The Iron Guard of the Ming Dynasty

It's better than expected. I wrote it without patting my head. I hope to write more supporting characters with stories to enrich the world of the late Ming Dynasty. I hope to see more fights and killings and see more of the game behind it. I like to see the perspective of the little executors to express the world under the control of the protagonist. Like Overlord, the protagonist of the King of the Undead is already invincible but uses colorful supporting characters to make it more popular. Your novel is still a bit cliché. Come on, after all, there are not many authors who have been carefully checking historical materials.

Occasionally, some plots are too toxic, and the author can't say that the results are better if those plots are removed. For example, relying on women to get to the top, once or twice is no problem, but every time you meet a Shangguan, the Shangguan has a daughter, and then the protagonist shows it in front of the Shangguan's daughter, and then gets favor, disgusting

A simple way to measure tax revenue in the late Ming Dynasty is to look at Taicang's annual revenue. What Taicang received was what was left after the money collected by the provinces and the capital's treasury was used up. This money was mainly used to pay border wages, accounting for about 90%, and the rest was miscellaneous expenses from the capital. According to Wei fans, starting from the third year of Tianqi when Eunuch Wei came to power, Taicang's annual income was 7.9 Million taels, which is the highest. Is it scary? This is leftover for direct use by each province. Then 3 million taels in five years, 4 million taels in six years, and no transfer of power in seven years. The annual income of Taicang was 7 million taels in the first year of Chongzhen, 9.1 Million taels in three years, 12.2 Million taels in four years, 20 million taels in 12 years, and the highest of 23 million taels in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen. Surprise? Refresh the lower limit? The tyrant Chongzhen is the ancestor of tax collection. Are you, Eunuch Wei, a hammer? At this point, I have to mention Du Chebie, a socialist thinker. He invented or carried forward the theory that "the taxes collected in the late Ming Dynasty were not too much. The Manchus and Qing Dynasties killed a few people (Yangzhou Tenth Day, Jiading Three Massacres, Guangzhou Massacre, etc.), And collected more and paid them. The failure to collect taxes in the late Ming Dynasty was all the fault of the Donglin Party." He invented or carried forward the theory. Then a bunch of little white fans followed and waved the flag and shouted - of course, these little white fans didn't know the specific values. Putting this theory into modern times, it means that the taxes collected by the Democratic Party were not too much, but the Japanese came and killed a few people, built several mass graves, and paid even more. If the Democratic Party failed to collect taxes, it was all someone's fault - is this human talk? Why don't they say that the old slaves are killing Han people who have no food in the Northeast. Anyone who has no food at home will take the initiative to die. Compared with collecting some taxes, it is nothing. As long as they take out the knife, they will take the heads and send them away obediently. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was too kind. It was all the fault of the civil servants if they couldn't even take the heads - are they human? Can humans be the same as animals? Socialist Internet historians, do you have any humanity? Let's talk about their favorite rumor: Chongzhen confiscated mining tax, salt tax, and commercial tax. Needless to say, mining taxes are illegal throughout the country except during the Wanli period, when private mining is illegal. Let's talk about commercial tax and salt tax. I haven't checked this year by year, but I can find out from Mr. Quan Hansheng's "Research on Annual Income in Taicang after the Mid-Ming Dynasty" that Mr. Quan is not an Internet historian like Du Chebie who talks a lot. About 70% of the revenue from commercial taxes and banknote customs was transferred to Taicang. 250,000 Taels in the sixth year of Wanli, about 325,500 taels twenty-five years ago, and 407,500 taels in the twenty-sixth year. This was the peak of the tax collector's search. It dropped to 266,800 taels in the twenty-ninth year. This was the low point after several years of searching, when shops closed down and merchants could no longer do anything. The above is from Volume 376 of "Records of Shenzong", pages 7-8. Before the end of Wanli, it was 344,700 taels. In the fifth year of Tianqi when Eunuch Wei came to power, it was 514,900 taels. In the second year of Chongzhen, it was 566,400 taels. The above is from Volume 5 of Duzhi Memorial Hall, pages 63 to 64. (Unfinished, continue to the next paragraph)

What grudge does the Peasant Army have against you? To discredit the Peasant Army?

It's embarrassing to see. You dare to touch the private salt dealers. Don't you know how powerful that is? It's not the black boss. There are people behind it! Maritime merchants and border smuggling were the biggest forces in the late Ming Dynasty!

I don't know why there are so many novels about traveling to the late Ming Dynasty to save the so-called Ming Dynasty. Isn't it time for a country to perish in its final days? Among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, only the first two emperors were able to suppress the civil servants, and the following were a group of weird emperors (not to mention the rule of Renxuan, Hongzhi and Zhongxing, etc. Were just the obedience of these emperors and were beautified and publicized by the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty). They were all fooled by the civil servants and it was not until the country was destroyed that they realized the idea that all civil servants could be killed. Such a dynasty can only save a few children. What it wants to save is the group of poor people who are struggling to survive in the last years of the dynasty. Wouldn't it be better to learn from the old revolutionaries of our dynasty and make earth-shaking reforms?

I still like this style. Although it is a bit niche, I support the author's continued efforts and recommend it.

The storytelling ability and rhythm are very good, and the historical view is more in line with my personal taste. I hope the author will stick to his original intention and not be swayed by too many comments. Rebellions like those of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong only involve destruction and lack of construction. I personally think that the protagonists, as time-travelers, do not need to take this path of digging the graves of the Han nation. In late Ming Dynasty novels, Qian Jiannu must be put first after all...

The author is very naive, and his worldliness is at the level of a middle school student. Modern people know a little more about natural science than the ancients. They are really no match for the ancients when it comes to playing with people and sophistication. One Yan Zi made Chu able to instantly kill all the diplomats in the past century. The author just wants to show off his sophistication and wants to create a protagonist who can play with people's hearts. It's ridiculous.

This novel is so well written that I also recommend a book to my friends, "Zuo Ming Xia". The author Lao Bai Zhu already has a 3 million-word novel "Little Common People in the Late Ming Dynasty" and a 1.6 Million-word novel "The Bones of the Han Dynasty Across the Ming Dynasty". Friends who are short of books can take a look.