The Scholars, chapters 1-56, each chapter summarized briefly?

Answer 1

The Scholars was a Ming Dynasty novel that told the adventures of some of the scholars in the officialdom and Jianghu. The following is a summary of each of the chapters 1-56:

Chapter 1: Zhang Juzheng's Political Reforms
Chapter 2: Yan Song Framed Zhongliang
Chapter 3: Wanli Emperor's Extravagance
Chapter 4: Feng Baoyi sells official posts
Chapter 5: Butcher Zheng kills his wife to avenge his grievances
Chapter 6: Taoist Wang Reveals Secret
Chapter 7: Zhang Tingyu's Cabinet
Chapter 8: Feng Baoyi Releases Yan Song
Chapter 9: Huang Zongxi Proposes "Heresy"
Chapter 10: Gu Yanwu advocates practical use
Chapter 11: Wang Fuzhi Criticizes "New Legalism"
Chapter 12: The Yellow Turban Uprising
Chapter 13: Zhu Youjian's licentious rule
Chapter 14: Feng Baoyi's Uproar at the Ning Wang Temple
Chapter 15: Butcher Zheng welcomes Prince Ning's visit
Chapter 16: The Yellow Turban Army Seizes Nanjing
Chapter 17: Gu Yanwu Releases "Daily Knowledge Record"
Chapter 18: The Yellow Turban Army is Defeated
Chapter 19: Zhang Xianzhong Seizes Beijing
Chapter 20: The Ming Army Recovers Nanjing
Chapter 21: Wang Shouren Suppresses the Uprising of the King
Chapter 22: Yuan Chonghuan Killed Mao Wenlong
Chapter 23: The Yellow Turban Army Seizes Nanjing Again
Chapter 24: The Ming Army won a great victory and recovered Beijing
Chapter 25: King Gao Yingxiang Surrenders to the Ming Dynasty
Chapter 26: Wang Shouren and Gao Yingxiang Fierce Battle
Chapter 27: The King Seizes Beijing
Chapter 28: Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide
Chapter 29: The Bureaucrats Are Corrupted
Chapter 30: Yuan Chonghuan was impeached and demoted
Chapter 31: The dark atmosphere of officialdom
Chapter 32: Sun Chuanting Resists the Invasion of Foreign Enemies
Chapter 33: Hong Chengchou surrenders to the Qing Dynasty
Chapter 34: Establishment of the Qing Dynasty
Chapter 35: The War Between Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty
Chapter 36: The Qing Army Seizes Beijing