The Illustrious Scholar

Author, did your math teacher teach you PE? You're selling 50,000 words for 50 taels of silver, and 5 million words for 5,000 taels. Please go back to kindergarten and learn math again before you start writing.

Isn't this too anticlimactic... Does the ending only mean that Luo Xin became the Grand Secretary for two years?

I've read about half of Ming Shi's book, and I think it's alright. Among the many historical novels on Qidian these days, it's still worth reading, although it has a lot of flaws. I can't explain what's good about it, because I'm not good at praising, I'm only good at criticizing. I'll just talk about the parts of the book that I think are unreasonable. First of all…

I read dozens of chapters, but I just couldn't take it anymore. A seven or eight-year-old kid, a poor kid from the countryside, even if he were a child prodigy, I could understand it, but what, he suddenly knows how to play the xiao (a type of vertical bamboo flute)? Won't his teacher think he's a monster? A seven or eight-year-old kid can write novels? Even the most time-traveling genius wouldn't dare to do something like this, right? Are you kidding me?

Why are these authors of historical online novels so confident that modern people would be so good at studying in ancient times? Do you know how difficult it was to pass the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty? I was fortunate enough to hear an old professor briefly explain that those who could write good essays in the eight-legged essays must have had outstanding attainments in classical…

To be honest, the plot of this book is alright, at least it's entertaining, but you can't think about it too closely; there are plot holes. The protagonist even has a built-in "idiocy-lowering aura," and the protagonist's enemies actually set up camp within crossbow range—can you believe it? 🤫

I've read 93 chapters and I don't want to continue. There are just too many plot holes and tropes. Even if you're a transmigrator, your self-created martial arts are truly amazing. There's more, but I won't go into details. I can't stand it anymore; it's too much of a simplistic, light novel.

I skimmed through some parts, and honestly, as a historical novel, it has so many glaring flaws that it's unbearable: after the Tumu Crisis in the Ming Dynasty, the court valued scholars above soldiers. The second chapter says the protagonist wants to study, but... Then he joins the army 😅? Why give up being a scholar to become a soldier?

The second chapter alone was enough to make me give up. A time-traveling person has to go back to school??

When writing in classical Chinese, first determine the terminology and background of the dynasty and its rituals. Also, avoid applying modern ideas to ancient times; doing so is suicidal.