Reveal the Ming

This is like history, it has such a strong flavor! Come on, don't be a eunuch.

I just discovered that all the big guys who like to read history have very deep knowledge. It puts me, who has been reading fantasy novels from Tan Tou, to shame. I thought I had read about things about the Ming Dynasty, but it seems that I am not on the same level as the big guys in the book review section 😭

Wa Qingyun is dead now... What a pity,,,, it should be on the shelves sooner!

I read it in one sitting, it's great, full of content, a real novel! Serious, rigorous, logical, the protagonist and other characters have online IQs!

I read the beginning, it's good, let's stock up first

It doesn't matter whether it's clear or not, anyway, the world can't give in to the seven hateful wild boars.

After reading 50 chapters, I still feel that the outline is not good. I can't understand why I turned on the force switch and instead of pulling up the team myself, I got stuck under the fence. It's boring to follow the unknown mini-boss water chapter.

If the author thinks about it, there must be a reason why the writing style is so good but not popular. It's been a hundred chapters and it's still a minion. Since the pig's feet are set to have explosive force value, they can definitely stab the leader of the village angrily. A group of bandits whose blood and courage are enough. There is also a problem with the setting of pig's feet. Scholars write about what scholars do, and warriors write about warriors. What the hell is a scholar's thoughts plus a Saiyan setting? The author can write about the artistic conception of a troubled world in which people are as humble as grass. How come he is useless and becomes a scholar when things happen?

