The Ming Dynasty's Greatest Trickster
明朝第一弄臣
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- Completed
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- 2.9M Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Song-Yuan-Ming Dynasties
- Updated
- 14y ago
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The writing is absolutely terrible. I only skimmed through the chapters describing Zhengde, and it was very realistic. The male lead isn't really the male lead; he's just a rambling, half-hearted character who hasn't progressed in twenty chapters. If you're not interested in the male lead, just drop this story.
This is considered a good book? His brain is fried. I don't know what he's writing. There's absolutely no logic in it. And the emperor is using him as a cover to recognize him as his elder brother, as if there's nothing anyone can do about it. You know, killing him doesn't necessarily have to be done openly; poisoning wouldn't work. For example, you could just eliminate the emperor by purging corrupt officials—what else could they say?
It seems those with technical skills can't be officials; their political intelligence is too low.
What kind of nonsense is this? It's already over a hundred chapters long and it's been released, but I still haven't seen the Emperor. Don't you know what the title is?
I checked the table of contents and found that the main story only unfolds after the book is released for sale. The free chapters before that are just setup, fluff, and filler. Plus, the writing style is incredibly verbose. I read 20 chapters and then left. Shennong is dead, don't look.
The plot is a clash of titans, incredibly awkward: the Imperial Guards and the civil service are on good terms, and the emperor can't sleep well.
Here's a joke: In ancient times, people were afraid of thunder at home.
Reading dozens of chapters made me feel disgusted.
Author, do you really not understand the Hongzhi Emperor? The Hongzhi Emperor only had one wife and no other concubines.
Isn't "jazz" a clown?