"Ming Dynasty 1566" can't jump out of the historical cycle
The beginning of the TV series is a meeting of the Empire's budget and final accounts, and the decline of the Empire begins there, and the collapse of the Empire begins with the collapse of finances and taxes.
The feudal dynasties in Chinese history could not exceed the 300-year cycle, because of the existence of private ownership, from the beginning to the end of the dynasty is a process of concentration of wealth, every peasant uprising and change of dynasty, is the reshuffling of wealth, the redistribution of land.
The reform is a top-down model, which will inevitably be hindered by interest groups, and the more successful one is Zhang Juzheng's whip method, and Yongzheng's paving into the mu. The resistance to this reform can be imagined, but it is also a successful continuation of the life of the feudal dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty was the imperial power and the scholars shared the world, and the Jiajing Emperor played a very slippery game of balance, and the eunuchs, the cabinet, and the emperor, although they did not go to court for 20 years, still firmly controlled the government. So as long as Emperor Jiajing does not die and cannot touch the reform of the interests of the imperial power and the gentry, then all people are pasteurs.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty 1566 is classic is that the core feeling is more real, with finance and economy as the main line, the open and secret struggle between the characters is more realistically portrayed the characters' feelings of family and country, and the complexity of human nature.
The reason why the emperor is holy is because many times he is guessing riddles, and many times the people below guess correctly, but they have to take the blame for guessing wrong.
