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

Chapter 290 A meeting was held in the palace, but no soldiers were brought!

Your business is thriving!

[As the new policies and reforms were continuously implemented, although there was widespread discontent throughout the Central Plains and many disturbances were caused by the radical measures, the overall trend of the Jin Dynasty was indeed one of continuous improvement...]

[From now on, if you continue your efforts, the Great Jin Empire, while not truly becoming a golden age, can at least be considered great again!]

Therefore, the whole world is filled with praise from the people for your heroic deeds...

"One hundred victories in one hundred days! The Emperor has made an indelible and great contribution to the Great Jin!"

"May the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty live a long and prosperous life! May the King of Song of the Great Jin Dynasty enjoy longevity and good health!"

"Caw! Your Majesty! Your Highness! We both respect and love you!"

【“…”】

Listening to these joyful songs of praise, the emperor, who had little experience in governing, felt somewhat dizzy, as if he were already "more virtuous than the Three Sovereigns and more accomplished than the Five Emperors," and "able to defeat Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Taizu of Song," and he felt as if he were floating on air...

But you are the complete opposite; the more people praise you, the more you lament in your heart... because you know your time is running out!

As long as the emperor cannot reverse the trend of being gradually eroded by chaos, this reform will fail sooner or later. The higher you fly, the harder you will fall...

[Emperors come and go, but the imperial clan remains constant. No matter how powerful an emperor is, he is merely a shooting star that shines for less than three years. But the Jin imperial family, led by Wuzhu, is an unchanging "sun" for all eternity. Once the dazzling shooting star has burned out, the blinding sun will once again illuminate the Jin dynasty!]

At that time, all your efforts will be met with a counterattack, and the progress you've painstakingly made will be extinguished by an invisible force...

Therefore, you knew from the beginning that you were on a dead end; continuing would not bring victory or glory, but only persecution and persecution.

【But...what can you do? 】

Kill Jin Wuzhu? Annihilate the Wanyan royal family?

[This is indeed a solution that solves the problem once and for all. After all, all the hidden dangers were brought about by these powerful and influential people. As long as you kill them all, the Great Jin Dynasty will naturally be under your complete control. At that time, if you govern the country diligently, a peaceful and prosperous era will be within your grasp!]

However, this plan has an inherent flaw: the emperor won't allow it!

[In fact, you have considered killing Jin Wuzhu and the others in the imperial prison many times, and you have sincerely explained to the Emperor more than once the harm they caused, clearly stating their evil nature that hinders social development, trying to persuade Him to make up His mind to overthrow the Wanyan clan!]

But... all these attempts at persuasion were to no avail. The emperor simply said calmly that he knew, and then changed the subject, continuing to listen to the folk praises relayed by the eunuchs. The more he listened, the more his lips curled up, appearing quite satisfied...

Looking at your smug emperor brother beside you, a hint of helplessness flashed in your eyes: After all, this is still His "family empire." He might join you in cracking down on the corrupt vested interests, but you absolutely shouldn't expect Him to overthrow His own family's mandate!

He is a madman, not a fool. He may spend his final moments with you and the people of the world in an unprecedented celebration, but he would never take his entire family with him and hand the world over to an outsider like you.

He knew very well that the Wanyan clan were evil villains who opposed the people, freedom, and reform, but no matter how bad they were, they were still his own people... Once he wiped out his own clan, the world would inevitably fall into your hands, and wouldn't the Great Jin Dynasty perish then?

Ultimately, He was still an emperor, the biggest reactionary leader in feudal society! He could be a reformer, striving to secure benefits for those outside the royal family, but He would never join you in a revolution...

As for being retaliated against by his clansmen later? That's no problem. Even if they retaliate, it won't come back to Him... He has already done his best. You can't force Him to exterminate his entire clan using revolutionary thinking.

[For this very reason, the reform was doomed to failure from the very beginning, and you were destined to be eliminated by Jin Wuzhu and his ilk...]

"In the end, we're not on the same path..."

You let out a long sigh.

[...] In the 218th year of the Shaoxing reign of the Song Dynasty, the newly enthroned emperor of the Jin Dynasty, together with you, launched a passionate and large-scale reform, dealing with all the corrupt nobles, including the Wanyan imperial family, in a chaotic and bloody manner. Some were arrested, some were beaten, and some were killed!

However, due to the emperor's compromising and reactionary nature, you ultimately had no choice but to imprison the entire Wanyan royal family, who should have been executed, in the imperial prison, thus sowing the fatal seeds for this reform...

The seed gradually sprouted.

For over fifty days after the reforms began, the emperor acted as if nothing was amiss, enthusiastically discussing reform measures with you every day. During these discussions, he drafted suitable measures into edicts and issued them out.

[But after about fifty days, He gradually showed signs of abnormality: He began to forget things He had said not long ago, and if it weren't for your keen reminders, He could hardly govern properly...]

[After another twenty days or so, He gradually became less talkative. When discussing politics with you, you were always the one talking and He was the one listening, and even then, He couldn't remember what you had said... From this point on, He was completely unable to govern, and the major reforms were effectively led entirely by you.]

After another thirty days or so, He gradually lost his ability to respond to external events, and could only lie in bed with his eyes glazed over, unable to speak...

After struggling for another month, He finally became like a puppet, completely devoid of consciousness...

[It was at this moment that Jin Wuzhu, imprisoned in the imperial jail, finally made his move!]

【…】

On this day, as you were engrossed in your complex administrative duties, you suddenly received an imperial edict!

[Imperial Edict: Effective immediately, release Wuzhu and other members of the imperial clan and ministers! The affairs of the new policies and reforms shall be jointly managed by the Prince of Song and Wuzhu and other ministers!]

Holding this astonishing imperial edict, you were stunned: How could the emperor issue such an edict?

No... wait! How could the emperor possibly issue an edict right now?!

You immediately realized: "This is a forged imperial edict!"

[But before you could take any action, another imperial edict was issued: summoning the Prince of Song to the palace to discuss state affairs with me and the imperial clan!]

Oh, by the way, only one person may attend political discussions, and no soldiers or armor are allowed; otherwise, it will be considered treason!

【"It's over!"】

Upon hearing this imperial edict, your stunned expression gradually turned bitter: if you're not mistaken, Jin Wuzhu and his men have probably already been released from prison! And a large group of them are currently surrounding the palace, just waiting for you to go to the meeting so they can swarm you and forcefully pin you down...

After all, this world ultimately belongs to the Wanyan family. How could a petty opportunist like you, who has offended the powerful and influential, possibly keep them under control?

From the moment the emperor lost his ability to govern, you lost the initiative and your greatest backer, which inevitably led to this calamity...

【"what to do?"】

[Did he go to the meeting as scheduled, only to be severely punished by the royal family and framed with a bunch of charges, until finally the evidence was irrefutable?]

[Or will he skip the meeting, instead fleeing alone on horseback to either the Mongols or the Southern Song Dynasty, only to "die from a fall from his horse"?]

Faced with this near-dead situation, you grit your teeth and carefully consider your options...

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(End of this chapter)