"Things in the Ming Dynasty" tells about some things in the three hundred years from 1344 to 1644 in the Ming Dynasty, and shows the fate of the seventeenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty and other influential little people in the palace in a panoramic way, especially for officialdom politics, war and emperors. It is an encyclopedia to understand the history of the Ming Dynasty.
I like Zhu Houzhao least. He spoiled the Eight Tigers, built a leopard room, called himself a mighty general, lived a leisurely life every day, and sometimes even went out to fight Mongolian soldiers, making the court uneasy. Because of this, there are many robbers and corrupt officials in the local area. What an absurd king!
At this time, at a critical juncture, there appeared a rare Wu Wen wizard-Wang Shouren. He wiped out bandits, pacified the monarch, fought the treacherous court official Wang Shouren, pacified the world with his ingenuity, defeated Zhu Zhenhao, the king of Ning, and became a household name.
In this book, I realize that to be a great man, one must be wise and resourceful, and behind these successes are their diligence and extensive reading, as Hua said: intelligence comes from diligence, and genius lies in accumulation. So we should study hard.