The Tyrant of the Ming Dynasty: Starting by Saving Wei Zhongxian

Author, did you do your research? Cao Huachun had already retired and returned to his hometown several years prior when the Manchus invaded Beijing. How could he have opened the city gates for the Manchus? Tell me.

If I were to truly transmigrate into the body of Emperor Chongzhen, the first thing I would do is kill Wei Zhongxian. There were two causes of death: First, it demonstrates to the palace, especially the eunuchs, the emperor's absolute power of life and death over them. This makes it easier to control subordinates.

No book about the Ming Dynasty mentions how the millions of Ming Dynasty imperial clansmen were dealt with. The corrupt officials were nothing compared to them; these clansmen were the real culprits. Seven or eight tenths of the country's annual tax revenue went to supporting them, and they only took without giving back. No wonder the Ming Dynasty collapsed. The people of that era wished they could devour these imperial clansmen alive.

I've read up to chapter 134, and overall it's well-written. However, there are many parts that are utterly absurd. Author, are you writing about the Ming Dynasty, with its social hierarchy of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants? How can an unranked shipwright dare to criticize the court's lackeys in front of high-ranking officials? Who gave him the courage?

The author seems to be a Yuan Shikai fan. So many Donglin members did it, yet they didn't target Yuan Shikai. The later Guan-Ning Army was also a bunch of selfish and self-serving individuals. Your historical background is the early Chongzhen era; if you're going to do something, do it thoroughly! Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, those two top-tier figures, must be utterly disgraced and killed.

Even someone as chubby as Yuan Shikai can be given the title of national hero by internet fans 😰. When did national heroes become so devalued?

... Purely mindless wish-fulfillment novel, illogical, inverted, and written with AI assistance.

The author oversimplifies things. He imagines things can be done arbitrarily, with numerous decisions and major actions made on a whim. He expects his subordinates to rebel or stage a mutiny, and his civil servants to protest or shirk their duties. He portrays his subordinates as terrified and unable to resist—a pipe dream.

Seeing Yuan Chonghuan makes me want to vomit; he wasn't a good person.

Don't forget to purge the domestic Jews, Westerners, and various religious sects. It was only during this period that the West stole technology and proselytized. The West was also engaged in civil war at that time, and their missionary work was merely to find a cure for syphilis. The theft of cannons during the Wanli era was aided by Jews.