There were many ways to extend his life in the Ming Dynasty. Even if Chongzhen wanted to live to be seventy-three, as long as his health was good enough, it was possible, but it was absolutely impossible to make a comeback. To solve the problems in the late Ming Dynasty, the solution is very simple, just let the farmers go back to farming. To allow farmers to go back to farming, we have to move away the five big mountains that burden farmers: taxes, labor, donations, rent, and debt. (1) Taxes From beginning to end, the Ming Dynasty was plagued by a serious problem: taxes were too low. Because taxes are too low, ordinary people cannot live under the pressure of taxes. The taxes in the Ming Dynasty were so low that even the cost of collecting them was not enough to maintain the daily expenses of the government. Therefore, the cost of collecting them had to be "solved by themselves" by the local government. So, should the government look to the poor to solve the problem, or should the government look to the rich to solve the problem? In the environment of the Ming Dynasty, there were no rich people without political background, so the answer was obvious, find the poor to solve the problem. And even if it is a formal tax, it is easier for the rich to evade it because they have power. So the taxes that should have been paid by both the poor and the rich are now paid only by the rich, and the rest falls on the poor. When Chongzhen levied three rates, he made "precise calculations" and believed that the three rates were completely within the range that farmers could afford, because he only counted legal taxes, but illegal taxes were ten times more than legal taxes. Even if the three rates were not levied, farmers would still be unable to afford it. For example, there are 10 households in this village with 3,000 acres of land. Two of them have 1,200 acres each, and the remaining 8 households have a total of 600 acres. Originally, if one bushel of land was collected per acre, and a total of 300 shi of grain was collected, everyone could afford it, and the government's expenses would be sufficient. However, the court wanted to "light corvee and pay little tax" and changed it to 30 tax per 1, and only levied 100 shi for grain. The two large households could each pay 40 shi, and the 8 small households paid a total of 20 shi. However, the government actually needs 300 shi, otherwise it will not even be able to pay the tax collector's salary. So who will come up with the remaining 200 shi? Of course, it is through various "bad rules" and all kinds of unbelievable excuses that are imposed on those small households. So, two large households own 80% of the land, but only need to pay 27% of the tax, and eight small households only own 20% of the land, but need to pay 73% of the tax. This is based on the premise that large households abide by the law and pay taxes according to regulations, but in actual implementation, they still have to evade taxes. Therefore, those small-scale self-cultivators nominally "enjoyed" the "benevolent government" of thirty-one tax, but in fact had to spend half of their income to deal with government exploitation, which was not much lighter than the exploitation suffered by tenant farmers. This has led to their poor ability to withstand natural disasters. Once a disaster occurs, the total harvest is not enough to pay taxes, what should we do? Then you have to escape, and so the refugees were born. (2) Service There were rules in the Ming Dynasty. People with meritorious status were not required to perform corvee service, and even the service silver had a certain amount of exemption. As long as you dare to dig a cat hole, someone will dig an undersea tunnel for it. In the environment of the Ming Dynasty, if there was no famous person in the family, it would be impossible to be a big landowner for a long time, and the family property would definitely be taken away. Therefore, most wealthy landowners have fame. The "appropriate exemptions" stipulated by the grassroots level mean that they simply don't pay a penny. Therefore, this regulation actually means that the issue of corvee service has nothing to do with the Jin gentry. Corvee service was supposed to mean "the rich should pay and the powerful should contribute." But now that the rich can no longer contribute, what should we do? Then we can only exert our strength to death. Not only people have to work hard, but animals also have to serve the Ming Dynasty. For example, if you have a cow at home, then your corvee will be much heavier than others, so heavy that you can't afford it at all. What should I do if I don't want to do corvee work? Sold the cow. How to farm the land after selling the cattle? Cannot be planted. What should I do if I can't plant the land? Escape. So the refugees were born. (3) Donation What should we do if normal taxation and the extortion accompanying taxation are still not enough for the daily expenses of local government, or cannot satisfy the desires of officials? Then come up with various excuses and make temporary arrangements. Including the transit of officials and troops across the border, it will bring a huge burden to the farmers, because these will become an excuse for the government to collect various assessments, taxes, and "temporary transfers." The so-called "temporary recruitment" is basically direct robbery. It would be even worse if the people who came to be "recruited" were not government servants but officers and soldiers. Especially during the Chongzhen period, the officers and soldiers who suppressed bandits took away your family's money, food, livestock, your wife, daughters, and even your head. What to do? When the army is suppressing bandits, the most dangerous thing is to be a commoner, but it is safer to be a bandit. After all, the bandits are the people who provide food and clothing for the officers and soldiers. In many cases, even if they are surrounded by the officers and soldiers, they can still spend money to buy a way out, while the common people can only die. (4) Rent Rent refers to the rent paid by tenants to landlords. I don't know what the original practice was. I only know that when the tenant farmers in Shicheng County, Jiangxi Province were fighting for rent reduction, they demanded "a reduction in rent, so that they can only pay seven or eight dou per stone." With a large population and little land, landlords and tenants are in a completely unequal relationship. Landlords rely on their fame to gain protection from the government, while tenants only have their own labor force, and their labor force can be replaced at any time. This makes tenant farmers have no right to speak without resorting to violence. Therefore, landlords can use various means to exploit tenants at will, such as making large buckets in and small buckets out, making tenants bear the transportation cost of delivering grain to the granary, adding one bucket of rice for every stone collected, asking tenants to work for their families for free, asking tenants to avoid taboos, and even sleeping with tenants' wives. If you are dissatisfied, you do not want to share the land. Others want to share it. If the land is leased to others, the landlord will still be the landlord, and your whole family will starve to death. Of course, there are also landowners who have good conscience and do not exploit their tenants. However, others have the ability to take care of you at any time, but you can only rely on their conscience. Can such a peaceful life really last long? (5) Debt Both farmers and tenant farmers generally face a problem. After dealing with the four major problems of taxes, labor, donations, and rent, there will be basically nothing left in this year's harvest, and they will not even have food to eat. Then, you have to borrow food. If you borrow money, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the maximum monthly profit is three points, but in actual implementation, this is basically the minimum standard. It is even more outrageous to borrow grain. No matter you borrow it for half a year or three months, you have to pay back the summer grain as soon as you harvest it. For every stone you borrow, you have to pay back one stone and a half. What should I do if I can't afford it? Li Zicheng has already set an example. The master will hand you a piece of paper to the Yamen. He will first beat you, then show you the shackles, and make you kneel in the sun. You will not be given food or water. You will be released after three days of shackles. Nonsense, you will attract flies in three days. The combination of these five mountains ensures that farmers have no residual property and no ability to resist risks. If an accident occurs, their families will be destroyed. "Unfortunately", Chinese farmers do not have the custom of starving to death at home without food. None of these five mountains can be moved by the emperor. Once the mountain collapses, the emperor will be the first to be killed. These problems can be solved, but they cannot be solved by the emperor. If the emperor wants to touch these problems, he will betray most of his minions. An emperor without minions is nothing but an emperor. Chongzhen did not dare to shout the slogans of "three years of exemption from taxation" and "no errands and no grain". Completely clearing land and reforming the land tax across the country, not to mention how many people will be offended, there are not even available human resources. If he wanted to "suppress the troops and pacify the people", the soldiers would be suppressed by him first. Chongzhen naturally did not dare to support the permanent tenancy system and let tenant farmers press the landlords' heads to force them to sign contracts. Abolition of slavery, burning of body deeds, and burning of bonds would be even less daring. If you don't dare to do any of these, then you will just have to linger.

