I Only Wanted to Be a Ruler of a Fallen Kingdom, but Became an Emperor
只想当亡国之君的我昏成大帝
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 486k Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Alternate History
- Updated
- 4y ago
- English
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This novel takes a wild approach; the focus isn't on the protagonist or Emperor Qin Gou, but on the Great Qian Dynasty. The Great Qian is likely modeled after the Song Dynasty, though the historical Song aside, the behavior of the people of this Great Qian under the influence of materialism is chilling.
I found this book interesting. On the surface, the protagonist writes about his squandering of wealth and the downfall of his country, but this isn't actually his strategy. Perhaps his squandering is a means of protecting himself. It's well known that the current state of Qian is the result of the collective efforts of its officials and scholars. However, his power isn't that great.
A Guide for Ordinary People to Travel Back to the Song Dynasty First, you'd be better off being born in Tokyo or Bianliang. Secondly, you'd better have a scholar-official father. Third, if you are an ordinary citizen, my suggestion is that you become a scholar-official before you are driven mad by the taxes of the Song Dynasty. Fourth
Some readers think it's outrageous that palace maids earn 100 strings of cash a month, so here I'll explain why I wrote about palace maids in the Great Qian Dynasty earning 100 strings of cash a month. In his memorial to Emperor Renzong on five matters concerning the palace, Sun Mian mentioned that "in the previous dynasty, there were no more than five hundred attendants, and their salaries were…
If you could be an emperor in ancient times, and the emperor of a powerful country at that, would you even care about one hundred million?
Some readers find it hard to understand why the protagonist wants to take 100 million yuan back to modern society instead of being a proper emperor in ancient times. The author will use an inappropriate analogy to explain this. If the current US president had the chance to travel to human society a thousand years in the future, the gap between that future society and the present would be the same…
The author's explanation in that leaflet actually fell apart. While the introduction of political commissars, military police, high-energy gunpowder, military literacy programs, and nascent industrialization was initially exciting, the protagonist, a modern person, was forced into coincidences to fit the book's theme.
After finishing all the chapters, I was left speechless. The education system under the red flag made me want to say something, yet my limited knowledge left me speechless. What bothered me wasn't the protagonist's actions, but rather the author's perspective. It felt like reading a paean to capitalism that uses the people as its source of income. Looking up at the red flag, then down at the world depicted in the book and the author's words, something just felt off.
Dear readers, please share any interesting stories about tyrannical rulers you find, and let's see how the author turns things around.
Many people say that the Ming Dynasty's navy is garbage and that the Ming Dynasty didn't even have a navy. That's laughable. Without a navy, and with a weak navy, how could the eunuch Zheng He have led a fleet all the way to the Red Sea and returned? How could he have brought back a group of envoys from small countries? How could he have brought back ship after shiploads of pearls and agates?