A Dream of Republican-Era China: Starting Out as a Monthly Coachman

After reading the whole thing, I feel the protagonist is a complete coward. You're already writing a novel, yet you're still too cowardly to be bold. You've written the protagonist like this. The entire "Smoke and Fire in Beiping" plot unfolds exactly as it was supposed to; you haven't changed a thing. Take that petty woman, for example.

The end result was that he lived to be 200 years old, slept with 10 Japanese women, made a fortune, and pulled a cart his whole life.

Is there a bit of licking the boots at the end? Some parts keep trying to whitewash the little things, which makes me uncomfortable. Am I the only one who feels this way?

The protagonist is a servile lackey, even his psychology is that of a servile lackey; the author's barely suppressed, old-fashioned lust occasionally seeps out.

No wonder he got so much flak; the protagonist was desperately trying to woo a female student from the Republican era, only for her to be taken advantage of by the bald-headed spy in a real relationship.

To put it simply, the protagonist is like a bondservant. It is almost certain that the author's family originated from the bondservant (baoyi) system. The plot makes it seem like I desperately want the Tatar Qing dynasty to come back to life and be its slave again. I haven't seen a plot like this in a long time. But it was no use, the Qing dynasty was destroyed. 😁😜

The protagonist's cheat ability is that he can absorb the attributes of the people pulling his cart. Because the anti-Japanese war hero had his attributes absorbed by the protagonist, he died in battle. Those who like this kind of story should watch it.

The protagonist is a complete loser. I didn't see a single characteristic of a time traveler, and he's becoming more and more like a local from the Republic of China era—a listless, complacent type who just drifts along. He even loses his mind when he's around women. I can't believe this is someone who went through nine years of compulsory education. I'd believe you if you said he was a slacker before he time-traveled.

A useless protagonist who also steals. Absolutely outrageous.

One transmigrator has a cheat-like ability but acts like a native. And Wen San is like the protagonist's father, with the protagonist always being filial to him. The protagonist is in tears whenever Wen San gets even slightly injured. The protagonist's woman is killed in front of him by thugs, and the protagonist acts all alarmed, even praising the thugs for handling the situation. It's a disgusting character design.