The Art of Ruling the World
明谋天下
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- Completed
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- 2.0M Words
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- Historical
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- Song-Yuan-Ming Dynasties
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- 8y ago
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In this book, I personally think there is a problem with the character setting at the beginning.
In ancient times, do you know how important the prince was? Even if the prince is not favored, no one dares to mess with him. After all, the prince represents the prosperity, and a concubine can rely on the prince to counterattack. The author has a problem with his head. In this book, the emperor does not recognize the prince, and even the maids can bully him. Isn't this kind of plot rare?
Write well
That's it. A parting word: Write well, but don't force yourself to be funny all the time; it's incredibly boring. Comedy can be great if done well, but it requires extremely high skill (only one in a thousand online writers can do it). Without that skill, you'll definitely mess it up. For online writers, honestly using the most basic writing style is the best way to write and the smartest approach.
What kind of rubbish is this? As the eldest son of the emperor, he's constantly being called "brother" by everyone. Fine, I can tolerate it, but even after he's made a prince, it's still the same. Author, wouldn't your Chinese and history teachers be furious by now?
I've read over ten chapters, and a good premise has been ruined.
The protagonist is doomed in the first few chapters. Does he really think Wanli is easy to deal with? He dares to be late for an audience with the emperor? First, he'll be reprimanded; second, daring to talk back is considered treason and filial impiety. Argue with reason? What nonsense! In ancient times, the emperor was supreme.
The Ming Dynasty could actually have been saved at that time, but Emperor Chongzhen ruined it himself. The eunuchs and secret police were like knives in the emperor's hands, used to deal with officials. The later proliferation of these eunuchs and secret police was due to the emperor's incompetence in dealing with officials, which led to the rise of the eunuch faction.
I read "Rebellion" before reading this one, and it feels like they were written by completely different people. "Rebellion" was captivating in its political intrigue, character portrayals, and writing style, but this book reeks of idiocy. Especially the scene where Fei's daughter first meets the eldest prince—a prince with a very high chance of becoming crown prince—and pats him on the shoulder…
Although I started reading it quite late, I still finished it. My thoughts are: the plot doesn't feel like a plot, the power struggles don't feel like power struggles—the whole book is like that. There's no real political, social, or technological guidance. The whole book just focuses on how amazing the protagonist is. It's laughable.
I read the first 10 chapters and then quit; they were a bit mind-numbing. The later chapters, which explained why the emperor's elder brother rebelled, were much better.
Even if Emperor Wanli disliked this mother and son, it's impossible that they would be so mistreated that even palace maids and eunuchs would bully them... That's outrageous, wouldn't that be a slap in the face to the emperor?
I actually think that no time traveler could save ancient China.