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

Chapter 46 Questioning, Understanding

[Defeated?]

[Defeated? !!!]

[Holding the frontline battle report, your eyes widened, filled with shock and rage, nearly causing you to crush it into pieces!]

[I can’t bear to read this battle report any longer. If I take one more look, I’ll explode…]

[“How the hell can this be defeated?!!”]

Six thousand! Six thousand! A full six thousand men! These are the elite troops carefully selected from the Beijing camp. The reason you're making such a big move is because you want to win the battle in one fell swoop, to use a clean victory to announce the launch of the new political reform and establish prestige for subsequent reforms.

[From your perspective, although the elite troops of the Beijing Camp are not as strong as the Jinyiwei, they are still the second most powerful in the entire Ming Dynasty. Six thousand elite troops of the Beijing Camp suppress a group of Yangzhou people who have just been instigated. Isn't this a piece of cake?]

[But these six thousand men just happened to give you a huge shit...]

[I finally trusted you for once, but you made me lose so completely... Huo Zhuo!]

At this moment, you're furious and want to beat Gao Yiming, the leader, to death: "Are you a hack? Even a dragon-riding attack can still cause you to lose! The planners at King of Glory have assigned you another mission to lower my win rate, right?!"

[But soon the second battle report arrived... From the writing, you can tell Gao Yiming was deeply terrified. He didn't dare to shirk responsibility, and even took the entire responsibility for the defeat on himself, begging the Prime Minister to calm down...]

[After taking the blame, he carefully reported the real reason for the failure.]

[…Our army was defeated by the rebels. While this was due to our lack of combat experience and outdated weapons and armor, the main reason was the rebels themselves!]

"Although most of these rebels are simply incited rioters, there are also some elite warriors! I've personally witnessed that many within the rebel army are capable of attacking and defending with divine golden light... I hazard a guess that there are definitely a large number of local officials among the Yangzhou rebels! Judging by the extent of their divine power, they must be the work of at least the prefectural governor!"

"Although no powerful individual has personally participated, there must be more than one prefectural official involved!"

"Also, I saw Western muskets and cannons among the rebels. They are far superior to our lightly armed troops! I also dare to speculate that there may be Westerners involved..."

[The reasons for the failure are as follows. At the end of the battle report, Gao Yiming cautiously asked for instructions, asking whether he should continue to organize the army and suppress the enemy, or return to the capital to face punishment first?]

This attitude is extremely humble, fitting for a small-time character who just joined the gang and caused such a huge mess...

[After reading it, you didn't respond immediately. Instead, you were filled with confusion and thought: "A prefect or even higher-ranking officials were involved?! And foreigners were involved?!"]

[It's like when it rains it pours, and what you fear comes true! ]

Before dispatching the troops this time, you considered that high-ranking local officials might secretly participate in the rebellion. To be absolutely certain, you specifically dispatched the elite troops of the Beijing Camp, and sent 6,000 men at once!

"As for why you didn't use the Imperial Guard? That's because they were the emperor's personal guards. How could you use them like firefighters every day? Besides, you wanted to use this opportunity to train your troops and develop a reliable elite force!"

After careful consideration, we finally decided to use the Beijing Camp. The result...

"Prefects... who are these prefects? Aren't they afraid of death by confronting me like this?"

You grit your teeth and say, "It seems the resistance to the new political reforms is far greater than you thought..."

"And there are foreign guns and cannons... How come foreigners are getting involved?"

This news infuriates you even more: Didn't you say earlier that the Western nations were too busy licking the Divine Emperor's brows? How come you said that, and now it's happening?!

[Damn it! They're all unruly people! They're all traitors!]

[For a moment, you were so furious that you just wanted to send the Jinyiwei to Yangzhou to rip the heads off these insects and kick them around like balls! ! ! ]

[Because after this defeat, the momentum of your new policies has been instantly lost: the elite troops of the Beijing Army were defeated by the local miscellaneous armed forces, which has become a joke...]

