Late Ming: I Urge My Father to Become Cao Cao

The last few chapters have been really annoying. This version of beautiful young ladies from wealthy families and sleazy, bookish rich girls is just so tiresome. They could write about political intrigue, martial arts, or even a harem, but there has to be a main character! I really can't stand it anymore. That's just how Qidian (a Chinese online literature platform) is—they can't write romance but insist on forcing it. I've had enough of these aristocratic young ladies.

Having read this far, I feel that as a historical time-travel novel, the author's vision and scope are too narrow. Perhaps he has set grand goals for the future, but his methods always seem to revolve around minor details. The plot twists feel forced, and the writing is clunky with various inexplicable plot points and characters, such as the drawn-out description of the official's wife being…

The pace picks up later on. The protagonist expands from Tengyue towards Burma, while Li Dingguo retaliates, likely leading to a standoff with the Qing army in western Hunan and Guangxi. The next step should be finding a seaport, right?

In my opinion, the book's quality is quite good. The only downside is that the protagonist's title could be changed; otherwise, it feels a bit jarring. Since it's set in the late Ming Dynasty, it should be Li Sixing, not Li Hua. Otherwise, it's a bit out of place. Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with it. Keep up the good work and maintain the quality.

Is he going to Myanmar to establish a nation overseas? I personally get inexplicably more excited about things overseas; unless the content is truly exceptional, I'm less interested in things domestically. 🙂

The part about the Taoist priest is a bit off-putting and superfluous; you could just replace him with another scholar.

Whether the Hu and Fang dynasties' rule lasted more than a hundred years depended heavily on the timing of their entry into the Central Plains. It's like the late Eastern Han Dynasty: a powerful warlord unified the three Xianbei tribes, then instigated a rebellion against the Southern Xiongnu, and then, taking advantage of the chaos of the Partisan Prohibitions, swiftly marched south, captured…

The world cannot be unified by Li Dingguo; otherwise, the protagonist would only become Emperor Taizong, and could only ascend the throne decades later, by which time it would be too late. This era must be led by the protagonist, rapidly developing the country, implementing reforms, an industrial revolution, overseas colonial expansion, and making rapid progress.

Wow, wow! I've rarely read books with this kind of format. Keep up the good work, great writer!

I feel like I've been dragging my feet on these last few chapters.