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

Chapter 142 The divine power returns!

[Looking at you brazenly coming to make a remonstration in public, the Divine Emperor was furious!]

[Isn't it just me being lazy? Is it necessary to scold me like that?!]

[You come here and dig out my heart, and even bang my head against the pillar... Do you really think I'm Jie or Zhou?]

[In his rage, the Divine Emperor even wanted to scold you: If you have the guts, Zhou, cosplay as Bigan today and dig out your heart for me to see!]

[But despite his silent curses, He still retained some rationality, and so He did not utter such harsh words... He simply managed to calm down before patiently explaining things to you.]

"Prime Minister, please don't be so anxious... I'm not Jie or Zhou, how can I act like this?"

"But I'm not a slave to the people. How can I be so busy every day?!"

He tries to convince you: "After all, I am the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the ruler of all people! How can an emperor do things for the people every day?"

"Besides, I'm not quitting. I'm just going to do it after a while. How can the Prime Minister insult me ​​like this? Can't I earn a few days of leisure after all my years of working for the people?"

What He said was clear and logical, and indeed made a lot of sense: What emperor would serve the people like slaves every day?

[For the past few decades, the Divine Emperor has been traveling almost day and night between the two capitals and the eighteen provinces. Wherever there is disaster, there is His presence.]

[Quench floods, clear ditches, dispel droughts, eliminate locusts, suppress earthquakes, regulate cold and heat...]

[He is being treated like an ox or a horse. Who can stand this?!]

What's wrong with the True God? Isn't the True God a human? Do we really have to let Him burn for the Ming Dynasty forever?

[So no matter what the reason, the Divine Emperor has absolute reason to prove that he has the right to take a vacation!]

Even among the common people, more and more people expressed sympathy for the Divine Emperor: "Your Majesty has done so much good, so what's wrong with taking a break? The Prime Minister forces Your Majesty to work every day. Even if we don't mention the crime of rebellion, it's a bit inhumane..."

[However, whether it was the truth spoken by the Divine Emperor or the kindness of the ignorant people, your thoughts never wavered in the slightest!]

"Your Majesty, what you say makes sense. People should have a balance between work and rest, tension and relaxation. But Your Majesty is different!"

You said solemnly: "Other people's work can be replaced by others, so even a few days of rest won't affect the overall situation... But your Majesty's work, no one else can do it!"

[Aside from the true God, who can distribute the precipitation from the south to the north? Apart from the true God, who can suppress earthquakes and volcanoes?]

[There are also hailstorms, snowfalls, typhoons, tsunamis, locust plagues... These natural disasters are simply not something that mortals can directly eliminate. If we want to avoid the economic losses and casualties caused by natural disasters, what other methods are there besides treating the Divine Emperor like a beast of burden?]

If the Divine Emperor really starts playing, what will happen to all these losses? Even the economic losses might be okay, but the dead cannot be resurrected. Every day the Divine Emperor plays badly, who knows how many people will die... How can He play?

[One should govern according to one's position. Even if the Divine Emperor has ten thousand reasons, he cannot follow the example of the Wanli Emperor!]

[Your clear argument made the Divine Emperor feel extremely aggrieved...]

He laughed in anger, "When I wasn't working before, weren't natural and man-made disasters just as frequent? Why didn't the Prime Minister force me then, but is forcing me now?"

[What? The more I pamper you, the more you become? A little kindness, a big grudge? I'm giving you face!]

[You: Alas! Your Majesty is truly right!]

You frowned and said, "If Your Majesty did not wish to be a good emperor, then I would naturally not advise you... If I had advised the true kings Jie and Zhou, I would have ended up like Bigan."

“But Your Majesty promised me that I would offer the Jinyiwei divine power to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty promised me that I would use my divine power to dispel natural disasters and seek the welfare of the people of the world…”

"It has been nearly fifty years since the Jinyiwei offered their sacrifice. How could Your Majesty betray their sincerity? Are you planning to break your promise?"

