My Days as a Confiscator for the Embroidered Uniform Guard
我在锦衣卫负责抄家的日子
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- Historical
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- Song-Yuan-Ming Dynasties
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Let me share my personal opinion... The beginning was very exciting. However, after the Crown Prince boarded the throne, he suddenly stopped paying attention to the protagonist, and I couldn't continue watching. I don't know why, but the sense of loss or the gap between expectations and reality was too great.
It's beautiful, truly beautiful. Like a legend of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, it doesn't distort history or alter any major trends, maintaining the weighty sense of awe that people hold for history. It's simply a story of an ordinary person's hard work and struggle.
It's well-written. I don't know why, but these days historical novels are all about grandstanding or constables; I'm sick of them. At least this one seems quite original from the beginning.
"My Days in the Embroidered Uniform Guard: My Rise to Power" tells the story of a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who rose to power starting from his role in confiscating property.
Recommendation The protagonist is a captain in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. As a pawn of those in power, he is shrewd, cautious, and plans his moves carefully. This is the story of how he uses his connections to rise to power in the treacherous officialdom. Being in the special position of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the protagonist is both pushed along by the times and a witness to them.
After discovering it wasn't a time-travel story and the protagonist was an indigenous person, I didn't want to continue watching, because no matter how powerful the indigenous people were, they couldn't change the history I knew. Judging solely from the perspective of plot and writing style, it's quite good.
The novel, intended for a TV series adaptation, has a somewhat flawed premise: the indigenous protagonist is too dramatic.
Consort Wan was a pretty good person, wasn't she? When did Emperor Chenghua ever say he wanted to depose the Crown Prince? It was all slander by civil officials, used to brainwash Emperor Hongzhi. The Ming Dynasty's demise actually began with Emperor Hongzhi; imperial power was widely seized by civil officials, and land was extensively annexed by them and landlords.
If you think the Ming Dynasty is bad, then go and build it up. If you think the border troops are bad, then kill innocent people and claim credit for them. If you think the Beijing garrison is bad, then go and draw salaries without working. If you think Jiajing Emperor is incompetent, then go and become Yan Song (a notorious corrupt official), instead of just endlessly criticizing and complaining.
The beginning is quite detailed and the imagery is really vivid, but the limitations of the Embroidered Uniform Guard will also limit this book.
I've read about 70 chapters. The writing is quite good. The protagonist appears during the later years of the Chenghua Emperor's reign, and around chapter 70, it's roughly when the Crown Prince first assumes power. The story follows a fictional character experiencing that period of history. Based on the current setting, this book won't change history.