After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

After watching the entire corruption video, everyone was stunned. It was simply a new and innovative way of being corrupt.

[This is the way of being an official! You really have to figure out what your superiors are thinking.]

[Ahem, don't be so blunt.]

[Therefore, in ancient times, it was difficult to be an honest official; one had to be even more cunning than a corrupt official.]

[Actually, there are quite a few good officials. It mainly depends on the emperor at the time. The emperor is the biggest corrupt official. If he is corrupt, then the people below him will be corrupt. If the emperor is better and the administration is more efficient, then there will be opportunities for good officials to rise to prominence.]

This guy is too outspoken. At first, the people were watching, and when he talked about disaster relief, they didn't know whether to be sarcastic or what to say.

If they have rice porridge to eat, they can survive. Maybe they will actually call this official a good official, at least they won't be eating dirt.

Later on, when it was mentioned that one should cater to the emperor's preferences and get him to join in, it could only be described as audacious.

As for the Qin and Han dynasties, they simply extracted the main information from them.

It seems that later dynasties had a completely different system for selecting officials than they did at that time, but I don't know what it was like.

I have never heard of any powerful clans or aristocratic families in later dynasties.

Corruption has existed since ancient times, and Liu Che was amazed to see it, marveling at how many new methods were used in later generations.

Emperor Ling of Han suddenly had a flash of inspiration. This time, instead of selling official positions and titles, he had another way to make money.

Liu Bei shook his head. This official was neither good nor bad. Although he was a corrupt official, he sometimes did a better job than most honest officials. It was hard to explain why.

"But with such rampant corruption and declining morals, isn't this just like the time of Emperor Ling? The people rose up in rebellion..." Liu Bei understood the hardships and the hearts of the people. He had also suffered. Seeing all that was happening in the sky, he couldn't help but feel emotional about the rise and fall of a dynasty.

"The dynasties in this world are like a turning wheel, nothing more than another cycle," Zhuge Liang sighed.

Li Shimin saw two sides to the story. Following a good emperor, a talented person becomes a capable minister in times of peace; following an emperor who only cares about extravagance and enjoyment, one becomes a treacherous minister in times of chaos. This sentence from the Heavenly Canopy deeply resonated with him.

Li Shimin also sat down at his desk, picked up his pen, and suddenly began to write.

Jiajing opened his half-closed eyes slightly and looked at the sky. Suddenly, a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

So this is how you can get money...

Emperor Chongzhen's dragon robes are now patched, and the national treasury is so empty that mice can run through it. He can't even afford to provide relief, let alone embezzle it. He even makes his generals raise money for wars themselves. None of the methods proposed by the emperor suit him.

But even Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but wonder if his ministers were actually quite wealthy.

The next day, when Emperor Chongzhen went to court, his green eyes looked down at the ministers below. The ministers held up their tattered official robes and cried to the emperor, "Your Majesty, we are truly poor!"

Chongzhen: "..."

Emperor Chongzhen thought they were naive and innocent, but in reality they were all seasoned veterans.

This isn't the first or second time they've fooled the emperor.

As Yongzheng listened to the words on the sky, one of them mentioned Yongzheng's son. He thought about Hongli several times. Hongli was a good man. He was quick-witted, calm, kind, filial, and loved by the late emperor. Could it be Hongli?

Or perhaps it was Hongli...?

Having observed the heavens for so long, Yongzheng knew one thing well: people can change.

After intending to inscribe Hongli's name on the "Upright and Bright" plaque, Yongzheng hesitated again.

The sky, which had been bright, suddenly dimmed inch by inch, but it was different from the usual sudden disappearance of darkness. A gust of wind, carrying leaves, suddenly blew into your ears, seeping through the gaps in the trees.

Suddenly, I felt a slight throbbing on my scalp, and the tiny hairs on my skin, controlled by the spinal nerves, stood up completely.

[Three words gradually appeared on the sky—'Shenren Chang' Chapter One]

A woman dressed in Han Dynasty attire stood regally in the center, with the dim candlelight of several palace lanterns emanating from behind her. The people on either side were hidden in shadow, their features obscured.

The sound of musical instruments began, and the woman walked forward step by step.

The following is another passage: "The Heavenly Gate opens, vast and boundless."

The air was filled with the ethereal sound of bells and the continuous playing of musical instruments. A figure remained hidden in the shadows as the woman slowly approached, carrying an oil lamp in her hands.

【'Mu Bing was invited to attend the banquet'】

[The woman beckoned with her left hand, and a light appeared on her left; she beckoned with her right hand, and a light appeared on her right. The music playing behind her, like the sound of wind sweeping through the hall, gradually grew louder.]

The voices under the canopy gradually subsided, and a sense of unease and fear began to creep in from the solemn atmosphere.

Those with some knowledge could tell from the markings that this was a sacrificial ceremony.

Those who didn't understand remained silent and were extremely uneasy.

"...It's divine! How can the performance on the celestial screen be so captivating..." Li Shimin was also somewhat speechless.

Empress Zhangsun said, "Isn't this a characteristic of later generations? They probably wanted to portray the solemnity and grandeur of a divine descent."

Jiajing immediately sat up straight, staring intently at the sky, trying to see if there was any information related to cultivation.

"The Master did not speak of strange phenomena, physical prowess, disorder, or spirits..." A scholar murmured repeatedly, saying this while bowing his head repeatedly and looking back at the sky.

The woman lowered her hands, then suddenly raised them, launching into a slightly impassioned performance. Simultaneously, lights illuminated the sides, revealing the musicians on either side—the figures who had been hidden in the shadows.

Behind them, it was pitch black, with nothing visible except for a few palace lanterns burning. The smoke and dust swirled, their faint light dampening the night. The dim light couldn't obscure the scattered stars in the darkness, creating an atmosphere of mystery and antiquity, like ancient legends, as if people could truly communicate with the gods.

Suddenly, a clap of thunder sounded overhead. The woman's dance paused, then gradually quickened, her movements becoming increasingly rapid. She tossed out her long sleeves, and amidst these graceful twists and turns, her dance gradually stiffened, like a mural in a tomb, or a clay figurine on a table.

They seemed to be truly communicating with God.

The music, drifting from the vast wilderness, grew increasingly ethereal. After a rapid beat, with a 'whoosh,' only a set of clothes remained, piled up in a long, winding heap.

The dancing woman had vanished; it seemed she had truly been taken away by God.

The musicians on either side were once again enveloped in darkness, resembling charred clay figurines.

Suddenly, with a 'whoosh,' everyone vanished, startling the ancient people under the sky.

At first, they thought it was a staged performance, but the more they looked at it, the more real it seemed.

This mysterious and eerie feeling lingered in their hearts until the end of the video.