Yes, Chief Councillor!

In a country that does not produce silver, the Single Whip Law essentially meant that the central government relinquished its right to mint coins in order to buy off the scholar-official class, or it would have simply stuck to the traditional three-tiered monetary system of gold, silver, and copper.

I recently noticed something counterintuitive: First, history books are written by civil officials, so a core aspect of historical evaluation is whether your actions harmed or benefited the civil official interest group. Zhang Juzheng did a few things: the Single Whip Law solidified the status of silver and even increased its value; he also brought the Six Ministries, which previously supervised…

Grand Secretary, pull yourself together! Don't embarrass yourself! Since the Zhu family emperor doesn't want to take responsibility, let him witness the highest achievement of a civil official: calling a deer a horse.

There are very few authors left who write history seriously, and those who do write with smooth prose, clear logic, and few major flaws. Many books nowadays are either too systematic, too abstract, or morally bankrupt. How can we revitalize the great cause of history while surrounded by these scoundrels?

I think the Single Whip Law had a life-extending effect on the Ming Dynasty, isn't that a generally accepted fact? If you insist that the Ming Dynasty perished because of the Single Whip Law, that's like the buyer blaming the seller for committing a crime, or attributing all the exorbitant taxes and levies resulting from a corrupt system to the systemic problems raised by Zhang Juzheng.

Since we've all traveled through time, the first thing we need to do is bring down the emperor. Otherwise, the more we reform, the more the emperor benefits.

The Ming Dynasty is an unsolvable problem unless it produces a brilliant and capable emperor like those of the Five Dynasties period... Otherwise, it's all just laughable.

The plot is rather bland, depicting a mid-level bureaucrat's minor repairs to the Ming court, interspersed with glimpses of his daily life with family, servants, and colleagues. It should be called "My Few Things About Being an Official in the Ming Dynasty." It's not exciting, but it doesn't have any major problems either.

The pace is incredibly fast, but there's absolutely no detail to speak of. It doesn't feel like writing a novel; it feels more like rushing to finish the story and get home to turn off the gas.

Although I've only read about 20 chapters, the protagonist has already solved problems perfectly at the most crucial moments on numerous occasions. As it turns out, the elders still haven't realized that the protagonist is a genius who can solve any problem. They actually let the protagonist slack off, and he even had time to hug and make a baby with his wife.