Saving the Ming Dynasty

ST Dameng (001368) Annual Report Performance Forecast for the Sixteenth Year of Chongzhen: The company forecasts a significant decline in full-year performance. This is mainly due to the rise of competitor Dashun (301644), resulting in a substantial drop in market share in the northern region.

Please, Big Brother, mark this post as a featured post! Haha! Proclamation to Overcome Difficulties by Imperial Decree I humbly beseech the spirit of Emperor Gaozu: Today, the world is in chaos, with western bandits rampaging in Sichuan and eastern barbarians running rampant in Liaodong. The rebellious and treacherous Li Zicheng has seized the capital. How lamentable this is!

I tend to agree with Da Luoluo's view. Essentially, a regime's taxation is similar to a triad extorting protection money. It's normal to abandon a territory that can't be protected anymore.

17Th-century currency exchange rates: A Ming tael contained 34 grams of silver; a Spanish silver peso contained 24 grams of silver, so 1 Ming tael was worth 1.4 Silver pesos. One British pound contained 112 grams of silver, equivalent to 3.3 Ming taels. One Dutch guilder contained 9.6 Grams of silver, so 1 Ming tael was worth 3.5 Dutch guilders.

A comparison with "Dreaming Back to the Ming Dynasty" Both books are very well written, with detailed historical information and profound research. The writing style of "Dreaming Back to the Ming Dynasty" is more lifelike, the characters are more well-developed, and it reads more like a novel, especially the recent section on river management.

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Chongzhen, why so many people defend him? Didn't I already say it at the beginning? Although Chongzhen only has the appearance of a middle-aged man, he can't break through this long-lasting mess. But his diligence was no less than that of Emperor Gaozu, and he became an ancestor. And it's not just two days a day, seventeen years of hard work, getting up before dawn and falling asleep at midnight.

The newly designed warship should have a low freeboard, eliminating the need for a large number of cannons. There will be no need for gun ports on the hull; the cannons will be mounted on the deck. Each gun emplacement on deck will be housed in a wooden hull, encased in iron. This will ensure that the gunpowder from the shells is difficult for enemy explosive shells to detonate.

The writing style isn't bad, but the plot is incredibly toxic. It's like they're forcibly adding enemies to drag out the story just to pad out the word count, making it extremely awkward to read. The Ming Dynasty had been fighting the Manchus for decades, and the Spanish hadn't given the Manchus a single penny.

Although the protagonists in Da Luoluo's historical novels are all reactionary, siding with feudal rulers or the bourgeoisie, the novels are still imbued with historical materialism. Each character and each class makes choices that align with their own interests; the landlord class and the capitalist class may compete, but they will also jointly oppress the people.