Steam-Powered Great Ming: The Dragon Empire

The protagonist is a great man whose idol is Lin Zexu. His life goal is to destroy and ban opium. It is not enough to emphasize such an important matter three times in each chapter. Even if everyone around him does not understand or support him, he will firmly believe in banning opium and forge ahead.

I don't oppose banning opium and destroying opium fields, but the protagonist's actions and words were so childish; it made me cringe.

The protagonist is portrayed as intelligent, but the supporting characters are not intellectually inferior to him.

I feel that these historical novels all share a common characteristic: very few protagonists seem to care about having offspring, even those set in worlds without magic. This is especially true for those with a single heir, where the protagonist is particularly pampered because of this.

Heavy machine guns and artillery were common in that era. Has anyone ever thought of bombing the building where Jiajing was? And they're even making airplanes? Would Jiajing Emperor approve of that? Wouldn't they have to hide in bunkers from then on? The technology tree went astray. The Immortality Pill only comes out every three years, and the Divine Power Pill is clearly a rule-based system.

What a great formula! I've noticed that these kinds of plots that exploit the theme of serving the people are really effective these days. It always involves the protagonist going head-to-head with powerful noble families for the sake of the common people, suffering injustices and being wronged, and then turning the tables on one family only to have another one emerge.

Banning smoking is indeed a good thing, but why write so many chapters about such a fantastical world? You could have resolved that earlier and written other, more engaging stories.

The author's writing is indeed excellent, and the creativity is particularly brilliant. However, the creativity is both the strength and the weakness. The author may have forgotten that the characters he wrote either have supernatural powers or can live forever, but all of these depend on Jiajing. In particular, those who can live forever need to take medicine once every three years!

The first round of the competition is over. Feeling good with my brothers, here's a selfie to thank everyone. Please keep reading!

The protagonist is not an emperor; the Ming Dynasty rules the world using its corrupt and decadent system, and it has the most disgusting ruling class (the Zhu family).