Chapter 2: The Rebels

Daqian, Yunzhou, Sanyang County.

The three mountains of this county are in the north, there are three rivers gathering thirty miles away in the south, so it is named, although it is not the city of Yunzhou Prefecture, it is the hub of the north and south of Yunzhou, the traffic artery, it is a large county with a population of more than 100,000 in Yunzhou, there is a faint green air shrouded in the city head, look at it from afar, as if it is in the clouds and mist.

It's just that the situation in Sanyang County at this moment is a little bad, and the outside of the city is surrounded by rebel camps, which is quite a feeling of black clouds pressing the city, but if you put the perspective into the rebel camp, it is a different feeling.

The camp of the rebels was a little noisy, and a large number of scrawny rebels leaned against the fire in groups to keep warm, and watched a dozen strong rebels not far away gathered around an iron pot, in which unknown food was boiling, and the smell of food permeated the surroundings.

The burly man among them picked out a piece of steaming meat from the pot with a short knife, blew a few bites, and took a bite of it impatiently.

Goo~

The rebels around couldn't stop swallowing their saliva, and their eyes lit up, as if only at this moment would there be some light in their cloudy eyes.

The man looked at the gaze cast by the scrawny rebels around him, a little smugness flashed in his eyes, he chewed the meat heavily, waved his hand and said, "Eat!" ”

The rebels around him rushed to get things from the pot, some wild vegetables, some batter, and even some people fished out the roots, even so, these people still ate with relish.

And those thin rebels could only watch like this, and they didn't dare to get close.

A similar scene is the norm in the camp of the righteous army, there is not much food, and there may be a war at any time in the future, so naturally the strong can eat first, and the remaining thin ones can only eat some leftovers when these strong ones finish eating.

There are sporadic rebels on the camp wall, but their eyes can't help but look into the camp, and the camp is even more chaotic, and even fights for food from time to time.

But it is such a refugee-like army, but it has surrounded such a large county as Sanyang County.

In a tent in the northwest corner of the camp, Lu Xuan sat cross-legged, and the energy that poured into his body followed his guidance, and finally turned into internal breath to nourish his limbs and veins, and the hunger in his stomach also dissipated a lot with the injection of these energies.

After a long time, Lu Xuan gently exhaled a breath of turbidity.

The strength seems to be a little stronger.

Clenched his fists, Lu Xuan didn't know what level of his strength had reached now, the internal breath in his body had been continuously transforming his medicinal power over time, and he felt that he had reached a limit and was about to overflow.

It's a pity that he doesn't have a way to continue practicing, and now this method of inner rest cultivation is also obtained from the rebel army, and if you want to get a higher level, you have to make war achievements.

But this was only a rule on the surface, and he could feel that the commander was on guard against all of them, as if he was afraid that they would replace him, and even if he made a great contribution, the other party might not give it.

Listening to the noise outside the tent, Lu Xuan was a little melancholy and a little dazed.

In fact, if there was a choice, Lu Xuan would never choose this path.

After crossing over, Lu Xuan actually thought about taking a career in office, after all, even if this is not a dynasty in Chinese history, but whether it is customs or culture, it is not much different from ancient China.

Obviously, things can't be that simple.

In modern times, even if there are various unspoken rules, at least there is some hope for the people at the bottom, but in this era, it is almost impossible to be born poor and want to take a career.

Don't say that he hasn't read the subset of the scriptures and histories of this world, even if he reverses it backwards, you may not be able to pass the township test, there are too many competitors.

And what is even more desperate is that even if you are full of money and go to the township exam and get a good score, your exam paper will definitely be renamed, or it will be a distant nephew of the county lord, and it is more likely to be regarded as an exchange of interests, and it will become the promotion of the children and nephews of other places and even court officials.

In my previous life, I often saw someone on TV stopping the sedan chair to complain, and it was successful, and it may be possible for modern society to have developed information.

But here, sorry, don't say you can't see it, and even if you do?

