Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

Chapter 1462 You Have No Choice

reject?

The fifth man was also stunned when he heard this response. Then he was not surprised, but instead sneered.

"Do you think you still have a chance to choose?"

Shaking his head, the fifth man looked at Emperor Tianjing in front of him, but his voice was an unquestionable command.

"What do you mean?!"

Emperor Tianjing was a little surprised, his eyes flickered, and he continued to ask.

"The current Great Zhou is no longer the Great Zhou of the past. If you still want to sit in this position, no one will agree."

"Ask the civil and military officials in the court, are there still those who obey you? Ask the people of the world, are there still those who kneel before you? Ask the ancient noble families, are there still those who support you?"

The fifth man's questioning made Emperor Tianjing's face turn as pale as a deathly man.

He was breathing heavily, his pupils had already turned blood red, his heart was beating fast, and cold sweat was pouring down his forehead.

In the past, people admired him and the whole world was at peace with him.

Even the five great ancient families believed that no one except Emperor Tianjing could do this.

But why, in just a few years, I have fallen to this point!

Do not!

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Emperor Tianjing shouted angrily. He couldn't believe how he had fallen from heaven to earth. He couldn't believe that all this would happen to him.

"You, why do you have to deceive yourself? "

The fifth man shook his head and looked at Emperor Tianjing with a trace of pity.

But even when he saw that Emperor Tianjing was about to collapse, there was no kindness or softness on his face, but rather indifference.

"Only if you abdicate can the Great Zhou Dynasty regain stability and the people of the world regain peace."

"But don't worry, as long as you abdicate, this court will still be called the Great Zhou."

"You will still have the dignity you deserve. Your wealth and splendor for the rest of your life will not change in the slightest."

With his hands folded in front of his chest, the fifth man looked at Emperor Tianjing coldly.

The five ancient aristocratic families were completely disappointed with Emperor Tianjing.

They naturally hoped that the Great Zhou would regain stability, because only with stability could the countless powerful families who depended on the five ancient families return to normal life.

But Emperor Tianjing insisted on his own way, indulged in war, and became more and more confused as he grew older, which had caused the five ancient families to lose hope.

The most important thing is that the fifth man and the five ancient families have noticed one thing from various signs, that is, Emperor Tianjing has the idea of trying to break away from the control of the five ancient families and has even begun to plan and take action.

They even had a vague intuition that if Emperor Tianjing continued to grow, it would not be impossible for him to stand opposite the five ancient families in the future.

They have no intention of continuing to protect such an existence.

"I am the emperor of the Great Zhou. No one can touch me unless I wish."

"Even the five great ancient families cannot do this."

Biting his lips tightly, when Emperor Tianjing looked up again, his deep eyes were filled with murderous intent.

His words were very clear.

If the five ancient families were really like this, then he would never surrender even if he fought with his last breath.

If I am no longer an emperor, then what effect and value will everything I do have?!

Everything is just in vain and a waste of effort.

Such a world naturally has no necessity to exist. At that time, whether the world is the Great Zhou or some other dynasty, what difference does it make to Emperor Tianjing? !

"The Great Zhou Emperor!?"

"Remember!"

"Only the emperor recognized by the five great ancient families is the emperor. Only the emperor recognized by the people of the world is the emperor. Only the emperor supported by all civil and military officials is the emperor."

"Otherwise, there wouldn't be only one emperor in this world."

"Zhou Tian, wake up! Now is no longer the same as three years ago, five years ago, or ten years ago!"

"Go out and ask, see if there are people in the world who want you to be in this position?"

The fifth man's voice became louder and louder. He had to admit that the former Emperor Tianjing did a good job, but this world was so cruel. The world today was no longer the same as before, and the current Emperor Tianjing was no longer the same as before.

"Do you think you still control the Kyoto government? Do you think you can still command the Yulin Army? Do you think you can still control the world!?"

"It's really ridiculous and ignorant!"

"Believe it or not, I only need one word from you now, and you, the emperor, will be a commander without any troops!"

"Believe it or not, with just one word from me, countless people will rush into the palace, eat your flesh and sleep on your skin! And send you to hell forever?!"

Shaking his head, the fifth man glanced at the emperor, who now looked dejected.

He still underestimated the power of the ancient aristocratic families.

He only thought that the prime minister had surrendered to the five great ancient families, but he didn't know that almost all the civil and military officials in the court were vassals of the five great ancient families.

What Emperor Tianjing could not do was just an easy task for the five ancient families.

"I see......"

At this moment, Emperor Tianjing sat weakly and decadently on the chair.

He was muttering something, and the light in his cloudy eyes had long since disappeared.

At this moment, he finally understood why countless imperial powers throughout history had to fight against ancient aristocratic families.

Why did Zhou Zheng stand against the five ancient families regardless of everything?

Why did Zhou Zheng insist on doing it even though he knew it was impossible, and even expressed his determination to fight a life-and-death battle with the five ancient families at all costs, even at the cost of burning his own life!

Because, as long as the five great ancient families are there, the world will not belong to the emperor, but to the five great ancient families.

Although there is no clear distinction between upper and lower levels, in fact, the imperial power is just a medium used by the five ancient families to manage the world.

If one day, the imperial power does not perform well, the five ancient families can replace it at any time.

The former Emperor Tianjing still believed that he might still have the strength to fight against the five ancient families, but now it seems that he still has not seen the five ancient families clearly and has not touched upon their true strength.

Really, it’s ignorance!

I never expected that I would spend my entire life living in the world depicted by the five great ancient families.

However, Emperor Tianjing still believed that he was the greatest emperor of all time and the man of ten perfections.

"Zheng'er, what you see is indeed farther than mine."

Whispering softly in his heart, at this moment, Emperor Tianjing seemed to see Zhou Zheng's figure.

Zhou Zheng, who had never really dealt with the five ancient aristocratic families, realized several years ago that he had to eradicate the so-called aristocratic families, even though he knew that doing so would come at a huge price.

Emperor Tianjing didn't understand it at that time, but now he finally understood the key.

And it was also the first time that Emperor Tianjing called Zhou Zheng "Zheng'er".

Perhaps only he himself understands this complex emotion.

"So, you don't have a choice."

"If you cooperate obediently and be a good emperor, you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life, and your great achievements will be recorded in history."

"If you don't want to be decent, then I'm sorry."

"Da Zhou, it's not a bad idea to replace it with Da Qian."

"As for you, it doesn't seem impossible that you suddenly fell ill and died in the war, or were hacked to death by the masses who broke into the palace."

Shrugging, the fifth man spoke indifferently.

His voice was very flat, as if he was talking about something insignificant.

But every word here would be considered treason if published to the public, it would be a reversal of fate and a heinous crime punishable by the death of all nine generations of the clan.

But the fifth man didn't care at all.

Because, in this world, the strong are the ones who make the rules.

"No room for maneuver?!"

Emperor Tianjing, who was slumped in his chair, began to tremble in his voice.

He knew that this was by no means a threat or alarmist statement, but that the five great ancient families really had this ability.

"no!"

"However, we can promise you that if Zhou Zheng still has a breath left, you can hand him over to you to kill him personally."

With a smile on his face, the fifth man seemed to have done a great good deed.

"I want to know, after this is over, and I abdicate, who will you choose to take this seat?!"

Raising his head, Emperor Tianjing was unwilling.

He also wanted to know who the five ancient families would choose in the end.

"Prime Minister, maybe he is a good candidate."