Pillar of the Great Ming: Starting as an Upright County Magistrate
大明柱国：从清廉知县开始
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Zhu Rongji is the number one anti-corruption figure in history, and he is hated by the scholar-official class to this day, to the point that 9.5 Out of 10 TV dramas portray him negatively.
If you travel back to the Hongwu era, as long as you don't associate with the nobles of Huaixi and don't covet power, Zhu Yuanzhang won't do anything to you. After reviewing various historical materials from the Ming Dynasty, it is clear that Zhu Yuanzhang weakened the Huaihe River region's nobility in various ways after unifying the north and south, from reducing Empress Ma's political influence…
The characteristic of this type of book is that the synopsis says the protagonist seeks peace and stability, but he goes out into the limelight and does all the big things.
Um... Just wanted to give the author some background information, not to teach anything.
I've noticed that many novels nowadays address officials as "Daren" (, meaning "Your Excellency"). Before the Qing Dynasty, this term was primarily used for elders. In the Ming Dynasty, county officials were generally addressed as "Li Xianzun" (, meaning "Lord Li"), "Li Butang" (, meaning "Minister Li"), or "Li Zhongcheng" (, meaning "Vice Minister Li"), all combining the surname and official…
Being an honest official under Zhu De, it seemed impossible to survive on salary alone.
During the Hongwu reign, it was better to be an ordinary doctor than to be too good, as being too good could easily lead to being summoned to the palace to treat patients. Becoming an official was risky. Being a laborer was also good, but there was a risk of being implicated in construction projects. Education was easy to be recruited into officialdom, and farmers were easy to be conscripted into labor service.
How can you not distinguish between the Ming and Qing dynasties, which were two completely different regimes? The Qing dynasty was essentially a colonial regime, just like the Yuan dynasty, you understand? Even Empress Dowager Cixi said she would protect the Qing dynasty, not China. They weren't even from the same country, how could people be so naive?
The Qing dynasty scholar Zhao Yi aptly stated: "Emperor Ming (Zhu Yuanzhang) possessed the qualities of a sage, a hero, and a thief all at once..." It's difficult to evaluate Zhu Yuanzhang in absolute terms, nor should we criticize or idolize him. After all, for a modern person, a socialist citizen, to vehemently advocate such things about a feudal autocratic emperor is simply absurd.
The author's writing style doesn't seem like that of someone just starting out; honestly, how many pseudonyms have they used...?
Sorry, such arrogant officials were not allowed to exist during the Hongwu era.