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

Chapter 303 Yue Fei’s Northern Expedition!

In the 223rd year of the Shaoxing reign of the Song Dynasty, you launched the Tumu Crisis and the Jingnan Rebellion, successfully forcing Wuzhu to commit suicide, taking the Jin Emperor hostage, and officially seizing control of the Jin Dynasty's highest military and political power!

When you stood before the newly renovated "Grand Tutor's Mansion" in Zhongdu, you felt as if all the humiliation and resentment had been completely released. The huge stone that had been weighing on your heart for so long had finally been shattered by your chest. The joy and emotion you felt were truly indescribable...

This is a historic advancement, and the greatest achievement you have attained in both your previous lives! After all, although you served as Grand Tutor in the Southern Song Dynasty in your previous life, making you second only to the emperor, that was still... the "Divine Zhao Gou," who reigned supreme above all others—a peak you could never surpass! Therefore, what you can do and the information you can gather cannot reach the level you need...

But things are different now!

[Now, you have decisively defeated the Jin Emperor's imperial guards with overwhelming military superiority, forced Wuzhu and other Jurchen nobles to either death or imprisonment, and turned the once-arrogant Jin Emperor into your puppet. From then on, you have directly cleared away all obstacles and become the true ruler of the Jin Dynasty.]

[Under One Person?]

No, there's no one above you anymore!

Such magnificent scenery and such exhilarating experience, how could you not be filled with emotion?

[Of course, your journey hasn't actually been too difficult; in fact, you could say it's quite easy... because the Golden Emperor himself doesn't have much combat power. His only problem lies in his natural "kingly aura." So, when you figured out how to use the Embroidered Uniform Guard to circumvent the aura's control, you were already destined to win.]

Furthermore, although you have won your current supreme position of power, you are clearly far from understanding the hidden secrets of the higher levels of the world, and therefore far from being able to solve the problems you want to solve, such as the "Jin-Song split" and the "survival of the Ming Dynasty." You haven't solved any of these major issues...

Therefore, you should not be complacent; instead, you should explore even more diligently until all the unknown information is deciphered!

And that's exactly what you think...

【…】

In the 223rd year of the Shaoxing reign of the Song Dynasty, right after you successfully entered the capital city of Zhongdu, you began your sweeping reforms!

[First, bring all the former nobles of the Jin Dynasty to justice. Whether they are Jurchen nobles or Han officials, you should treat them all equally. As long as their crimes of corruption and abuse of power are irrefutable, you should not hesitate to imprison them, behead them, imprison them, or fine them. In short, no one can escape...]

After this rectification, Zhongdu was immediately restored to order. The people, who had been anxiously watching the coup, finally breathed a sigh of relief: it seems that, finally, a human has arrived...

[While reforming the bureaucratic system, you also enacted new tax laws and abolished various exorbitant taxes and levies, greatly reducing the burden on the people!]

Then, a group of border troops who had "followed the dragon into the pass" were dispatched to various parts of the Central Plains to oversee the redistribution of land and to use force to suppress any potential troublemakers, such as landlords, wealthy merchants, and officials...

[A series of smooth moves brought stability back to the Jin Kingdom, which had been turbulent due to the coup. The people, now benefiting, turned their hopeful eyes to you, waiting for you to introduce more effective policies to bring peace and prosperity to the country!]

However, your enthusiasm for governing the country isn't very high right now, because you're focused on things that are more important...

【…】

[The Emperor has fallen ill!]

[Or rather, this wasn't actually a sign of illness, but rather that His "duration was approaching"...]

As a consumable resource, He was destined to burn out quickly from the day He ascended the throne... The throne may be infinitely glorious, but it comes at the cost of His life!

That's why He acted so recklessly and recklessly before, doing whatever He felt good, because if He didn't act impulsively, He really wouldn't have another chance...

[But unfortunately, after meeting you, His plan for indulgence quickly failed... You not only shattered His plan for indulgence, but also completely destroyed His self-esteem and confidence. As a subject, you held the emperor hostage, turning Him from the supreme emperor of the Jin Dynasty into a kneeling emperor knocking on the gates of the country, His public and private reputations utterly ruined...]

[Oh, the title doesn't matter much, after all, He will soon be forgotten by the world. From his name to his political achievements, even the fact that he ascended the throne will be forgotten.]

In short, He lay there in the palace, the light in His eyes gradually fading, His original sorrow turning into a state of semi-madness, just one step away from becoming a vegetable... Seeing this, even though you were busy with the new policies and reforms, you couldn't help but take time out to spend with Him as much as possible.

Of course, you're not accompanying Him to make Him happy before He leaves, but to extract as much unknown information as possible from Him!

Whenever He occasionally displays a glimmer of consciousness, you must seize the opportunity to interrogate Him about various matters, such as the details of the division between the Jin and Southern Song dynasties, Zhao Gou's weaknesses, and the origin of His divine power...

[Wait, wait, wait.]

[He answered some of these questions, but for most of them He couldn't explain them clearly. It's unclear whether He was genuinely unaware or simply deliberately choosing not to speak...]

In short, you gained very little, or rather, you gained absolutely nothing of value.

Seeing His stubborn and unyielding attitude, you couldn't help but feel furious: "We've already come to this point, does Your Majesty still intend to make things difficult for me?"

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in His eyes, and He coldly said, "You extraterrestrial evil god, don't even think about learning the secrets of the celestial changes from me!"

[Another extraterrestrial evil god...]

[Upon hearing this title, you grew even angrier, yet you couldn't refute it. After all, you weren't a native of this world, but an explorer who had crossed over from another world on a mission. In order to obtain the information you wanted, you had indeed done things detrimental to it... In a sense, you were truly an extraterrestrial evil god to it...]

Perhaps He sensed your anger, or perhaps He wanted to add more psychological pressure to you, so He coldly laughed and said, "Very well, why should I waste my breath on a dying man like you?"

"I'm not afraid to tell you, although you've driven me to this point, you've also cut off your own path to survival!"

"Just wait, you traitors and rebels will soon pay the price..."

As he spoke, he closed his eyes, and gradually lost consciousness once more. No one knew when he would wake up again; perhaps it would be several hours later, or perhaps he would never wake up again...

Hearing His words, you felt somewhat uneasy.

What did He mean by that?

[You pondered for a long time: If He wasn't deliberately trying to scare people, then does that mean some real danger is about to befall us?]

[But now that you hold absolute power, and even the once-arrogant Golden Emperor has become your puppet, what in this world can possibly threaten you?]

[Upon thinking this through, you suddenly paused: While the Jin Dynasty no longer had any enemies to threaten you, there were others outside of it... such as the Southern Song Dynasty!]

【…】

Speak of the devil, and he appears!

[In the 223rd year of the Shaoxing reign of the Song Dynasty, just as you defeated the Jin emperor and Wuzhu, and successfully seized power from the Jin state, the Southern Song Dynasty in Jiangnan also received this momentous news!]

Seeing the political turmoil in the Jin Dynasty and the apparent opportunity to exploit it, Emperor Gaozong of Song, who had been closely monitoring the changes in the Jin Dynasty, finally could not hold back any longer...

That year, Emperor Zhao Gou of the Song Dynasty, citing the chaos in the Jin Dynasty's administration, immediately ordered Yue Fei to lead 100,000 elite troops across the Han River on a northern expedition. Regardless of the outcome, the order was to at least give it a try!

You are about to stand on the opposite side of Yue Fei!

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(End of this chapter)