A Wanli-Era Civil Servant

Wow, even the title sounds impressive. Is he trying to steal Zhang Juzheng's job as Grand Secretary? Isn't he afraid of being exhumed and whipped by the foolish Emperor Wanli, and his descendants being forced to their deaths?

CCTV8 rural drama disguised in ancient style

Does someone who doesn't understand business try to open a Sino-French relationship? Shouldn't a policy that prioritizes agriculture and suppresses commerce be subject to heavy taxes? In the early Ming Dynasty, everything was in ruins and needed rebuilding. The reduction of commercial taxes was intended to encourage commercial development. After 30 years of commercial prosperity, the Jingnan Rebellion broke out.

This book looks so familiar.

The political landscape of the Ming Dynasty after Zhang Juzheng was a complete mess. Emperor Wanli was harsh and ungrateful, greedy and selfish. When he couldn't win against the civil officials, he gave up and didn't care about the Zhu family's empire at all. He really didn't care about the consequences after his death.

Let's just establish a constitutional monarchy. First, give the emperor benefits by establishing a real monarchy. Then, while maintaining a formal system of officialdom and openly appeasing the court, we can win over local factions, combine military households with merchants, and subtly induce them to abandon ordinary landlord and agricultural capital.

It's frustrating when I have to write about specific knowledge points in a roundabout way.

Having power but lacking money, how to proceed? By using various aliases, the blame falls on the businessman, while the scholar-official remains pure and innocent. Taxing a businessman who is both an official and a businessman without power presents an opportunity; who wouldn't seize it?

The beginning was too drawn out; was it even necessary to write those first dozen or so chapters? I skipped through them all.

It's well-written; maintaining this pace is good.