Your words were so aggressive, and your eyes shone with such fierceness that the Divine Emperor dared not look directly at you... and your attitude was thus made clear.

[Divine Emperor: Aren't you bullying an honest person?! (Aggrieved)]

You: I only bully the honest people! I don’t even dare to bully the overbearing ones!

[In short, your hardline attitude has greatly infuriated the Divine Emperor: This person is truly unworthy of being called a good person...] [Furious and frustrated, He no longer tolerated it and angrily shouted, "What do natural and man-made disasters have to do with me? I didn't cause them!"]

"It's my duty to help you! Zhou Liang, don't take advantage of your seniority and act in a way that's beyond your reach!"

You stubbornly said, "Since Your Majesty has said so, then I will just assume that I am taking advantage of my age!"

"In short, if Your Majesty still doesn't want to break the agreement, then continue to quell the natural disaster!"

[“This is a snowstorm in the Central Plains. Nearly 10,000 houses have collapsed, and hundreds of thousands of people have been affected…”]

[“This is the typhoon disaster in the East China Sea. The typhoon destroyed over 100,000 homes and caused tens of thousands of casualties…”]

"This is the earthquake disaster in the provincial government. Thousands of people have been killed or injured..."

"This is the snowstorm in Mongolia. Nearly 10,000 herders have died from the blizzard, and several major tribes have also suffered heavy losses..."

[You recited to the Divine Emperor all the disasters of the past few months, as if reciting a sutra. They were all caused by his negligence in governance. The Divine Emperor was overwhelmed by what he heard...]

The Divine Emperor was deeply conflicted: From the bottom of his heart, he certainly didn't want to work, because he had been doing it for decades!

[I came here to be the emperor! Not to be a slave! Why do you have to blame me for every natural disaster?!]

[But considering the treaty we signed with you, He could only grit His teeth and swallow His anger: No matter what, since the treaty has been signed, it must be abided by. After all, the emperor's word is final...]

[At this moment, he suddenly felt the same way as his grandfather, Wanli Laodeng: playing badly is truly satisfying!]

【…】

[So, under your almost senior-dominated coercion, the office-weary God Emperor had no choice but to return to his workstation on the assembly line, continuing to quell natural and man-made disasters with his divine power...]

[However, both you and Him realized one thing during this admonition: that treaty is simply an unrealistic, abstract treaty!]

[To the God-Emperor, it became an invisible shackle, locking Him firmly in a cage, forcing Him to do work that gradually lost His passion...]

[As for you, it gradually became a paper treaty with no binding force...]

This treaty has no binding force to begin with. The reason it came into effect was entirely because the Divine Emperor wished it to be effective... Now that the Divine Emperor has gradually realized that it is a shackle, he will eventually find a way to break free from it... Or perhaps it can be said that this isn't breaking free at all, because the shackles never existed!

[He only needs to unilaterally violate the treaty to regain his freedom! ]

[At that time, your face will no longer be of any use. No matter how much you persuade Him, it will not work...]

[Faced with this situation, you, as a weak person, have no way to do anything and can only slowly wait for that day to come.]

[And since that’s the case, then you’ve probably seen the final outcome of this life…]

【You sigh.】

[But you didn't expect that an unexpected event would soon change your prediction of the final outcome...]

【…】

In the 168th year of Chongzhen's reign, you were conducting your daily affairs when suddenly a beam of immense golden light flew from afar straight towards the Prime Minister's residence, ultimately landing squarely on you!

You were both delighted and surprised by this: delighted that this golden light was actually divine power, and somehow it easily merged into your body, becoming indistinguishable from your original divine power... After receiving this divine power, you almost instantly surpassed the limits of mortals, your divine power increasing nearly a thousandfold! At this point, you were practically indistinguishable from a terrestrial immortal!

【What's shocking is, where exactly does this divine power come from? 】

You were baffled... but soon you didn't have to wonder anymore, because just over a month after this incident, an old bandit arrived from the West, bringing with him a suicide letter.

Li Laiheng, the Holy Roman Emperor, has died at the age of 176...

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(End of this chapter)