"When the first emperor was in power, even if he could not be called a Ming monarch, he was by no means a mediocre person, at least the people were more sympathetic, even if the treasury was empty, and the taxation was not forced to the point where the people were miserable. Why did someone raise an anti-flag www.biquge.info pen "Fun"? Yijiang suddenly felt a little puzzled and asked.

Hearing his question, several people were stunned at the same time.

As we all know, there is oppression before there is resistance.

The common people have their own lives, and if they are not oppressed to the point where they can no longer live, how many people can ignore their families and their lives to protest to the court?

A few years ago, the first emperor listened excessively to the rumors of the eunuch party, coupled with successive natural disasters, which led to the emptiness of the treasury, and there were many complaints in various places. But if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem that the realm is bad enough to make the people of Julu rebel with Wanci.

Or is there another hidden story in this, which has not been reported to the imperial court?

Yijiang and Chen Ping glanced at each other and saw the doubts hidden in Chen Ping's eyes.

He knocked on the table.

All those who fight will pursue profit, and those who will not fight if there is no profit.

"Julu's geographical location is in Jizhou......" he asked Chen Ping, "where is the second place to respond to the uprising?" ”

Chen Ping paused for a moment and did not answer immediately, and Wang Yi took over. "Since the Julu Uprising in Jizhou, the second anti-flag is Jiangxia in the south, followed by Xiliang, Youzhou and other places."

Chen Ping's voice was slightly low, and while recalling, he explained the whole process of the whole incident in detail.

"Around the beginning of last year, the sky above the giant deer suddenly changed, and the yellow sky lasted for three days, and everyone here was in danger. A man from a merchant family, Wan Ci, claimed to have been granted a dream by the gods, saying that Xiang was immoral, the sky was dead, the natural disaster was coming, and the yellow sky should stand. After these words, there were natural disasters all over the country for many years, which made the people everywhere suspicious of the emperor, and finally raised anti-flags one after another under the instigation of well-intentioned people.

The first to revolt was the giant deer. In order to quell this uprising, Jiang Zhong, the general sent by the imperial court, directly took a thunderous force and slaughtered nearly ten villages where Julu was located. But I didn't expect that the bloody crackdown did not have a deterrent effect, but instead put everyone everywhere at risk. Almost shortly after the news of the slaughter of the village broke, a second uprising began to appear in a certain state in the south, and at the same time, Xiliang and Youzhou responded one after another.

Because it was too late to send more people, the imperial court allowed the county guards to use county soldiers, and urgently dispatched three generals, including Jiang Zhong, to lead the army to quell the rebellion. But this time, the results were not ideal. The rebels hid in villages and towns, but the county guards did not agree with the forcible massacre of the city by the imperial generals. The soldiers were even defeated by the guerrilla rebels, so that the imperial court had to send more people and money. The uprising lasted for about a year, until it suddenly and abruptly came to an abrupt end at the beginning of this year. Several generals and county guards from all over the country have received good news, but it is just ......"

He will also play with the wine glass in his hand, as if he is not smiling. "It's just that there's no news that Wanci has been captured or beheaded, right?"

It seems that this 'uprising' is far more interesting than imagined.

From the point of view of the direct consequences and the division of interests, after the Julu Uprising, the power of the central government was dispersed one after another. The imperial court, which had an absolute advantage in commanding the counties, fell into a passive state because of the transfer of the treasury and military power, and the first emperor favored the eunuchs and lost control of the princes, which led to the growth of the strength of the counties, and the most typical feature was that the state ministers supported the army and stood on their own.

The imperial court lost its direct deterrent power to the prefectures and counties, which led to all parties beginning to faintly disobey the imperial court, and also made the generals sent by the imperial court powerless to prevent the princes from taking this incident to blackmail the imperial court.

No...... Maybe it's not as simple as it seems.

If Wanci's uprising was really man-made, then there were too many beneficiaries. You know, to some extent, if everyone benefits at the same time, it is equivalent to the organizer losing his own interests.

Unless...... All beneficiaries are parties.

Or, who is trying to feed the ambitions of the princes and want to hollow out the Great Chu. What's more, if you provoke the princes to fight each other after this......

