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

Chapter 160 Ming Dynasty: I’m so scared!
In the 48th year of Chongzhen's reign, your name "Tianzun" gradually spread with the footsteps of crystal powder missionaries. Each of them is a spark. When they gradually burn across the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, it will be the time for you to achieve victory...

【And this period of time will not last long. 】

[The reason is simple, because the cost of your belief is very low, or even no cost at all! ]

You've considered universal applicability from the outset. After all, while most people may not have received much education, they still possess basic survival wisdom and are therefore pragmatists... If you want them to believe in your Western Paradise, you absolutely cannot accept their money.

[Only by not asking for money can you spread your faith...]

You naturally have no objection to this. After all, you're not some evil leader trying to make money. All you ever wanted was to overthrow the Divine Emperor. As for worldly wealth, it's completely meaningless to you.

[And only by not accepting payment can you make everyone truly believe that you are truly saving the world, and thus make them truly believe in the existence of the Western Paradise...]

[This is also the core of your work: you don't want a bunch of fake believers who only know how to chant sutras, but a whole nation that truly believes they will ascend to heaven and enjoy bliss after death!]

Because only in this way can you achieve the situation you envision of universal obedience, thereby leaving the Divine Emperor without anyone to avenge him, effectively starving him to death.

You are quite confident in this, because the current Ming Dynasty lacks the soil for scientific materialism, and no one has provided basic education. As a result, everyone is ignorant and sceptical, their minds saturated with feudal superstitions, the only difference between them being the degree of their superstition.

[Furthermore, the true God, the Divine Emperor, has long since demonstrated his divine power to the people of the world, so the world's superstition is truly profound. As long as you dare to lie, there will be people who dare to believe!]

[Besides, you're not a complete liar. No matter what, you can really show off your power in front of others, so there's nothing wrong with you saying you're a god!]

[It is precisely because you truly possess extraordinary abilities that you have the confidence to not be questioned. If anyone doubts that you are not a god, then demonstrate your telekinesis to their face.]

If he still refuses to believe it, then you can bring a corpse to the scene, possess it with your spirit, and pretend to be an ascended being who has descended from the Pure Land to the human world by "receiving the will of the Celestial Lord"!

When a half-rotten corpse stands before a skeptic, shaking its head and praising the "merits of the Heavenly Venerable" with its own mouth, any doubts and stubbornness are pale and powerless...

【So you are not afraid of questioning at all! 】

[In this situation, you are like a true god who has personally come to preach. You are invincible. Wherever you go, fanatical followers will flock to you...]

[In short, as long as the message continues to spread at this rate, it won't be long before you can convert all the people in the Ming Dynasty into believers!]

【…】

[In the fiftieth year of Chongzhen's reign, your crystal powder infiltrated the Central Plains and developed rapidly there, gaining hundreds of thousands of followers in just a few months!]

[In the 52nd year of Chongzhen's reign, your crystal powder has spread to Sichuan and Sichuan, with millions of followers!]

In the fifty-fourth year of the Chongzhen reign, large groups of believers appeared in various provinces south of the Yangtze River. They marched through the streets and alleys, shouting and petitioning local officials to submit a petition to the imperial court, requesting that the great emperor send them all to hell with a single blow...

[Of course, their petitions are useless, because you have already brainwashed the main officials in each province, and then ordered these officials to suppress the news and never let these things enter the capital!]

[Thus, your faith gradually blossomed everywhere, without any resistance from the imperial court...]

However, as the saying goes, even the wisest man can make mistakes. No matter how good your brainwashing techniques are, or how rigorous your interception of reports is, you will never be able to completely blind the imperial court.

[As time went on, and large numbers of believers began to gather near the capital, the imperial court, which had been hiding the truth for years, finally realized: something was amiss!]

How could such a large-scale sectarian activity suddenly emerge? And why has it never been reported to the local authorities?

[Suspicious and alarmed, the Imperial Guards immediately arrested several followers. After severe torture, a vast, evil sect, spanning the two capitals and thirteen provinces, with tens of millions of followers, finally surfaced...] [Da Ming: Oh! I'm terrified!]

[What the hell is going on! When did such a giant appear out of nowhere?! Are the state officials all good-for-nothings? Why don't they report this?!]

The imperial court was first shocked, then horrified: How could someone with such a large parasitic beast growing on their body have never noticed it from the beginning... This wasn't just an ordinary corrupt official, this was an enemy spy!

[In shock, the imperial court immediately ordered a large number of Jinyiwei to march to various provinces to investigate the situation and suppress the evil sects...]

Ten months later, the Imperial Guards returned to the capital with the arrested provincial officials and reported the situation to the court: almost all the officials in the two capitals and thirteen provinces had been instigated to rebel!

[And no one knows how these high-ranking officials were instigated to rebel, but anyway, the Imperial Guards arrested them all... And that's not all. According to the Imperial Guards' report, there are hardly any clean officials in the provinces, prefectures, and counties. From the provincial governors and provincial governors down to the prefects and county magistrates, almost all of them were instigated to rebel!]

This outrageous news shocked the imperial court: This doesn't seem like the methods of ordinary people...

What shocked the court even more was another piece of news brought back by the Imperial Guards: the enemy wasn't just composed of mortals, but a massive army of divine power!

[The Jinyiwei often fought against them, but were often defeated. This time, it could even be said that they were chased all the way back to the capital...]

[Since the other party has an army, it is naturally not a simple religious group, but a complete national organization disguised as a religion!]

【Its name is "The Great Ming Kingdom"! 】

【…】

"Garbled! They're all gamblers!"

[In the Golden Throne Hall, the furious Divine Emperor scolded all the officials, leaving them dejected and afraid to move...]

After cursing, the Divine Emperor slumped down on the Dragon Throne, feeling somewhat powerless: "What else can I do now?"

The situation has reached this point, with the entire nation almost completely independent of the imperial court. Even if He were to massacre people again like He did in the past, it would probably be of no avail... Because this time the enemy is no longer a classic peasant uprising like Li Zicheng, but a "heavenly kingdom" where the whole nation is not afraid of death and combines politics and religion!

Not only were they not afraid of death, they even madly longed to be beaten to death by Him with one punch. Because according to their teachings, being beaten to death by Him was not a bad thing, but rather a great thing that would lead them directly to the Western Paradise!

[Now, even if He came out in person to dispel rumors and debunk superstitions, no one would believe Him. They would only think that He was reluctant to give everyone merit...]

[This evil lunatic is completely unreasonable.]

What should I do?

[The Divine Emperor, slumped over the Dragon Throne, has a blank look in his eyes...]

After a long while, He gritted His teeth and said, "Send an edict to that Heavenly Lord. I will meet Him in person!"

【"yes……"】

[No matter what, let's first see what kind of monsters and demons are on the other side...]

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(End of this chapter)