The Ming Dynasty's First Tribute Scholar
大明第一贡生
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- 3.5M Words
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- Historical
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- Song-Yuan-Ming Dynasties
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Generally speaking, emperors whose temple names or posthumous titles contain words like "Ren" (仁), "De" (德), or "Xiao" (孝) are the kind of emperors who are easily manipulated by the scholar-officials and whose reputations are both superficially appealing and substantively beneficial to the official and gentry groups. Why wouldn't such emperors be praised and lauded to the extreme by the scholar-officials and powerful clans?
Was the Hongzhi era a period of revival and prosperity?
Was the Hongzhi era a period of revival and prosperity? Where is the Chenghua era's revival included? Don't you know about Chenghua's achievements in both civil administration and military affairs? During the Jingtai and Tianshun reigns, the population remained around 53 million. During the Chenghua reign, the population was generally around 60 million.
Smallpox can indeed only be prevented, not cured. So, going back to ancient times to claim that smallpox could be cured is just asking for trouble.
This book feels better than other time-travel novels from the same period. The male protagonist's character is a highlight; he's not obsequious, stingy, and vividly written. Most importantly, he's always very opinionated and never loses face when he encounters emperors or nobles. There are no obvious problems so far, but I don't know why the results are not ideal?
The so-called three ministers were actually treacherous officials; they were the masterminds behind Zhu Houzhao's drowning.
Lately, I've been reading history, and I feel that novels are more like history, while history is more like novels!
Those who don't rebel and remain in power will eventually be purged.
Han Qing
Not bad. The ending portrays Bo Hu a bit too highly. When the imperial examination cheating scandal broke, Bo Hu was still at home waiting for the results. He only devoted himself to calligraphy and painting after failing the examinations.
Many people say that the civil officials and old retainers are constantly fighting against the protagonist, and that the protagonist is too cowardly for not fighting back. But I think this is the most interesting part of the book. The three old men in the civil cabinet are always thinking like they are fighting for power, but as a result, the protagonist doesn't pay any attention to them at all.