Protecting officials and officials sounds simple, but at a deeper level, the official you go to find may have some handle on the person you want to sue, officialdom is like this, everyone pinched each other's handles, poured one, and may pull out a piece, so when this kind of thing happens, the first reaction of all officials is to press down.

That's right, it's all, count how many officials in Chinese history are honest and can do things? And from ancient times to the present, what is the geometry of officials?

Of course, it doesn't mean that there is no one except these, but most of them died depressed, did not leave their names, and could not interfere in the people's livelihood, and in the end, those who could get out of the way were the ones that could be seen in the history books.

There is no 1 in 10,000 probability, why should it fall on your head?

As for why Lu Xuan is so clear?

He saw that the career was difficult to walk, so he wanted to do business, although the status was not high, but he had no worries about food and clothing, and when he went into business, he met so many poor students, he was full of talent when he was young, he was famous all over the world, studied hard for ten years, and was full of confidence to embark on a career with talent.

It's a pity that without exception they were crushed by reality, some collapsed, and some simply went crazy.

If it weren't for this uprising, Lu Xuan might have been able to achieve something.

Although it is difficult, he can still learn the basic social survival of giving money and making connections.

He has seen the dark side of society in two lives, and his ability to bear this kind of thing is relatively strong.

Although modern society is not as naked and dangerous as in ancient times, there are many undercurrents, and if you want to succeed, you must first throw away the innocence in your heart.

Others dare not say it, after figuring out the rules here, it is not a problem to mix up a little rich.

However, there was an uprising in the Unification Church, which is said to have spread to most of the Great Qian, almost everywhere.

As for the reason, Lu Xuan probably knows something, the people can't live anymore, and Lu Xuan doesn't know how much the imperial court pays, but when he arrives here, it's two taxes and one.

If it's just like this, although the tax is heavy, but it can still barely make a living, but there are all kinds of miscellaneous taxes in the county, and there are more and more.

I don't know if the imperial decree has increased taxes because of this, but there is naturally another reason to collect taxes in the locality, the imperial power does not go to the countryside, and when it comes to the locality, it is not a matter of the county lord's words, don't take the county lord seriously, in the era of underdeveloped information, that is the emperor of the land of a hundred miles.

But for the people, what does it have to do with the continuation of the cultural context of the imperial court? If you can't live, who cares about the continuation of your cultural context?

This uprising is somewhat accidental, but also an inevitability, if other places are similar to these Sanyang counties, there is no unification religion, there will also be Taiping Sect, Shinrito and the like, but I didn't expect the scale to be so huge.

Because he 'took the initiative' to donate his family wealth to support the great cause of the uprising, and he had great strength and tall stature, he was the kind of person who stood out from the crowd in a group of rebels who had not had enough to eat for a long time, and became a small leader.

After a few battles, as he gradually adapted to the battlefield and dared to fight, he attracted a group of teams and became the commander of this army second only to the commander.

Of course, there are more than 30 of the same capital, and everyone has a vote under their hands, so the overall framework of the rebel army has not been erected, and the others are thinking about pulling people, pulling people, and pulling people again.

It seems that I never thought about what would happen after people brought in.

Although Lu Xuan hadn't learned any art of war before, he still understood the most basic truth, people were recruited, you have to raise them, right?

If you don't give money, you have to eat, where does the food come from?

Robbery is a source, but as the Guiyi uprising gradually grows, more and more people are snowballing, and those rich people are not fools sitting at home waiting for you to rob, and they fled to the city early, which is why they besieged Sanyang County this time.

All the places around that can be grabbed have been grabbed, and if no new entry is found, this seemingly huge rebel army may fall apart in the blink of an eye.

"Brother~"

With a slightly aggrieved voice, the curtain was lifted, and a young man came in with a blue nose and swollen face.

"Hmm." When Lu Xuan heard the voice, his slightly indifferent face felt a little warmer, but when he saw the wound on the other party's face, the warmth on his face suddenly cooled.