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

Chapter 67 End of the Year!

"This……"

After watching a long series of new plots, this magical and reasonable development really made Zhou Liang speechless, and he didn't know what to say for a long time...

After all this fuss, it turns out that this so-called "tyrannical divine power" should actually be called "tyrannical revenge divine power", because it cannot be increased simply by violence as Zhou Liang had thought before, but must meet the two restrictive conditions of "revenge" and "violence" at the same time.

To increase divine power, not only violence is needed, but also revenge. Only violence under the pretext of revenge can provide the God-Emperor with divine power and even prolong his life.

And from this we can also see that the Divine Emperor did not directly gain infinite power and lifespan after becoming a god, so it had to harvest the human world again and again to satisfy its needs...

Therefore, all the previous actions of the Emperor were supported by evidence:
Although it has absolutely powerful strength, the people of the world are still struggling on the brink of death, and corruption is still rampant in the officialdom... Zhou Liang used to think that this was due to its lack of political ability, but now that it thinks about it, since it is strong enough to bring peace and prosperity to the country, then political ability has long been dispensable.

If a strong person with absolute power wants to create a prosperous era, it can be done almost effortlessly.

If it fails to create a prosperous era, it only proves that it does not want to create one!
One thought is God, one thought is devil, it is just like that.

But... Zhou Liang still had some doubts:
"Although all of this makes sense, the Divine Emperor's outpouring to the simulated character in the Hall of Preserving Harmony didn't seem like an act..."

The Divine Emperor first asked people to give him advice to criticize the current ills, and then was publicly confronted by "Zhou Liang" and made to sob... To be honest, this doesn't seem like a deliberate act.

And now there is the crazy blame-shifting...

As we all know, if a person is frantically shifting the blame and trying to prove that he has not done anything bad on his own initiative, it means that this person actually knows that the blame itself is bad and he cares very much about other people's evaluation of him.

The current God-Emperor has long been above all living beings. All living beings are merely his food. Does he need to care about the opinions of a group of broiler chickens?
In theory it shouldn't, but the reality is that it really cares.

Therefore, we can see that the God Emperor has not completely become a "God" in his mentality. He is still just a "human" who possesses divine power. He still cares about people's evaluation of him because everyone is of the same kind as him... at least he himself thinks so.

There is a lot of evidence of this, for example, it said that it did not want to stir up a large-scale dark turmoil at the beginning, but only wanted to kill some rebellious peasants occasionally to maintain its own needs... This can be verified in reality, because in reality, until the 99th year of Chongzhen, Zhou Liang had never heard of it actively provoking a large-scale rebellion.

For example, it gradually reduces the consumption of divine power and cuts the divine power salaries of its ministers again and again, so as to kill as few people as possible.

So all signs indicate that, although the Divine Emperor is trying to shift the blame, he is not truly insane to an inhuman degree...

Chongzhen is still the same Chongzhen, but his survival means suffering for the people, so the conflict of interests between the two sides is irreconcilable.

"But I still don't understand..."

Zhou Liang scratched his head:
"Even if the Divine Emperor must inflict violence on his enemies to maintain his own survival, shouldn't he only cause trouble in the Ming Dynasty?"

"There are so many countries in the world, wouldn't it be easy to find a few to be enemies? At worst, they could emulate the foreigners' colonization practices and frantically harvest divine power outside the Ming Dynasty... This would not only sustain their own needs, but they could even govern the Ming Dynasty well, ensuring it truly enjoyed peace and prosperity... It definitely has the ability to do so."

Plundering foreign countries and supporting domestic ones... Although this method is not very correct in the values ​​of later generations, was it necessary to consider this in the feudal era?

No matter how incompetent Chongzhen was at governing, he would have used this method, right? It couldn't be simpler!

But the reality is that the Divine Emperor clearly has some affection for his own people, but he only acts tyrannically towards his own people and refuses to plunder other countries no matter what...

Is he really a bully in his own right? This is too outrageous!

Zhou Liang really couldn't understand this guy's train of thought. After thinking about it, he still couldn't find a convincing reason. He could only hope that the subsequent plot would give a relevant explanation.

……

Listening to the Divine Emperor's various scapegoating remarks, you couldn't help but sneer inwardly: As expected, it's still the same Chongzhen Emperor who said, "It was all my ministers who misled me."...

[Even when Li Chuang beat him to death and forced him to hang himself, he still refused to admit that there was something wrong with his operation. Even after being cremated, he would still have his mouth open!]

[And now it still refuses to take the blame, and even tries to shift it all to you...]

What else can you say about this?

【What can I say？】

[With a long, helpless sigh, you realize that your final moment has arrived...]

Yet, you still can't help but fight for the people's last chance of survival: "Even if your Majesty truly needs revenge and violence, why only punish the people of Ming? There are countless nations in the world... If your Majesty is willing, I would risk my life..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as you opened your mouth, it said disdainfully, "Zifang, are you asking me to slaughter the barbarians? That's out of the question."