The author wants to know who the readers of your novel are. If you write about an illiterate time travel story, and you don't even know which dynasty Yue Fei is from, who of us will read it? People around you may be able to relate, but they probably won't read this kind of novel.

I saw Chapter 17 and haven't merged the cottages yet. What's the point?

Although it is based on reality, it is clear and logical, but it is too slow and boring. It is better to set up a mountain and be the king of the mountain. You can count here and that. If the Qing army invades, then it will be a fool's errand.

It's been more than fifty chapters and I'm still living as a grandchild 🤫

If you want to pursue publishing, don't publish it online. If your online articles want to be popular, they must be fun. What are you writing? You know that your protagonist is a loser in the first thirty chapters, and there are also some dialects mixed in that affect the reading. Do you think anyone will continue to follow it?

To put it bluntly, the author didn't think about the outline well, and after more than a hundred chapters, he is still stuck in a small village with hundreds of people, hanging out with some bandits who can't get on the stage.

It is recommended not to write long paragraphs to popularize science and forcefully instill the author's thoughts, especially the latter. You can set up a plot to show it through the plot of the characters. If you want to write it directly, you can also put it in the preface or background description. Don't include these in the main text. It's okay if it is not on the shelf. If you really want to wait until it is on the shelf, write a few more times to see if your subscription will drop. The key point of writing is not to be brainless. The plot should be advanced in a reasonable way and be concise and appropriate. If you write well, you can also foreshadow in advance. Of course, the above is only for reference. There are still many advantages to the author's writing. Come on.

Awesome, I wrote more than a hundred Zhang in a bandit den. From now on, I won't be able to write more than 10,000 chapters to conquer the world. You are the most awesome author.

The pace is too slow. Although this book is slow to gain popularity, it cannot be delayed like this. It is already over a hundred chapters long. Also, don't bother to popularize science and history. Oh, and it would be good to have some historical time in the story. After all, you will know some situations from such niche articles in the late Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, if I am here to read your science popularization history, I might as well go directly to the history books.

Stop watching. I have been hanging out in the bandits' den before, and I can say that I don't have enough strength, so I am borrowing a chicken to lay eggs. You are definitely strong enough now, but you are also afraid that the bandits will suddenly explode to defend the bandit den and you will not be able to defeat them. You are also afraid that you will not be able to handle the relationship well with the local landowners and become bandits. The author doesn't understand who is your enemy and who is your friend. What else can the protagonist do who is afraid of everything?

The pace is too slow. There are more than 50 chapters and you don't have to do it alone. There is no sense of enjoyment at all.

The latest chapter is a bit of a deliberate plot killing. It is unreasonable to take Little Orange with a hostile force like the Cao family. It is too dramatic to leave Little Orange alone in a hostile force. Next, either Little Orange returns and his brain injury is discovered, and the hero kills the entire Cao family in revenge, or Little Orange is brain-dead, and the hero is so angry that he buries the Cao family with him. It is recommended to change it.

At present, the protagonist seems to have Zhao Lie's benevolence and righteousness, the courage of the overlord, and the style of the great ancestor.

It's too slow. I've looked at more than 40 pictures, and I'm still a ninja. Progress is too slow. The pig's feet made are not pleasing to the eye. Self-righteous author

Author, please don't include too much personal information. There are so many wishful thinking and it's embarrassing😳. If you want to write it, you should learn from Lao Wang and see how he wrote his guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.