Late Ming: So What If I, Chongzhen, Give Up?!
明末：我崇祯摆烂怎么了？！
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Well written!
However, there are two drawbacks: First, this is a case of misrepresentation. This Chongzhen Emperor didn't slack off; he simply wasn't as eager to seize everything as the original Chongzhen. No time traveler becoming Chongzhen would act that way, so the protagonist's behavior isn't slacking off, but rather compromising.
Alright, good luck to the author!
If you persevere, many things can be resolved.
This book is very well written, but do you know exactly what makes it so good? The real strength of this book lies in its realistic portrayal of an ordinary person who transmigrates into the body of Emperor Chongzhen. An ordinary person without any special abilities, even with some precognitive powers, still lacks a solid foundation and trustworthy subordinates.
Well written. We've seen plenty of people striving and struggling, but some are content with just sitting around and enjoying life. If the Ming Dynasty, this dilapidated ship, doesn't get messed up, it could sail for another hundred or two decades.
To completely reject Zhang Juzheng is to abandon this idea altogether. At least Zhang Juzheng allowed people to pay money to avoid corvée labor. Could that have been done before? Do you know how arduous corvée labor was in ancient times? Back in our town, if the production team wanted to build tourist attractions, every household had to contribute.
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Brother, are you a girl? Brother, are you a girl?
I'm Manchu, and I'm thoroughly enjoying your book 😥. My beloved Sony was killed off by the plot just like that.
Indeed, the southern regions of the Ming Dynasty truly treated the emperor like a beggar. Just look at the tax revenue; during the Chongzhen era, the north accounted for 70% of the total, leaving the central government's finances...
The opening line claims the emperor didn't even dare investigate the Ministry of Revenue's coffin funds—isn't that a conspiracy theory? Emperor Chongzhen spent his life killing and demoting countless high-ranking officials; how come in your mouth he's portrayed as a useless coward whose life depended on the whims of his subordinates? 😰😰😰
Is this a case of paid online commentators?
I'm confused by all the low-level comments. Did the author hire trolls to whitewash this? There are also some pseudonyms of authors chiming in. Can someone please explain what's really going on with this book? (Screenshot taken)