He also lowered his eyes, and a layer of cold sweat broke out slightly behind his back. He suddenly thought of a possibility.

Why did Jiang Zhong directly choose to slaughter ten towns in a row to suppress the uprising? And why can Wan Ci lead so many people to set off an uprising together, and then suddenly die down and disappear from everyone's sight?

"Interesting." It's a pity, who made him suddenly shoot halfway and enter this game of chess?

From the very beginning of the game, Yijiang has already calculated everything to face.

No matter whose plan he inadvertently promoted yesterday, he never thought that the people of Chu State would bear the consequences of his willfulness. Since he chose to use the imperial court to avenge Kong Lian, and at the same time get clues about himself, then he will also press everything back to the way it was.

"Will, will?" Li Cheng called him in a low voice.

"What's the matter with the eldest prince?" He also swept his smiling eyes, not having time to hide the evil in his eyes.

Li Cheng's pupils contracted slightly, did he always underestimate this young man?

He will also retract his thoughts, come back to his senses, and find that all the people around him are watching him. With a blank face, he silently asked Chen Ping what happened with his eyes.

It was rare for several people around him to see him like this, and they all laughed at once.

The corners of Yijiang's mouth twitched, and he looked at Jun Mu suspiciously to ask what happened. Finally, when the laughter of the people around him gradually weakened, Jun Mu motioned him to look at Mingxiang with his eyes.

Ming Xiang, who was supposed to be by Yijiang's side as a family member, had been accompanying Xia Qi in the White Tiger Palace, so naturally he also sat on the other side of the chairman's seat with Xia Qi's attendant Qi Chi during the banquet, and belonged to the same family as the female dependent.

He also looked at Jun Mu's line of sight.

Ming Xiang lowered his head and repeated his words in a cold tone. "The concubine is not a ninth-rate person who sells her art, nor is she a plaything for entertaining the public, why should Miss Ren insult Ming Xiang so much. Even if Miss Ren Si likes to flatter in front of others and seek a 'future' for herself, the concubine is the concubine of General Yi. If there is no order from the general, how dare you show ugliness and embarrass the general. ”

"Miss Rensi?" It's also going to be a little curious.

Not far from Mingxiang, a delicate girl straightened her chest, and a group of brightly colored ones could especially outline her youthful beauty. "What did Miss Ming Er say, my sister just admired her sister's reputation for a long time, and she just wanted to take this opportunity to ask for advice. My sister is so faceless, it really makes Ren Xin sad. ”

When this Miss Ren Si heard Ming Xiang's completely ruthless words, her fair little face suddenly turned red, and a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes, but she was quickly suppressed by her.

She wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and her words were even eliminated, and she was about to lose her laughter.

Is this trying to use the famous Mingxiang as a step to show his 'talent and virtue'?

In a sense, it seems to be quite similar to when he teased Yang Jing.

"The concubine has two sisters, but unfortunately I don't know when my father added another sister to Xiang'er." Ming Xiang saw that there was no way to avoid it, and knew that this Ren Xin would definitely not be good if he did not achieve his goal.

There were already a few girls among the female dependents who heard Ming Xiang's words, and they laughed all of a sudden.

Ming Xiang raised his head with a calm face, "Miss Ren Si has repeatedly invited her, don't you know the truth of the Three Platforms and Five Constants?" That is, the noble daughter of the family, should be self-conscious. The concubine is already a wife, how can she ignore the lord and privately respond to the request of the young lady. ”

Ren Xin's face was injured, and his big eyes looked innocently at Yi Jiang, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. "General, Xin'er has really admired her sister for a long time, and now it is rare to have the opportunity to meet her sister herself, and I hope that the general will allow Xin'er and her sister to ask for advice."

Yijiang shrugged his shoulders, looked at Ming Xiang with an indifferent face. "It's just asking for advice, and it's not a street show, if you want to, you can."

Ming Xiang looked at Yijiang fiercely, with an incredible look in his eyes.

She bit her lower lip, her voice slightly hoarse. "Since the general asks for it, how dare the concubine disobey."