I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

After the Heavenly Status merged into the consciousness space of Wang Guoxing and Li Ruogui, a message immediately entered their hearts.

Wang Guoxing.
Heavenly Rank: Commander-in-Chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Supernatural abilities: Guiding, Great Strength, Swiftness, Demon Slaying.
It can observe the fortunes of heaven, earth, humanity, and the divine, and can mobilize the nation's destiny to purify evil spirits and suppress extraordinary beings.
Li Ruogui.
Heavenly rank: Deputy Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Supernatural abilities: Guiding, Great Strength, Swiftness, Demon Slaying.
It can observe the fortunes of heaven, earth, humanity, and the divine, and can mobilize the nation's destiny to purify evil spirits and suppress extraordinary beings.
Sensing the information in their minds, Wang Guoxing and the other man were stunned and stood there in shock.

So, is there really such a thing as a divine status in this world, something beyond the imagination of ordinary people?
It also possesses various supernatural powers, and can even mobilize the nation's destiny and suppress all extraordinary forces, including those of the Ming Dynasty's civil and military officials.

After a long while, the two gradually came to their senses, looked at each other, and immediately knelt down with a thud.

"Your humble servant kowtows to express his gratitude to the Crown Prince and to Your Majesty for your divine grace."

They are well aware of where their divine status comes from.

Normally, they would only kowtow to Emperor Chongzhen in gratitude, while Crown Prince Zhu Cilang would be merely an afterthought.

But now, they have placed Crown Prince Zhu Cilang first.

"Well, stand up!"

When the two men stood up and looked at Emperor Chongzhen and Crown Prince Zhu Cilang, they were startled again.

Where Chongzhen stood, a golden power, a mixture of black, gray, and gold, was continuously descending from the sky, protecting him.

The Crown Prince Zhu Cilang, standing beside him, was even more impressive.

A bright golden canopy, with its cascading strands of jewels, firmly protected Crown Prince Zhu Cilang within.

If one didn't know this, they would think that Zhu Cilang was the real emperor, and Chongzhen was just a member of the royal family.

That's not right either. At this time, Crown Prince Zhu Cilang was practically an immortal emperor descended to earth.

At this point, the two were no longer just grateful, but completely convinced.

They felt that following such a lord would surely lead to a bright future, and they could even imagine the path to immortality.

They looked at each other, and both could see the determination in each other's eyes.

Next, the two of them dared not neglect Zhu Cilang's orders in the slightest and carried them out to the end.

First, relying on the power of divine intervention and national fortune, he quickly took action to deal with the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Immediately afterwards, based on the national destiny, the homes of those nobles and generals, who were as dark as ink and resembled a ghost realm, were confiscated.

In an instant, the entire capital was engulfed in a bloodbath as chests of gold, silver, treasures, grain, and other supplies were confiscated from the homes of these powerful and wealthy individuals.

During this process, the nobles and officials who were driven to the brink of despair were naturally unwilling to wait for death. They secretly instigated a coalition and directly organized their household servants and private soldiers to stage a coup to purge the emperor of his corrupt advisors.

"The Crown Prince is wicked; remove him to protect the Holy Emperor."

A group of one or two thousand people, shouting slogans to "purge the court of corrupt officials," launched an attack on the palace.

Zhu Cilang stood atop the palace wall, watching the swarm of soldiers rushing towards him, and couldn't help but frown slightly.

Although he felt a little reluctant, he also knew that this was not the time to be indecisive.

He immediately shouted down.

"You traitors and rebels, corrupt and lawless, defying the emperor's will and ignoring the people's will, deserve to have your entire families exterminated."

Zhu Cilang's stern voice, amplified by the increase in the nation's fortune, instantly resounded throughout the entire city.

The next instant, as Zhu Cilang's thoughts turned, the golden dragon representing the nation's destiny above the capital city also slowly began to move.

"Ang~!"

With a dragon's roar, the golden dragon representing the nation's destiny appeared.

In an instant, everyone was stunned, staring blankly at the golden dragon symbolizing the nation's destiny in the sky.

The golden dragon of the Ming Dynasty's national destiny, due to the disunity of the people and the instability of its fortune, appeared colorful, resembling a multicolored divine dragon.

However, ordinary people don't know these things.

Instead, they found the colorful dragon very majestic and knelt down in awe.

Even among the rebels, many soldiers knelt down.

"Get up, all of you get up! That's just a smokescreen!"

"Now that you've joined us, you have no choice but to go down this path to the bitter end: kill the Crown Prince, purge the court of corrupt officials, and you'll naturally receive the Emperor's reward."
Otherwise, even if they surrender, they will not escape death.

After exchanging glances, someone gritted their teeth and decided to join the adults in launching the attack.

Looking down at the soldiers, many of them laid down their weapons.

However, nearly two-thirds of the people gripped their long swords even tighter.

Zhu Cilang finally stopped hesitating.

"They run rampant and defy the will of the people; they deserve to be punished!"

The moment Zhu Cilang's voice fell, the golden dragon of national fortune lowered its eyes and looked down at the soldiers below, as well as the leading nobles and civil and military officials.

"Ang~!"

With a deep dragon roar, streams of dragon energy, carrying the power of rules, instantly descended.

"boom!"

The dragon's aura instantly engulfed the soldiers and nobles below who still harbored thoughts of attack.

How can ordinary people like them resist the power of rules?
Even if some of them are martial arts masters, or even beings who have mastered strange and unpredictable powers, they are still just ordinary people when faced with the power of the Dragon Qi rules.

