Absolute protagonist

In the 19th year of Xiande of the Wei Dynasty, the emperor died and was posthumously named Ai. The new emperor ascended the throne and changed the reign to Hongwu.

Soon after Emperor Hongwu ascended the throne, he made drastic reforms to the criminal law and imposed severe punishments. Every day, officials in Ziyang City were taken to the Meridian Gate for execution, and the ground was even stained with indelible blood red.

At the same time, a special agency that frightened countless officials of the time was established. The commander of the Investigation Department, Xu Yong, was known as the first hawk and dog of Emperor Hongwu. He expanded the Investigation Department to all counties in the world, investigated lawlessness, and destroyed countless families.

Even the righteous army that was supported by the people was not eager to fight for the land. Instead, the Investigation Department found numerous evidences of crimes and ruthlessly uprooted countless local tyrants and crushed them into powder.

Some of them tried to offer gold, silver and beauties to win the emperor's favor and escape. As a result, the emperor became concerned. The gold and silver were accepted, the beauties were sent back, a bunch of charges were thrown down, and the family property was confiscated.

This suffocating operation stunned the remaining officials, gentry and powerful people, and everyone was in danger.

The Great Wei had developed for more than 200 years. Those officials, gentry, and even local powerful people had long been linked together to form a deep-rooted and flourishing network of interests. Now that it was broken so rudely by the emperor, it aroused the rebound of this network of interests.

For a time, countless black materials about the emperor spread throughout the world, some of which were true and some were false. After the exaggeration of those literati, it was quite realistic, and even many ignorant people believed it to be true. The reputation of Emperor Hongwu quickly deteriorated among the people, and he gradually became known as a tyrant.

But the emperor not only did not compromise, but acted more radically. There was even a record of raiding 15 families and beheading hundreds of people overnight.

In addition, he selected the best and formed a new army of 100,000 Beiyan soldiers. The money he scraped from civil and military officials and landlords became armor and weapons for the new army. The emperor himself was in charge of the army to suppress all disobedience.

Everyone did not dare to resist in public, but secretly began to make various small moves. For example, the rebel army suddenly had many secret supporters who sent food, people and intelligence, and even helped persuade officials to surrender, so that many cities surrendered wherever the rebel army passed.

Chu Si, who secretly let all this happen, let Lin Wuwei happily accept the "good intentions" of these people, while secretly writing down the names of everyone in a small notebook.

... Being able to come up with so much silver to support the rebel army, it seems that these guys are fatter than he thought!

The audience in the live broadcast room who watched this scene also sent a series of barrages.

Hehehehe, your majesty is so insidious (crossed out) - so wise! Isn't this just putting the money from the left pocket into the right pocket?

This move is really amazing, I don't know how many people have been trapped! And I have deceived the world for thousands of years, and I am still prosperous and dazed until now...

I guess those officials are still secretly happy! I wonder if they will go crazy when they find out the truth? I thought I was secretly digging into the empire, but I didn't expect that I was actually contributing to your majesty (*/w＼*). And it has changed from being reluctant to working hard.

Officials (excitedly clenching fists): Sending food, people and money to the rebels, vowing to overthrow the tyrant and resist tyranny!

Your Majesty (happily collecting money, writing it down in a small notebook): I didn't expect these people to be so fat, do you want to mess with him? [Saliva]

Hahahahahahaha laugh die!

No matter how turbulent the undercurrent is in the dark, and how many people hate the emperor, the changes in the world situation are never transferred by their will.

In July of the first year of Hongwu, the Northern Yuan Dynasty frequently harassed the border of Mobei. The emperor insisted on his own way and led 100,000 Beiyan troops to personally fight, flatten the border line, and beat the Northern Yuan army to flee hundreds of miles north, taking tens of thousands of prisoners.

According to the newly revised criminal law, these tens of thousands of prisoners were put into the North Desert Border to repair the city wall, build river embankments in the Huaihe River area, repair post roads at various checkpoints, and mine in various mines... Regardless of death and injury, they worked until death. It seems that these prisoners were used as pure consumables.

This brutal act became the target of verbal criticism by literati, completely forgetting how much heavy corvée the people of Dawei had saved because of it.

But no matter how these people attacked, it was an indisputable fact that the emperor's prestige was increasing day by day after this battle.

Countless people who had secretly laughed at the emperor and even hoped that he would die in Mobei suddenly panicked. They seemed to be able to see an invisible butcher's knife approaching step by step. As long as the emperor was still alive, the butcher's knife would sooner or later be placed on their necks.

They were not willing to surrender and wait for death.

Countless like-minded people began to take action.

Some people sent spies to secretly spy on the emperor's whereabouts and inquire about his preferences and weaknesses; some people squandered money, bought the world's strange poisons, and recruited assassins to try to take a risk... On the way back to Ziyang with the emperor's army, the surging undercurrent had turned into a huge wave and rushed towards him, trying to completely submerge him.

At the end of September, the autumn wind was rustling.

In an unnamed mansion outside Ziyang City, the lights were not on, and the whole mansion was shrouded in darkness.

Lin Wuwei came to the appointment and stepped into the mansion under the respectful guidance of the servants. Passing through the winding dark corridor, he saw the faintly glowing inner lake not far away.

Someone was standing in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, surrounded by heavy curtains, hiding the other person's figure and face.

A box of neatly arranged gold ingots was pushed out and placed in front of Lin Wuwei.

"I'll leave everything to you, sir." The man's tone was low, and his voice was sonorous and powerful. "This is just a deposit. If I can take the tyrant's life, I will give it to you at no cost."

The author has something to say: Happy National Day. I watched the military parade in the morning, and it was like a chicken blood test.

Dear cuties, because the book will be published on the 2nd, there will be no update in the early morning of the 2nd, and it will be postponed to 11:30 that night.

A thinner short chapter to make up for everyone~

Unknowingly, I posted nearly 9,000 words today. Hehe, I blew myself a rainbow fart (*^w^*) as usual.

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