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

Chapter 77 The unknown road ahead

"What does it mean?"

Seeing this, Zhou Liang frowned and found that he was a little confused:
The reincarnation of the previous life has proven that being an official under the Divine Emperor is a dead end.

Being an honest official will not help, and may even lead to the God-Emperor blaming you. Being a corrupt official is even more meaningless.

On this basis, even if there is a way out in the future, it will definitely not be in becoming an official through the imperial examination... Obviously "Zhou Liang" also understood this truth, so he planned to take the folk route from the beginning.

But...what's the point of taking the folk route?

"Does he still believe that only by mobilizing the masses can the God-Emperor be overthrown?"

Zhou Liang couldn't help but shook his head:

This revolutionary theory of "the group defeating the individual" and "the majority defeating the minority" is indeed correct in a purely material world where there are no gods. As long as the human advantage can be fully utilized, the broad masses of people can really destroy all shackles like a torrent!

But the current situation is different, because this Ming Dynasty truly has a divine emperor sitting in the Forbidden City. The power gap between the enemy and us is absurdly large. The group can no longer defeat the individual. The revolutionary theory of the purely material world no longer applies here...

In this situation, "Zhou Liang" still chose to mobilize the people, which was not only useless but harmful!
"A peasant uprising like Li Zicheng's has long been meaningless..."

Zhou Liang looked heavy-hearted:

In fact, he could have started a rebellion like Li Zicheng. After all, during the long 38 years of association, he had too many opportunities to start an uprising!
But until the end, he had never organized any peasant uprising, and the Pig Slaughtering Society was just a secret organization from beginning to end, doing at most some things to punish evil and promote good, and eliminate harm for the people.

The reason for this, of course, wasn't that Zhou Liang had any problems with his abilities, but simply that he didn't want to cause unnecessary casualties...

There is really no need to drag too many civilians into this kind of losing game of killing gods with humans. It would even be better if there were fewer people.

After all, the elite pig slaughtering society had been operating for a full thirty-eight years before the Jinyiwei, unable to tolerate it any longer, shut it down. If there had been a large-scale peasant uprising, the Divine Emperor would have crushed it with a single blow in less than a month...

"Even I understand this principle, doesn't he understand it?"

Thinking of this, Zhou Liang shook his head:

impossible!
"So, his goal couldn't have been simply to mobilize the people... This can also be seen from his participation in the imperial examinations and his recruitment of the rebels."

Although we don’t know what “Zhou Liang” specifically wants to do, judging from his actions, he definitely wants to overthrow the Divine Emperor and the Ming court.

After all, everyone who knows knows what kind of people the rebels are, but he not only does not avoid them, but also takes the initiative to recruit them... Judging from his intentions, does he want to use the rebels as the backbone to organize an anti-Ming association like the Pig Slaughtering Society?

But, there is no point in forming an association?
The more Zhou Liang thought about it, the more he felt he couldn't keep up with his train of thought. He could only briefly sort out his thoughts and known information, and then continue to watch him micro-manipulate...

……

[Looking at the alliance you've made with Chuangzei and the others, a heavy weight of relief finally falls from your heart: Chuangzei is easier to subdue than you expected...]

In fact, you've already prepared yourself for the possibility of failure in your attempt to recruit them. After all, you have no ties to the rebels, and they're already in their fifties or sixties. Having spent so many years hiding under the oppressive Ming court, it's hard to say if they still possess the youthful enthusiasm and fighting spirit.

[More importantly, you offended the thieves badly in "Li Chuang's Unofficial History of Science Fiction" earlier, throwing all sorts of dirty water on Li Chuang. Given that poor first impression, if they didn't dismember you on the spot, they'd already be considered a high-quality thief...]

[But in the end, they still accepted your recruitment and expressed their willingness to follow your orders and continue the anti-Ming cause!]

You're very thankful for this, and can't help but sigh: He's truly the cream of the crop, his political awareness is truly high...