In an instant, they all collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Seeing the bizarre scene before them, those who had already knelt down or dropped their weapons trembled instantly and immediately knelt down and kowtowed, begging Zhu Cilang for forgiveness.

Zhu Cilang glanced at the crowd but did not immediately speak up to stop them. Instead, he made a thought, and the golden dragon of national destiny in the sky immediately launched an attack based on the bloodline connections of those rebels, operating at the level of rules.

Inside a mansion, an elderly man waited anxiously, glancing out from time to time.

"Alas, Your Majesty, you cannot blame this old minister. It is truly you who are leaving us old ministers no way to survive."

Just then, he suddenly heard Zhu Cilang's voice, which resounded throughout the city, as well as the dragon's roar above the palace.

The old man stared blankly up at the magnificent, colorful dragon, his expression shifting.

Why? Why? Why is it only appearing now?

If they had known earlier that the Ming Dynasty royal family was truly protected by a divine dragon, why would they have thought of forcing the emperor to abdicate?

If they had gone even earlier, they might not have embezzled or accepted bribes in the first place, let alone committed those illegal and disorderly acts.

In an instant, he felt a great resentment, all because the Ming imperial family had kept it too well hidden.

"A tyrannical ruler. Pfft!"

However, the old man had barely uttered the curse when he suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, his body went limp, and he lost his life.

It wasn't just the old man; everyone in his family who had any blood relation to him, no more than nine generations removed, died instantly.

Other civil and military officials, as well as meritorious generals, all perished along with their entire families.

However, after launching such an attack, the Golden Dragon of National Fortune's own power also instantly decreased by several times, and its entire body became incredibly illusory.

Fortunately, Zhu Cilang had already allowed him to return to the spiritual realm in the first instance.

Otherwise, the general public, various factions, and spies would surely discover the weakness of the nation's golden dragon.

Zhu Cilang's face paled slightly, and he staggered. Fortunately, he was standing next to the wall and reached out to steady himself, preventing himself from falling.

"Hoo~!"

Zhu Cilang took a deep breath and pondered to himself that attacks based on the rules of dragon energy were indeed not to be used casually.

If it weren't for his divine status and the national fortune of the dragon aura, which blocked most of the backlash, he would have died on the spot like everyone else.

Afterwards, Zhu Cilang ordered the Embroidered Uniform Guard to clean up the mess.

Because those civil and military nobles who were unwilling to await their fate and die had exhausted all their resistance during this coup.

Therefore, there was no further resistance, and the Imperial Guards quickly completed the confiscation of the property.

In the end, Zhu Cilang confiscated a total of seventy to eighty million taels of gold and silver from Zhu's home.

Looking at those chests of gold and silver, Emperor Chongzhen was stunned, his lips trembling uncontrollably.

"This...this is truly a good subject of mine!"

He could still recall the fundraising event a while back, where all the noble ministers and officials cried poverty, while his father-in-law, the emperor's father, donated several thousand taels of silver, most of which came from the empress.

What's even more despicable is that he embezzled most of the silver given to him by the Empress.

And now?

They confiscated three million taels of silver directly from the home of Zhou Kui, the emperor's father-in-law, which infuriated Emperor Chongzhen.

Upon receiving the news, Empress Zhou felt dizzy and could only turn pale as she went to apologize to Emperor Chongzhen.

However, it must be said that the couple had a very good relationship, and Chongzhen did not blame them much, only saying that the current director was Zhu Cilang.

And what could Zhu Cilang do? Could he possibly banish his own mother to the cold palace? Or order her to be executed?

Moreover, Empress Zhou was not at fault in this matter; the only ones at fault were the Emperor's father-in-law's family.

And they have already paid the price.

Zhu Cilang had little mercy for them.

Back in the Celestial Empire, Zhu Cilang was sent by Emperor Chongzhen to hide in the home of his father-in-law.

And what did Zhou Kui, the emperor's father-in-law, do? He completely betrayed him.

In the end, Zhou Kui's fate remained unchanged, and he received the retribution he deserved.

The government of the Celestial Empire did nothing to Zhu Cilang, and even funded his education.

Yes, this is the treatment that all orphans in China receive.

However, Zhu Cilang would never forget his father-in-law Zhou Kui, who betrayed his own grandson, which was truly heartless.

Naturally, he wouldn't be polite to the emperor's father-in-law, Zhou Kui, and simply killed them all.

Of course, apart from the emperor's father-in-law Zhou Kui, the other powerful ministers suffered the same fate, and countless people lost their heads.

Honestly, if you don't have tens of thousands of taels of silver in your family, how can you even talk about being a Beijing official?
Even some of the people Zhu Cilang said he could give important positions to might not be without a lot of money in their families.

However, compared to others, they appeared to be honest and upright, and in the end, they even shared the fate of the country. This was the fundamental reason why Zhu Cilang valued and employed them.

Nothing more than loyalty.

As for ability, those who can serve as officials in the capital are generally not bad.

Moreover, with the assistance of their divine status, as long as they act in accordance with the rules, there will naturally be no mistakes.

After thoroughly investigating and confiscating the property of all the powerful and influential people in the capital, Zhu Cilang began his extravagant spending spree.

First, officials were reappointed, and then soldiers were recruited, each receiving one tael of silver per month.

Furthermore, anyone who signed up for the army would receive a settlement allowance of half a tael of silver.

Thus, in a short period of time, Zhu Cilang assembled an army of 300,000. (End of Chapter)