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- The Day I Turned My Life Around as a Beast of Burden in Ming Dynasty China 在大明为牛马翻身的日子 In the forty-fifth year of the Jiajing reign, the Daoist Emperor is about to die, and Prince Yu is nearing his accession to the throne. The licorice Grand Secretary Xu Jie is busy playing the Ming Dynasty's good daughter-in-law. The explosive-tempered Gao Gong is plotting to seize power. The ambitious Zhang Juzheng keeps his edge sheathed and his plans hidden, waiting for the right moment. And Lu Yan, magistrate of Yanggu County, is practicing mixed martial arts on Jingyang Ridge... I am Lu Yan, 56Votes1.1kRecs3.7kFans
- 1848: King of the French Press 1848：法兰西报业之王 France can do without a king, but it cannot do without Monsieur Dupont. He was the driving force behind the French press in the nineteenth century, an independent thinker who transcended party and class, and a monumental social critic whose words were a bugle, a torch, a cannonball, and a scalpel. In 1848, the February Revolution broke out. France, long a hotbed of revolution, changed from a kingdom into a republic, and Parisian newspapers' total circulation soared from 50,000 to 600,000 copies. 0Votes443Recs17Fans
- A Crown Prince’s Everyday Guide to Rebellion in the Great Song 大宋储君日常系造反指南 The one seated on the throne now: Is the arch-enemy of Lin Lingsu, the lightning-summoning fangshi and fraud of a state preceptor. Is the ultimate nemesis of Cai Jing, the unshakable fixture at court and de facto deputy emperor. Is the nightmare of Liang Shicheng, the hidden power at court, Tong Guan, the black-bearded eunuch, Wang Fu, the leading corrupt official, Zhu Mian, the stone-collecting tycoon, and Li Yan, the eunuch who seizes land. Is the savior of Zhao Ji, the great artist and master 0Votes652Recs10Fans
- I Serve as a Censor in the Great Song 我在大宋做台谏官 What is a censor? They dare to tug at the dragon’s whiskers above and investigate every official below. Their rank is low, but their authority is immense: they are a vital pillar of the state. The laws of our ancestors must not be broken? What if they are? Scholar-officials must not be executed? What if they are? My name is Su Liang, courtesy name Jingming. I’m a probationary censor in the Censorate’s Inspection Office. I’m known as Su the Heckler, Little Firecracker, and the Brush-Wielding King 0Votes19.4kRecs168.1kFans
- Yes, Chief Councillor! 是，首辅！ Autumn, the third year of Longqing. The hands-off ruler Zhu Zaiji indulges in his harem, while the agreeable Li Chunfang looks forward to retirement. The hot-tempered Gao Suqing paces impatiently at home, while the handsome-bearded Zhang Taiyue sits idle in the Grand Secretariat. The common folk own so little they have nowhere to drive a stake, while the landlords and powerful clans hold vast stretches of land. Idlers who neither farm nor weave crowd the halls of power, while bestial officials f 0Votes3.6kRecs32.2kFans
- I’m Writing Daily Records in the Wanli Era 我在万历修起居注 A ruler's attendants record his actions day and night. Whatever the ruler does must be written down, so the official history can be compiled. Spring, in the third year of the Wanli reign. Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng reinstates the daily court diary and orders the Hanlin historians to take turns keeping it. From then on Shen Nian, a third-class jinshi graduate of the 1571 imperial examination, a junior compiler in the Hanlin Academy, and Zhang Juzheng's finest student, becomes a court historian 0Votes27.3kRecs166kFans
