The Nation's Enemy at the End of the Ming Dynasty

I think this way of handling the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai is the best. Unlike other late Ming Dynasty novels that portray each woman as a woman of great wisdom and courage, this one, in particular, depicted Liu Rushi as a female Zhuge Liang. If the Eight Beauties were truly so admirable, look at the men they married—either spineless or traitors!

The opening was decent, but the establishment of the stronghold and military discipline was poorly written. The transition from bandits to warlords was abrupt and jarring. At this point, the protagonist lacked prestige, and the troops hadn't undergone any real training.

Impulsive and suspicious, yet cruel and ungrateful—that's so well said! With an emperor like that, it would have been difficult for the Ming Dynasty not to fall. There were many capable generals and ministers, yet they were all ruined by Chongzhen. He was truly the number one at betraying his allies.

Um, I took a look, and it seems the protagonist plans to use the emperor as a puppet ruler to command the other lords? I'm a bit confused. Emperor Chongzhen's Beijing was captured by peasant armies, undermining the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty. After Chongzhen's death, no successor was designated, and none of his sons appeared.

Emperor Chongzhen's life is a bowl of toxic chicken soup, telling you that no matter how hard you try, you may still end up with nothing. Not only that, but you also hold back capable people. When Sun Chengzong died in battle, he had no soldiers with him except for his own household servants; Lu Xiang-sheng and Sun Chuanting died in battle without funerals or compensation; and there were also a…

I only realized this when the author mentioned the Eight Beauties! His work, from beginning to end, has never used any descriptions of a woman's beauty to pad the word count. Author: I'd like to ask, what kind of comment do you give readers a "featured" comment? 😁😁

Would you dare employ a general who covets the women around you? In wealthy households, personal maids are usually part of the dowry; frankly, they're the master's personal attendants. This is practically the same as sleeping with the master's wife, and anyone with a modicum of manners knows that this is a very serious matter.

I don't know why, but I find the main characters and some of the supporting characters in the author's writing a bit inexplicably disgusting. Having read this far, the book has its merits, but its flaws are also very obvious; it's too idealistic. Let me talk about a few shortcomings. First, the protagonist's strength increases in an unreasonable way.

Why is the protagonist only thinking about himself? Has the Duke's Daughter's soldiers ever played with the game? Why don't he share the good stuff with his soldiers?

I previously read your book, *The Fourteenth Year of Yongli*, which was well-written but contained too many factual errors. For example, the claim of 75% saltpeter in gunpowder—are you trying to make me laugh? And the argument that matchlock guns are better than muskets—does that require special training? It's a matter of materials; the manufacturing process is the same.