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"Defense of Fishing City" is one of the Starlight series of books. In the battle to defend Diaoyu City, the isolated city resisted the Mongolian attack for more than thirty years. Even the Mongolian army that swept across the Eurasian continent failed to cross the border. After the resistance was terminated, it did not lower the flag, collect weapons, or change the county annals. It uses strength to make the enemy put down the butcher's knife, and is praised by Europeans as "the place where God breaks the whip". Because of its historical significance and legendary nature, we will tell it separately.

The Ming Dynasty was the relatively cleanest and toughest dynasty in history, but it still could not escape the historical laws of the feudal empire. This book begins with Ming Taizu's iron-fisted governance of the country, from the absolute incorruptibility and zero tolerance at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, to the gradual emergence of slight cracks, and finally to the fact that it became difficult to recover and finally paid the heaviest price. From the perspectives of finance, imperial examinations, and court regulations, the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 300 years is described in detail. From the "Four Major Cases of Hongwu" in the Zhu Yuanzhang period, to the "Change of Seizing the Gate" of Emperor Jingtai, to the "three pavilions made of paper and six ministers of clay" in the Xianzong Dynasty. Among them are loyal people with innocent hearts, sinners who have been despised by history through the ages, and court villains who blindly protect themselves. Zhu Yuanzhang, Yu Qian, Tang Bohu, Zhang Juzheng, Wei Zhongxian... These well-known historical figures have brought us new inspiration through the author's narration.

The "Chronic Diseases of the Empire" series consists of five volumes, namely "The Wanderings of the Han Dynasty", "The Melancholy of the Tang Dynasty", "Lice on the Beautiful Robes of the Song Dynasty", "The Ming Dynasty on Ice and Fire" and "The Qing Dynasty in Black and White". This series tells the stories of several major dynasties in Chinese history in popular language, revealing the inevitable institutional flaws of the feudal dynasties and drawing lessons from them. The Ming Dynasty was a relatively clean and tough dynasty in history, but it still could not escape the historical laws of the feudal empire. This book begins with Ming Taizu's iron-fisted governance of the country, starting from the founding of the People's Republic of China with absolute incorruptibility and zero tolerance, to the gradual emergence of slight cracks, which are difficult to recover from and finally pay a heavy price. The book not only vividly depicts some typical bureaucrats and their harm, but also depicts many praiseworthy and positive examples, which has high reading and reference value.