Qin Flame

The book is a bit too focused on the main character. The pacing is slow. The novel has already reached 700,000 words and hasn't even unified the six kingdoms yet; the subsequent section on standardizing cart axles will also be delayed. According to the introduction, we have to wait until a few years after Ying Zheng ascends the throne, and it will take nearly a million words to reach the point of…

I believe it was reasonable for Qin Shi Huang to appoint Huhai as his successor, and there was no question of him altering the imperial edict. Fusu was the eldest son. If Qin Shi Huang wanted Fusu to inherit the throne, he would have made him crown prince long ago.

Judging from the title, I thought it was about the end of the Qin Dynasty, with Fusu launching a coup to force the First Emperor to abdicate. But it turns out it's just another story about gaining his father's approval through talent. With this kind of plot, it always ends with the protagonist becoming emperor—a formulaic trope that's been around for over a decade.

From a ton of comments at the beginning to fewer and fewer later on, while it's true that novelists should follow their own ideas, does the author really not consider whether the plot is engaging or whether it's necessary to drag it out this long?

Zhao Gao is giving me this feeling of being constantly pulled in and out of control, and he's even a bit of a liability... Oh well, I'll just keep him around for now and focus on other authors. I'll wait until you've dealt with Zhao Gao before you come back.

In fact, Qin Shi Huang likely had a queen in the early years of his reign, because according to Qin law, the ruler was required to marry a queen after his coming-of-age ceremony. At that time, Ying Zheng (Qin Shi Huang) held no real power, so even if he didn't want to marry, he couldn't. He probably died later, and after becoming emperor, he didn't appoint another empress.

Haha, the idea of ​​centralized monarchy is indeed quite controversial. But I want to say that such a system can only last for a short time, not forever. If a country wants to grow strong, its thinking cannot be stifled; otherwise, it will still be vulnerable to being bullied by the West a thousand years from now. Do you naively believe that simply building the weapons is enough?

I haven't watched it in a long time, and when I saw it again today, it was still so tedious.

Monarchy in historical novels I can't understand it every time I see people discussing this. If you become a monarch, you should consider things from the perspective of a monarch, instead of still putting yourself in the shoes of the ruled. Humans cannot live forever, and the people they can know are only their grandchildren or even their grandsons.

I'm truly speechless. I'm telling you, when are you finally going to finish writing about the conquest of Chu? I haven't seen a single chapter that actually covers that topic. It's all just filler with numbers by Zhang Cang and Zhao Gao. Don't wait until next month when Fusu still hasn't left Xianyang.