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

Chapter 112: Persuasion Again
[You have already found a way to die! ]

[In the panicked gazes of all the princes and nobles you've dealt with, you've become a mad dog, a mad dog that bites everyone it sees!]

[Because if you still have any sense, you would definitely not do anything that would utterly offend the Divine Emperor. After all, your current power is merely a gift from the Divine Emperor. No matter how powerful you are, you are still just an employee working for Him.]

[Which worker would dare to punish the boss's relative in person?]

[You don't want to do this anymore? ]

Everyone was shocked, angry, and filled with confusion: "What's wrong with you? You were doing pretty well before..."

"Prime Minister, you are a bit too extreme..."

[In the Prime Minister's residence, Lu Zhongcheng, who is only in his early forties, advises you so cautiously.]

[This good brother, who shared life and death with you in your previous life, may not be able to become your sworn brother in this life, but thanks to his excellent basic qualities and the military exploits he accumulated during the previous expedition against Japan, he has become one of the most capable generals in your Prime Minister's Mansion.]

Even he couldn't stand your "perverse actions" this time, so he kindly advised: "I know that the Prime Minister has great ambitions, but now that Your Majesty is in the prime of his life, you have already taken action against the royal family. This may not be conducive..."

You glanced at him cautiously: "So, what you're saying is, once His Majesty grows old, we can rebel?"

【ah? ! 】

Lu Zhongcheng was startled and shook his head repeatedly: "Ha! Don't say anything nonsense, I want to eat the purple eggs..."

[Yet you saw through his thoughts immediately: This old brother, just like in his previous life, is indeed inclined towards you. He actually wants to join you in destroying the Divine Emperor and thus changing the dynasty... But he is also very rational. If he weren't forced into a desperate situation, he would definitely not encourage you to charge the tower like he did in his previous life.]

[One always has to consider the relative strength. The Divine Emperor is far from reaching the uncertain weakened state of his later years. To rashly turn against Him would be like an egg hitting a stone, a dead end...]

How could you not be clear about this?

[But, your mentality has exploded...]

[You have never been a fragile person, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to reach your current heights in two consecutive lifetimes. But precisely because you've been reincarnated twice, you understand even more clearly how dark the end of this seemingly limitless path of power truly is!]

All the scenery along this road is but a disguise and bait created by the darkness at the end, luring every hopeful and passionate idealist towards doomed destruction...

[So from the very beginning, you were unwilling to have any interaction with the officialdom, let alone continue to be a prime minister who advocates for reform. Your past life experience has already told you that this path will not work.]

However, you ultimately couldn't escape this path, because it was impossible for you to truly cultivate a force among the people powerful enough to overthrow the Divine Emperor. As long as your "class struggle" ignited a spark in the Ming Dynasty, it would inevitably reach the government. Falling into the government's sight would mean catching the attention of the Divine Emperor.

In this situation, you have no choice but to enter politics, and once you do, you must become prime minister. Otherwise, you won't be able to fully realize your value, and thus won't be able to do your best to bring positive change to the world.

[But once you take the position of Prime Minister, it will be like sitting on a time bomb. When the time comes, the Divine Emperor's dark turmoil will blow you and all your efforts to ashes!]

[So you never have a choice. There is only one way out in the world: death...]

[No, it's not a complete dead end... If the Divine Emperor is willing to share with you the information He knows about the changes in heaven and earth, then you might actually be able to find a way out. Even if the chance is slim, it's still a chance!]

[So, in order to obtain his information, you even resorted to using your identity as a time traveler as a token of sincerity, hoping to exchange your sincerity with his. However... he got nothing.]

[You thought about it for three days and three nights but couldn't figure out why He wanted to do it for free! ]

[Is your sincerity not enough? Even if the time traveler self-destructs, it's not enough?]

[And if you could truly help Him resolve the conflict between immortality and harming the common people, wouldn't that be a good thing for Him? He's always wanted to be a sage king, and now he has the opportunity to fulfill his dream while also maintaining his immortality. It's a win-win situation for him...] [But now, with such a bright future right before his eyes, He actually just said, "I don't know"... What kind of logic is this? What exactly does He want to do?]

You really don't understand: Could it be that He thinks you're incapable of helping Him resolve the conflict, so He's deliberately keeping it from you? That's too arbitrary, right? He's rejecting the experiment without even trying it?

[Or, does He really know nothing?]

A series of questions swirled chaotically in your mind, roiling your thoughts... Add to that your despair about the future and your already somewhat insane state of madness... all these factors combined finally caused your mentality to completely explode, and you decided to abandon yourself and head towards self-destruction!

[Royals and nobles?]

【Spinning top! 】

【Royal relatives? 】

【Spinning top! 】

[Besides facing off directly against the God Emperor, do whatever you want. If you're looking for death, then so be it. It's a dead end anyway. With your mind blown, you don't even have to be afraid!]

[Furthermore, suppressing the royal family is just an appetizer; the main event is yet to come...]

【…】

[In the seventy-fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, your actions of wantonly eliminating the Ming royal family finally gave some ulterior motives a political signal. After a brief deliberation, they decisively took action...]

[That year, while repairing the Luo River, the people of Luoyang accidentally unearthed an ancient bronze tripod covered in green rust. After expert identification, it was confirmed to be one of the Nine Tripods handed down from the Zhou Dynasty: the Yongzhou Tripod!]

[People everywhere say: The Yongzhou Ding was discovered due to the strong dragon energy in Yongzhou! But where was Yongzhou in ancient times? It was in Shaanxi!]

[Therefore, a true dragon will appear in Shaanxi, which is a sign of good fortune from heaven!]

In the seventy-fifth year of the Chongzhen reign, the people of Luoyang accidentally unearthed a jade seal in the old city of Luoyang from the Five Dynasties period. After expert identification, it was confirmed to be the imperial seal from that time!

Some people explain that after the last emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Congke, was defeated by Shi Jingtang and the Liao army, he burned himself to death in Luoyang, holding the imperial seal. The imperial seal then disappeared... The seal's rediscovery is truly an auspicious sign for the restoration of Chinese legitimacy!

In the 76th year of the Chongzhen reign, the Western Zhou capital of Haojing was excavated in Shaanxi Province. Several stone blocks with inscriptions were recovered. After identification by trained professionals, they confirmed that they belonged to a passage from the Book of Songs, Da Ya, King Wen, written by a Zhou Dynasty historian. The rest of the inscriptions were severely weathered, but the line "Although Zhou is an old state, its mission is to renew itself" remained legible.

Some people interpret this as a sign that Heaven wants to revive the Zhou Dynasty.

In the 77th year of Chongzhen's reign, the people of Xuchang accidentally unearthed the ruins of the "Yingyin County" of the Eastern Han Dynasty and found a high platform there. After expert identification, it was found to be the "Shou Chan Terrace" where Cao Pi accepted the abdication of Emperor Xian of Han!

Some people interpret this as: The reappearance of the Chantai symbolizes the reappearance of the act of abdicating one's position and giving up one's country.

【…】

[In short, the auspicious signs of persuasion from the previous life have reappeared, and a sense of impending storm has gradually begun to stir within the two capitals and eighteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty!]

[This time, however, it is no longer the Divine Emperor's incitement to rebellion, but rather the genuine will of the people of the world...]

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(End of this chapter)