The Ming Dynasty’s First Minister

I think it's unnecessary to force so much drama just to include a female lead, gender equality, or a protagonist's halo. In historical fiction, readers are more interested in how to govern, manage affairs, and wage war. This kind of story with so much talk about industrial revolution and personality revolution is just ridiculous.

What is the most sacred word in the book, the word that carries a mission? It's not the protagonist's name or Zhu Yuanzhang, it's the Northern Expedition! As I've mentioned before, the protagonist, being a time traveler, is well aware of the historical trends. If his arrival cannot accelerate Zhu Yuanzhang's ascension to the throne, then his time travel would be meaningless.

That's very well written. Also, Zhu Yuanzhang is portrayed too badly; people always use the killing of meritorious officials to smear him. Throughout history, powerful unified dynasties have killed disobedient meritorious officials. Qin Shi Huang did not kill them because he was not the founding emperor. His ancestors killed Shang Yang and Bai Qi, his two greatest meritorious officials.

In Zhang Ximeng's revised History of the Song Dynasty, Su Shi was criticized as "politically incompetent" and "utterly incompetent," and even categorized as a "Confucian scholar," directly regarded as a pedantic scholar who knew nothing but writing. First, does this represent the author's viewpoint? If the author genuinely thinks this way, then I think it's very problematic.

Why do some people always think that meritorious officials shouldn't be killed? Those who slay dragons are often the ones who become dragons themselves, and arrogant and fierce generals are the most likely to become dragons. They all think that because they are meritorious officials, they have special privileges and can break the law without punishment.

A common problem in male-oriented novels is that the female lead is a cancer, and the male lead instantly becomes an idiot when he's with her. Let's just delete the female lead!

After reading chapter 176, the Imperial Examination chapter became extremely toxic. I endured until I reached the part about filial piety and parental love... But I couldn't continue. It's a pity; the author wanted to throw in their own ideas but lacked any vision or perspective, appearing narrow-minded and somewhat ridiculous. 😒

The author's current chapters... Can only be described as the author having his own views on how society works, but they are still far from being stable and suitable for the post-feudal era's transition to a colonial system. First and foremost is the much-criticized issue of gender equality, which is truly a mess, a hodgepodge of flaws.

I saw a hypothesis online: If my mother was Empress Wu Zetian, my uncle was Zhu Di, my prime minister was Yang Jian, my general was Zhao Kuangyin, my eunuch was Zhao Gao, and my brother was Li Shimin, how would I manage the entire situation? Here are the most interesting replies from netizens: As long as you're not too stupid, your mom will support you.

Zhu Yuanzhang certainly hated corrupt officials, but whether he truly loved the people is debatable; everything he did was ultimately to maintain his rule. There were quite a few peasant uprisings during his reign, haha. The author portrays him as a saint, it's laughable.