"Barbarians are barbarians. How can they be compared with the nobles of China? Killing them is pointless and will only waste time!"

"Only the people of the Great Ming are worthy of supporting me. This is a natural blessing!"

[“Yes! Good fortune! Hahahaha…”]

Its crazy words and laughter were filled with disdain for foreigners and pride in the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty!

[Uh... consider it pride, right?] [(Ming Dynasty people: Children, this is truly a blessing. Being reborn into the Ming Dynasty is our greatest blessing! Even though we are consumables about to be harvested by the Divine Emperor, when we think of the greatness and nobility of our Ming Dynasty's innate nobles, we can't help but puff out our chests!)]

[The Divine Emperor can harvest the people of the Ming Dynasty, but cannot harvest the people of foreign countries. What does this prove? This precisely demonstrates the nobility of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the Divine Emperor's recognition and trust in everyone!]

[You are just a foreign barbarian, you don't even have the qualifications to be harvested! ]

【you:……】

You're stunned: This kind of logic?! Because the people of the Ming Dynasty are noble, they deserve to be harvested by the Divine Emperor. Foreigners are too lowly, so the Divine Emperor doesn't bother to take action, because killing them is useless...

What is racial superiority? Is there another explanation?

[Although you think it's nonsense, after thinking it over, you reluctantly accept it... This isn't because you're quick to accept, but because divine power itself isn't very logical...]

[A strange divine power that grows due to revenge and violence, now with the strange restriction that "the target of violence must be the people of the Ming Dynasty", seems not to be very surprising.]

[So, now you have stumbled upon this piece of information about the growth of divine power: Divine power can only grow by inflicting violence on the people of the Ming Dynasty who have grudges against you!]

[Although the logic is shaky and the reasoning is bizarre, making one feel like they've lost their minds...but the information we know now is indeed the above. Even if it's hard for you to accept, you must accept it now...]

[Okay, you already think you've gone mad... The God Emperor's insane mental state seems to have infected you. Under the impact of these indescribable and strange messages, your sanity value has probably dropped to negative...]

【…】

[Next, you continue to stay in the palace and try to persuade the God-Emperor to mend his ways... Unfortunately, the starving God-Emperor has long lost his mind and refuses to listen. He only wants to wait for the rebels to come and die so that he can reap a heavy harvest!]

[After many days of persuasion, the Divine Emperor remained unwavering, until that day arrived...]

"Your Majesty! Nearly 100,000 enemy troops are surrounding the city!"

"Your Majesty! The enemy army is attacking the nine gates of the capital!"

"Your Majesty! A large group of unruly people are causing chaos in the city, and they're trying to join forces with those outside the city!"

"Your Majesty! All nine gates have been lost, and all the officials and soldiers defending the city have joined the rebellion... They are coming..."

[Eunuchs and Imperial Guards hurriedly came to report on the battle situation at the front. This scene made you silent.]

The red-haired monster on the dragon bed, far from panicking at the bad news, actually sighed with emotion: "Zifang, your reputation really is very useful... Look, the capital is colluding with both internal and external forces, and it's fallen just like before... Hmm, exactly the same."

If you're familiar with history, you'll know what it's talking about. It's about Li Zicheng's capture of the capital, which was also a case of internal and external cooperation.

[However, last time it was driven to Coal Hill and hanged on the old crooked tree, and this time...]

It suddenly struggled to sit up from the dragon bed... No, you couldn't actually tell what position this red-haired monster was in. You could only roughly guess that it was "standing."

"Zifang, I'll reinstate you once I've defeated the enemy and returned!"

"Governing the country should be done by you..."

[It smiled, and then moved out step by step with difficulty... You know what it is going to do.]

You stare blankly at its back, the horrific scenes you once witnessed in the illusion flashing through your mind...

"Reinstated?"

You sighed and turned to look at a young eunuch: "Bring me some hemp rope!"

【“Ah? This…”

You close your eyes: "Go... I don't want to see it come back."

【…】

In the 104th year of Chongzhen's reign, the ominous God-Emperor emerged from the Forbidden City and strangled 100,000 rebels to death with a single hemp rope, the "Ultimate Emperor's Soldier"!

[That year, the enraged Divine Emperor once again razed the capital's Shuntian Prefecture to the ground with a single blow, crushing to death millions of officials and civilians who had colluded with the rebellion!]

[That year, the Divine Emperor massacred Liaodong, Hebei, Central Plains, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi...]

[This year, the Emperor Star, which had been dim for many years, shines brightly once again!]

[That year, the renowned prime minister Zhou Liang, known as Zhou Zifang, hanged himself in the Forbidden City in extreme despair! He was sixty-one years old!]

……

(End of this chapter)