You know you must immediately and mercilessly chop off a wave of heads. This will deter both the inside and outside of the country and restore the New Deal's reputation!

[But before that, you need to go to the palace first...]

【…】

[Inside the Imperial Palace, the Divine Emperor sat on the Dragon Throne, quietly listening to the frustrated Prime Minister's report on the battle situation...] ["Zifang is saying that prefects and even provincial governors were involved, and that there were foreigners as well?"]

You grit your teeth and nod: "Your Majesty, this defeat is entirely my fault. I am willing to accept the punishment..."

【The Divine Emperor smiled and shook his head.】

"Don't worry, Zifang. Since I've given you thirty years to govern the world and bring peace, I won't punish you for such trivial matters."

"For the past thirty years, the entire world's power has been in your hands... I've kept my word."

[“Besides, what was Zifang to blame for this defeat? They were all the unruly people of Yangzhou…”]

As he spoke, the Divine Emperor's expression turned cold. "It seems I haven't taken action in so many years that the people of Yangzhou have forgotten what happened back then... If that's the case, I will grant their wish, just like what happened back then..."

【ah? ! 】

[When you heard the Divine Emperor was about to take action, you were immediately shocked, and the terrifying memories of the illusion from that year flooded back into your mind...]

[Don't! Don't!]

[You kowtowed quickly, stating that not all of Yangzhou's inhabitants were rebellious and unruly. The rebels were only a small minority, and the majority were innocent. It was truly unworthy of Your Majesty's personal divine power...]

[As you say this, you grit your teeth and say: Since this defeat is a disgrace to me, I will avenge it myself!]

[The Divine Emperor couldn't help but stare at you for a moment upon hearing this...]

[Actually, after you passed the imperial examination, you should have been granted a large amount of divine power. However, because tyrannical divine power itself has a chance of causing the recipient to fall into a permanent state of mental breakdown, the Divine Emperor has never taken the initiative to grant you divine power.]

"Plus, you are now the Prime Minister in charge of all Ming affairs. If something were to happen to you, what would happen to the new policies? Where would He find someone like you who is both courageous and capable of reforming the country?"

Therefore, the day you receive the divine power has been repeatedly postponed. Since you are the Prime Minister who is always in charge of the government in the capital, you have no place to use the divine power.

[But now, you've taken the initiative to bring this up...]

[Under these circumstances, even though the Divine Emperor, after much deliberation, still doesn't want you to take any risk, the rage on your face, a desire to rip all your enemies to pieces, inexplicably stirs up long-forgotten memories... Thinking back to the past, just as I struggled free from the ropes, I too was filled with such rage!]

"Back then, he used his divine power to avenge his great vengeance. Now, you also want to use your divine power to avenge your previous humiliation. This makes him empathize with you and feel sad for a moment..."

【"good!"】

[The Divine Emperor sighed deeply, reached out and placed his hand on your head, and a huge amount of golden divine power continuously poured into your body!]

Filled with rage, you slowly closed your eyes, ready to face the vision of slaughter that once again emerged in your mind. This time, for some unknown reason, you didn't choose to be hostile to the God-Emperor of the Sky. Instead, you madly joined Him, striking down the unruly people of the world with relentless blows!

[The tyrannical divine power was born from tyranny, and it will naturally breed tyranny...]

[From questioning the Divine Emperor to understanding him.]

[You are changing towards an extreme at a speed you haven't even noticed yet...]

【…】

In February of the seventy-fourth year of the Chongzhen reign, Ming Dynasty Prime Minister Zhou Liang, with an undisguised golden aura, led three thousand elite Jinyiwei troops on a personal expedition to suppress the Yangzhou rebellion!

[You, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, who was severely slapped in the face before, have decided to use the blood of all the rebels to wash away the shame of your defeat! ]

"The Beijing Army is already the elite of the Ming Dynasty, yet the people of Yangzhou are not even afraid of the Beijing Army... These are no longer ordinary traitors. We can no longer hesitate, we must strike hard!"

【Jinyiwei, move out!】

……

(End of this chapter)