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

Chapter 92 A young man from the Imperial Guards has arrived!
"Appreciate the peace! Appreciate the peace!"

Li Laiheng, a veteran thief, immediately launched into a tirade. Though he was already in his fifties or sixties, the hatred he felt back then hadn't faded in the slightest. Especially since entering a "critical madness" state in the past two years, his thoughts had become even more extreme.

"Master! We must not issue an imperial decree of peace!"

Li Laiheng angrily said, "Let's not even mention the immense hatred we have for that tyrant. Just think of the story of Liangshan Marsh's surrender. We couldn't even surrender!"

"Although I haven't had much education, I've heard the stories of the Water Margin. The reason Liangshan fell apart was because the emperor issued an imperial decree of amnesty, wasn't it?"

"The Emperor of the Song Dynasty used the Liangshan troops, who were granted amnesty, to consume them at will. I'm afraid the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty also wants to use us as a pretext. Once the amnesty is granted, our lives will be in vain..."

Li Laiheng's heartfelt speech naturally garnered the unanimous support of everyone present. After all, they had joined the gang to overthrow the Ming court and its corrupt ruler, avenging the suffering of the people. If they truly became another Liangshanpo, that would be truly tragic!

[Based on this, although everyone will still be absolutely loyal to you, they will definitely not be happy about it...]

[You certainly understand the feelings of your subordinates, and you're even more averse to this kind of thing than they are.]

[Because you truly burned yourself out in your previous life, trying to be a loyal and patriotic reformer, the fate you encountered was even worse than that of the people in Liangshan...]

[You love Daming, does Daming love you? ]

[So, your feelings towards this imperial edict of amnesty are quite complicated, and you are unwilling to accept it...]

[But then again, since you've gotten this far, is there any way out?]

In order to maintain your gilded image, you've already severely whipped the tops of every prefectural and county magistrate in Shaanxi, sending them to a flayed and sacked fate. You even had the Governor, Old Liu, demoted numerous times, sending him to be a county magistrate somewhere in Guangdong. You've completely demoted him to the lowest point...

[After all these nationally sensational events, do you still expect to escape unscathed? That's impossible!]

[Besides, the imperial edict has already been thrust upon you. If you dare not accept it, you will be disobeying the imperial order. Who knows, that eccentric and incompetent person in the Forbidden City might start to go crazy again...]

[So, in the end, you had no choice but to make a decision that went against everyone.]

"Announcement of peace!"

【…】

[Although you say you are going to the capital to receive the imperial peace, you don't dare to bring all your men with you like Song Jiang did.]

[After all, the fifty men under your command are all Super Astartes who have entered the "Critical Madness" state. If you really bring them all to the capital, they will definitely be discovered by the Divine Emperor...]

[This is no joke. Aside from the God-Emperor, everyone in the world today is mortal. Even the highest officials cannot bear too much divine power. Yet, the Super Astartes under your command can actually bear an inordinate amount of divine power.]

[If this gets stabbed, it won’t be good…]

So after careful consideration, you decided to keep the thieves and others who had followed you the longest, and also some newcomers who were very good at spinning tops.

There are thirty of them in total. Because they possess too much divine power, it's inconvenient to reveal it to the Divine Emperor. Therefore, you let them continue spinning tops in the local area, slowly accumulating and developing.

[As for the remaining twenty people, since they have only been members for a short time and their spinning tops aren't very hard-working, their divine power isn't particularly great, so they have been given the opportunity to go to the capital with you!]

[The one you value most among them is the "Yu Anmin" you used for your experiments...]

[This newcomer is different from the others. Everyone else is rushing to play the spinning top, vying for the hard-earned divine power, but he doesn't like playing the top. Every time you go out hunting with him, he's the least active one.]

【But, don’t think he is a good person! 】

This young refugee from northern Shaanxi, not even twenty years old this year, has no idea what kind of experiences he's had, but he absolutely loves tearing the Japanese apart with his bare hands... Every time you capture a bandit, he rushes up and tears one apart with his bare hands. It seems like that gives him a strange sense of satisfaction...

[And how many bandits can be killed? How can there be a quota for him? So until today, Yu Anmin's divine power has only increased slightly compared to when he first entered the "Critical Madness" state, which perfectly meets your requirements!]

[“Xiao Yu, I’m going to rely on you to support me from now on.”] [You smiled at him half-jokingly, half-seriously.]

Yu Anmin immediately perked up: "Loyalty! Sincerity!"

[The young man from northern Shaanxi stands at attention! ]

In the fifty-first year of Chongzhen's reign, after careful consideration, you finally accepted the Divine Emperor's imperial edict of peace. You then instructed the thirty Super Astartes, led by Li Laiheng, to continue farming in Shaanxi, cultivating slowly while waiting to take down the dragon and the tower...

[Shaanxi's top jungler, Li Laiheng, loyally accepts orders!]

[Afterwards, you took Yu Anmin and twenty others with you and left northern Shaanxi, heading east towards Beijing...]

[That year, you arrived in Shuntian Prefecture, the capital!]

After you present the imperial edict, officials from the Ministry of Rites will arrive to escort you into the palace to meet the Emperor... This process is familiar to you. After all, you've been to the palace to meet the Divine Emperor numerous times in your past lives, so you know the procedures perfectly.

[However, you still tried your best to act like a country boy who had never seen the world, stopping and starting along the way, wanting to see and touch everything, which made the official from the Ministry of Rites who was responsible for guiding you feel very disdainful.]

[And just like that, you successfully met the Divine Emperor in the Imperial Palace...]

【…】

[Seeing the Divine Emperor again in this life, he is still the majestic figure in the yellow robe you are familiar with.]

Judging by his appearance alone, it's hard to connect this dignified yet gentle middle-aged man with the ominous man-eating red-haired monster in his previous life. Nor would you imagine that his life was built on killing countless rebellious civilians.

[But you also know very well that it was this emperor before you who single-handedly caused that desperate dark turmoil...]

【So, with mixed emotions, you bow down before Him.】

[He, however, was completely oblivious to your feelings. He simply seemed to happily ask you some questions: For example, why do you enjoy leading others in spinning tops? For example, why did you take the initiative to fight for the people of northern Shaanxi?]

[Also, how did you survive the assassination attempt by the officials? And how did you capture those prefects and county magistrates? After all, you were only a scholar, your divine power was far less than theirs, so it's unreasonable that you could defeat them...]

You gave corresponding answers to each of these questions: You spun the top because you stumbled upon the discovery that revenge could increase divine power, and that standing up for the people was a form of "revenge." As for how you defeated the prefects and county magistrates?

You pointed to the twenty Primarchs kneeling behind you...

[The Divine Emperor was surprised, then suddenly realized, and then he seemed to be thinking about something...]

[Suddenly, He seemed to have thought of something, and the joy on His face could no longer be suppressed!]

"Zhou Liang."

"The common people are here!"

His eyes shone with light.

"Since you can gain divine power by allowing common people to whip corrupt officials, from now on, the entire court, both civil and military, will be supervised by you!"

"I appoint you as the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guard! You will be under the Emperor's command to monitor all officials!"

["My lord, I obey the order..."]

【Commander Zhou, here we go! 】

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(End of this chapter)