Great Ming: Screening Documentaries During the Hongwu Era

The protagonist's mindset is no different from Zhu Yuanzhang's peasant mentality. He's always talking about state-run enterprises and looking down on everything. Why do you only like the emperor? Are civil officials and merchants worthless, but the Zhu family is? The biggest landlords, the biggest freeloaders.

Do you think Old Zhu will listen to you? He skinned the man who coveted five taels of silver alive to light his lamp, yet he allowed his own son to disregard human life. You think you can change this kind of person? He's rotten to the core. If you let him see the end of the Ming Dynasty, his arrogance will lead him to cut you into a thousand pieces.

This book should be called "The Great Ming Dynasty: I Was a Black Slave During the Hongwu Era!"

Is there such a strong bias towards Zhu Yuanzhang?

I once read a popular science article by a professor from the University of Science and Technology of China. What is science? It's the proof used when solving problems. Ancient China had technology, but no science. Bringing this line of thought to the world is more powerful than any technical method.

As a history writer, to be unable to even grasp such basic political concepts, and to dredge up old material from so many years ago—it's simply speechless. Forget it, what I initially thought was a pretty good piece of writing has now become disgusting.

Is it possible that the Yuan Dynasty eliminated all the tax collectors, the officials in charge of tax collection? Then Zhu Yuanzhang (the Hongwu Emperor) didn't bother to train them (after all, they came from peasant backgrounds) and simply handed over the tax collection to local officials. The purse strings were handed over! Later, without an emperor, they also eliminated the military.

It's quite frustrating. To be honest, he clearly had the ability and advantages, but he was forced to serve as Zhu Yuanzhang's lackey in a frustrating way.

This author has only a superficial understanding of Ming history, and his bias is too strong. He praises the emperor, glorifies military generals, and belittles civil officials, which makes the reading experience very awkward. Is this the current popular formula? Why always talk about the civil service group and the collective interests of civil servants?

If you're not going to write a proper book, why are you hiding your personal agenda? Get out!