The Great Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty
大明之崇祯大帝
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.5M Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Song-Yuan-Ming Dynasties
- Updated
- 4y ago
- English
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Let me give a review of the most recent chapters. The author originally intended to orchestrate a grand scheme, highlighting the ambitions and conspiracies of Empress Zhou, Xu Shaohua, the three princes, and the court officials surrounding the right to the throne, all while the protagonist was fully aware of everything.
Chen Yuanyuan didn't like it, so she abandoned it.
I've only read a few chapters. The protagonist, Emperor Chongzhen, is supposed to be reborn two months after the city falls and he becomes a power-hungry emperor. But he's been reborn for a month now, and what has he done? Has he been sleeping with his concubine every day? Historically, it's been a month before he even thought about making arrangements. Is the protagonist more carefree, or is the author more carefree?
How do you tell if a Ming Dynasty novel is bad? The best way is to flip to the very end and see if there's any content about attacking European countries. Then I was completely blinded and died. I don't even know how to describe it. Was the author in a hurry to end it? The protagonist is like a street thug barging into someone's house and acting all righteous.
This book is somewhat extreme, lacks a foundation of righteousness, and has significant logical problems. While it's true that drastic measures are necessary in chaotic times, it doesn't justify mindless killing...
Too much rambling, just padding the word count; it's all narrative, not a novel.
The protagonist lacks ruthless strategists like Chen Ping and Jia Ru, and the biggest waste is the character of Tu Guobao, who kills even the most cunning people. Despite his extensive reading, he is incredibly narrow-minded, even less so than the Manchus. This is a weakness of the Han Chinese; the more petty a person is, the more the Manchus like them. They understand this perfectly.
Everything is great, except for one thing that's hard to accept.
Li Zicheng did not deserve an imperial burial, neither in history nor in novels. He had no merit or virtue, yet he received an imperial funeral—it's truly infuriating! The Zhu family at least had merit in founding the nation; what did Li Zicheng have besides causing chaos? Being forced to rebel is one thing, but to receive an imperial burial, one should at least have some achievements, right?
Hasn't anyone noticed? The author reversed the battleship classifications; Tier 1 is the strongest.
The author has a clear understanding of the overall situation and clearly identifies the main contradictions, but falls short in many detailed descriptions and character portrayals. Hopefully, the next book will be better.