[Of course, if they don't realize this, you don't intend to let them go. Your soul and mind power are already prepared... If the negotiations fail, you will let them see what a "ghost descended to the world" is, and then forcibly recruit them!]

[However, it would be best if we could peacefully recruit them.]

[But simply recruiting them isn't enough. After all, if you really want a bunch of old men in their 50s and 60s to carry out a mission, you'll still worry about accidents...]

[So you need to give them some reinforcement...]

In the 47th year of Chongzhen's reign, you passed the imperial examination and recruited the remaining rebels.

In the 48th year of the Chongzhen reign, you chose to take part in the Shaanxi provincial examination, under the astonished gaze of your master, hoping to gain divine power! However, you knew with your experience that you would definitely not pass the exam, so you made preparations in advance...

【…】

[That year, every wealthy household in northern Shaanxi lost some silver notes. Some had over a hundred taels, others had less, but some still had dozens!]

[However, since they were all well-equipped to handle the hundred or so taels of silver, nothing serious happened. At most, they just cursed at each other privately...]

[This is naturally your work.]

[You know you can't be short of money to take the Juren exam. No matter how you do, you'll still have to pay 100,000 taels in the end. So, I had no choice but to resort to this last resort and borrow a small amount from someone I know well...]

[However, it was this action that gradually acclimated you to the ability to "leave your body"; late at night, you would instinctively let your spirit leave your body, using your miraculous telekinesis to fly through the sky and into the earth, even making sand and rocks fly like the legendary monsters!]

[You possess a force of two to three hundred kilograms, allowing you to successfully carry out your plan to steal from the wealthy... Of course, you're worried about this, but you can't afford to worry too much right now. Just think of it as robbing the rich to help the poor...]

During the Shaanxi provincial examination in the 48th year of Chongzhen's reign, you first asked Li Laiheng, who accompanied you, to pay a hundred thousand taels of silver for you. Then, you deliberately scribbled on the examination paper, disguising yourself as a clueless five-year-old.

[But when the results were announced, you still passed the exam under Li Laiheng's astonished gaze...]

"These corrupt officials!"

Watching the people coming to the inn with the good news, shouting, "Good news, your master, Zhou Huiliang, has been ranked seventh in the Shaanxi Provincial Examinations, and has even been listed in the top three in the Beijing News!", Li Laiheng felt a surge of rage rising up in his chest.

[Almost thirty years have passed, and these Ming Dynasty officials haven't changed for the better. They've even become even more greedy... As long as you pay enough money, a five-year-old child can pass the imperial examination!]

"If King Chuang were still alive, how could these corrupt officials be so arrogant?"

[Li Laiheng continued to curse.]

[But you smiled calmly: "It's useless even if the King of Rebellion comes..."]

[“Furthermore, it is precisely because these corrupt officials have reached such an outrageous level that we can legitimately seek divine power…”]

[Hearing the word "divine power", Li Laiheng couldn't help but tremble... Although he already knew what you were going to do, when you really took this step, he couldn't help but feel uneasy...]

"Can we really use Zhu Youjian's divine power to defeat him?"

[It's not that he doesn't trust you, but this situation itself is illogical: how can you defeat someone's true self with the power derived from them?]

【"have no idea."】

You smiled: "But I'm willing to give it a try..."

Li Laiheng hesitated to speak… Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it! I don't care if he can win or not. I'm not afraid of death, even an old man like me!"

"Since I've decided to follow you one last time, I'll do as you say..."

【…】

[That year, you, having passed the imperial examination, successfully attended the "Examination Banquet" hosted by Shaanxi Provincial Governor Liu Yizhao!]

At the banquet, your five-year-old self made your fellow candidates stare at each other in bewilderment: Has the provincial exam become so mediocre?

[But no matter what, you still gained divine power from the calm Liu Yizhao...]

[Then, you quickly bestowed divine power upon your bandits and organized them to begin an experiment to increase divine power!]

If this experiment succeeds, then defeating the Divine Emperor might not be impossible...

……

(End of this chapter)