty!

4. 4 武 [Great Tang] The First Female Official of Empress Wu [大唐]武皇第一女官 Gu Simu顾四木Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Jiang Wo sat in one of the palace gardens within the Taiji Palace. When she woke one day, she discovered that she had become a low-ranking female official in the Tang dynasty during the Zhenguan era: a seventh-rank record keeper in the Palace Discipline Bureau, responsible for recording palace rules and punishments. Her first assignment was to explain palace etiquette to the newly arrived consorts. After she had finished reading through the regulations, one young woman stepped forward. “Could 128.3kFavorites184.4kClicks/ch724kGifts

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   Having finished reading it, it felt like I was accompanying Jiang Jiang and A Wu through their long, fulfilling, and hardworking lives, exhausting their energy and dedicating their lives to making that world a better place. This world cannot exist without girls!!! It's also a pity that this isn't true history; Empress Wu didn't meet her Jiang Wo.

5. 5 昏 A Tyrant Needs to Go Offline 昏君就要君主离线制 Gu Simu顾四木Multi-Orientation524k WordsCompleted An app called [The Emperor's Simulated Life] suddenly appears on Jiang Li's phone. APP: [Please select a historical ruler to load (Note: not a wise ruler).] Jiang Li is extraordinarily lazy. After thinking it over, she picks Liu Shan. If she ends up by Zhuge Liang's side, she can just say, “I'll leave everything to you, Prime Minister!” APP: [Host has selected Liu Shan, ruler of Shu Han. System transporting Host (bzzzt)... System error... Host transported to the wrong time and place... Host h 78.7kFavorites150.5kClicks/ch100.5kGifts

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   Who could resist this timeline?!

6. 6 戏 A Playful Ming 戏明 Spring Creek Flute at Dawn春溪笛晓Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Wang Xiaowen was reborn as a baby with his memories intact. His mother was his father's second wife, and every day she relentlessly brainwashed him: "You've got a bad older brother. He loves showing off, and he's the biggest show-off in the whole area!" "When he was born, he even had some immortal send a dream, so your father treasures him like anything!" "And when your father and the others named him Yun, meaning 'auspicious clouds,' they even renamed his home Auspicious Cloud Tower!" "Hmph!" S 187.2kFavorites437.9kClicks/ch3.1MGifts

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   Well, I love Wang Xiaowen! A novel is successful if it makes readers genuinely wish the character existed! Wang Xiaowen deserves the love of so many characters in the book and so many readers outside of it. The author put a lot of effort into the writing; reading a novel while also learning about history is the most enjoyable feeling. Highly recommended!!!

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