Simulates history, but Chongzhen is the Divine Emperor at the beginning

Chapter 103: Obeying orders in times of danger!
[The two abstract supreme beings battled to the edge of the universe, even the Jinyiwei were wiped out! ]

Listening to Yu Anmin's desperate cries, the corners of your mouth twitched.

[Alright! The Emperor has gone crazy, all the officials have gone crazy, and now even the Jinyiwei who play with spinning tops have gone crazy... What? Everyone is crazy! This world is fucking finished!]

“Sir! Please save me! I’m really going crazy!!!”

[Yu Anmin cried, and his cry gradually resonated with the others...]

One after another, the Jinyiwei who were spinning tops were infected by this madness. Their spirits, tense for years, could no longer hold back. Their knees gave way and they knelt on the ground, kowtowed, weeping as they kowtowed... The already gloomy imperial prison was now filled with the howling of ghosts and wolves!

The collective collapse of the Imperial Guards also caused the emotions of the other crazed officials to spiral out of control: having endured years of torture and forced into corruption by the Divine Emperor, their mental states had long been distorted. Within this distorted state, their hearts were now striving for true justice and normalcy.

[And you, precisely, meet their needs... And so, all of them, driven mad, pin their last remaining hopes on you, hoping that you can lead them to a new path, a path that will allow them to no longer endure this extreme torture!]

[Then, within the imperial prison, both prisoners and jailers bowed down before you with all their hearts, weeping over the suffering and torture they had endured...]

【You have become the one that everyone is looking forward to! 】

[Witnessing all this, you, trapped in the imperial prison, can't help but feel heavy-hearted, and an inexplicable sense of mission arises spontaneously.]

After a long moment, you slowly stood up from the dirty ground, your gaze steady and resolute as you gazed upon these people alienated in their suffering, and spoke.

“I understand what you mean.”

[“I will rescue all of you…”]

You didn't resort to any vague rhetoric, nor did you try to stack up as much armor as possible. Instead, you simply agreed to their request and clearly gave them the response they desired.

【Straightforward and direct, straight to the heart! 】

[No matter what, you will rescue them! ]

Just like Zhuge Kongming did back then, you were entrusted with the task of leading a defeated army, ordered to act in the midst of danger, carrying everyone's last ray of hope, walking alone into the pitch-black darkness...

【…】

In the fifty-ninth year of Chongzhen's reign, at the age of sixteen, you took the initiative to entrust the six ministers to submit a memorial to the Divine Emperor on your behalf.

[In the memorial, you were as direct and direct as in your previous life, harshly exposing all the problems currently facing the Ming Dynasty!]

The vast gap between the rich and the poor, frequent floods and droughts, lawlessness among the nobles, a rigid tax system... these are all age-old problems, so you only briefly gloss over them before tackling the world's greatest problem: divine power!

In your memorial, you didn't hide what you knew about divine power: for example, the Emperor's divine power was running low, and you hoped to save on consumption by making the Jinyiwei self-sufficient.

[For example, the Divine Emperor's immortality and infinite power are derived from abundant divine energy. If his divine energy is insufficient, he will suffer an ominous old age, grow red hair, or even become weak and die!]

[Another example is the Divine Emperor deliberately defying Heaven and abusing the people, in order to provoke resistance, and then suppress it in order to gain divine power...]

[One by one, you didn't care what you should or shouldn't say. After you revealed everything you knew about divine power, the Divine Emperor had already exposed you to the point of revealing your true feelings...]

Finally, you profoundly criticized the Divine Emperor's recent practice of "embezzlement under imperial orders," explicitly condemning this as unprecedented behavior by a tyrant, saying even Jie and Zhou couldn't pull off such an operation! Even humanoid gods like Liu Ziye and Gao Wei couldn't match the Divine Emperor's magical prowess!

This practice of forcing people to commit corruption was not only harmful to the people of the country, but also to the discipline of the imperial court. It also severely tortured the officials and the Jinyiwei, the people directly involved: the officials became mentally ill, and the Jinyiwei were so crazy that they wanted to die, crying, kneeling, and going crazy...

[The most important thing is that even after this kind of behavior, the Jinyiwei didn't gain any supernatural power!]

[Yes, you clearly explained the facts to Him: the Jinyiwei's spinning tops can no longer grant them divine power!] [Why?]

Because the divine power doesn't come from simply spinning the top, but from a true act of revenge. Now that the Jinyiwei know that the officials were forced into this, their desire for revenge has naturally dissipated.

If they were forced to spin the top again, they wouldn't see it as revenge. Instead, it would seem abstract, leading to the pointless torment of spinning tops until they were mentally broken...

【It is purely harmful and has no benefit! 】

"From this point of view, Your Majesty has seriously failed to observe the situation!"

"Your Majesty should immediately revoke the edict regarding corruption, allow all officials to continue governing as normal, and then select a virtuous minister to head the government, allowing him to manage state affairs and usher in a peaceful and prosperous era for the world!"

"As for Your Majesty's lack of divine power, we should take a long-term view. I, your ministers, will work together to share Your Majesty's concerns..."

[Of course, sharing worries is one thing, but whether it is useful or not is not certain! ]

After all, as long as the Divine Emperor's power still stems from revenge, His fundamental interests are inherently in conflict with those of others. This fundamental fact will not change or disappear due to your discussion. The most you can do is patch things up...

[Reformists are reformists after all. If the fundamental contradiction cannot be resolved, then there is no solution.]

[However, you are still willing to try to resolve it. Whether it is to resolve the contradiction of the Divine Emperor, or to resolve the Divine Emperor himself as a contradiction, it is all fine...]

【Anyway, be brave enough to try! 】

In the past, the Divine Emperor was so secretive that no one knew what he was doing, so of course, no one could help him. But now, if the Divine Emperor is willing to speak frankly and lay the problem out in the open, then everyone will at least know where to focus their efforts.

This is a clear and direct letter of admonition. You must use it to convince the Divine Emperor, to convince Him that we all have good intentions, that you are willing to help Him share His worries, and that you have the means to balance world peace with His immortality!

[As for whether or not it can actually be done, that is not important. What is important is that He is willing to believe... As long as He believes, then you have room to maneuver...]

[In short, you are sincere in your feelings, honest in your attitude, sharp in your words, and clear in your purpose!]

[After this rather lengthy memorial is taken away by the six ministers and uploaded, you will quietly await the response of the almighty Divine Emperor...]

【…】

[In the fifty-ninth year of Chongzhen's reign, you, sixteen years old, submitted a letter filled with sincere emotion to the Divine Emperor from prison!]

[That day, the Divine Emperor read your memorial... While reading it, He was stunned, bewildered, moved, and even silent...]

No one knew what He was thinking, nor the struggle He went through. Ultimately, He made a decision with a complex expression...

[In the fifty-ninth year of Chongzhen, the emperor issued an edict of self-criticism!]

[That year, the emperor ordered the release of Jinyiwei Commander Zhou Liang, who had been imprisoned in the imperial prison for seven years!]

[That year, the Emperor promoted Jinyiwei Commander Zhou Liang to the position of Prime Minister, and gave him full authority over the Ming Dynasty's national affairs, determined to start anew with the people!]

[That year, Prime Minister Zhou returned like lightning! ]

……

(End of this chapter)