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

Chapter 90 Too Crazy!
[No...you really dare to report it?!]

【What an iron-headed kid! 】

[Old Liu couldn't help but complain: Sure enough, young people are still too young after all...]

However, Old Liu wasn't panicked. After all, he had already made two plans. Since you refused to destroy your own golden body, he would make you a true saint!

[Young man, standing up for others requires capital! If you are young and energetic and like to stand up for others, who will die if you don't die?]

[Liu Yizhao sneered...]

【…】

Your report is like a stone thrown into still water; the moment it hits the water, it inevitably stirs up a huge wave!

[From the government to the people, the news quickly spread to everyone...]

Whether they were the poor commoners or the wealthy landlords, they all looked at you in astonishment: Could it be that you really wanted to stand up for everyone?

[My dear! They are the government, not just some rural landlord. It's fine if you hit the landlord's spinning top, but how dare you confront the county magistrate in person?]

If you were just seeking fame, you definitely wouldn't go this far. So the only explanation is that you truly are a selfless saint!

[Or, he is a real lunatic...]

[Of course, whether you are a saint or a lunatic, everyone is looking at you with anticipation, because at this moment, the role played by saints and lunatics is the same!]

[The government can’t ignore reports from saints, nor can it ignore reports from lunatics… After all, you’re not some unknown nobody, but a famous figure in northern Shaanxi. Countless eyes are staring at you, and it’s impossible for the government to cover up the truth…]

【They must give a result! 】

[The Shaanxi prefect, having received instructions from the provincial governor, did indeed give a result very quickly.]

【One word: Check! 】

[Of course, although we say we're investigating, there's actually no need to go to great lengths to do so. It would be strange if an official in the Ming Dynasty didn't have any black spots...]

[And the results were indeed as expected: Mizhi County Magistrate Fan had accepted bribes totaling over 30,000 taels of silver from various wealthy merchants! Furthermore, it was discovered that he had withheld various funds allocated by the imperial court, including but not limited to "disaster relief funds" and "education aid funds"...]

When the evidence was laid out in the Shaanxi prefectural government office, the prefect couldn't help but sigh: "This unlucky fellow is finished!"

[As everyone knows, His Majesty the Divine Emperor is a miraculous emperor who both holds power and presides over the government. Although He condones corruption, He also aspires to be a sage ruler. Therefore, once corruption is reported, He will be immediately skinned and humiliated...]

The Shaanxi provincial governor found this ridiculous: "If you want to ban corruption, then crack down on corruption! If you want to condone corruption, then forget about reporting it!"

[This is both a lie and a scapegoat, just like the law enforcement of fishing hooks... I'm so drunk!]

[With a scoff, the Shaanxi prefect submitted the relevant files to the Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office, and then to the imperial court...]

Finally, the imperial court carried out its justice: before the astonished gazes of the entire Mizhi County, a team of officers and soldiers expressionlessly stuffed the limp magistrate into a prison cart, then paraded him through the streets and alleys... After the parade, he was loaded into the prison cart and taken to the capital via the official road for trial...

[Soon, another county magistrate took office!]

This magistrate clearly understood the seriousness of the situation, and therefore did not dare to be as corrupt as his predecessor. He handled all matters with great care, fearing he would be caught and suffer the same fate as his predecessor...

[At the same time, you feel somewhat lost because your divine power has not increased as you imagined...]

[“It seems that the revenge determined by the tyrannical divine power must be carried out personally.”]

You sigh.

[Although you were somewhat disappointed, you didn't become depressed. After all, gaining divine power was only one aspect. Your true goal was to bring peace and stability to the people!]

Your mind is always clear...

[Then, you let the members continue to play spinning tops among the people, while you continued your reporting work.]

【…】

In the fiftieth year of Chongzhen's reign, you became the master of whistleblowing and reported the Mizhi County Magistrate to the prefectural yamen. As a result, the magistrate was quickly dismissed and escorted to the capital in a prison cart for trial... [That year, you once again exerted your power and reported the magistrates of several surrounding counties to the prefectural yamen!]

The Shaanxi prefect's eye twitched, but he still accepted the case. Not long after, several county magistrates were all boarding prison vans bound for the capital...

【Everyone has a car! 】

[And your reports have also caused a stir in Shaanxi's official circles. After all, who doesn't have some black spots?]

[No! This iron-headed brat must be killed!]

[From the prefect to the county magistrate, everyone gathered the matter privately and eventually reported it to the governor's office...]

"Sir! This brat is no ordinary Ironhead! No more hesitation! We must strike hard!"

[Governor Liu Yizhao smiled as he looked at the letters his subordinates handed over, and said, "Old Liu, let me tell you! This stubborn person who reports others is no less than a little green among a sea of ​​flowers in the Ming officialdom!"]

[And can such an iron-headed kid have any chance of survival? ]

【That must be the case.】

Liu Yizhao sighed and thought about what he had seen and heard back then: Is it true that there are no upright officials in the Ming Dynasty who are just and honest?

[Of course there are! It's just that these clean officials have always looked down on the corrupt officials and are unwilling to be associated with them. Therefore, it is difficult for them to integrate into the officialdom and reach a truly high position.]

[Besides, even if they really reach a high position, so what? ]

[Aside from His Majesty, the almighty Divine Emperor, there is no eternal power in the world. Once these upright officials who dared to take action against the corrupt bureaucracy leave office, the bureaucracy will return to its former state, ultimately being completely useless.]

Why? Because the source of the darkness in the bureaucracy lies not in the bureaucracy itself, but in that eternally high-altitude black sun... If we don't change the fundamentals and only trim the details, it will be useless...

[People of integrity have no place in the Ming Dynasty. Only evil flowers can bloom on this black land...]

Liu Yizhao sighed softly: "Iron-headed boy, oh Iron-headed boy! You are doomed!"

[Sighing, the governor decided to allow the prefectural and county officials to assassinate you, the iron-headed kid...]

But what he never expected was that within a few days, news of the failed assassination attempt reached the Governor's Office!

[Besides, before he could recover from his shock, a deafening drumbeat could be heard from outside the door!]

[Drum sounds? Where are the drum sounds coming from?]

Bewildered, Old Liu looked out the door, only to see a group of guards tumbling and crawling toward him. Upon seeing him, several guards' faces paled with fear.

"Master! Something terrible has happened!"

Liu Yizhao's already uneasy heart suddenly jumped: "What's wrong?"

"Outside, there's a group of men escorting a group of people... Among those being escorted are the prefects of Xi'an, Hanzhong, and Pingliang..."

"They beat drums to gather the crowd, and then cursed the prefects for sending people to assassinate the scholar Zhou Liang... Not only cursed, but also whipped!"

[“By the way! The old man leading the group asked me to pass on a message to you…”]

Liu Yizhao was completely stunned. Upon hearing the message, he subconsciously asked, "What message?"

"He said... that if you don't stand up for his Master Zhou, he'll... whip all the prefects into spinning tops!"

Liu Yizhao: ...

[Fuck! This is too crazy!]

……

(End of this chapter)