Turning the Clouds

What are you doing, author? Including this one, I've seen you've written three books, and not a single one is about peasant uprisings or worker-peasant revolutions; they're all about climbing the social ladder. The protagonist's ambition to overthrow the Qin dynasty is undeniable. From the very beginning, he aimed to influence Qin Shi Huang, targeting the upper echelons of power.

On the surface, the author writes about the protagonist overthrowing oppression, but I keep getting the feeling that the protagonist wants to be the one who wields power and authority. Why not just stop pretending and just live a life of power and indulgence?

Why does it feel like the author is kneeling and shouting for freedom?

I've finished reading it, and I'm speechless. It's good, but if you post this kind of material on Qidian, it'll be difficult to write about later unless you flood the page with filler or take a completely different approach. So, I'm offering incense here in advance.

I never blindly believe in the market; I firmly believe that good writing can overcome everything. Keep it up!

I'm outta here, folks! The reason is probably that the protagonist is clinging to the nobility while simultaneously sharpening his knife to kill them! Even if he uses a righteous cause, it doesn't change the fact that the protagonist is a selfish, ungrateful wretch!

He was unwilling to understand his enemy, still clinging to preconceived notions. There were intelligent people in the old society, and one shouldn't assume that one person can change everyone. Just as our society changes individuals through collective effort.

I feel there's a contradiction. Let's assume the protagonist wants everyone to stop kneeling, then the price is that most of the characters introduced so far have to die, because they are the beneficiaries of the system, and the author portrays them as inherently contemptuous of the lower classes.

I'd read a dozen or so chapters, initially hoping to enjoy a decent niche online novel, but the opening was a complete shock. A pound of sweet potatoes cost six cents, a pound of chicken and fish around one cent. The author himself stated that one dollar was equivalent to three to five thousand in later times, yet he pitied an old man selling goods at a stall for only two or three cents a day…

The worldview in this book doesn't seem very logical. Currently, Dayun likely has three social structures: land and factories controlled by the emperor; land controlled by nobles and gentry; and factories controlled by a portion of the nobility.