Wanli: Building a Divine Ming Dynasty

I don't understand what they're worried about. Haven't they already confirmed there's no spiritual energy and that they're the only cultivator? Just reveal it directly, show your immortal techniques, that's theocracy, protecting the spirit tree is winning, why keep hiding? They're not even playing by the same rules anymore, yet they're still obediently following their rules; it's a little chilling.

If you're scheming and plotting before you cultivate immortality, and you're still scheming and plotting after you cultivate immortality, then what's the point of cultivating immortality?

Having read so many novels about the Ming Dynasty, I've discovered that later emperors who wanted to control the court had to learn from the Jiajing and Wanli emperors. The core idea is that the emperor cannot personally participate in the proceedings; instead, he uses civil officials to check and restrain him. Furthermore, killing court officials wouldn't solve the problem.

In terms of the plot, if a Ming Dynasty emperor were truly ruthless, he could easily kill all the eunuchs in the palace. Given Wei Zhongxian's arrogance, Chongzhen killed him without hesitation as soon as he ascended the throne. The protagonist is invincible in the palace, the cabinet is on his side, and he's killing eunuchs, yet he still has to wait for them to force him to abdicate. You don't actually think this is some kind of satisfying plot point, do you?

Author, have you actually read any history of the Ming Dynasty? Using Wang Chonggu to reorganize the Beijing Garrison is insane. Wang Chonggu and Zhang Siwei were members of the Jin Party, and their interests lay with the smuggling ring of the Xuanda border army. Using them to reorganize the Beijing Garrison is like putting monkeys in charge of a peach orchard.

Some say that you should hide behind the scenes and manipulate eunuchs to watch the officials fight amongst themselves. That's utter nonsense. Hiding behind the scenes and controlling eunuchs to do trivial things, you should activate your cheat codes, increase your own strength so you're immune to open and covert attacks, then perform a miracle to win over the loyalty of court officials and…

I've figured it out. All this talk of immortality is bullshit. Who knows how long 600,000 taels of silver will last? And the protagonist's character is inhuman too. He died at the same time before the protagonist arrived, and he still dies at the same time after the protagonist arrives. His son and grandson are really something else.

They're the only cultivators left, yet they're still playing power games with others. What's the point of their cultivation? 🤔

Is this book also one of those where the protagonist cultivates immortality but is still scheming against his ministers?

Author, are you serious? Using Zhang Juzheng's Single Whip Tax Reform? Without Zhang Juzheng's absurd policies, the Ming Dynasty wouldn't have declined so quickly. Using silver to collect taxes was the most unrealistic approach. The common people didn't have silver; most used copper coins. Paying taxes in silver meant first having to exchange copper coins and goods for silver from the gentry.