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

Chapter 89 The Prime Minister will return like lightning!
"Another choice..."

A letter from the governor suddenly impacted the simulated character's early development plan!

Zhou Liang saw it clearly and raised his eyebrows:
"This Liu guy is really hard to deal with."

For Liu Yizhao, "Zhou Liang" was undoubtedly a hot potato.

After all, the matter has been reported to him, and he must respond both publicly and privately, but he can neither directly arrest "Zhou Liang" nor forcibly cover it up.

After much deliberation, Lao Liu decided to praise the killer:

Don't you want to be a saint? Come on! I'll let you be one to your heart's content!
What's the point of hitting small flies? Hitting tigers is big news!

This scheme is a blatant conspiracy:

If "Zhou Liang" is unwilling to fight the tiger, he will make a fool of himself in front of the people, and he will be labeled as a "bully who is weak and afraid of the strong" on the spot!

Don't you claim to be a judge for the people? Why don't you dare to address the "elephant in the room"?

Is he afraid? Our Master Zhou is not just a hypocritical fraud who steals the reputation...

And if "Zhou Liang" really went ahead and fought tigers and elephants for the sake of his popular image, that would also be a way to death!

The officials were worried that they had no reason to deal with him. If he really rushed forward, they would have a way to put more charges on "Zhou Liang", and then he would be in big trouble!
After all, few officials are clean. If you dare to report it casually, you will die...

Zhou Liang weighed the pros and cons:

"This is a two-pronged approach. There's no escape route, but both options are dead ends... So, all we can do is see which one will lead to a slower death."

"If I choose to develop in a shabby way without caring about my image, then given my current position as a thorn in the eyes of all forces, once I lose my glorious image among the people, I will be eliminated almost immediately!"

There is no doubt about this, because the only basis for "Zhou Liang" is the reputation he has earned in northern Shaanxi. This reputation itself is of little use, but considering that people's hearts are already unrest in various parts of the Ming Dynasty and the only thing away from an uprising is a call from a high place, this reputation is very important.

Just like how he died at the hands of the Divine Emperor when he was Prime Minister in his previous life, as soon as he died, the people of the world rose up in anger. Even though they knew they would die if they rebelled, they still rose up in arms... This is the power of the only ray of light in the darkness!

Although "Zhou Liang" is not the prime minister today, thanks to his chivalrous deeds in northern Shaanxi in recent years, his reputation is very respected. If he dies suddenly, a wave of civil unrest will definitely break out in northern Shaanxi.

Although the civil uprising itself is unlikely to really harm the imperial court, the Divine Emperor has to save face!
If a civil uprising really broke out in northern Shaanxi, the Divine Emperor would definitely have to find a scapegoat to use as a head just to save his reputation... Who the hell would be willing to offer up a head?!
Therefore, for the sake of their official hats and lives, Liu Yizhao and other Shaanxi officials must not dare to let the uprising kill them. In this way, the seemingly useless reputation can actually serve as a talisman for "Zhou Liang"...

If you have a talisman, you can survive.

Without the amulet, you will die!
"And if I forcibly retain this reputation, I will inevitably offend the Shaanxi officialdom and make countless enemies..."

"But as long as my golden body remains intact, they can't really do anything to me, at least not openly... As for how they might try to kill me in secret, that's another matter..."

Thinking about this, Zhou Liang keenly discovered the key point:
"If that's the case, I can definitely stick to my old ways and be a saint for the rest of my life, just like in my previous life!"

Although the previous life ended in a plane crash due to the fundamental contradiction of the Divine Emperor, it does not mean that the previous life had no merits.

At least during the thirty years when the Divine Emperor clearly supported him, Prime Minister Zhou was invincible!

With the absolute protection of the invincible Divine Emperor, other old bureaucrats had no way of killing him through assassination or the like.

So in a sense, as long as "Zhou Liang" can possess a force strong enough to protect himself in this life, then it is not impossible for him to continue to learn to become a saint in his previous life...

"Yes! Just do it!"

Zhou Liang clapped his hands and smiled, his eyes sparkling:

"Swishing the landlord's spinning top among the common people is still too trivial. Swishing the spinning top in the county government office, the prefectural government office, the provincial governor's office, or even in the Forbidden City is really exciting!"

"Having been a perfect saint in his previous life, how could I live in this life as a commoner?" "Prime Minister Zhou will return like lightning!"

"Choose B!"

[Ding! You chose option B, so be reckless! While impulsiveness can easily lead to disaster, a breakdown in your image is unacceptable... Besides, misfortunes often bring good fortune, so perhaps this is your chance?]

【…】

[Misfortunes often lie behind blessings, and blessings often lie behind misfortunes! ]

[Although the road ahead is bound to be full of thorns, you still decide to move forward bravely, to pursue that elusive glimmer of light.]

[After all, you were once a saint...]

Your heart is always filled with the myriad possibilities of the world. Staying in northern Shaanxi for a long time will only make you feel lost... Whack-a-mole with the landlord's spinning top might be your way of venting these complex emotions...

[As for the threats from local officials and the imperial court... If you were still alone, you would indeed be somewhat afraid of being assassinated, but now it's different!]

[You are no longer alone. You have fifty loyal Beyblade warriors who will never betray you.]

[Fifty Beyblade Warriors, all Super Astartes in the "Critical Madness" state. Their divine power has long surpassed the limits of mortals and is far stronger than the Jinyiwei!]

If you weren't concerned about the Divine Emperor's invincible power, you could use them to launch a massive uprising to overthrow the dynasty, burning every inch of Ming's land with the sacred flames, and then establish the peaceful and prosperous era you've always dreamed of...

[With them, as long as you don't provoke the Divine Emperor to take action personally like in your previous life, assassination, a lowly thing, will absolutely not threaten you.]

[Growing in a sleazy way? No, you've grown enough. It's time to leave the Novice Village and explore a wider monster-spawning area!]

[Thinking of this, you laughed heartily. Under the stunned gaze of the messenger, you casually put the letter of commendation in your arms and delivered an impassioned speech.]

“Since this is the Governor’s encouragement, then I shall certainly obey!”

"Local tyrants, evil gentry, corrupt officials, are all enemies of the people. How can students turn a blind eye to this?"

"Now that the flies have been swatted, it's time to hunt lions, tigers, and elephants!"

【…】

[In the fiftieth year of Chongzhen's reign, at the age of seven, you happily accepted the Provincial Governor's letter of commendation, which contained sinister intentions!]

[That year, you finally stopped hiding your true identity and directly reported the Mizhi County Magistrate to the Shaanxi-Northern Prefecture Yamen, demanding that the Shaanxi-Northern Prefecture investigate the Mizhi County Magistrate for serious crimes such as accepting bribes, intercepting disaster relief grain funds, and abusing his power for personal gain!]

[As soon as the news came out, northern Shaanxi was shaken! ]

The prefect of northern Shaanxi and the magistrates of various counties were all in an uproar: "No... you're so damn stubborn!!"

They thought you'd be intimidated by the blatant threats in the commendation letter, but they didn't expect you to be such a tough nut to crack... This is going to be tough!

The Shaanxi prefect, realizing the gravity of the situation, dared not neglect the matter. However, he neither dared to conduct a thorough investigation nor to cover it up. He had no choice but to report the matter to the governor, the highest-ranking official in Shaanxi...

[Shaanxi Prefect: The prison is huge! What should we do?! (Panic!)]

Liu Yizhao: What can I say?

……

(End of this chapter)